Graven
Graven is a 2024 first-person shooter game developed by Slipgate Ironworks and published by 3D Realms and Fulqrum Publishing. Graven incorporates elements of the action role-playing game and immersive sim genres to create an "action-adventure puzzler".
Graven
- Date
- 2021.
- Publisher
- 3D Realms and 1C Company.
- Language
- English.
- Genre
- dark fantasy video game and first-person shooter.
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Graven is a 2024 first-person shooter game developed by Slipgate Ironworks and published by 3D Realms and Fulqrum Publishing. Graven incorporates elements of the action role-playing game and immersive sim genres to create an "action-adventure puzzler".
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Key facts
• Title — Graven • Developer — Slipgate Ironworks • Publisher — 3D Realms Fulqrum Publishing • Director — * David Queener • Frederik Schreiber • Producer — * David Queener • Frederik Schreiber • Gustav Schrøder • Kim Ørbæk Juul • Writer — David Queener • Composer — Nikola Nikita • Engine — Unreal Engine 4 • Platforms — Windows PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S • Release — * Windows • January 23, 2024 • PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S • June 25, 2024 • Genre — First-person shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Gameplay
Gameplay
Graven is an open-ended journey through three expansive regions, where the player will encounter both dangerous enemies and friendly townsfolk. Various hints, quests, and upgrades are obtained from the world's non-player characters. The player can find a wide variety of weapons and spells, each of which must be put to novel use in order to progress. While some spells may be used offensively, most of the combat involves using medieval weapons against eldritch monsters. The game supports solo play, split-screen co-op, and up to 4-player online play.
Plot
Plot
Players assume the role of a faithful priest of the Orthogonal order, exiled for a crime of retaliation against the order for sacrificing his adoptive daughter. The game begins with the priest adrift in a swamp, ferried by a stranger to solid ground. He bestows vague instructions, along with a mysterious staff and book. The priest embarks to hunt down the foul heretical sects responsible for conjuring plagues and twisting the natural order of the seasons.
Release
Release
Graven was announced by 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks at the Realms Deep 2020 event on September 6. The announcement included a 30-minute gameplay reveal. The game was released on Windows via early access on May 26, 2021. The game was released in full for Windows on January 23, 2024, with versions for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S was released the same year on June 25.
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Denmark.
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Reception
Graven received "mixed or average" reviews for the PC version, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by only 21% of critics. PC Gamer described the game as a spiritual successor to Hexen II.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500197450, Graven, Joseph.
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- Project Gutenberg holds 1 full text attributed to Graven.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q99286142: Graven
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- 1.Chalk, Andy. Graven is what Hexen 3 would have been if Raven Software had a time machine. PC Gamer. 2020-09-05.
- 2.Wilson, Mike. FPS Classic Hexen II Receiving Spiritual Successor in Graven. Bloody Disgusting!. 2020-09-06.
- 3.Knight, Shawn. 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II. TechSpot. 2020-09-06.
- 4.Lang, Brad. Graven is 3D Realms' attempt at a spiritual successor to Hexen 2 and it looks rad. Critical Hit. 2020-09-08.
- 5.GRAVEN for PS5, Xbox Series launches June 25. Gematsu. 2024-06-17.
- 6.Romano, Sal. Graven launches January 23, 2024 for PC, later in 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. Gematsu. 2023-09-30.
- 7.Graven. Metacritic.
- 8.Graven Reviews. OpenCritic.
- 9.White, Lucas. Graven review: Bonkin' up all the wrong trees. Shacknews. January 23, 2024.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500197450, Graven, Joseph.The Getty Research Institute
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