Sony Online Entertainment’s latest offering comes in the form of Champions of Norrath, a Baldur’s Gate style hack and slash RPG that proves to be even better than the recent Baldur’s Gate sequel. While Champions of Norrath doesn’t accomplish anything terribly new, it takes all of the elements from previous games of this genre and polishes them to perfection. In short, Champions of Norrath is better than Baldur’s Gate and also better in some respects, than the PC mammoth Diablo 2. It has flaws, as most games do, but all of them are small nitpicks that usually have no affect on the overall experience that you can have. Champions of Norrath is the second branch off for the EverQuest series, which had a real time strategy game released late last year called Lords of EverQuest. Just like that game, Champions requires no prior knowledge of the series for you to be able to enjoy it and it also expands the lore of Norrath for those who do play the PC online RPG. The game is a long and satisfying adventure that can be shared with your best buddies down the street or with people you have never even met before online, but one thing is for certain, this is not your typical EverQuest.