Haven: Call of the King
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| Developer(s) | Traveller's Tales |
| Publisher(s) | Midway |
| Designer(s) | Jon Burton |
| Engine | Steve Monks, Dave Dootson, Alistair Crowe, Glyn Scragg |
| Platform(s) | PS2 GameCube Cancelled Xbox Cancelled |
| Release date |  November 17, 2002 November 22, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
| Media | DVD |
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Haven: Call of the King is a single player PlayStation 2 game that is a combination of action, puzzle, and shoot-'em-up styles. Releases were planned for the Xbox and GameCube by Xicat Interactive, Inc., but they were cancelled. The game was created by Traveller's Tales and published by Midway Games. It is rated T for Teen due to Mild Violence by the ESRB. It was a commercial flop despite the hype and large budget.
[edit] Characters
In the game you are Haven, an athletic slave who dreams of a better life free from the bonds of slavery. In the game Haven has a recurring dream of an ancient bell known as the "Golden Voice" that has a ring so powerful it wakes him from his slumber. During the day, when he isn't slaving away in the mines, Haven makes his way through a number of environments.
Talon is Haven's greatest and only working creation. He's a bit bumbling in the beginning, but is a very fast learner. While Talon can only communicate in beeps and squawks, it is quite easy to understand him. Talon at times feels like Haven does not appreciate him enough, and can be quite full of himself. While he may be self-centered, Talon can always be relied on in a crunch. Whenever he is needed, after Haven collects 5 feathers, you can rings the obelisk in the level, and Talon will come and help Haven out.
Chess is Havens best friend. Like Haven she longs to one day be free from Vetch's grasp. She always seems to be getting herslf into trouble. She likes Haven, but gets a little frustrated with some of his stupid ideas. Over time, however, she usually finds that he is right. Chess is the only person Haven can really trust.
Dr. Spong is the strange and quirky doctor of Haven's home village. He stutters a lot, and likes to slap people in the head, then tell them to stay in bed, saying, "I-I know for a fact th-tha-that your head is still sore..." He also has a lot of superstitious habits, like ringing an ancient healing gong in his patient's ear. His voice can be quite annoying, and he doesn't seem to be offended at Haven's rude remarks, such as "...Old Quackbrain."
The Wise Man lives on the Isle of Heroes, along with all the other wise men. He is quite bored of the old routine of welcoming the warriors that have faced all the challenges and congratulating them by saying "Well done, Great Warrior. You have fought many battles and faced many challenges..." in a monotone, lazy voice. The Wise Man is the one that helps Haven by telling him the entire history of the Golden Voice, and the story of the original Auria, and brutality of Vetch.
The Overlord is one of Vetch's more senior henchmen. He has earned more responsibility, but in doing so, he has also let some of his newfound power go to his head. He has even come to think he is as powerful as Vetch himself. The Overlord is good at following orders and protocol, but is not very intelligent and is unable to function without Vetch's leadership.
Lord Vetch is an evil blight in the universe. Along with his army of minions, he travels from planet to planet enslaving the inhabitants, while stripping the planets of all natural resources. He's like the virus that he uses against the inhabitants, fast spreading and always deadly. He must be careful though, because every virus has a cure. His one fear is that the legend of the Golden Voice will come true and Athellion will return to Auria and defeat him. Vetch has done everything he can to rid himself of this legend so he can rule unchallenged.
Athellion is the true King of Auria. 1,000 years ago he departed his golden city to fight alongside his father in a great galactic crusade. Now his return is the only chance Haven and his people have to free themselves from Vetch's tyranny.
[edit] Plot
The intro movie shows Lord Vetch for the first time when he gets a call from the Overlord. The Overlord tells Vetch that there is a boy who knows about the Golden Voice. The Overlord asks if he should be executed, but Vetch thinks Haven should be watched closely instead. At the end of this call, the game shows Haven in his house building a robot bird. When it fails to work, he pounds it and it comes to life, creating Talon. He exits his house, but his boss is outside. Apparently, Haven had accidentally hurt his boss's foot with his pickaxe, thinking it was a rock then claiming anybody could have made that mistake. When Talon trips the boss causing him to fall into a bucket of feathers, Haven runs into a cave where a guard is asking Chess questions. The guard tries to shoot Haven, but misses causing the cave to collapse.
This is the first time the player gets to play Haven. The player must get Haven to escape the mine without being crushed by rocks. At the end of the mine, another cutscene shows him tripping over a rock.(this is unpreventable). He then wakes up in Doctor Spong's office where Talon stops to recharge. When he exits the house, the game begins.
By the end of this game, Haven is chained to a rock, the king is killed, Vetch escapes, and it's revealed that Chess is a traitor. If the player has collected all of the runestones, completed all the runes challenges and has all of the black diamonds, an alternate ending can be viewed.
The game was supposed to be a part of a trilogy, but due to incredibly poor sales, the story never continued or was ever finished.
Many of the missions require you to collect Cogs to operate machinery which will take you to another level or another part of the level.
