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Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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4.3/5

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Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Description
Swords, sorcery, souls, and buckets of blood await you in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Return to the corrupt world of Nosgoth, where the disfigured wraith Raziel pursues his creator, the vampire overlord Kain. Separated by their common enemies and time itself, the two anti-heroes must wage their own...
Genre:
Action - TPP - Platformer
Tags:
Action, Fantasy, Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D, show 8 more... Classic, Dark, Platformer, Third Person, Hack and Slash, Amazon Luna, Good Old Game, Vampire
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4.3/5

( 152 Reviews )

4.3

152 Reviews

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Product details
2003, Crystal Dynamics, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
12 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
17.5 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles

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Description


Swords, sorcery, souls, and buckets of blood await you in Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

Return to the corrupt world of Nosgoth, where the disfigured wraith Raziel pursues his creator, the vampire overlord Kain. Separated by their common enemies and time itself, the two anti-heroes must wage their own personal battles to discover what lies behind their destinies and defeat the vicious forces that seek to condemn their world to eternal damnation. While their foes plot and scheme, Kain and Raziel embark on a dark and twisted odyssey. In the end, only one of them may be left standing.

The final chapter in the epic Legacy of Kain series is a time-bending, dimension-crossing, action-adventure game featuring more fast-paced combat than ever before. Take control of two mighty and highly-evolved vampires, each with a vast arsenal of combat moves and elaborate combos to unlock during their journey. A world filled to the brim with gruesome monsters, conflict and intrigue lies before them.

Can you handle the combined power of this demonic duo?

LEGACY OF KAIN: DEFIANCE © 2003 Crystal Dynamics group of companies. All rights reserved. LEGACY OF KAIN: DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE, LEGACY OF KAIN, CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, and the CRYSTAL DYNAMICS logo are trademarks of the Crystal Dynamics group of companies.

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Time to beat
12 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
17.5 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - TPP - Platformer
Tags:
Action, Fantasy, Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D, show 8 more... Classic, Dark, Platformer, Third Person, Hack and Slash, Amazon Luna, Good Old Game, Vampire
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
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Company:
Crystal Dynamics / Crystal Dynamics
Size:
1.4 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Intense Violence, Blood and Gore)
Game features
Cloud saves
Controller support
Single-player
Languages
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Update (17 August 2017)
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User reviews

Posted on: November 1, 2025

defiancee

Verified owner

Games: 428 Reviews: 4

5/5 awesome game

The game is awesome. Runs and plays well. Would recommend everyone to try it out.

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Posted on: August 9, 2012

Licurg

Verified owner

Games: 903 Reviews: 9

Awesome!

The final part(so far, at least) of the Legacy of Kain series is finally on GOG! An excellent game, with great graphics(albeit not as good as Soul Reaver 2 in the artistic direction) an excellent gameplay(you get to play as both Raziel and Kain), and the same amazing voice-acting that can be found in all the Legacy of Kain games. The game has one bug however( unless they fixed it in this version that's on GOG) and that is the camera control, which sometimes gives you a hard time in the platforming parts. This problem seems to be more bothersome while playing with Kain, although that might be just an impression. Still, by no means a game-breaking bug. A great game, terribly under-priced at just 5.99, buy it NOW!

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Posted on: March 28, 2025

luckycanuckluke

Verified owner

Games: 4 Reviews: 1

game breaking bug

matching murals in manor did not fracture to allow them to be broken and this completely broke my run

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Posted on: April 7, 2020

Nyctolia

Verified owner

Games: 35 Reviews: 2

No controls

KB/M will not work. Tried all the troubleshooting steps, completely stumped. Will uninstall.

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Posted on: January 26, 2020

dominuzmezzorem

Games: 203 Reviews: 11

Sad...

I just wish the game, someday, can have a sequel.

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