Forgotten PS2 Launch RPG Summoner Resurrected for PS5, PS4

I remember dumping a lot of time into this game and it wasn't very good back when PS2 was new lol. It had a pretty cool premise for the time. Hopefully someone can find some love for it!

This was the game I got with my PS2!

The thing I remember best about it is the easter egg in the credits - they animated an audio skit from the Dead Ale Wives of the characters playing a D&D game, and it's hilarious in that late 90's kind of way.

I can't wait for this I loved the og summoner, later games weren't as good

@get2sammyb I bought a copy of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on the PS2 on launch day from Game. I had to go back about an hour later to buy another memory card as my other didn't have enough space on them!

Never played this one on PS2, but ill give it a go when it releases.

@IntrepidWombat That's the main thing I remember. If I recall their game of D&D also had a character from Red Faction at the table.

I recall playing this at launch. Took a while to get into it but it was just ok. The best thing about this game was the youtube video they made with the characters playing D&D. Search 'summoner geeks' on youtube.

@JackMiller43 Indeed. He just wanted gray eyes.

Absolutely loved this game on PS2. I can still hear the main character's death cry of "avenge meeeh!"

I think i bought my PS2 with DOA 2 Hardcore & GT 3. But i never i played this game and i don't think i will try it.

I'm curious though why Sony choose to port this one and not PS2 games like Socom, The Getaway, Legaia Duel Saga, Wild Arms 4/5/Alter Code F, or titles that are more popular.

I bought this for pc via Sky Tv using the tv remote to order it (the one and only time). You kids with your new fangled internet don’t know you’re born. Now excuse me, I have a cloud at which to yell

@IntrepidWombat I remember the Easter Egg too. Summoner was one of the games I bought when I got my launch day PS2 at Best Buy. I remember getting stuck pretty deep in the game and had to give up. I don't think it was a bug, just my bad gaming. Will check this version out.

Look forward to finally giving summoner a go, also with tomb raider last month and timesplitters listing popping up it looks like embracer group is joining Sony and Disney as one of the few publishers not sitting on their back catalog.

Loved it when I played it back in the day, but I'm sure it's too outdated now to enjoy.

I had this back in the day, in fact I was so desperate for good RPGs early in the PS2 era I even had Orphen: Scion of sorcery and Ephemeral Fantasia. I have no idea what I was thinking on those! Summoner was definitely the best of the bunch, but my game crashed and I lost like 2 hours of game time and never finished it.

@naruball Good gameplay never gets too outdated. It's more that a lot of people only like new shiny things.

I didn't finish this but enjoyed it. I vividly remember a side quest getting a blind man his missing eye only for him to see who you were are and condemn you

@sanderson72 dark alliance was definitely not a PS2 launch title

@rusty82 unless you just meant you bought dark alliance on its release day?

Jeanne D'Arc was awesome! I definitely am going to revisit that one. That scene with the fire was truly heartwrenching and the twist was rather clever.

I love Summoner. Never finished, but played a lot. Actually... I didn't finished a lot of PS2 games, because almost daily I bought new game, so there was no time... 😀

Yup. This was my first PS2 game.

That amazing secret D&D cutscene alone makes this game worth it. Lol

Seen the name but forget the series, have researched it at some point. Either way cool to see.

@rusty82 Yes, sorry, I bought BG:DA on its release day, not the PS2's release day (mine was the GT3 pack about a year or so after launch which is how long I leave it to buy all my PlayStations over the years)

@sanderson72 dark alliance was superb. The water effects were amazing when it came out. I have it on PS5. May have to give it another go

@WiiWareWave see I don't mind games like Super Mario Bros (2 or 3), but games from the ps1 and ps2 generations look really ugly to me.

I can't wait to play this game again, loved it back in the day, and it's sequel, hopefully we'll get some other cult classics like psi-ops, second sight, mortal kombat: shaolin monks, alundra, alundra 2, e.o.e: eve of extinction and a few others, PS1 and PS2 had some proper hidden gems that weren't necessarily loved by critics, but were enjoyed by people who played them.