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I bought it twice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I repurchased this game after selling it two years ago. True, it's similar to the previous series, but the big difference is replay value on the Plain of Eternity. Whatever your character--like that mistress of death and disease, the shadow elf--you'll revisit boss fights that let you retreat while setting devious traps.
In particular, and my reason for repurchase, is the Soul Break stage. You've escaped a cell, with only your fists to fight with. You must release other captives while dealing with skeletons, giants, and carnivorous flying fish. Handily, dynamite kegs are plentiful for setting traps and barriers. You can even barricade yourself in a cell while healing up. One of the faq sites has a way to level up weak characters, who really have no chance here.
Strong points: full camera control with 2-level zoom in; nearly unlimited level up ability; various glitches, such as bosses who unexpectedly walk through your barrier. Weak points: hard to say. It would be nice to have the kind of atmospherics in the Dreamcast game Draconus: bird sounds, distant wolves, rain, midnight waterfalls. Also, enemies don't regenerate, so it can get lonely looking for the key to the next level. But that's what faqs are for.

play again and again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you like Balder's Gate and Champions of Norrath, then you'll love this game. The best two-player game out there. We played again and again with different characters. I just wish there was a sequal to this one...

Quick and Efficient!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game i purchased for my husband was just what he wanted and he loves playing this game. the payment process was quick and simple and our package arrived in an efficient timely manner and could not be happier with the product. thanks so much!!!

Great addition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been really happy with this game. The new weapons are cool and a nice addition. Most classes get a new spell or two. I don't really care for the two new character classes, but I am sure they have their good points. I really like the option of going through the game on the side of good or evil - it gives the game a little better replay value (I would replay it anyway). Bonus games are a nice touch too. When you beat the bonus levels/bosses the game usually gives some sort of upgrade to your characters stats.

Champions Return to Arms

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am a mom who bought this for my 16 years old boy. He realy likes it except for the women that dress disrespectfuly, but he likes the game and doesn't have to deal to much with the women part.

Champions is a Winner!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I are playing this game now and truly enjoying it. He loves the option of customizing how his character looks and I like the option of deciding whether to be good or evil! This sequel is almost identical in gameplay as the first but I love this series so I don't mind. The new things to do in the game include extra bonus boards when you finish the main missions. The bonus missions can be harder than the original missions but the challenge keeps you trying over and over again. This game also has high replay value as you have so many characters to choose from and have to decide which side to fight on. We cannot get enough of this series and I only wish Snowblind would develop many more games like the Champion of Norrath series.

Very Fun... best PS2 (and PS3) game I own.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I loved the first game and this game is so much better than the first one. IMO Best PS game out there!

Great Game for ps2 and ps3

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Despite the few bugs the game does have...overall i find the graphics and the gameplay to be enjoyable...only down side is the fact you cant use your offline charaters in the online mode to play normal but its really a neat game as well is its predecessor Champions of Norrath.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game came before they specified in great condition. Playing the game is enjoyable and much different than the first of the series Champions of Norrath. Good charactors and just overall good time.

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.

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