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Champions of Norrath PlayStation 2
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85 out of 100

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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings

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  • Summary: Create your own champions, each with unique powers, appearances and skills in this Action RPG. Experience an epic adventure filled with powerful action and ominous intrigue. Battle vicious monsters where your mastery of weaponry and spells is the only thing between you and the supremacy of evil. Champions of Norrath allows gamers to create their own unique hero to journey from the city of Faydwer into the wilds of Norrath to save the land from a gathering army of evil orcs and goblins. Players can adventure alone or with a band of up to three other players either over the Internet or on a single PlayStation 2 system with a Multitap. Import player characters into friends' games using a memory card and then take them home to play solo--the play options offer console gamers the freedom to play anytime and from any location. Champions of Norrath offers players more than 100 hours of gameplay per player character, unlimited battles, deadly missions and unmatched character customization in an enthralling fantasy world. [Sony Online Entertainment]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 51
  3. Negative: 0 out of 51
  1. AceGamez
    100
    Champions of Norrath melds action and adventure with RPG and although it's not a huge departure from previously, it's definitely worth a stab, or more specifically, a crushing overhead hammer blow.
  2. Times Online
    100
    Right from the start in the tree kingdom of Kelethin, you are plunged into hack'n'slash heaven. The graphics are some of the best on the PS2, and there is plenty of variation in the gameplay.
  3. Edge Magazine
    70
    It's in traditional multiplayer (and to some degree singleplayer) where the game shines and attains that perfect shallowness of being both addictive and immediately forgettable - until the next go. [Apr 2004, p.109]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. MateusC.
    10
    Better than Diablo and Dungeon Siege, this is the definitivie 'hack and slash' action RPG ever.
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  2. MichaelS.
    5
    I am surprised that so few reviewers have brought up the glitches that can actually stop this game cold. How can that stuff happen in this day and age. Trust me - it had nothing to do with my PS2. The bugs are in the game. The graphics are nice, but the game isn't really even that fun until you play it the second time at level 20+. Also, the monster item drops are pathetic - I don't think I have used a single item on my character since I have played it! Sell, sell, sell - then store up a million gold coins to buy something at a store that is only marginally better. The graphics are nice (when they work!) and the camera is good, too. Not even close to Diablo II, though is sure does try. A game for the pure hack n slashers only. RPGers - you have been warned.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. EdwinK.
    4
    A turn for the worst. I hoped that they had made improvements over BDGII, and there are some (graphics, cooperative play). But man is this game devoid of ANY depth, variation or fun. Monsters are all stupid and dull. Endless wandering, searching for items or something you might have overlooked, in a dead and empty world. No weather, night/day, or ANY interaction with anybody/anything besides plot-characters. No choices in what you say, or plot-variations, interaction is often just forced upon you when wandering about the "wrong" turns. It's worse than games like Doom/Quake, and that's saying a lot. This line of gaming can end NOW, for all I care. … Expand
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