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14 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Balder's Gate's Twin (again), 21 Jul 2005
Although Champions of Norrath - return to arms has a different title it is almost an exact replica of Snowblind's earlier projects Balder's gate I and II, and champions of norrath. the game mostly consists of(like it's predecesers)hacking/slashing/bashing/looting. When I first kicked up the game, i did not realise that the game was developed by the guys behind balders gate but after five minutes into the game the evidence is clear. Nearly matching controls, identical enemies, and just exactly the same game engine from their earlier games. But the game does have small but apparant differences. Character selection ahs been improved with new titles apart from your mage, fighter and bowman. You know get necromancers, shamans, and barbarians. This introduction brings a slight variation in gameplay that does seem to last throughout the whole game. the gameplay itself is rather mixed to be called great. Enemies are generally too easy, while the bosses sometimes give the impresssion of being impossible. Also items have a random appearance rate. one level you could have an axe that completley clears the floor with enemies while you may not find another stronger weapon for three or four levels. this can be quite frustrating. While the games predecesers had always had a poor story, this one takes it one step too far. You are told to retrieve 12 shards so that you can prevent/ensure that the dark lord can come back into reign. but the game actually dosen't say why you would want to. And while the game is not one long seamless story (as it is broken into many different levels) you begin to find a frustrating level of repitition. Apart from the game's obvious flaws, if you like your hack 'n' slashing than this game will entertain you upto a certain level. I admit the graphics are good, and the depth of the game is acceptable but you do contiunely feel that you ahve bought balder's gate all over again
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