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(More customer reviews)I bought the first Summoner game and loved it, so I was looking forward to Summoner 2.Well, I really enjoyed Summoner 2 as well, except for the fact it's already over!Never have I completed an RPG in so short a time.I even embarked on several side quests, and I was NOT up all night playing this game! At least the game has replay value, due to all the side-quests.However, I was disappointed to discover you can only re-play the game with your ... "newbie" stats.Too bad it can't be like "Chrono Trigger" or "Chrono Cross", where your stats are higher the more you re-play the game.So what's the point of the "save" function at the very end of Summoner 2?Just so you can see Maia's final battle over and over again?It seems so pointless.
Like I said, I did enjoy the game.The storyline is excellent (as was the first Summoner plot), the characters are well-developed, the fighting is greatly improved (I've been waiting for years for another "real time" fighting rpg, like "Zelda" and "Alundra"!!), it's one of the hardest rpg's I've played in a looong time (Battle-wise I died many frustrating deaths, getting crushed by non-stop foes! FFX was a easy by comparison!), and I liked that several of the characters from the first Summoner appeared in Summoner 2!Yago is a playable character and Rosalind has a "cameo".The graphics are greatly improved as well. Nothing like FFX, but a big leap from the first Summoner.
I noticed Summoner 2 has the same annoying tick as the first game. You get to an exit, then can't leave because a party member is trapped in some far-off room you left ages ago!I'm looking forward to a Summoner 3, and hopefully this will be corrected by then! I really liked the characters being "interviewed"!That's original!
I just wish the game had been longer!Example:if you played Legend of Dragoon for 2 weeks, perhaps you made it to the 2nd disc by then.Play this game for 2 weeks and you'll complete it!
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Product Description:
Summoner 2 keeps all that was good in its predecessor and far surpasses it. On a purely technical level, the load times between scenes are faster, camera angles are consistently more flexible in the 3-D environment, and the battle reactions are cleaner and more responsive. But it's the story that's really blossomed. The swashbuckling goddess-queen Maia is more likable than dour Joseph from the first Summoner. (Her various outfits and weapons sure are cooler, at least.) There's more humor in the story, and it manages to strike its serious notes without sounding ridiculously overdramatic. The voice actors sound like they're really enjoying their roles too, and it was fun (for a change) to listen to the spoken sections. The storyline moves you along smoothly, and the bosses, while tricky, never seem insurmountable. Rather than just some big fight at the end, the goal of Summoner 2 seems to be to help Maia seek her destiny while being the most adored and accomplished--plus best outfitted--queen-goddess-swordsperson she can be. --Garland Withers
Pros:
Vast gameplay with plenty of fun optional quests
Well-organized quest and lore indexes for easy reference
Lots of fighting styles and combination moves
Flexible saving system allows you to back up your game easily
Occasional camera angle problems (but fewer than the first Summoner!)
Easy to miss out on one-time chances at optional quests while following storyline
Many long stretches that must be traversed again and again
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