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Posted by Orange:

Now, I know that Gamespot and Gamespot UK are affiliated closely, but I don't think the reviewer should give the exact same score in his Summoner review just because his "partner in life" in the US did. Anyway, they gave Summoner a 7.6 out of 10 (gee, there's a shock, what'd Gamespot US give them again? Oh yeah, 7.6 out of 10). Here's the linkalage if you want to check it out. Otherwise, here's probably one of the worthwile things to read from it:

Despite its other problems, Summoner has an excellent story. Though its basic premise of a young peasant boy being a prophesied savior is thoroughly cliché, the actual storyline is superb, fraught with treachery and genuinely surprising twists and turns, and is interesting enough to provide incentive to continue through the game's sometimes frustrating combat areas and quests. Over the course of his adventures, the game's protagonist, Joseph meets with three other companions: Flece, the thief; Rosalind, the wizard-monk; and Jekhar, the soldier. Each character has its own motives, and each views Joseph differently. The game's player characters and nonplayer characters are all made interesting because of Summoner's generally good writing and solid voice-acting; voiceover is only provided in the game's in-engine cutscenes, though it's generally quite good.

Sadly, that was about the shortest good thing I could find. The author could be reminded that there are such things as paragraphs! Yay! (at least his US pal knows that).

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