The game also has a focus on close-quarters combat, unlike the standard run-and-gun gameplay of most first-person shooters at the time.

Grondoval arrives at Char by boat, armed only with a dagger, and needs to fight his way through the hordes of monsters dwelling in a labyrinth of dark caves and dungeons so he can reach Illwhyrin's inner sanctum in time and put an end to her before she can plunge the world into never-ending darkness.Īlthough the game is considered a first-person shooter (FPS), the game has several role-playing game (RPG) elements, including character progression by acquiring experience points (gained by defeating enemies and finding gold) and level advancement with increasing number of hit points, damage modifiers and weapons proficiency, and access to more powerful spells at higher levels.

In her lair, known as the realm of Witchaven and hidden in a massive subterranean maze under the forbidding Isle of Char, Illwhyrin performs evil rituals seeking to lift a dimensional barrier, known as the Veil, that separates the game's universe from chaotic Nether Reaches, in order to access unlimited dark powers to draw upon and gather a vast horde of demonic minions to use armies for conquest. In Witchaven, the player is cast in the role of Grondoval, a knight in service of his fantasy homeland Stazhia, been chosen by his master, Lord Verkapheron, for a mission to rid the world of an ancient and powerful wicked witch named Illwhyrin. It was followed by the sequel titled Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance in 1996. The game was based on the Build engine and received mixed reviews. Its sword and sorcery style story tasks the knight Grondoval with a quest to seek out and kill a powerful evil witch in her titular fortress. Witchaven is a medieval fantasy first-person shooter video game with action role-playing game elements, developed by Capstone Software and released by Intracorp Entertainment in 1995.

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