Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2

I don't blame people who think this is the worst of the series since it wasn't even made by the core development team. The dialogue is sub-par relative to every other entry, the plot is very barebones, combat is incredibly wonky where the enemies have so many invincibility frames you could have dinner and come back, and you still couldn't hit them. The levels themselves are stupidly linear, little to no exploration, and puzzles are just busy work. What saves this entry is they got the character Kain right, what he is, how he interacts with others and his core principles are faithful to the series that's a plus. The atmosphere of Nosgoth is very much on point, dark, steampunk, and dreary. The voice acting isn't bad, it's the dialogue that is the biggest casualty here. Graphics are pleasant for 2002 and level design isn't bad it's just very linear. It's only good if it's on sale and you're in the mood for some Legacy of Kain but lower your expectations. It's for completionists because as a standalone title it's very mediocre as a game.

Had to install the revamped fan patch to play without it hanging on the menu. Anyway good game. if they ever remaster it allowing you to skip cutscenes would make it about 100% better at least for replays.

The game is not working on my system. A broken vsync setting tires the graphics card to the point of mining. When selecting a menu, a frozen screen greets you and does not refresh without making an alt-tab.I know it's a cheap game, I only got it for 50 cents but it's broken so it's not worth a cent. I'll try it on my old computer too, if the problems are the same then this game is dead to me. my desktop i5 12400f 4060ti 8 gb 16 gb dual ram 2 TB SSD Windows 10 home I'll try this game on my old desktop soon. (I hope it works fine on my old computer.) old desktop i3 10100f Gtx 1650 ddr 5 - 4gb 16 gb dual ram 512 gb ssd Windows 10 home

intro movie plays ok but game gets stuck in the menu and i have to alt+tab for everything to execute, such as menu options

First of all, if you started the LoK series with Soul Reaver installments, yeah, you might not like it. The game was being created side-by-side with SR1 and 2. Back then, both SR and BO subseries were intended to go in two different directions. Thus, Daniel Cabuco was the main artist on SR subseries and Crystal Dynamics invited Steve Ross, who worked on Chakan: The Forever Man and it's unreleased sequel. Contrary to popular belief this game wasn't based of Chakan 2's engine. Just some of concepts Steve brought along with him. Anyway, the resulting game is very, very different in terms of feel to the rest of the series, While SR subseries eventually tied itself to BO, BO2 is a side-story it was always intended to be. Plus, the story has a couple of holes. Is it a bad game then? Hell no! Gameplay-wise, it's better than SR2, believe it or not. Pretty lengthy gameplay, interesting levels, awesome atmosphere (it's different, but damn, it's good) and a bit reVamped combat system to satisfy your bloodlust. Plus, the boss battles that were nowhere to be found in SR2 are now back with a vengeance and so are cool powers you receive after them. The game is different - don't expect it to be anything like SR subseries in terms of art or story - but it's still good, allowing you to feel like a real vampire.