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Summoner
Born with the mark of the Summoner, Joseph possesses a power greater than emperors and gods. As a child, he summoned a demon to save his village, and watched in horror as those he loved were destroyed. Nine years later, the armies of Orenia invade, and Joseph must confront the prophecy he was born to fulfill.
Details
- Released
- October 26, 2000
- Developer
- Volition, Graphsim Entertainment
- Genres
- Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
- Publisher
- THQ, Graphsim Entertainment
- Subscriptions
- PS Plus Classics
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Summoner is a party-based CRPG that launched on PS2 in 2000, and it was recently given a new lease on life thanks to a re-release on PS5 and PS4 via PlayStation's Classics push. Developed by Volition (later Deep Silver, of Saint's Row fame), the studio's ambitious and expansive effort was marred by a lack of polish and technical issues despite shooting for the moon with its storytelling, world-building, and relatively unique chain combat system. Summoner remains quite rough. Still, it's never been more accessible, and the standard suite of quality-of-life improvements like save states, rewind,...