PSX and PS2 Legend of Legaia

[IMJ]

Anyone get into these games? The Lunar discussion reminded me of this RPG series. I love the Legaia games. Great story and lots of replay value with the spells and whatnot.
The PS2's Legaia 2 really enhanced the original with all of the nicknames and the recipes and whatnot. Awesome series with hours of RPG fun there.

[Haoie]

I have the first Legalia title. It's alright.

The fighting system is what really seems to stand out.

Everything else is pretty generic.

[glynnahab]

Is this the one where the characters don't have faces? Or was that Granstream Saga?

[Mozgus]

I beat Legaia 1. Had a lot of fun with it. I never tried the sequel because I felt like it didn't need one, and reviews didn't like it at all. Plus, my RPG-obsessed friend even hated it. I loved Legaia mostly for it's nature theme, and appropriate music. I have a thing for games that go the tribal route, like Panzer Dragoon Saga.

[IMJ]

I beat Legaia 1. Had a lot of fun with it. I never tried the sequel because I felt like it didn't need one, and reviews didn't like it at all. Plus, my RPG-obsessed friend even hated it. I loved Legaia mostly for it's nature theme, and appropriate music. I have a thing for games that go the tribal route, like Panzer Dragoon Saga.

I thought Legaia 2 was great. Actually it was superior to the first game in almost every way. It wasn't quite the evolution from the first game a la Parasite Eve I and II, but it was a logial extension from the first one with more substance to it. I liked that series.

If I had the time, I'd love to sit down and replay both Legaia games, Lunar games and Parasite Eve games (another franchise that I wish would make it to current gen).

[Ack]

I got about 3/4 of the way through the first one before I got bored with it. The combat system was cool, and I liked using the weird monster system, but the story didn't really interest me. I didn't even know they made a second one.

[Haoie]

Yes, the second game really slipped under the radar.

Even now hardly anyone mentions it.

The first game got some publicity.

[disorderlyvision]

i thought the second one was an improvement too. the first time i played legaia 1 i thought it was awesome, but i tried to replay it a couple years later and i couldn't get into it. the battles took forever and i hated having to spirit all the damn time.