![]() ![]() Unfortunately, I didn't intend to review it initially so I didn't take any screenshots and I can't be arsed to go through it again just to capture some, so the screens you see below aren't mine.Ī word of warning: despite being a very hardcore game, Fortune Summoners is heavy on anime that creates the impression of being aimed at ten year old girls (which it isn't), so if you simply can't stand this kind of art style, you may as well stop reading right now - before the pictures below give you headache. I played through the game twice, on Normal and on Hard, and am now ready to tell you what I think about it. ![]() Originally released in 2007 by the Japanese developer Lizsoft, Fortune Summoners is an interesting mix of a 2D sidescroller and a party-based action RPG, and the third game localized by Carpe Fulgur, the publisher that also brought us Recettear in 2010 and Chantelise in 2011, two games that have already developed a strong cult following. More often than not they do not end up translated into English, but Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone (2012) is one of the infrequent cases that has. As a rule, they are also tough as nails and cutesy to the point of sugar overdose - a typically Japanese-produced combination. These are so-called doujin, or independent games, which are often niche and experimental in nature. There is, however, one particular breed of Japanese video games that is predominantly PC based. Most of them are console only, or at least console first, which would normally exclude them from the Codex coverage (of course, the same argument can be made for contemporary Western multiplatform releases, but let's not dwell on this here). If there is one subgenre we've not usually covered, it is Japanese RPGs.
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