Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

published by Activision in 1996, developed by Silicon Knights / Crystal Dynamics, running on Windows
type: beat 'em up, adventure
genre: Horror, Fantasy, Action-Adventure
series: Legacy of Kain
setting: Nosgoth
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng
3.1/5

Description

Weapon plot - the Reaver sword is central to the overall story of Legacy of Kain series.
highborn protagonist - Kain was a nobleman in life.

(Sanguine) - # 2008-01-15 16:45:12

Comment

Overhead action-RPG where you play as the vampire Kain in the sinister world of Nosgoth. You can kill and feast on any human you encounter.

Kain was a nobleman who was murdered during his travels. He sought vengeance and the necromancer Mortanius offered him a chance to do so by reviving him as a vampire. Kain then quickly enacts his revenge, but finds out that there is a greater plot to be uncovered. The story is probably the darkest to ever grace a console video game. Violent, yet mature and serious.

The storyline is too deep and complex for a simple summary so for more details, visit the link below and go to the Blood Omen section, or better yet, play the game.

Kain can use various weapons, spells and items, can morph in the classic vampire states (bat, wolf, mist), feast on humans or even some monsters and explore various environments.

The game features excellent voice acting and several cinematics. The bugs found on the PlayStation version were corrected for the PC version, and there is even a little extra dialogue (though not much).

# 2002-08-20 12:32:23

Technical specs

display: textured polygons
Minimum:
* Windows 95
* 100 MHz Pentium CPU
* 16 MB RAM
* 1 MB VRAM
* 12 MB HD space
* 4X CD-ROM drive

Sanguine # 2008-08-18 11:06:21

Authors / Staff

design

Denis Dyack (game design)

writer

Denis Dyack (storyline)
Ken McKulloch (storyline)

audio

Steve Henifin (music)

acting

Anna Gunn (voice actor)
Neil Ross (voice actor)
Paul Lukather (voice actor)
Richard Doyle (voice actor)
Simon Templeman (voice actor)
Tony Jay (voice actor)

other

Ken McKulloch (mythology)

External reviews (2) - average: 45%

review sourceissuedatescore
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) (174+)uk1911997-102/540%
Génération 4 (083-138)fr1021997-093/650%

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