<s>
Witchaven	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fantasy-themed	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Capstone	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
1995	O
's	O
Witchaven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
games	O
use	O
the	O
Build	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Capstone	O
's	O
last	O
proprietary	B-Application
game	O
before	O
they	O
and	O
their	O
parent	O
company	O
Intracorp	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Witchaven	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
returning	O
knight	O
Grondoval	O
,	O
the	O
hero	O
of	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
as	O
he	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
stop	O
an	O
evil	O
witch	O
from	O
carrying	O
a	O
titular	O
blood	B-Application
vengeance	I-Application
in	O
revenge	O
for	O
him	O
having	O
slain	O
her	O
sister	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
received	O
generally	O
negative	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
criticism	O
directed	O
at	O
its	O
controls	O
,	O
enemy	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
and	O
general	O
mediocrity	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
coming	O
out	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
's	O
gameplay	O
system	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
but	O
features	O
some	O
other	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
possibility	O
to	O
wield	O
two	O
weapons	O
(	O
one	O
in	O
each	O
hand	O
)	O
and	O
to	O
hold	O
a	O
shield	O
in	O
the	O
non-weapon	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
series	O
it	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
Build	B-Application
level	O
editor	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
players	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
in	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
most	O
enemies	O
are	O
men	O
instead	O
of	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Witchaven	B-Application
II	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
first	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
when	O
the	O
forces	O
of	O
darkness	O
were	O
triumphed	O
over	O
:	O
the	O
witch	O
queen	O
Illwhyrin	O
was	O
destroyed	O
in	O
her	O
lair	O
in	O
the	O
isle	O
of	O
Char	O
and	O
the	O
evil	O
curse	O
was	O
lifted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
victory	O
party	O
celebrating	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
Witchaven	B-Application
,	O
the	O
hero	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Grondoval	O
,	O
falls	O
into	O
a	O
slumber	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
army	O
of	O
demons	O
and	O
Argothonian	O
clansmen	O
has	O
abducted	O
Grondoval	O
's	O
beloved	O
princess	O
Elizabeth	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
people	O
of	O
his	O
homeland	O
Stazhia	O
to	O
exact	O
the	O
titular	O
blood	B-Application
vengeance	I-Application
and	O
now	O
it	O
is	O
only	O
up	O
to	O
Grondoval	O
to	O
try	O
and	O
rescue	O
his	O
countrymen	O
before	O
they	O
will	O
all	O
be	O
gone	O
forever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Witchaven	B-Application
II	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
poor	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
criticized	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cinematic	O
cutscenes	O
and	O
the	O
enemy	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
overall	O
feel	O
of	O
a	O
rushed	O
expansion	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
Witchaven	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
a	O
more	O
proper	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
praised	O
the	O
Build	B-Application
level	O
editor	O
as	O
being	O
better	O
documented	O
than	O
the	O
one	O
in	O
Duke	O
Nukem	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brett	O
Jones	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Where	O
Duke	O
takes	O
players	O
on	O
a	O
wickedly	O
frantic	O
and	O
bloody	O
ride	O
,	O
Witchaven	B-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
you	O
slogging	O
,	O
trundling	O
,	O
and	O
hacking	O
your	O
way	O
through	O
dark	O
levels	O
and	O
mindless	O
enemies	O
from	O
start	O
to	O
finish	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
adding	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
the	O
controls	O
were	O
n’t	O
so	O
bad	O
and	O
the	O
enemies	O
so	O
boneheaded	O
,	O
you	O
might	O
find	O
Witchaven	B-Application
II	I-Application
’s	O
sinister	O
design	O
a	O
welcome	O
change	O
from	O
the	O
norm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
particularly	O
poor	O
choice	O
for	O
buyers	O
given	O
that	O
Duke	O
Nukem	O
3D	O
had	O
just	O
been	O
released	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
was	O
due	O
out	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
