Champions of Norrath Preview

A hands-on preview of Sony’s Champions of Norrath can be found at GameSpy, complete with commentary of both the single and multiplayer playability of the game. An excerpt to follow:

A private online game can be created (players must know the predetermined password to be allowed to join in) as can a public game. Each game type can be configured to allow one, two, or three players to join the host. Once everyone is in the game lobby, the host can confirm the game’s initialization, and after a brief loading screen, you and your fellow gamers are ready to rock and roll. The entire process of getting into an online game from the initial first menu in CoD is really straightforward — providing your PlayStation 2 had been correctly configured for the Aetwork Adaptor that’s powering the connection.