legend of legaia had a better plot, more heart and better atmosphere. legaia 2 has nothing to do with the 1st and has a significantly less compelling story. the "origins" are not as interesting as the "ra-seru" and not being able to capture any monsters is a huge downgrade. this game is very plain in many aspects. even yasunori mitsuda's musical score couldn't give it that extra oomph. despite all that, it still has a special place in my heart.

Honestly this is good. Corny as fuck characters and story but it's a fun niche JRPG, with a fun combo based, turn-based combat system but the internet will tell you the game sucked because some youtube essays that nooticed how it's not the first game again. Didn't play EN dub of course. If anyone does and uses that as a metric against any game it's honking time.