Champions: Return to Arms
Developer(s): Snowblind Studios
Publisher(s): Sony Online Entertainment
Genre: Action RPG
Wikipedia: Champions: Return to Arms
Game review links: Metacritic
Game review score: 77/100
Game description: Champions: Return to Arms brings all the hack-and-slash gameplay from Champions of Norrath back to the PlayStation 2. This sequel offers unlimited battles, dangerous missions, and the ability to import characters from the original game. Experience more than 50 levels solo or with three other players, either offline or online. The more medals you earn, the more secret gameplay modes you unlock. Return to Arms offers a host of new monsters, races, items, and artifacts to keep you busy.
Sequel to Champions of Norrath, the story picks up after Innoruuk, the Prince of Hate has been defeated, his essence shattered into the Shards of Hatred and were strewn across the Planes of Power. Within the game story, players have the choice of serving either the forces of Good by destroying the shards to rid the world of Innoruuk, or the legions of Evil gathering the shards to resurrect the fallen god. The paths of Good and Evil travel to the same locations, with variations in mission objectives.
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | Windows |
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24 02 2013 1.1.0 r5576 | GSdx 5570 SSE41 [23 02 2013] |
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Status goes from ingame to playable. Runs near full speed., Right half of screen is blank if gsdx is in hardware mode. Looks fine, apart from occasional texture corruption in software mode. | |
PAL | Windows 7 - 64bit |
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1.2.1 r5873 | GSdx r5875 |
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BIOS: Europe v2.00
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Pyr0 |
Known Issues
Half-Screen bug
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Only half of the screen is displayed.
- Workaround: Half screen bug in hardware mode is fixed by using software mode.
Game crash
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Game might crash after a certain amount of time
- Workaround: Use 4 GB patch to avoid game crashes. http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php
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