Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

One of the best games I played as a teenager and a long lost favorite of mine. I'm so happy it has finally found its way to GOG. Its a classic topdown action rpg with one of the best stories you'll ever encounter in a videogame. Both the world-building and the characters are *chef's kiss*. Go play it now!

The fact that GOG now has the full Legacy of Kain series fills my heart with joy. You guys just made my day.

Others have gone over the merits of Blood Omen in greater detail and with greater effectiveness than I could, so I'm simply going to note one important aspect of this port: It is, indeed, a good port. The game runs at a high resolution, accepts inputs from modern gamepads without a hitch, and plays smoothly on modern hardware. There are only two hiccups: 1. The FMVs are a bit low-res and grainy, although I expect fans will mod this problem away in relatively short order. 2. The game plays a bit slower than it should. Not in the sense of having slowdown, but in the sense of just being set to a lower speed. I suspect it may be based on a PAL version of the PC game, and if so, I kind of hope they correct that in an update. Apart from that, though, this is a perfectly good way to experience Blood Omen. I originally bought this more so that I could just own a legal copy of the PC version and continue to use my fan-modded KainGL version without guilt. But I think I may make this my version of choice if the speed issue can be fixed. It's a port of the sort of quality that I didn't expect to see for this obscure forgotten gem. Good work, GOG, and/or whoever else worked on this version.

Always wanted to play this one, but couldn't get it to work on an emulator. Super glad it's available here without a hitch. It's not a great game by any stretch, but it's a bit of a ''must see / play'' just for the flavor of it. Instabuy when I saw it in the email!

The game itself is a pure 5/5, as the plot is just timeless and the hightlight of the game. The exploration is similar to a Link to the Past (albeit in a darker setting). Lastly, the combat is great (albeit broken) and has many spell variety. Still as a product it's a 3/5 because it requires Verok's GL Wrapper (a COMMUNITY developed fix) to function correctly, devs shouldn't put broken games on the shelves and ask the community to fix the games for them.