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Summon Night 6: Lost Borders
The game takes place in the world of Fillujah, a world where all people have their own flying companion creature. The core three members of the cast (Raj, Amu, and Ist) are the primary protagonists, while the game plot involves them meeting up with characters from across the entire Summon Night series.
Details
- Released
- March 10, 2016
- Also known as
- Samon Naito Shikkusu Ushinawareta Kyoukai Tachi · Summon Night 6
- Developer
- Felistella, Media.Vision
- Publisher
- Gaijinworks, Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Platforms
- PS4
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Summon Night 6: Lost Borders Reviews
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In spite of its imperfections, I enjoyed playing Summon Night 6 because it displayed traits that reaffirm why I’m into this series. I’m not the biggest SRPG fan, but I’ve enjoyed playing Summon Night 5 and 6 enough to venture calling Summon Night my favorite SRPG series. Unfortunately, the charm that initially won me over couldn’t completely save Summon Night 6’s storyline from its dependence on nostalgia for something largely unfamiliar to Western gamers. That being said, spending time with Summon Night 6 makes me want to play the Summon Night games we did not get in the West more t…
Summon Night 6: Lost Borders is an interesting game, a Strategy RPG with heavy element of visual novel, where you are sure of plenty of grid-based battles, with lengthy screen time from your character’s portraits. Publisher Gaijinworks really brought out all the stops with a lengthy localization, full of a lot of dialogue. It was a risk to be sure, with so little of the series having been localized before this. Read on to find out how this adventure went.
Although the franchise’s original developers Flight Plan silently closed their doors back in 2010, the series has survived by being passed along from developer to developer throughout the years. You’d expect a series would falter and crumble under those conditions, instead it seems quite the opposite. As Media.Vision’s first crack at the series, Summon Night 6 is a surprisingly solid entry in the series. While we were unable to get our hands on any of the physical packaging that Gaijinworks is known for, their localisation efforts shine through clearly. While strategy RPGs may be harder to com...
Summon Night 6: Lost Borders’ story revolves around a fairly simple premise. Heroes from across various worlds and timelines are being transported to a land known as Cocoon World Fillujah, a nearly barren utopia where only a select few live in isolation from the rest of the Outerworlds. As numerous as falling stars across the sky, these heroes join forces to take part in a fight against those working from the shadows and ‘pulling the strings’ in a literal sense.
I’m sure if I had have played the previous Summon Night games I would have enjoyed Summon Night 6 more. The foundations are all there as a tactics JRPG, with solid production values and sound gameplay mechanics. What lets it down – and badly – is the assumption that people are familiar with all the other Summon Night games… most of which were never actually released in English. That assumption, coupled with the overly stereotypical plot and overload of characters – none of which are every developed beyond their most basic – makes for a game that, unfortunately, is far too shallow t…