Enclave (video game)

Thousands of years ago, The Kingdom of Celenheim was invaded by the Evil Overlord Vatar. Just as The Horde was about to triumph, The Archmage Zale arrived to save the day. After killing Vatar, he used magic to create an abyssal Rift in the ground around Celenheim, turning it into the eponymous enclave surrounded by the darkness-infested Outlands. Over the centuries of peace that followed, the people of Celenheim grew proud and forgot about the evil that lurked beyond the chasm. But when the Rift suddenly began closing up again and the forces of darkness came back, they came back angry.

Known under working title Into the Darkness, Enclave is a Dark Fantasy Action Adventure game released by Starbreeze Studios (who later made the The Chronicles of Riddick video games) for Xbox and the PC in 2002. Its most notable feature is a complete aversion of No Campaign for the Wicked: the game consists of two full-flown campaigns, one where the nameless hero vanquishes evil and saves Celenheim and the other, where the nameless minion leads the Darkness to the triumph they were denied centuries ago. As you progress through either campaign, other fantasy characters join your group, though you can only steer one of them during missions.

A sequel was announced in 2003, but with no news whatsoever since then, it seems to have become an Orphaned Series. The original game was, however, ported onto Wii in 2010.


 * The Archmage: Zale.
 * Dark Fantasy
 * Dark Is Evil: Quite rightly.
 * The Emperor: Alecto.
 * Evil Overlord: Demon Vatar.
 * Fantasy Character Classes:
 * Knight is the Knight, duh. His Evil Counterpart is Berserker, The Berserker and The Brute.
 * Huntress is The Archer and The Hunter. Her evil counterpart is Assassin, a Career Killer Cold Sniper.
 * Wizard is the Squishy Wizard. His evil counterpart is Sorceress, a Vain Sorceress.
 * Druid is the Summoner. Her evil counterpart is Lich, the Necromancer.
 * Engineer is the Gadgeteer Genius. His evil counterpart is Bombardier, the Axe Crazy Mad Bomber.
 * Halfling is The Mario. Her evil counterpart is Goblin.
 * Guys Smash Girls Shoot: Most female playable characters specialize in ranged combat; most melee specialists are male. The axewoman Halfling and the male Wizard are the only exceptions.
 * Golems: Summoned by the Druid.
 * Great Offscreen War: Vatar vs. Celenheim.
 * Hobbits: Hafling.
 * The Hero: The Knight.
 * The Kingdom
 * Light Is Good: Not the straightest example, since while the player characters of Light are quite heroic, the people upstairs who they are supposed to work for are supremacist, arrogant jerkasses.
 * No Campaign for the Wicked: Averted hard. The Darkness campaign is just as long (and at times, more interesting) as the one for the Light.
 * Our Monsters Are Different:
 * Our Demons Are Different: Vatar was one, a personification of evil and fear.
 * Our Dragons Are Different: Fyrlakith, the guardian of the Tome of Souls.
 * Our Elves Are Better: Huntress is a member of an isolationist Elven clan.
 * Our Goblins Are Different: Goblin.
 * Our Gnomes Are Weirder: Stone Gnomes are regular enemies.
 * Our Liches Are Different: Lich.
 * Our Ogres Are Hungrier: Berserker is an elite Ogre fighter.
 * RPG Elements: You can spend the gold you collect on the mission to purchase better equipment between them.
 * Secret Character: Collect 13000 gold pieces in the Light campaign and you'll unlock a 9320 Battle droid. Doing the same in the dark campaign will give you Feticia.
 * The Undead: Lich and his summons.
 * Vain Sorceress: . Also, Sorceress and Lich.
 * Weapon of Choice: Each class has their own, almost perfectly mirrored by their evil counterparts:
 * Axes: Halfling/Goblin
 * Crossbows: Knight/Berserker, Huntress/Assassin, Engineer/Bombardier, Halfling/Goblin
 * Daggers: Huntress/Assassin, Druid/Lich, Wizard/Sorceress
 * Longbows: Huntress/Assassin
 * Magic staves: Druid/Lich, Wizard/Sorceress
 * Shields: Knight/Berserker, Engineer/Bombardier, Halfling/Goblin
 * Swords: Knight, Bombardier
 * Thrown explosives: Engineer/Bombardier
 * Warhammers: Engineer, Berserker
 * Women Are Wiser: Averted. The Dark side definitely has more notable women in their ranks.