Posted on: September 17, 2024
MaxJames
Verified ownerGames: 70 Reviews: 4
Great game despite bugs.
Flying doesn't seem to work as designed. I can't go up or down.
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Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
Description
“IT'S A DOOM-STYLE GAME IN A DUNGEON SETTING, LIKE HERETIC OR HEXEN,.. WITH THE EMPHASIS ON HAND TO HAND FIGHTING.”
NEXT Generation, October 1996 #22
The witches have been destroyed in their lair on the Island of Char! Returning to your homeland, you are greeted with newborn hope, pride, and great celebration. After the revelry, you awaken to a dawn filled with an eerie silence that looms in the still air. Your countrymen are gone!
The great witch, Circa-Argoth has taken them to avenge the death of her sister. You have only yourself and your foolish meddling to blame. But, you are not meant to die... yet! Alone in the land that you have fought so fiercely to protect, you must gather your strength and use your anger to fight for Blood Vengeance.
GET EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT'VE DREAMT OF BACK IN 1996
- Jump, duck and fly in a first-person perspective
- Drink powerful potions for strength, invisibility, fire resistance, and more
- Use new powerful Medieval weapons: flaming arrows, electric sword, jeweled dagger, and more
- Destroy, freeze and stop your enemies in their tracks with your superhuman abilities.
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS RELEASE
You're getting two builds: patched (Enhanced) and retail (Original) for those of you who prefer an unaltered experience as a bonus. Both builds are running on DOSBox with a custom configuration tool. The Enhanced build features fixes introduced in EGwhaven, a must-have community project, which addresses an array of bugs and issues with the game (we'd like to thank ETTiNGRiNDER for the contribution to this release). Additionally, the controls are re-mapped to what you'd expect to see as a default in a first-person game nowadays.You can access the Original Build through Additional Executables section in GOG GALAXY or find it in the game folder.
© SNEG Ltd. All rights reserved. Build Engine and tools by Ken Silverman. Build Engine licensed from Ken Silverman, Voxlap LLC. Artwork © Ken Kelly. EGwhaven licensed from ETTiNGRiNDER. Under license from Throwback Entertainment Inc. Underlying intellectual property, Copyright © 1995-2021, Throwback Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Thanks to DOSBox for their years of support.
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Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance - Original Build
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User reviews
Posted on: October 23, 2025
Guinhodanet
Verified ownerGames: 9 Reviews: 1
MEMORIES FROM CHILDHOOD
The most played games from back then, this one was at my favorites
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Posted on: November 10, 2025
shadowguy1023
Verified ownerGames: 112 Reviews: 2
A Mediocre-Ambitious Game for its Time 2
Bugs notwithstanding, Withaven 2 stumbles into similar issues that plagued the first game. However, I think it’s important to give credit where credit is due, and point out the advancements implemented in this game from the previous iteration. Then counter it with the negative aspects that had kept it as being regarded as an FPS classic, making this sequel also a mediocre-ambitious game for its time. Spells were improved and made far less cumbersome by having them activate automatically at the press of a button, and no longer distributing the flow of combat because of the unnecessarily long spell casting animation. Yet still, most of the spells remain widely forgettable, and only necessary in niche situations. More enemy variety was added, incentivising players even more to use their full arsenal of weapons, spells, and potions to their fullest potential. Unfortunately, they removed some of the enemies from the first game, as well as most of the new enemies feel rather “samey” in the way that they behave. Also, outside of the addition of temporary weapon enchantments, the weapons weren’t changed from the original Witchaven, once again dividing them into the “always use” and “never use” categories. The xp system was sped up thanks to the addition of treasure pickups, granting players the ability to level-up much quicker, but it came at the cost of reducing the amount of experience levels, reducing the reason for exploration in search of such things. Finally, most of the maps aren’t needlessly big and maze-like, reducing areas that are devoid of reason for existing, creating less dead ends. However, what still remains is the plethora of ways to lock yourself out of being able to complete a level due to not having the correct spell/potion needed or simply by getting locked behind a door/wall that cannot be reopened. Overall, much like the first game, I think Witchaven 2 is still worth experiencing, especially if you found the first game somewhat enjoyable.
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Posted on: November 22, 2025
Yffisch
Verified ownerGames: 523 Reviews: 56
Took me 25 years to enjoy this
I bought this game like 25 years ago, I installed it and died after 1 minute every time. I never understood the controls properly. I think I reinstalled it every second year or so, just to conclude it was as bad as the first time I tried it. But I always knew the game had something, but I never had the energy to find it out....until now, 2025. I actually gave it a chance. I spent time to learn all the controllers, how to use the spells and what they did. I allowed myself to die loads of times in the beginning while trying things out. Until I actually got a hang of it. I finished Level 1 and Level 2 on Easy mode and it was actually fun. I googled how many levels that exist in the game and it seems like 12. I might not want to spend that time, so maybe I will use a cheat code just to see the whole game and not spend weeks on it. But it's a decent game with good atmosphere, try it out!
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Posted on: June 30, 2022
RoughThief
Verified ownerGames: 134 Reviews: 21
Another Nope
Just like the first game: Interesting concept, executed very poorly. Better left forgotten. Fast melee combat and platforming in a 2.5D environment with godawful depth perception. Recommendable only to people that played this in their childhood. Everyone else is better off picking another title from their pile of shame. You will not regret passing this one up.
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