Summoner 2
Summoner 2by THQ
Platform: PlayStation2
ESRB Rating: Teen
ASIN: B00006JC3X
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Features:
• Party-based questing madness
• Explore 30 imaginative 3-D locales
• Fulfill Maia's prophecy through an immersive, character-driven story
• Control up to three characters at a time
• Customize your characters using a flexible skill-point system
Amazon.com Product Description: On a storm-swept ship, the sequel begins...
You are the Queen of Halassar. Thousands have fought and died for you. Millions adore you as the goddess Laharah reborn. Your fate is written in the Book of the Prophets. You are the savior of all creation. But your enemies are strong. The King of Galdyr wants you dead. Sinister factions plot your downfall. The armies of Urath march on your borders. You are forced to talk only in short sentences. Below Munari City, the mysterious Unseen weave a dark conspiracy. Thus begins the tale...
You will battle your enemies in real time, with an all-new, party-driven combat system, and explore over 30 exotic and imaginative 3-D locales, from the tropical isle of Teomura to the bizarre and dreamlike City of Masks. Fulfill Maia's prophecy through an immersive, character-driven story, rule the Kingdom of Halassar, and interact with hundreds of nonplaying characters.
Customer Reviews:
How could you give this game a 1?, November 30, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from Elk River, MN USA
This game is great. Superb graphics that look like water colors, a great cast of characters, nice storyline that continues the one from the first one slightly, and an uber-combat system. What's there NOT to like about this game!?
An actual review!, November 12, 2002
Reviewer: Dustin Ashe from APO, AE United States
Well, unlike most the other reviewers, I will try to actually review the game, not just say "it wasn't that good" and give it one star.
I played the first Summoner, and thought it was OK at best. My favorite thing about the first one was the movie you got after beating it.
Coming from Sommoner, you will be in somewhat familiar teritory. You are no longer a summoner -- and you are no longer a peasant starting off like you were with Joseph. As the Queen of Hallasar, you believe you are the one from the prophecy and all that stuff -- and you get to transform (shapechange) into guardians to help you fight. No more summoning dog-demons to help you in your battles.
Gameplay is pretty good and easy to learn. There are 8 total playable characters (7 for most the game) -- And you will learn to love and not-so-much love some of the characters. The "hit the d pad to do a combo" thing from Summoner is gone, which I was glad for. S2 has moved to the more classic button/direction combos.
The storyline is pretty good. It's not of FFX quality, and definately not as long, but it's an engrossing and well done story.
You can only play 3 characters at one time. The developers did a pretty good job at getting all of your characters some play time, even though can get somewhat unrealistic at times (your guys always "split up" in the story line, convienantly) -- but overall it's not bad.
The characters are all pretty well done and balanced. I had hoped for a bit more of armor/look diversity, but it's still cool to see them in twilight armor and such.
Not a bad game over all -- and for those that liked the movie at the end of the first, the second one is a bit different, but still funny as hell :)
A huge dissapointment, November 5, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from Largo, FL United States
I really loved the original Summoner. It was a console RPG moving in the direction of the superior and more innovative PC RPG's. Combat innovations and a clever story line defined this game and made it, in my mind, the best console RPG ever in many ways.
Summoner 2 takes a step or two backwards. Combat became more action than thought and tactics, the very innovation that made the original so fun to play. Volition also tossed out realistic looking combat, replacing it with silly looking kiddie-anime moves; exagerated slashes, sweeps and hacking leaps.
The story is already known before you even begin playing, and the graphics are rather poor and as uninspired as the story.
Some parts of the game are good, but they are only parts. On the whole, the game was a move away from the innovations of the original. Summoner 2 had a real chance to grow up along with PC RPG's by building on its predeccesor. Instead, Volition threw out the very things that made the original so good.
Bad sequel, November 2, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from Decatur, GA United States
I played the original three times and did every side quest. This new one I played for a couple of days and got fed up with. I just cut the CD into little pieces. Frustrating controls. I'd never have bought this for the console if it were coming out on PC but no such luck. Way too complicated in the control department if you want to make use of all the fighters abilities. I don't have time to memorize that many different combinations for that many characters. The voice acting sounds like a bad British stew and the Goddess Reborn has a big wide booty and looks really strange jumping around. I wish you could rely on a sequel to be mostly like the original. Played the battle in the Imperial Sepulchre a dozen times and still couldn't beat it. This game is meant for somebody with younger fingers than mine.
