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Over the decades, gaming has expanded in ways people could never have imagined, but one genre that has continued to stand the test of time while still growing is the action-adventure genre.

For almost as long as there have been video games, action-adventure games and their real-time action, puzzles, and exploration have intrigued gamers all over the world. While we could spend years talking about our favorite ones, today, we wanted to focus on one that is close to our hearts – Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.



With the game coming to GOG.COM during our Anniversary event, we wanted to take a trip down memory lane to look at what made this game so spectacular.

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain tells an epic story
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain takes place in Nosgoth, a fantasy world filled with humans and vampires. In this world, pillars are tied to the literal health of the world. The Pillars of Nosgoth are protected by humans, but prior to your introduction to the world, some bad things (to put it mildly) have happened, and now vampires are being hunted down.

Of course, the remaining vampires didn’t like this very much and retaliated, killing many of the guardians. One thing led to another as revenge plot after revenge plot takes place, eventually causing the Pillars and their guardians to become corrupted.



This is where you, Kain (voiced by Simon Templeman), come in. After being resurrected, you are tasked with putting an end to these corrupted guardians in order to, hopefully, bring order back to the world of Nosgoth.

So, as you can see, if you are a fan of big stories, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain definitely has you covered!

Hack n’ slash, puzzle-solving goodness
While a great story can be enough to carry a game, thankfully, Legacy of Kain also excels in classic action-adventure gaming, fighting, and puzzle-solving!



Using a top-down perspective, you’ll explore large outdoor areas and crawl your way through dungeons, exploring, fighting off creatures and humans, and collecting new weapons and armor that change up your gameplay.

And because you are a vampire, your health will continuously (but slowly) decrease the longer you go without blood. You can top up your health meter by taking out humans and creatures with red blood, but make sure to avoid the tainted black blood because it will poison you!

In addition to plenty of weapons to choose from, you will also get some valuable spells to dispatch your enemies. Then, on top of that, you can even shapeshift into a couple of different forms to help with your quest.



Journey into the big world of Legacy of Kain
If you like top-down action games or just want something with an epic story and world-building, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain could be exactly what you are looking for. It features a memorable story and characters and provides plenty of exploration and action for people that prefer that.

On top of that, you can celebrate GOG’s 13th anniversary with us by playing a true classic making a comeback on modern PCs.

What do you think? Plan on checking this game out now that it is on GOG.COM? Let us know down in the comments!
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timppu: LOL. A game bug...
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Trooper1270: Or classic human error... ? :p
Well, if I can walk somewhere in the game (open outdoor areas), I presume I should be able to walk back too... I somehow managed to walk behind the big pillars (the place where you see those pillars after 15 minutes to the game or so), but couldn't get out from there anymore...

Otherwise I wouldn't care but the game has no save-anywhere, and the last savepoint is quite far from that. Oh well...

EDIT: Then again, I abhor the idea that I would have used a fast save (save anywhere), and write over the only save game while stuck behind the pillars, LOL... So sometimes savepoints are apparently a good thing, after all.
Post edited September 30, 2021 by timppu
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Trooper1270: Or classic human error... ? :p
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timppu: Well, if I can walk somewhere in the game (open outdoor areas), I presume I should be able to walk back too... I somehow managed to walk behind the big pillars (the place where you see those pillars after 15 minutes to the game or so), but couldn't get out from there anymore...

Otherwise I wouldn't care but the game has no save-anywhere, and the last savepoint is quite far from that. Oh well...

EDIT: Then again, I abhor the idea that I would have used a fast save (save anywhere), and write over the only save game while stuck behind the pillars, LOL... So sometimes savepoints are apparently a good thing, after all.
Lol, maybe he gained a little weight since passing those pillars ?. too much protein in his diet... :P
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KingofGnG: Noice. Now I'm not the only one in the world to own a legit (retail) copy of the game :-P
Ahem! I said: AHEMMMMM!!!

I have the PC retail version too, and in fact I think I have the Playstation version as well...

