Growlanser II（PlayStation 2）
📋 Growlanser II Walkthrough: Mission Progression and Route Branches
A mission-based walkthrough for Growlanser II, organizing approaches to COMPLETE ratings and route branches.
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The story begins with protagonist Wein Cruz seeking to become an Imperial Knight in Burnstein. Progression is mission-based, with your performance assessed on a 3-tier scale: COMPLETE, CLEAR, or FAILED. Evaluation points are not displayed but accumulate internally, so aim for COMPLETE whenever possible.
| Phase | Objective | Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Early Game | Learn Real-Time Combat |
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| Midgame | Optimize Missions and Character Development |
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| Late Game | Prepare for Branches and the Finale |
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1. Your Formation Collapses in Real-Time Combat
Cause: Late commands and positioning mistakes
Solution: Pause to assess the situation, arrange the healer and frontline positions, then issue commands
2. Weak Equipment Limits Your Damage
Cause: Insufficient Ring Weapon improvements
Solution: Reconfigure gems to optimize elements and effects and update the main party's equipment
3. Not Reaching the Intended Ending
Cause: Insufficient affinity or choice flags
Solution: Check branching requirements and retry choices from a pre-branch save
The story begins with protagonist Wein Cruz seeking to become an Imperial Knight in Burnstein. Progression is mission-based, with your performance assessed on a 3-tier scale: COMPLETE, CLEAR, or FAILED. Evaluation points are not displayed but accumulate internally, so aim for COMPLETE whenever possible.
- ▸ The protagonist is Wein Cruz, from the fallen prestigious Cruz family
- ▸ Mission ratings rank COMPLETE > CLEAR > FAILED
- ▸ Evaluation points are invisible but accumulate internally, so keep COMPLETE in mind
Choices create major route branches. The main route, in which you do not rebel against Burnstein's empire, offers Wein the possibility of becoming an Imperial Knight. It is the only route allowing confession events and individual endings with heroines or companions. Rebellion routes may pit you against former companions.
- ▸ Individual endings and confession events are available only on the main imperial route
- ▸ Branches depend on whether required events have occurred; choose with your intended route in mind
- ▸ Keep separate saves before branches so you can also examine other routes
Repeated FAILED ratings or stalled progression often result from misunderstood victory conditions or insufficient Ring Weapon improvements. Check the mission objective before deployment and review ring combinations to fit the situation.
- ▸ Check mission victory conditions first, such as defeating enemies, defense, or escorting
- ▸ Reconfigure Ring Weapons if damage or durability is insufficient
- ▸ Check branch requirements when you cannot reach the desired route
Growlanser II: follow the listed steps in progression order.
| Stage | Objective | Checkpoints |
|---|---|---|
| Early Game | Learn Real-Time Combat | Learn movement and how to issue commands / Assign roles to the protagonist and party / Understand Ring Weapon basics |
| Midgame | Optimize Missions and Character Development | Check mission victory conditions first / Improve equipment by setting gems in rings / Manage recruited characters and affinity events |
| Late Game | Prepare for Branches and the Finale | Check ending-branch requirements / Finish developing your main equipment and skills / Keep a separate save before a branch |
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