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Reviewed by Kristan Reed. "A better than average platformer with cleverly interspersed mini games to present the illusion of expansiveness and freedom." Score: 7 out of 10.
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Review Haven: Call of the King PlayStation 2 Eurogamer  Europe since it set up a few years back has been patchy to say the least. Full of slick, but US centric sports titles, and playable, but shallow arcade ports, the publishing veteran has realised...
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=4083

Reviewed by Chris Roper [7.4/10]. "At certain points it's great, but at others it can be either frustrating or very boring." Includes screen shots and gameplay movies. (PlayStation 2)
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/377/377872p1.html

Review [C+]. "One of the biggest complaints I have about the game is that very little of the gameplay is explained or even given much in the way of reason. You seem to just be doing stuff to keep from being bored to death." Includes screen shots.
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Into Liquid Sky Game Reviews  Lots of variety in levels 149; Solidly built with great frame rate 149; Fine musical score The Bad 149; Some elements are not as polished as others 149; Yo-yo weapon is poorly executed 149; NPCs...
http://www.intoliquidsky.net/site/reviews/haven.html

Review [3.5/5]. "Despite the intended scope of the game, Haven's sights and sounds are barely average." Features screen shots and cheat codes.
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Haven: Call of the King Review for PS2 on GamePro.com  Despite the intended scope of the game, Haven's sights and sounds are barely average. Characters are blocky, have little animation movements, and wear boring-colored threads. The environments are also bland and lack detail. The soundtrack...
http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/27483.shtml

Review [67%]. "Some tweaks to the gameplay and a better weapon system would go a long way towards helping this ambitious title achieve greatness." Includes screen shots.
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http://www.gamerstemple.com/vg/games2/000446/000446r01.asp

Reviewed by Benjamin Turner [2.5/5] "Haven tries to go in several directions at once. Alas, rather than excelling, it ends up doing a fairly mediocre job of almost everything." Includes screen shots.
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GameSpy: Haven: Call of the King Review  King have taken the high road, attempting to create something unique by combining gameplay ideas from platformers, 3D shooters, vehicular action games and even Marble Madness. While the end result doesn't quite gel, I have...
http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstati...n-call-of-the-king/572170p1.html

Reviewed by Justin Speer [3/5]. "The downside to the game's ambitious design is that the individual parts don't fare nearly as well alone as they do being part of a larger experience."
http://www.g4techtv.com/techtvva...Call_of_the_King_PS2_Review.html

Reviewed by Erin Bell [5/10]. "The game, like a movie trailer, provides various disjointed snippets of action without delivering the complete picture." Includes screen shots.
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Haven: Call Of The King GameCritics.com  Parents have nothing to fear from Haven. The violence is not excessive, and the story and characters are wholesome. Serious gamers who have had in-depth experience with any of the genres Call Of The King...
http://www.gamecritics.com/review/haven/main.php

Reviewed by Johnny Liu [Grade: C]. "It would have worked better had the game allowed you to switch from any of these game styles at will. I think that was the original idea, but sadly it all turns out overly scripted and directed." Includes screen shots.
http://www.game-revolution.com/games/ps2/action/haven.htm