JoeyN Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 For those Champions of Norath fans out there, the new Sequal Champions: Return to Arms is going to be announced at E3 and will once again feature online play. I still havent got to play much of the first one, hopefully by the time the 2nd one comes out :-) capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 Excellent news. I loved Norrath and was hoping for a sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 With some minor tweaks that the original game needed, they could make this another great title for this year. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 Can't wait. I have some vacation time saved up for a bout of Norrathitis. I'd be interested in dusting off Champions again at some point and playing a bit on medium difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 he he, apparently Sony have made a gaffe on their E3 website and you can see a huge list of games, including this one.. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=55316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Heres the game page on Sony's site: http://e3.playstation.com/games_details.php?game=30 Thank god they included the ability to import your character from the first game! Definite buy as I enjoyed the first game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by FutureVoid@Apr 26 2004, 08:56 AMThank god they included the ability to import your character from the first game! Oh man I can't imagine what my dutch oven spells will be like by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 75 hours of gameplay! I suppose I should try maxing out my character before then. Good bye social life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I was just thinking the same thing. I need to go back in and complete the game all three times through. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'd be up for some Norrath in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Maybe we can get another LCVG group going again. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Sounds good to me. I think most of us have finished the game on easy. Playing through medium and hard on co-op would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I can play early in the evenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Yep. I'd be all for that. We should try to setup a night this week to get back at it. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'm close to finishing the first time through, so if I catch up I should be good to go again, unless someone wants to help me blast through Act 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted April 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I have it but havent played the first time through. Maybe i should start capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 COunt me in. I'd love to play some more. SInce Im still at the beginning =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 New interview with the developers on IGN. Some very cool stuff is discussed including further framerate optimizations for the sequel and news on what we'll see in the online arena: http://ps2.ign.com/articles/579/579696p1.html IGN: So what were the big problems with Champions of Norrath that you really wanted to fix this time around? CW: We really wanted to optimize the engine. In the first game we had some framerate problems and we really wanted to address those. I mean, the game looks amazing. We've always been really pleased with the quality of art and the gameplay. But once you have framerate problems it really doesn't matter if the game looks photorealistic because the reviews will be bad and everybody's just not going to be happy. So we went back to the drawing board and did some optimizations in that field. The other major area that we wanted to change was the online component. It was kind of an afterthought the first time around. We wanted to have it in there, but we didn't really have the time to do it the way we wanted so in this one we went ahead and redesigned the entire lobby. We added friends' lists, added different chat rooms and basically it's our effort to make it the online lobby that should've been there in the first title. So now players can get on really easily and we have server side saves for characters to prevent cheating. That was one of the complaints we had from the first title because players would get online and others who had used Gamesharks and things like that had amazing amounts of money and armor and it just wasn't fun. IGN: Is there anything that you're doing this time to deal with lag that might be brought on by someone with a slower connection? CW: You still run into issues here and there with people who might have service problems and one of the things that's new to Return to Arms is host migration. If you're playing a four-player game and the host drops, then it will just move to one of the other players and everyone else can continue to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 I'm just happy that we'll be able to bring our old characters forward. I've got to get back to playing Realms of Everquest again before the new one comes out. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 I'd be up for a bit more CoN before the new one comes out. Should have a new tv and my wireless network up and running by the time the forum comes back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Came across a nice 14 minute walkthrough of the game on a site called Game Plasma. They recently got a chance to play a near final build of the game. You can take a look at the video here: Return to Arms 14 minute walkthrough Really looking forward to hopping online again for Return to Arms. I plan to start a brand new character (an Iksar) to play with. The video makes it seem as though some of the minor framerate issues of the previous game were resolved as well. Only a week to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Thanks for the clip, Romier. This game is going to cause me some serious sleep loss like the first one did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Damn. I'm not supposed to be buying any new games. How am I going to be able to live up to that now? Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Just submit Glen, you know you want to. I have my copied preordered, should be getting the ever cheesy Babes of Norrath calender with it. Still haven't figured out what to do for networking as my PS2 is in a different room from my Xbox and PC now. I'm down to one of the Netlink Wireless adapters or that new Logitech wireless link. Probably just cut a piece of cat 5 for the time being, but I do need something better than that eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 I am tempted to pick this one up. I passed on the last one since I was using the USB Ethernet adapter at the time and CON did not support it. Plus, the PS2 needs some online lovin' from time to time. -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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