History VideoGame / Summoner2

''Summoner 2'' on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (later ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube as ''Summoner: A Goddess Reborn'') is the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}},'' released in 2002 by {{Creator/Volition}}. Gameplay-wise, this was made to be more of an ActionRPG. Like its predecessor, it contains a rich original world filled with a complex history. It is also remembered for the large CosmicRetcon it applied on its predecessor.

* CosmicRetcon: A '''BIG''' one, compared to the first game. Laharah is an evil goddess, and her followers, the Nuvasarim, feed on agony. This is thoroughly retconned in the sequel, in which Laharah is the ''protagonist''. [[spoiler:Except that neither Laharah, nor Urath, nor any other gods exist. They are all merely parts of Aosi. What's that, you say? Vadagar's giant three-headed corpse? We didn't walk through any giant three-headed corpse!]]
** The Nuvasarim are a cult and are reviled in Halassar and Galdyr, which worship Laharah as a good goddess.

** A weird case, as the game's CosmicRetcon and other story events takes the potential for an epic ending in the previous game and makes it rather depressing. [[spoiler:If Joseph decided to become a god, and Summoner 2 says the gods do not really exist... Did Joseph end up killing himself? And the fate of Rosalind.]]
%%*** [[spoiler:No, he was reborn into Maia. Kind of. He, too, is part of Aosi.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Azraman, Taurgis and Maia. Also Krobelus, who despite being a bishop is stronger than any of the armored crusaders he commands.

* PointofNoReturn: You can return to the Realm of Twilight at will in the second game, although not to the wasteland, the Seige Engine or the Tomb of Githiran [[spoiler:until the end]].

* AGodIsYou: Maia, as well as [[spoiler:Morbazan and Iari, though they're more Precursors that are worshipped as gods by the Munari. So, basically, that's 3 gods as playable characters.]]
* AllMythsAreTrue: Subverted. Myths have basis in truth, but the reality is different.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: You are generally only allowed three party members, and everywhere except the Arena and the Tome of the Nuvhasarim one of them has to be Maia.

* CosmicHorror: [[spoiler:the Tempest.]]
* CosmicRetcon: A '''BIG''' one, compared to the first game. Laharah is an evil goddess, and her followers, the Nuvasarim, feed on agony. This is thoroughly retconned in the sequel, in which Laharah is the ''protagonist''. [[spoiler:Except that neither Laharah, nor Urath, nor any other gods exist. They are all merely parts of Aosi. What's that you say? Vadagar's giant three-headed corpse? We didn't walk through any giant three-headed corpse!]]

* DualBoss: Taurgis Vs Azraman.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Maia defeats the Tempest, then she transforms into the tree of Eleh.]]

* AGodAmI: Maia, as well as [[spoiler:Morbazan and Iari, though they're more Precursors that are worshipped as gods by the Munari. So, basically, that's 3 gods as playable characters.]]

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Maia. Taurgis when he was still prince of Galdyr. Azraman II also counts.

* ActionGirl: Maia and Sangaril.

%%* BadassGrandpa: Yago.

* JackOfAllStats: Maia, who has good combat skills and a wide selection of magic powers.

* AGodAmI: Maia, as well as [[spoiler: Morbazan and Iari, though they're more Precursors that are worshipped as gods by the Munari. So, basically, that's 3 gods as playable characters.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Yago.

* CosmicHorror: [[spoiler: the Tempest.]]
* CosmicRetcon: A '''BIG''' one, compared to the first game. Laharah is an evil goddess, and her followers, the Nuvasarim, feed on agony. This is thoroughly retconned in the sequel, in which Laharah is the ''protagonist''. [[spoiler: Except that neither Laharah, nor Urath, nor any other gods exist. They are all merely parts of Aosi. What's that you say? Vadagar's giant three-headed corpse? We didn't walk through any giant three-headed corpse!]]

*** [[spoiler: No, he was reborn into Maia. Kind of. He, too, is part of Aosi.]]

* PointofNoReturn: You can return to the Realm of Twilight at will in the second game, although not to the wasteland, the Seige Engine or the Tomb of Githiran [[spoiler: until the end]].

* TomboyPrincess: Maia

* YouAllLookFamiliar: Particularly obvious with the pirates, Galdyran soldiers, and the gladiators.

''Summoner 2'' on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (later ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube as ''Summoner: A Goddess Reborn'') is the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}},'' released in 2002 by {{Creator/Volition}}. Gameplay was improved by making it an action RPG. Like its predecessor, it contains a rich original world filled with a complex history. It is also remembered for the large CosmicRetcon it applied on its predecessor.

* MightyGlacier: Taurgis.

''Summoner 2'' on the PlayStation2 (later ported to the GameCube as ''Summoner: A Goddess Reborn'') is the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}},'' released in 2002 by {{Creator/Volition}}. Gameplay was improved by making it an action RPG. Like its predecessor, it contains a rich original world filled with a complex history. It is also remembered for the large CosmicRetcon it applied on its predecessor.

* StopHelpingMe: You run into a man named Osuke in Munari City, who is constantly belching up slugs due to a failed experiment. You can feed him more experimental serum to try to cure him. The first vial sets him on fire, the second turns him inside out, the third causes him to fade in and out of existance, and the fourth causes his body to constantly disintegrate into energy particles and reform. As you might guess, he starts longing for the days when he was just belching up slugs (that is, until the fifth vial cures him).

** No, Joseph and all the summons are reborn as Maia.