Great, great game, October 9, 2002
Reviewer: Michael A. Nicholls from Hazel Park, MI United States
I played the first Summoner and loved it. (Had some flaws, but still great.)
The improvements to this game are outstanding. The spell / item / quest item menu is a great improvement. I was beat by the first Boss, but that is why I liked it. You have to change your fighting style to kill the Boss. I went all the way thru Baldur Gate without dying (That is why I think that game was graphically great, but game play just does not cut it.) Summoner 2, the HUGH amount of quest is great. I like that you can stop the "Storyline" and get a break with some other quest. The choice of 8 different characters might be a little negative, due to you have Eight characters to "level-up", but that is small in my book. I like the VAST difference of each character. They are not just a 'little' different, but completely different. Do not get me wrong, there are certain abilities that run between some, and others have very unique abilities. This game is not a hack and slash game, but a "thinkers" game.
Pretty satisfied..., October 1, 2002
Reviewer: Chad Gates from WV, USA
Summoner 2, not bad at all. Has good playability, but if you've played Summoner 1 on the computer, then you're in for a few surprises in Summoner 2. The interface is fairly simple, and the controls arent' half bad either. Pretty intense at times, and the difficulty is good. All in all, Summoner 2 is a good buy.
good but not too good, September 30, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from West Seneca, NY United States
I wanted to write this to vent how fustrated I am with this game. I'm not a novice at games by far but this is the first time I was beat by the first boss. The controls are really sluggish and the enemies far out match the character. This improves when you get two more characters to back you up. Then and only then does the fighting become fun. You can set the AI on different settings (for a bit of strategy). Its when a character goes solo that it becomes irritating. Especially when your up against three or more enemies. They can pumell you with out you being able to respond. You can't use heal spells because your stuck there healing while they knock all they points you just restored. Healing potions don't have this problem but you have to wait to use another. Sommoning is another problem. while your seeing the animation your friends are getting slaughterd. Fighting is easier with the blood sommon cause he heals when he hits the enemies but time runs out way too quickly. The other problem is the graphics. They are pretty mediocre. They are alright but compared to other games they don't come close. The mouths move sometimes but most of the time they're shut while speaking.
There are some cool points about the game. One is where your at the palace and you can make decisions on the throne. This was a cool idea and unique. you could also donate money to different officials for extra xp. There are tons of side quests that keep it interesting and some cool minigames. In the arena you can buy a monster (gladiator) and have them fight and gain levels till they lose then they're gone. The other characters you can choose are pretty cool Like sangril and Neru. Sangril is an assassin and can use stealth tecniques and Neru does martial arts Taurgis is useless.
This could have been really spectacular if they just worked out the single character quests to a resonable level. The graphics look good in some places but terrible in others. I played Red Faction so I expected better from volition. This is worth getting through the fustrating parts and the subpar graphics. If you don't mind those this will be worth it but stock up on controllers.
Great, great, great!, September 28, 2002
Reviewer: Lance Wiedeman from Kansas, USA
I loved the first Summoner (despite having some flaws), so I rushed out and got Summoner 2 the very day it was released, and I don't regret. The graphics are sharp and clear, the voice acting is just as good (if not better) than the first, the spell system and ability system remains relatively intact, and the battle system is great (much better than the first). The story is very interesting and draws you in immediately, and it hasn't let me down yet. I highly recommend!
Bah toe, September 26, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from i will neva tell
its a ok game but theres betta games then this like FFX or even kingdom hearts
This will be a great sequel worth of the name Summoner, September 10, 2002
Reviewer: Joseamid Zayas from Gainesville, Florida United States
I played the demo of this game and it really is looking better than the first one. Graphically this game looks very good the special effects look fantastic. The new battle system allows you to get more involved in combat where you need to press the button to swing your sword rather than just issue commands to your characters ans sit back and see what happens like in the first Summoner. This game has a feature similar to Final Fantasy X in that you can switch between characters during a fight since you can only have up to 3 characters, you can plan some strategy and see which character is better for a particular situation. The voice acting is still top notch as it was in the first game. The story and mythology of this game is rich and in depth and makes you wanna know more. This is a fabulous rpg game with tons of hours of game play. You don't need to have played the fist Summoner in order to understand and play this game but for those who have played Summoner 1 they will enjoy some of the references Summoner 2 has of the first game and there are some characters from summoner 1 appearing in Summoner 2. I definetly recommend this game to any hardcore rpg gamer or casual gamer. Buy it!
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