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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...
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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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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 details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2003-12-17T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
1.4 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Intense Violence, Blood and Gore)

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Update (13 November 2024)
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  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
  • Added Cloud Saves support
Internal Update (12 July 2018)
  • Added French version of the game
Update (17 August 2017)
  • We have added the German version of Legacy of Kain: Defiance and the German manual for the game to everyone's accounts
  • We would also like to say "Vielen Dank!" to Gameinsider1986 who donated the German version of the game
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Posted on: August 29, 2022

Draugusto

Verified owner

Games: 484 Reviews: 208

Love it, but...

I'm a fan of teh series and therefore I was enjoyuinmg my time with the game, but suddenly it stopped working, one day it was fine, the next it couldn't pass the startup logos, didn't try to fix iit since , welll, I played thi one back in the day so I already know how it ends That "llittle" issue aside the game holds up relatively well, the story is great, the voice acting is on point, the music is awesome, the combat is nothing elaborated, but it serves its purpose ( moving the story forward), my only complaint would be the camera, sometimes you feel like you are fighting the camera as much as you are fighting the enemies, otghher than that, great game


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Posted on: February 5, 2025

Tearhunter7229

Verified owner

Games: 84 Reviews: 2

No controller support.

The game itself is realy good, fun to play. If you know the Legacy of Kain series, you may love this game too. But come on... I tried some controller and none of them worked flawlessly. Last try is the ROG ALLY, not working. Can we get some support for our money ?


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Posted on: December 26, 2021

Sullieduser61

Verified owner

Games: 17 Reviews: 1

modern contoler update

i loved the series, only reason i can not give the full five star is due to the lack of xbox contoler support it made the game some what of a chore due using only mouse and key. if anyone that knows of a external mod that would be great for th next update.


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Posted on: April 20, 2024

SlimObelix

Verified owner

Games: 37 Reviews: 2

Don't waste your time on this!!!

I absolutely loved both Kain and Soul reaver games back in the PSone/PS2 era, but for some reason I missed this one completely. So what a nice surprise it was to find it here with a brilliant discount and bought it to wait for the perfect day, so I could merge myself into this game's dark fantasy world. I read some reviews here and there, got the impression that the camera is not very good... "SO WHAT!" -I thought to myself. "How bad could it be to play this with keyboard and mouse, it can't be that BAD?" Yes it can. Believe the warnings from the other reviews. No matter how well you map your controls to fit your playstyle, it doesn't matter. The camera screws your jumps up most of the time and combined with instant death places, the game is just pure frustration. The amount of camera-stuttering made me nauseous on the first hour and trying to find the character in a hectic fight situation is pure pain +the traps that the camera hides all the time when entering rooms. This game was meant to play with a controller and it is just mind-boggling how this game passed any tests before being released on pc -if there was any. I'm off to watch how this game ends from youtube, because I really want to know. Too bad that they didn't give a s*it about their own game, it could've been good with a decent camera. I tried to play this game as far as I could, but a bug/glitch decided to halt my progress. It was a clear sign not to touch this garbage of a game ever again.


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Posted on: May 12, 2020

Vulcan242

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Games: 87 Reviews: 4

LoK Defiance: End of Epoch

Amazing game for real penny! The camera is nooot perfect, but scenario, dialogues, voice acting, music, atmosphere...It all rewards everything. It is not a scary game, but it have a dense climat. Definitely worth up to 10 times of the amount you must pay now on G.O.G. Take it and enjoy!


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