Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone

Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone

Developer(s)	Lizsoft
Publisher(s)	^JP Lizsoft ^WW Carpe Fulgur
Engine	FOR-D System
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	^JP 000000002008-09-10-0000September 10, 2008 ^WW 000000002012-01-30-0000January 30, 2012
Genre(s)	Dungeon crawler, action RPG^[1]
Mode(s)	Single player

Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone (フォーチュンサモナーズ～アルチェの精霊石～, Fōchun Samonāzu ~Aruche no Seirei Seki~) is a 2D side-scrolling action role-playing video game. The player takes the role of a sword-wielding girl named Arche who wants to learn magic.

Characters

Arche Plumfield (アルチェプラムフィールド): The player character. Cheerful and honest. Uses a short sword to fight.^[2]
Sana Poanet (サナポアネット): A shy girl who uses water magic.^[2]
Stella Mayberk (ステラメイベルク): A haughty girl who uses fire magic.^[2]

Release

Fortune Summoners was originally released by the Japanese dōjin soft group Lizsoft in 2008. A 2009 re-release offered graphical improvements, additional voice acting, and other added content. Carpe Fulgur localized the 2008 version for an English release in 2012.^[3]

Reception

In the West, Fortune Summoners received mixed reviews from critics.^[4] Sam Marchello of RPGamer scored it 1.5 out of 5, calling the game "a repetitive nightmare" with "poorly designed dungeons and neverending cutscenes filled with trite dialogue."^[5] Francisco Acosta, writing for MeriStation, said that "For lovers of titles like Ghosts'n Goblins, Zelda II or Wonder Boy, Fortune Summoners is nothing short of essential, but we must bear in mind its limitations."^[6]

References

↑ Caldwell, Brendan (8 February 2012). "Wot I Think: Fortune Summoners". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
1 2 3 "Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone - Characters". Retrieved 2 November 2013.
↑ Davison, Pete (2013). "You Should Play Fortune Summoners". USgamer. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
↑ Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone at Metacritic
↑ Marchello, Sam. "Summon Me a Better Game". RPGamer. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
↑ Serrano Acosta, Francisco Alberto (1 February 2012). "Análisis Fortune Summoners PC". MeriStation (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2013.

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