Game:

Grandia (1997)

Duration: 6:09:56

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Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCFJEcAiEqs&feature=youtu.be

Date of run: June 9, 2018.
Time of run started: 7:12AM CDT.
Console: Playstation TV/Playstation Vita TV (European name)
Region: NTSC-U
Category: Any%
Glitches used: Yes
Player: 30Cents

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/30cents

Split Info: https://splits.io/2pdh

Rock Bird: 36:35 (Good)
Orc King: 49:22 (Bad)
Squid King: 1:21:23 (Pretty good)
Master Chang: 1:45:35 (Okay)
Ganymede: 2:11:34 (Amazing)
Saki: 2:38:39 (Okay)
Nana: 2:44:23 (Not okay)
Mio: 2:48:18 (Not okay at all)
End of the World IN: 3:26:21 (VERY good, might not improve this again)
End of the World OUT: 3:38:26 (Not that good)
Gadwin 1: 3:45:27 (Okay except 1 encounter)
Serpent: 4:07:14 (Very very good. Likely won't improve this either)
Lama Mountains: 4:21:41 (Very good)
Madragon: 4:34:32 (I'll take it)
Twin Towers: 5:03:16 (Bad)
Massacre Machine 1: 5:12:55 (Okay)
Massacre Machine 2 5:19:21 (Okay)
Gadwin 2: 5:38:05 (Bad)
Grinwhale: 6:00:20 (Bad)

This is the fastest known completion of Grandia done in 12:41:36

7 months of grinding for the record and I finally got it! There's still so many spots to save time in. Twin Towers, Gadwin 2 and Grinwhale are the parts to save the most time at for the end of disc 1. Disc 2 was very very bad. Death at Gaia Battler 1 and a few at Mullen, costing about 17mins overall in deaths. No really big major mistakes aside the deaths mentioned before.

Also really happy how all the new strats found by Etsuna and I. Without him, I don't think getting the record would be easy. Sum of best is an 11:29:43, but it's gonna be a long time before someone gets the sub 12 run we're all waiting for.

FAQ:

Q: Why is this being played on Playstation TV, and what even is PSTV?

A: This is the current fastest console that we've tested so far. The disc version has a lot of bugs and will even randomly crash if you're playing on PS2 due to sound glitches. PSTV is basically a home console of the PSVita, however it sold poorly in the US. It has since upped in price due to the homebrew community being able to do many things with the console such as putting new software on the system. It was discontinued after about less than a year in the US.

Q: So what's this sound glitch on PS2?

A: The game freezes because it fails to load a sound or a music note in a song. So the game panics and it crashes the game.

Q: Is there any grinding?

A: Yes. We grind at Dom Ruins to get Crackle for Feena and Tremor for Justin. We need to use Diggin' 9 times from Justin to get Tremor. We need to get to level 3 wind and level 2 water for Feena to get Crackle.

We do another part of grinding, but it's way later on in the run: at Ruin Guard. We level up mace for Justin to get better defense, whip from Feena to get better agility and sword from Rapp and Guido to get better attack and health.

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