In 2001, one of the best games to release was Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. This provided PS2 gamers with a more action packed, faster paced version of the PC game that they had been asking Santa Clause for these past Decembers. Snowblind developed the engine used for Dark Alliance and a few games of its kind. What ever you like to do in Baldur's Gate style RPGs, Champions of Norrath has something for you. While this game doesn't really have any groundbreaking additions, it polishes to near perfection already existing features. With Champions of Norrath being the second expansion off the Everquest series, like Lords of Everquest no previous knowledge of Everquest is needed to be able to fully enjoy the overall experience that comes with this adventure.