Grandia 2 (beat the Dreamcast version in early 2001) was not awesome, sorry. Its absolutely nothing compared to the first one. Hell, Thousand Arms (dating sim PSX RPG I wasplaying at the same time) was a million times better than it IMO.
Hell, Game Arts Lunar remakes were waaaaaaay better than that turd.
Sorry, ranting!
That said, the music was great and that's it.