Grand Kingdom

Overview

Grand Kingdom is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Monochrome Corporation for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. It was published by Spike Chunsoft in Japan in 2015, and NIS America in the West in 2016. Following a mercenary group in the employ of different nations formed in the wake of a collapsed empire, the player engages in turn-based combat while navigating paths on maps similar to a board game. Online competitive asynchronous multiplayer where chosen teams of characters fight for a chosen nation was originally featured, but this ended as servers were shut down by 2019 in the West and 2022 in Japan.

Grand Kingdom began development in 2011 under director Tomohiko Deguchi, a former Vanillaware staff member, using similar design and aesthetic concepts to Grand Knights History (2011). The asynchronous multiplayer was developed to prove its viability in Japan, allowing a casual time investment from players. Manga artist Chizu Hashii designed the characters, who was asked to avoid moe design traits. The music was composed by a team from Basiscape, including Mitsuhiro Kaneda and Masaharu Iwata; it was one of Iwata's last original projects for Basiscape before leaving in 2017.

The game was announced in June 2015, when development was around 65% complete. Single-player downloadable content was released in Japan featuring scenarios around the nations and new player units between 2015 and 2016, all of which were bundled into the Western release. Reception was generally positive, with praise going to its gameplay and art design, though its audio saw some mixed response, and critics were generally indifferent to its narrative.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical

Developer

Monochrome

Publisher

Spike Chunsoft, NIS America

Platforms

PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

12

ESRB

T

Release dates

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies46

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

15

Bronze

28

Total

46

Points

1350

• Hero of Resonail
• The Beginning of War You are now affiliated with the Guild.
• Golden Baku
• Fledging Mercenaries You hired a new unit.
• Novice Blacksmith Forged something at the blacksmith.
• A Sharper Sword Upgraded equipment at the blacksmith.
• One of a Kind Synthesized equipment at the blacksmith.
• Leave It To Me! Finished off an enemy with an Assist.
• True Grit Used Grit to avoid an enemy attack.
• Four Great Nations Visited each capital of the Four Great Nations.
• Obstacle Crusher Removed every type of obstacle on the field.
• Angels in White Met and received treatment from all 4 Healing Sisters.
• Worn-out shoes
• The Road's End Went to all areas on a Travel Quest.
• Bounty Hunter
• Max Stat Reach 99 in any stat on any unit.
• First Class Up Performed a Class Up!
• Class Master
• Skill Completionist
• Flag Collector
• Great Order Obtain 150 total policy points.
• Guild Ace
• An Amazing New Record!
• Isn't It Beautiful?
• High Damage
• Combo Master
• Boundless Courage Achieve victory while morale is low.
• Beyond the Threshold of Death
• Double Finish Killed 2 enemies simultaneously.
• Triple Finish Killed 3 enemies simultaneously!
• Major Accident Killed an enemy using knockback damage.
• Object Breaker Destroyed an object while a unit was on top of it.
• Was Someone There? Killed an invisible unit while it was still invisible.
• Leave Me Behind! Prepared to flee from battle, then fled after a unit died.
• Oops, My bad!
• Watch Your Step!
• Yum, Yum, Yum!
• A Lovely Present A Rogue picked up a item containing explosives.
• Skillful
• The Final Explosion Win a battle using the Challenger's self-destruct skill, resulting in a double KO.
• Winner of a fierce battle
• Stylish
• A Strong Mercenary Adjust a quest's difficulty before clearing it.
• Lone Warrior
• Furious Success
• The Very Model of a Modern Mercenary

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 1.4 GB

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Spike Chunsoft, NIS America

Developer

Monochrome

Released

2016-06-21

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 22.6 hours