Champions: Return to Arms
Developer(s): Snowblind Studios
Publisher(s): Sony Online Entertainment
Genre: Action, RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 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:
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NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 (r5576) | GSdx SSE4 (r5570) |
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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 x64 |
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1.2.1 (r5873) | GSdx (r5875) |
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BIOS: Europe v2.00, Needs strong CPU when using software mode. Multiplayer not tested. See Known Issues. | Pyr0 |
PAL | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
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1.4.0 | GSdx
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BIOS: Europe v2.00, At the very beginning of the actual game, the game will run slow. Give it a few seconds and it will start to run smooth. | WonderingDane |
NTSC-U | Windows 11 |
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1.6.0 | GSdx 1.2.0 AVX2
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BIOS USA v1.60, Game runs smoothly at 58-60fps. Framerate drops to 30fps or lower when in the Lake of Fire levels (upper level when killing lava golems, lower level in general) | Darthbinks |
Trivia
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Known Issues
Half-Screen issue
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Major
- Description: Only half of the screen is displayed.
- Workaround: Update to the latest version of PCSX2.
Game crash
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Major
- Description: Game might crash after a certain amount of time.
- Workaround: Update to the latest version of PCSX2.
Gameplay Screenshots
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