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Champions: Return to Arms

An action fantasy RPG that is the sequel to the 2004 Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest, and with the same style of dungeon crawling and hack 'n' slash, Champions: Return to Arms differs from its…

80 7 February 2005

Champions: Return to Arms is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Snowblind Studios, released 7 February 2005 on PlayStation 2.

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What Champions: Return to Arms is

Champions: Return to Arms is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Snowblind Studios and released in 2005. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment of America. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It runs on Dark Alliance Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Champions: Return to Arms is a 2005 action role-playing video game developed by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 Set in the EverQuest universe, it is the sequel to Champions of Norrath. As with its predecessor, Ubisoft released the game in Europe.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Champions: Return to Arms holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Champions: Return to Arms launched on 7 February 2005, within three weeks of Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2.

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When did Champions: Return to Arms come out?
Champions: Return to Arms was released on 7 February 2005 for PlayStation 2.

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