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Trooper1270: Lol, maybe he gained a little weight since passing those pillars ?. too much protein in his diet... :P
True. human blood is quite energy-rich. I think I just sucked some fat pig farmer dry just before that place.
Post edited September 30, 2021 by timppu
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KingofGnG: Noice. Now I'm not the only one in the world to own a legit (retail) copy of the game :-P
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timppu: Ahem! I said: AHEMMMMM!!!

I have the PC retail version too, and in fact I think I have the Playstation version as well...
We are two then :-D
Does anyone already know whether a German version will come?
or whether there is already a patch?
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Kaschtelator: Does anyone already know whether a German version will come?
or whether there is already a patch?
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_epic_blood_omen_legacy_of_kain_joins_gogcom_18318/post74
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jackster79: Definitely going to pick this up when I can.

But I have to ask:

Does anyone know if this version (i.e. GOG's) has subtitles out-of-the-box? If memory serves the PS1 version does not, and with my hearing disability I could not make out much of the voice-over dialogue.

By the wat, I did peruse the posts above and as far as I could tell there is mention of some outside wrapper that has subtitles but that there are issues with them, hence my question about this version having them.

It would make my playthrough immensely more enjoyable if there are.
After installation, apply Verok's patch and you can have subtitles! This patch also makes the game run at 60fps (GOG version is locked to 42fps) and has many other improvements.
Post edited September 30, 2021 by RainaAudron
I never tried the PS1 version. Only the PC and the framerate alway felt the same for me. One user said that the game is capped to 42 FPS by design.

I tested the Verok patch and all is smoother and the animations seem to be faster, more fluid. The game runs at 60 FPS. Other user said that is how the PS1 version was, considering the GOG versions "slower" or more sluggish

Therefore I ask: Must I understand that the PS1 ran at 60 FPS? 60 FPS in a PS1 really?
Post edited September 30, 2021 by Gudadantza
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Gudadantza: Therefore I ask: Must I understand that the PS1 ran at 60 FPS? 60 FPS in a PS1 really?
what do you mean really. Plenty of PS1 games run at 60 fps, even NES games did. It depends on the game.
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Gudadantza: Therefore I ask: Must I understand that the PS1 ran at 60 FPS? 60 FPS in a PS1 really?
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Dogmaus: what do you mean really. Plenty of PS1 games run at 60 fps, even NES games did. It depends on the game.
I didn't knew it. I thought that the majority of PS games were framelimited for performance reasons. Well, Good to know.
It surprises me that the PC version was framelimied to 42 and the in PS1 version the framerate was higher.

Greetings
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Kaschtelator: Does anyone already know whether a German version will come?
or whether there is already a patch?
While we are waiting for GOG we took the liberty to let our experts create a patch ;)
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_de/sammelthread_zu_deutschmods_und_sprachpatches_fur_spiele_die_hier_nur_auf_englisch_erhaltlich_sin/post3849
I...... wow.....

What kind of loops the legal team had to jump through with this? I mean wow this game is on par with NOLF and the first Shogun Total War and Medieval Total War.
One Night in Nosgoth
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Gudadantza: I never tried the PS1 version. Only the PC and the framerate alway felt the same for me. One user said that the game is capped to 42 FPS by design.

I tested the Verok patch and all is smoother and the animations seem to be faster, more fluid. The game runs at 60 FPS. Other user said that is how the PS1 version was, considering the GOG versions "slower" or more sluggish

Therefore I ask: Must I understand that the PS1 ran at 60 FPS? 60 FPS in a PS1 really?
This almost sounds like the frame limit has something to do with trying to make the game run in PAL speed on PC. I downloaded Blood Omen on Playstation Network and the PAL version runs pretty much exactly like the GOG version. Not smoother or faster.
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OK, so we got the worst game of the series but lost the best, since Squeenix removed Soul Reaver from the store. Nice. I already have it, but, still... I guess they just can't let people own the entire series at once, it must be a LoK staple. :P

[Disclaimer: I am aware Soul Reaver will be back up for purchase at some point in the future, Square-Enix are working on "updates", either trying to solve legal issues with that dude that made the SR unofficial patch they stole for the Steam and GOG versions as if it was their own, or, according to rumours, working with Nixxes on some sort of remastered/cleaned-up/fixed version. Still kind of funny that now that we got Blood Omen we lost Soul Reaver]