#noa legend of legaia

[jaeharuart]

Noa in one of her victory poses from Legend of Legaia. Still one of my favorite JRPGS. : 3

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[rjdrawsstuff]

Does anyone still remember Legend of Legaia for the PS1 or am I just too old?

[playstationpark]

Noa Kicking Ass 'Legend Of Legaia' PlayStation

[ggswaywardgifrepository]

For the most part, Legend of Legaia’s graphics are very charming. I prefer the look of the battle models to the wandering-about-towns models but it’s similar to Final Fantasy VII in that regard. So, no big.

However, the cartoony (by choice) and clunky (by hardware/software capabilities) models really do some of the plot’s darker elements a disservice.

Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t played the game but is thinking about it…..

The Conkram part of the story? Super dark and would be creepy as hell with modern day graphics and more realistic models. Noa (and CO) rolling up into the town where she’s been told her parents are to find not just them but anyone still alive is actually fused with a monster that has taken over the town?

The pulsing walls, the intentionally unappealing color palette, everything. Especially the moment where the soldiers who are guarding the basement (and are basically conjoined because of the Seru that has taken over the town) realize the queen said you could pass and they split themselves. The rest of the NPCs will still talk to you as long as the town is still there. They don’t, once they do it.

Shit like that is impactful anyway, but with modern visuals? It’d be wonderfully awful.

I know the game wasn’t nearly popular enough to warrant a remake—probably not even a digital remaster, sadly. (Legaia 2 being a dumpster fire didn’t help). But damn. It would be awesome.

[edwarddominicemilio]

I PLAYED LEGEND OF LEGAIA AGAIN AND I CRIED JUST THE SAME

"What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again." - Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

As I write this, Melody of Memories from the Legend of Legaia OST is playing in my headphones. When I was around seven years old, I played this cult classic and, for the first time, I was dead set on saving the world of Legaia.

Legend of Legaia was the first video game to which I have been endeared. Despite his silence, I learned to love Vahn. Despite her quirkiness and naivete, I found Noa charming. Despite his brooding attitude, I admired Gala.

It's true what they say: we all experience the same piece of art differently as we grow older. My first playthrough of Legend of Legaia was only about a young kid enjoying his Playstation. My second full playthrough of the game was during the COVID-19 pandemic. I can distinctly recall being stuck inside a quarantine facility in Iloilo City while my characters dream about saving the world in the ancient ruins of Uru Mais.

My second playthrough was nostalgic. Despite the horrors going on outside the quarantine facility, I felt happy because I was playing my childhood video game and I was sharing about it to J, my greatest love and my greatest pain.

There is a deep intimacy with which I experience art. The problem with this is once I share it with a girlfriend, I start to associate all memories I have of the video game with her. This happened with Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen which I played with J in Cebu City just before I went home to Iloilo City in mid-2020. Now, whenever I hear Eternal Return or Coils of Light from the Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen OST, I remember her.

But that was then and this is now. If there is a lesson I had to pick up from the narrative of Legend of Legaia, it's that nostalgia need not hold one back. Frankly speaking, part of why I wanted to play Legend of Legaia again was because I wanted to reclaim it. I cannot leave to a lost love that joyous chapter of the memoirs of my youth.

Back to the game, I was not mature enough to pick up on the motif of "reclaiming fate" when I was seven. I was not vigilant enough to empathize with guilty people before I hurt J. It was only on my third dedicated playthrough that I noticed Legend of Legaia is full of characters with a broken past seeking to renew their future.

Grantes was blinded by love for Cara when he got deceived by Zora; now, he drinks his guilt away and the woman whom he used to love begs for scraps of his attention.

Vahn was brave (or reckless?) when he went outside Rim Elm to fetch some Drake Water for his mother but when he got lost, his father Val had to rescue him, leading to the latter's injury.

Gala's parents were killed by the Seru and yet he now sees that he needs them to save the world.

Even Noa, young and innocent she may be, took it upon herself to raise her brother Cort.

There is so much love and sacrifice portrayed in their simple yet spellbinding narratives.

I remember that one scene from David Lean's film Lawrence of Arabia (1962):

Prince Feisal: Gasim's time has come, Lawrence. It is written.

T.E. Lawrence: Nothing is written.

Sherif Ali: You will not be at Aqaba, English! Go back, blasphemer but you will not be at Aqaba!

T.E. Lawrence: I shall be at Aqaba. That, IS written.

[pointing to forehead]

T.E. Lawrence: In here.

If Sol Tower had witnessed Grantes' love for Cara and Buma saw the loved ones together again, why can't I rewrite my life?

I saw a funny meme once about how JRPGs begin with fetch quests to rescue kittens and somehow end with you killing God. In a sense, Legend of Legaia is one such JRPG. It begins with you locating a tree inside your village and ends with you going to the Spirit World and killing a giant Bio-Weapon. In yet another sense, my realizations about Legend of Legaia are the same. Seven year old me was happy to kill Xain; 26-year-old me saw it as testament to man's immortal march to become superior to his former self.

I love this game. I fucking love this game.

[seanfineart]

行くぞ!

"Let's go!"

More people should play Legend of Legaia - seriously a hidden gem of the PS1 era. Noa is just the best.

[robogart]

The SixFanarts challenge from twitter! I got so many cool suggestions!! I definitely need to do a round two!! Thank you so much everyone, I look forward to doing more characters in the future!! 👏💖🌸💕🌻✨

[lestikitty]

Memories

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[tasiaadams18art]

Pop Art Legend Of Legaia.

[jojostory]

Inktober 2019 Day 15 - Legend

Legend of... LEGAIA!? I had to draw my fav character from one of my favorite PS1-era JRPGs. If you haven’t heard of it, look it up! It’s got great music and the battle system is still one of my favorite mechanics I’ve encountered in video games.

[vahn5]

Noa imitating Lu and Gala facepalming is still one of my favourite moments xD

[lemonpixycat]

If you’re not a member of my Patreon account, you’re missing out on a REALLY nice patron exclusive art piece this month! As you can tell from the preview, I did a full background and everything! But the good news is, you can go become a contributor RIGHT NOW for as low as a dollar a month and then see this and other exclusive things! Each month gets a fully fleshed art piece exclusive to my patrons!

[irinayunhe]

Thanks to @elanorchuah for helping with the colour overalls. They're also fan of this game!!

Had a nostalgic week watching a let's play of Legend of Legaia. I love the characters in the game.

It was so fun revisiting this game. The three main protagonist : Vahn (middle) Gala (left) and Noa (right) wearing korean inspired fashion.

[playstationpark]

Noa Attack 'Legend Of Legaia' PlayStation

[ggswaywardgifrepository]

Playing Legend of Legaia again and I really do think it was an underrated game.

The combat is great. (Probably my biggest gripe with FF9, which I also recently replayed. I don’t like its combat system.)

Absorbing your spells from monsters is really cool, and then being able to strengthen them with use is a lot of fun.

I also enjoy that the game sort of goes against type when it comes to who is the best physical fighter and who is the strongest magician. It’s a little odd that fighter monk Gala is the least adept when it comes to physical combat because that should be his bread and butter. He hits hard, for sure, but his poor agility/speed means he gets fewer hits per turn than Vahn and Noa. But it’s refreshing that he’s the strongest spell caster.

[akaryuusei-art]

19 years ago, Legend of Legaia was out on America.