Summon Night: A Swordcraft Story Review
Date: Nov 11th, 2006 6:54:03 pm - Subscribe
Mood: ambitious
Video Games: Review
Summon Night: A Swordcraft Story is a good RPG that uses a basic world system that is based on a tournament for the position of Craftlord, a high position in the City of Swords. The tournament required the materials found in a labyrinth found beneath the city itself, which are used to make weapons. Also being part of the Silver Guild the main character is sent off on some trips to the outside world. This is a good story where you continue the legacy of your father the former Craftlord.
The characters are somewhat good, thought they can be a little unbelievable at times. There is a good system that is in place for the character connections. After every sequence of events in the game, the character is prompted to choose a place to go in the city, and certain character are at those spots. When a spot is chosen the character has a scene with whoever is at the spot they chose. These scenes determine who is with the character in the final scene. Also these scenes reveal the stories of what happened during the former Craftlords time, and some of the characters pasts.
The gameplay in this game is good in combat. In combat it is a sidescrolling battle with whatever weapon you have equiped and what ever Guardian Beast you have chosen. There are two bars in the combat screen. A health bar and a durability bar. When either of the bars are out the battle is lost. The health bar drains as the player is hit, and the durability bar drains as the player blocks or attacks. The Guardian Beast is basically magic, which can have four spells or items equipped. The five types of weapons are the sword, axe, spear, knuckle, and drill. The sword is the basic all around good weapon. The axe is a good powerful weapon, but it is slow. The spear is a long range stabbing weapon. The knuckles are fast short ranged. The drill is a short ranged weapon that is best used to break your opponents weapon. The weapons system in this game is excellent. As you play the game you collect materials and plans for weapons. When you return to your workshop you can make the materials into weapons. The map is just walking around the city and labyrinth which is nothing special. The potential for a good game is in the combat and weapon system. Over all this is a good game and is fun to play when on the go. I give this game 4 stars
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