I found an interesting site: "Dehydrated Water". No words can really describe it, take a look for yourself. I'm nearly sold on the concept.

Dehydrated Water

I thought Grandia 2 was a nice traditional japanese console RPG. It was properly cliched, it had the proper and expected cast of characters (namely the Hero, the Hero's Love Interest (the Heroine), the Additional, Mysterious Female Party Member Who Seems Interested In The Hero, The Cute Party Member, and The Strange Beast-Person Whom No One Really Likes But Is There Anyway.) It also has a properly Almost-Dark Storyline With Happy Ending. It was nice.

Seriously, though, while it was cliched, Grandia 2 deserves credit for it's decent localisation and innovative battle system. Also, it didn't have random battles, you could at least see the enemies coming, or avoid them altogether. It wasn't THAT long, either.

Recently bought a game as well - Kingdom Hearts, which, if you didn't already know, is a collaborative effort between Squaresoft and Disney. Haven't played too much of it yet, but it seems like a pretty fun game. The excellent visual aesthetics and polished production values are even MORE excellent and polished than usual, if only because of Disney's larger production budget, and this time, the voices and vocal tracks are SUPERB. Every single character is voiced beautifully. Yes, even Tidus and Wakka.