Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms Hints (PS2)

Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment. It was only developed for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony and published in 2005. The game is classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some light role playing game elements and. It is played from a third person perspective.

The game is a direct prequel of Lands of Everquest and the action is set in the EverQuest universe. There is an evil power Innoruuk which is planning to take over the entire world by gaining access to all the Planes of Power so as to ascend to ultimate power. The quest that the player undertakes is to confront this giant evil. Most reviewers stated that the story of the game was rather weak, with forgettable characters and uninterested levels.

The level up elements and the weapon selection in the game are well done and there are varied enemies that require varied tactics in order to be taken down. The combat in the game might be its strong suit but the spell based combat is also very well implemented.

The game has spawned a successful sequel and the developers are suggesting that every player completes the game so that they can import their character in Realms of Everquest.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Item duplication

You can duplicate any number of items and give them to a character just starting out in the campaign. To do this, you must first have a saved game file that has the character with the item that you want to duplicate. Start a new game with up to four characters and import the character with the item desired to be duplicated into each of the characters. Give all of the items to be duplicated to one of them and save the game. Then, create a new game and repeat the same procedure; but this time use the character from the newest saved game which should have multiple items already.

Note: To save memory card space, just keep saving over the duplicating file. Continue doing this until the number of items duplicated is reached. Start a new game creating the character you want for the mission, then import the character that has been duplicated and give the items to the character that is actually being created for a game. Finally, create a new game and import the character that you created and then gave the duplicated items to in order to start the game with whatever items desired. Note: This can also be done to generate more money by selling the duplicated items instead of keeping them with the character that was created for the new game.

This trick requires at least two controllers and enough space on your memory card for two files (about 800K). Go to "Create Game" under the adventurous level, and choose how many players you want. For example, if you have four controllers, choose four players. When you get to the player selection screen, import the character who has the items to be duplicated to every player and start the game. You will now have copies of your character. Have all but one of your extra characters drop the desired items. Then, pick them up with your primary character (that did not drop the items) and save the game. Then, exit the game and go to the main menu. Start a new game under any difficulty setting. At the character import/selection screen, and import the character that picked up the dropped items. You have now duplicated those items.

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