4/5 ★ – Lancey's review of Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2.

A really great and surprisingly unknown to wide audience game (Game Boy Advance is old but for how good this game is i'd expect more recognition). I found battle system in the series way more enjoyable that i thought it'd be. Graphics are great, done by people with some good sense of game art and are really pushing the capabilities of GBA; Compared to the first game graphics are even more polished and added character animations help bringing even more life into characters. One thing i especially like in the series is that choosing different summon not only changes the gameplay a bit and story but also gives a different feeling to the whole experience. Sword-crafting is well executed and helps differentiating it from other games even more. Sounds and music are not too shabby either. While it may not be the most original and blockbusting game it's definitely a very enjoyable and very strong tittle still bringing a lot of originality into the rpg field which isn't only a gimmick but well built mechanics, although i'd say that storytelling is really where the game excels at maybe not the story itself but the way it's told hence "storytelling" ). Objectively saying i'd give that game 8.5 but choosing between 8 and 9 i have to go with 9 because of personal bias and because of the platform it was released for.