IncGamers: Looks cute, doesn't it? Anime sprites! Little girls having adventures! Cute little slime monsters! And then it bites your finger off. Do not judge this game by its unbelievably twee cover.
Jacob Ross at Save/Continue writes:
“Fortune Summoners is a story about being young,” or so its website description says. “It’s a story about finding adventure, about doing good even when doing good is hard. It’s a story about owning up to your mistakes and making them right, and facing down danger no matter what”.
Well let me tell you right off the top that in Fortune Summoners, doing good can be very hard indeed.
I had my eye on this game for a while, but I'm not entirely sure if I want something that requires a great deal of learning.
Some day soon, Fortune Summoners.
GamingUnion: "Indie publisher Carpe Fulgur made a name for themselves with their widely successful release of Recettear: An Item Shop Tale. Their second game, Chantelise: A Tale of Two Sisters, didn't rise to the same meteoric level that Recettear did, but was still successful for the company in its own right. Carpe Fulgur's back with their third indie release in the form of Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone. Unlike the first two games which came from Japanese developer EasyGameStation, Fortune Summoners comes from a new developer, Lizsoft. Coming from a new developer and featuring a radically different battle system, the question begs itself: is Fortune Summoners worth your investment?"
Jeff of Just Press Start writes:
"As I’ve said before, Carpe Fulgur knows charming when they see it. Recettear and Chantelise prove that. They’ve now turned their sights on Lizsoft’s side-scrolling, action-RPG. How does this one measure up?"
I was considering buying it after playing the demo, though the combat kinda frustrated me. Everything else was perfectly spot on and was really looking great. I should say the combat is great and fun (when it works). Though I found myself flailing around in panic just trying to kill one bat I could never seem to hit.
I think I will definitely pick it up at some point, perhaps when there's a Steam sale and it's like 10 bucks. :p
I'm glad the Carpe Fulgur guys have dug out another obscure(ish?) Japanese title to translate for the west. Recettear was pretty cool too.