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Game Review - Champions of Norrath
Sep. 11th, 2004 08:09 pmTitle: Everquest: Champions of Norrath
Platform: PS2
Genre: Third Person Hack & Slash Action RPG
Price Paid: $19.99
Would Pay: $19.99
A nice hack and slash based on the Baldur's Gate:Dark Alliance engine, except based on EverQuest instead of Dungeons and Dragons. Not overly original, but at points this carried unoriginality to a level that made me groan at times. Come on, Shelox the giant spider? Or the Cloud Giant King that I saw in the cut scenes "Hey, that looks like Zeus" was my first thought. Then he tosses a lightning bolt at me.
Unfortunately, some of the bugs that existed in BG:DA still seemed to crop up here. Bad timing on alert sounds (weight/mana), some camera flakiness, and any creatures you control could suddenly appear in front of you if you outpaced them. The voiceover between acts was also frequently cut off.
I was originally planning to give this game a higher rating ($29.99 most likely), but the final act changed my mind. A good chunk of the level was a freaking escort mission. I hate escort missions. The beings you had to escort would frequently get in the way, making it impossible to get at the missile tossing enemies. Write off a lot of hitpoints and/or some of the beings you're supposed to protect. This part was throwing controller frustrating for me.
Platform: PS2
Genre: Third Person Hack & Slash Action RPG
Price Paid: $19.99
Would Pay: $19.99
A nice hack and slash based on the Baldur's Gate:Dark Alliance engine, except based on EverQuest instead of Dungeons and Dragons. Not overly original, but at points this carried unoriginality to a level that made me groan at times. Come on, Shelox the giant spider? Or the Cloud Giant King that I saw in the cut scenes "Hey, that looks like Zeus" was my first thought. Then he tosses a lightning bolt at me.
Unfortunately, some of the bugs that existed in BG:DA still seemed to crop up here. Bad timing on alert sounds (weight/mana), some camera flakiness, and any creatures you control could suddenly appear in front of you if you outpaced them. The voiceover between acts was also frequently cut off.
I was originally planning to give this game a higher rating ($29.99 most likely), but the final act changed my mind. A good chunk of the level was a freaking escort mission. I hate escort missions. The beings you had to escort would frequently get in the way, making it impossible to get at the missile tossing enemies. Write off a lot of hitpoints and/or some of the beings you're supposed to protect. This part was throwing controller frustrating for me.