History VideoGame / HavenCallOfTheKing

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Literature/NineteenEightyFour. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. After Vetch leaves them both to be imprisoned, Haven tries to stop him from killing Athellion, but fails, and tries to kill Vetch, but fails in that, too. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

''Haven: Call of the King'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by Creator/TravellersTales and published by Creator/MidwayGames and was planned to be the first part of a trilogy. It was released on UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, with ports for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube cancelled.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Vetch doesn't receive any comeuppance and ultimately wins]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Literature/NineteenEightyFour. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

-->Quote taken from the back of the box regarding its GameplayRoulette.[[note]]And considering how that fared...[[/note]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Vetch succeeds in killing Athellion and leaving the now immortal Haven strapped to a rock as he moves on with his plans. Had the sequel happen, we likely would have seen Haven escape and seek to avert this.]]

* GameplayRoulette: This was the game's main gimmick, but also it's biggest flaw. It was mostly an adventure game with platforming, but the game tried to incorporate so many genres with so few programmers that it didn't work out.

* NoGearLevel: At one point, you get captured and have to retrieve you KillerYoyo.

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Literature/NineteenEightyFour. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

* LeftHanging: It's unlikely we'll ever get a continuation of this game.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Despite Haven's best efforts at defeating Vetch and freeing his people, he ultimately loses and is given a FateWorseThanDeath by being tied to a rock for the rest of his life while now being immortal]].

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Film/{{1984}}. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Film/1984. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Literature/1984. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one, and it's so depressing and bleak that it rivals the ending from [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell George Orwell's]] Literature/{{1984}}. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy.]]

* HundredPercentCompletion: This game may have the most ''useless'' reward for finishing a game to completion. If you get all 12 Rune Stones, which requires finding 8 temples though out all the planets and the 8 black diamonds in them, your reward is... [[spoiler:text for sequel baiting and an e-mail to the developers for questions, thoughts and suggestions.]] Yes, that is your reward. Made even worse by the fact that there likely never will be a sequel anytime soon.

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet, where he's doomed to an entirety of mulling over his failure with an unopposed Vetch free to enslave the entire galaxy. The end.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}} / DownerEnding: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet. The game ends there.]]

''Haven: Call of the King'' is a 2002 ActionAdventure game developed by ''Creator/TravellersTales'' and published by ''Creator/MidwayGames'' and was planned to be the first part of a trilogy. It was released on UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, with ports for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube cancelled.

* HundredPercentCompletion: This game may have the most ''useless'' reward for finishing a game to completion. If you get all 12 Rune Stones, which requires finding 8 temples though out all the planets and the 8 black diamonds in them, your reward is... [[spoiler:text for sequel baiting and an e-mail to the developers for questions, thoughts and suggestions.]] Yes, that is your reward.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The game notoriously ends on an unresolved one. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet. The game ends there.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: Nobody would look at Vetch and assume he's a helpful NPC.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The game notorious ends on an unresolved one. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet. The game ends there.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: {{spoiler:Vetch succeeds in killing Athellion and leaving the now immortal Haven strapped to a rock as he moves on with his plans. Had the sequel happen, we likely would have seen Haven escape and seek to avert this.]]

The game was notable for its ambitious development, trying to incorporate as many different genres as possible, with Midway even trademarking the term ''{{FreeFormer}}'' and called it "the next major development in videogaming". What was released was met with mixed reception at best and any plans for a future [[StillbornFranchise were crushed]].

* Big Bad: Lord Vetch, the evil ruler who seeks to ensure there is no threat to his plan.
* Cliffhanger: The game notorious ends on an unresolved one. [[spoiler:Haven learns Chess was working for Vetch to keep threats to him from happening. Thanks to the Mount of Sighs, Haven can't die, so Vetch straps him to a rock and leaves him on the planet. The game ends there.]]