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Realms of Everquest was good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 14
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Do not have this one but have the 1st Realms of Everquest. The game is challenging and the graphics are very nice. About the only problems I had with game is I wish there were more variety of characters and a way to change angle of camera. Other than that the game was worthwhile buying. Would suggest buying this Everquest games before buying Baulders Gate.

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!

Sequel better than the first

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 17
Date: January 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game actually is slated to be released 2/8/05, and Gamespot and EB Games have even said it to be coming out as early as 2/7/05 on their websites and to their pre-order customers. I just wanted to make that correction to the first person's post.

Also, it is mentioned that the game supports, new-to-the-game, a 4-person offline multitap, if you buy the adapter for your PS2. And there is a whole new PvP mode, as well as Medal Rounds, and unlockable areas for completing the Medal Rounds that you would normally not get if you ignored to play them. The game developers have said that unlocking these Medal Rounds would even open up new spells for their characters on their skill tree. There is an official trailer on the web if you look for it, that is pretty awesome. You can import your character saves from your memory card from the first Champions of Norrath, and continue their play in Return to Arms, and go on to Legendary Mode, going all the way to lvl 80.

Excellent followup game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: February 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great followup to CoN - still a very solid and gorgeous hack-and-slash game that is easy to pick up and hard to put down. Tons of cool weapons. Great co-op mode will let the girlfriends get in there and give it a try with their men, and girls, try not to be too annoyed with the cantalope cha-chas! A great game and worth the money...lots of replay value here.

Return to Arms Not All its Hyped Up To Be

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: February 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sadly to say, I am not all that impressed.
There are a few glitches that could make this game unplayable for some.
Non of the +health and mana bonuses seem to be working for both myself and other people. My imported wiz had several of them in place, never took effect.
A weapon with an enchanment, be it Ice, Fire, or Lightning, will have their enchantment overwritten by a wizard's Ice, Fire, or Lightning weapon enchantment spells providing they cast aura large enough to engulf the owner of the other weapon and he or she has it equiped. This is normal. What is not is the previous enchantment is completely lost after the wizard's spell duration is over, it'll have to be added back with a combinable item again, and if you don't have an extra one handy it's completely gone.
These are two MAJOR glitches that should have been fixed well before the game was released.

I've gone online a little bit. Pain in the butt. Had to try three times using my station info. Finally took it. Game was ok. I can see the benefits with the secure server, it will certainly reduce cheating. But if I am going to put ANY amount of time and effort into building a character, I want to be able to take em offline and play solo as well.

Gameplay is pretty much the same. I honestly see no difference in the video quality. Same on sound too. In fact, I had some instances were the sound seemed to be messed up.
And no, its not my equipment. I have a very good audio/video set up.

Within 10 minutes of the game, I was blowing up catapults again. Been there, done that.

Arena is a cool idea, but why can't I save my character that I play in the arean? You get equipment, you get to level up, what's the point in that?

I'm also seeing there is no option to import a character into a game. Why not? You can import to start a game from the begining, but not in the middle of the game. One of my strategies in CoN was to import different characters into different levels. Some played better than others. So basically, if playing with friends, you have to start a new game, but when they leave if you want to continue the process, you can't

The new Character races?
Played both. Paying with the Berserker right now. Got him up to level 11.
Both are nice, but they are too close to exsisting classed of the Barbarian and Cleric. And there isn't enough of a difference on them. Are these really the only two types of classes they could come up with? No thief? Different types of wizards? How about some kind of monk?

I think you basically have to look at this as a sort of expansion pack for Champions of Norrath.
On a scale of 1-10, right now, I'll give it a 5.

Yeah, some of you will say, "The game's new, there will be bugs."
But there shouldn't be. I shouldn't have to download a patch or something to make a game work better. It should come to the stores, working better.

Disappointed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: February 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off let me just say that I couldn't wait for this game to come out. The first CON was one of the best games that I've played. Its storyline may have been a little on the weak side but the gameplay more than made up for it. So needless to say when I found out they were making a sequel I couldn't wait. Here are my major complaints for the game. The storyline is weaker than the first one....which is pathetic because CON's story line was pathetic to begin with. So along with the crappy storyline comes the shortcuts that the designers took making the game. If I wanted to play CON with 2 extra characters then I would have imagined it. When all the levels are pretty much the same except for new enemies....it doesn't make for a fun experience. Next...the shop in the game is BAD! They made health and mana potions WAY to expensive. The resale value on items are a 10th of what they'll cost you.

Now some good points about the game. The items that you find during adventuring are better than CON's items. Although they're the same levels...these levels are much bigger.

I guess if you like the first one your going to go out and buy it....so its not bad. But it doesn't deserve more than a 3.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok I know of all the put downs and "glitches" that people are talking about. I'll start of with saying this game is great. If you have or haven't played the 1st (like i hadn't) get this one.

The 1 player mode is good...just good. You do the same as if you were with others but alone nothing much there. The fun comes with multiplayer.

The more the merrier as the always say and it is true with this game. Online you can walk away from other people unlike on a multitap 4 player game where you all have to stick on the same screen. Online you can jump almost right into a game but they save the characters to a server. WHY? Don't know. Yes that means you don't have to save it to a memory card but if you get a character online that is a high level or has a weapon you want offline too bad. No way to get that character to your memory card. You can fight other people online...kinda fun. DON'T GET THIS GAME UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE TO PLAY WITH OR CAN GET ONLINE.

The weapons and characters look great. Bosses are tough just like they should be. And as in every EQ game it take ALOT of time to get good. After 8 hours of play I got to level 10! YAY!

This is a good game for more than one person so rent it first if you aren't sure. It's worth a rent!

Pros
-Good graphics
-Long Game
-Great mulitplayer

Cons
-Almost no story
-the sound is ok
-can't export online characters
-1 player can boring being alone

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.)

Mediocre Rehash of CoN: Realms of Everquest

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I liked the prequel "Champions of Norrath - Realms of Everquest" and was looking forward to an innovative sequel in the "Return to Arms". I was very disappointed to see that there is very little that's new in this version. Except for the two "new" characters, the characters look EXACTLY the same as before, with the same spells and abilities. The much-hyped "total camera control" amounts to false advertising, in that it allows a very slight zoom and that is all. There is NO visible improvement or innovative new feature at all. This game is showing its age, and there are plenty of better alternatives out there, like "Ratchet and Clank - Going Commando" and "Dynasty Warriors 4", both available for under $20. Skip the overpriced and overhyped "Return to Arms".

Best Game Ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 16
Date: March 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

you should really get this game. its the perfect combonation of fighting and strategy. its also really handy you can import you other charecters from the origanal game. like i said, this game is da bomb!!! ( Buy it!!!)

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