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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

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4.6/5

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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Description
One of the darkest games of all time, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain for the PC takes gamers on an epic quest through a gothic universe fraught with murder, magic and vengeance. Accentuated with cinema-quality voice-overs, dynamic lighting effects and more than 25 minutes of stunning full-motion-video...
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Product details
1996, Crystal Dynamics, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 10+, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, DirectX 9.0c, 1 GB av...
Time to beat
12 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
15.5 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles
Description
One of the darkest games of all time, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain for the PC takes gamers on an epic quest through a gothic universe fraught with murder, magic and vengeance.

Accentuated with cinema-quality voice-overs, dynamic lighting effects and more than 25 minutes of stunning full-motion-video footage, Legacy of Kain features an engrossing storyline that invites gamers to embark on a journey through an expansive world containing more than 100 hours of intense, blood-sucking, spell-casting gameplay.

The nobleman Kain has been slain by a group of bandits and in his death, he is revived by the necromancer Mortanius for his own ends. Kain is returned in the form of a vampire and yearns to exact vengeance on those who killed him. Stronger and faster than a human being, coupled with a thirst for blood that must be satisfied regularly, he is able to dispatch his killers quickly. However, Mortanius and other forces seek to use him as a tool in a greater plot. Mortanius is of the Circle of Nine, the guardians of the Pillars of Nosgoth. These pillars, connected to the world and balancing the forces, have become corrupted and the Circle members been driven mad. At the Pillars, Kain meets Ariel - a former guardian of the Pillar of Balance, now a spirit after being murdered by an unseen assailant. She informs Kain of his relation to the Pillars and that the only way for him to restore the balance is to seek out each guardian and kill them. The fate of Nosgoth may hang on Kain decisions.

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is an action game where the player controls the vampiric Kain. As a vampire, Kain is able to withstand sunlight, but is harmed by water. However, he is able to obtain several cursed abilities and spells such as being able to transform into a bat, wolf, and even a cloud mist respectively, as well as learning the ability to disguise himself from creatures of weaker mind. Kain is also fixated on murder and is a master of several ways to kill and destroy his opponents. As the enemies are slain in front of him, Kain may drink their blood to restore his health, which is always trickling away, representative of his insatiable craving. To aid in the slaughter of his enemies, Kain may equip different weapons and armor, each with its own unique properties.

BLOOD OMEN © 1996 Crystal Dynamics group of companies. All rights reserved. BLOOD OMEN, LEGACY OF KAIN, CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, and the CRYSTAL DYNAMICS logo are trademarks of the Crystal Dynamics group of companies.

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15 h Main + Sides
15.5 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles
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Works on:
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Release date:
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Size:
583 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Animated Blood and Gore, Animated Violence)

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Posted on: September 29, 2021

slipy120

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Games: 473 Reviews: 1

Nearly weeping

For decades the only way to play this game was with unofficial mods for PC or suffer through dreadful load-times on the PS1 or via PS1 emulation. This is finally the game of my childhood!


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Posted on: January 8, 2022

boondoxdevil

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Games: 4 Reviews: 1

For me, masterpiece from a classic era

I first played this game on PS1, and 20+ years later, I still get the itch to play it. The intro is something that has stuck with me for all that time. The tone, emotion and language used sticks with me like no other game since, really listen to Kain recalling the deal and the emotions running through it. Listening to it on a dark night, I still get chills when I cozy up to play it like it's early 2000 again with soda, a beanbag chair, a bag of chips and twizzlers.


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Posted on: January 14, 2022

Stilvoid

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Games: 233 Reviews: 1

Easily as good as I remember it

This game brought with it a lot of memorable quotes when I first played it back in around 1998. The voice acting was, and still is, brilliantly enjoyable and the best thing about this game. That's not to say the rest of the game is bad; on the contrary, every moment is excellent and it plays just as well today as it did back then. If you're in two minds about getting this, just do yourself a favour and buy it right now.


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Posted on: January 23, 2022

King Eli

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Games: 590 Reviews: 26

God knows how I missed this masterpiece

When I grew up... Brilliant and dark game, full of atmosphere and tons of content. The story is really good so far and the gameplay is quite decent. Graphics and sounds are super good even for today.


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Posted on: July 9, 2022

george_rokos

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Games: 517 Reviews: 1

A childhood favorite

This is the very first game I bought when I got my PC in 1997. I was so charmed by its medieval setting and atmosphere, storyline, plot, expansive world and variety of places to visit, things that make it a worthy game even today, 26 years after its release. Obviously, graphics and sound do not impress nowadays, but that's not why you would buy this game.


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