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One of the best games I've ever played in my life

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 18
Date: March 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game very very much. I have played it every single day after school and I play it with my friends and family all the time. I am very competitive, so I always want to be the best, or at least better than my cousin who enjoys this game as much as I do. This was one of the best games that I have ever played. Though there are few not noticeable glitches in the game, it is still fun to play 24-7. I am a video game fan and I review video games on the internet all the time. I would know if this is a good game, and it is. I have achieved a level 80 status in the game(maximum). I am very good at video games and playing them is practically all I do. I am a very big fan of games and I want to spread all the great fun of games out to other children my age. I hope my review will prove useful to you. Thanks.

The best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

All of u are bs'ing this game is better than the first.!.It is the best game i ever have gotten!!!!!!!!!It is kind of hard but very fun i sugest u get it now!!!!!!!!!!!!Its good online and off line.
(.The best character is the Dark Elf.)

This game does not live up to the first game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There are a whole lot of bugs in this game. Its very irratating that they released this game without fixing it properly. The story to the game is weeker then the first making it a little boring......

Best of the Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game was very exciting and entertaining. I'm 30+ and enjoyed playing it with my son as we hacked and slashed our way through to the very end. The graphics are excellent. However some scenes can be so dark, you have to adjust the brightness level to see.
Interesting points:
Importable characters from the original game
Lots of specials weapons and items to pick up
challenging fights with BOSSES.
lots of save points
lots of room for inventory
Easy to learn even for old folks like me
extra bonus features include arenas to death matches against each other or compete with each other.
All in All, we loved it and we are hoping a part 3 will come out.
Enjoy

MORE GREAT FUN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a nicely done sequal to a great game. I like how the two games are tied together in the storyline really good. Being able to import toons from the first game to this one is a cool feature also. They still didn't expand the item customization, but it's still an awesome game regardless.

Loved it...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very good. I thought it was short when we beat it through the first time, but importing and upgrading the levels made it even more worth while!

Below average

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: February 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pretty much the same game as the first although the story is weaker. Some minor tweaks but it looks like a rushed product to me. The developers did not use any imagination. I am surprised they don't sue themselves for plagarism. They have some bugs, you can go to the Snowblind forums to see them so I won't go over them here. This is a game you should rent not buy but if you can find it on sale for a few bucks you might go for it. Its only redeeming quality is up to four people can play together and that is rare.

Standard Hack-and-Slash in Everquest Setting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This review was written by James Shea, my son.

A hack-and-slash game set in the universe of the online game Everquest, "Return to Arms" does for Everquest what "Dark Alliance" did for the Baldur's Gate series. Return to Arms is the sequel to "Champions of Norrath", which was similarly aimed at a hack-and-slash crowd.

Based on games like "Gauntlet", "Return to Arms" has the player smashing his way through hordes of enemies. There are 7 classes to choose from (each a different race; most have the option of choosing gender, as well). There is a limited amount of choice for skin and hair color as well as hairstyle. The classes are, in usual RPG fashion, designed to complement each other (fighter hits, cleric heals, mage casts spells, etcetera), though each is fairly capable of standard hack-and-slash attacks. The two new classes are an Iksar Shaman and a Vah Shir Berserker (both from the original EQ's expansion packs). The game is primarily meant to be played online, where four people can work together to go through the story mode.

The story picks up where the last left off - the enemy defeated in the last game has broken into shards, and it is up to the player to either destroy them (the good path) or collect them to revive the evil being (the evil path). Mostly, it's used as a way to justify the hack-and-slash; there's not a great deal of development that occurs. There are some throwaway characters introduced (mostly so there is someone to kill) but for the most part the "characters" are just things that you are bashing.

Much of the game works like Diablo, and in fact even looks like it; the skill trees, the equipment and inventory system, and the basic system of hacking and slashing all recalls a Diablo-esque mode of play. Many of the conventions established by Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, such as casting magic while you fight and various facets of the interface, are also present.

The graphics are decent, for the most part. However, like in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (though not as ridiculously exaggerated here) the women are mostly scantily-clad and "bouncy". In fact, most of the characters in the game are these scantily-clad women, including the representatives for the "good" and "evil" sides. It's almost as though the game designers were admitting that the game was simply a vessel for "stuff teenage boys want" and not so much a story-based game. One could point to the Babes of Everquest calendar for the first game as further proof of this. Other than that particular notable, the graphics are good but bland in most cases. The audio is similarly bland; again, just a background for the hack-and-slash gameplay.

Overall, this game isn't really distinguished from any other hack-and-slash, except for the Everquest setting. If you're really into EQ, and you don't mind not having any sort of role-playing or storyline, then this might be worth a try. Otherwise, don't bother.

Rating: 5/10.

Here it comes..!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: January 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have the original, this one comes out 2/11/05

can import original characters, another skill level, new chars
goes up to 80 now (up from 50) with an appropriate new difficulty
basically a lion beserker and a lizard shaman (vanshir, iksar)

original a lot of fun co-op, solo allows zoom-in (not great for fighting tho but getting a closer look)

runs a little hard on older playstation2s, not sure if that will continue, newer ones should have little/no issue

probably get it day of/close to release!

The same old thing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Champions of Norrath, fun game with an interesting story to it; Return to Arms, it feels like the same exact game as the first one (same attacks, no new customizations *oh, wait...ONE NEW hairstyle*, and the missions feel empty compared to Norrath). I find it hard to believe that so many people find the sequel (if you can call it that) "refreshing", unless you haven't played Norrath. It seems that they grew lazy with this one and frankly, I feel like I've been cheated out of $25 bucks (I'm just glad I didn't spend over $30 for this game).

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