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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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Swedrami: 1. Does it make that much of a difference if it's DOSBox or ScummVM?
ScummVM games are usually better tailored and I like the ScummVM's interface. It's not a huge deal really since one can always install ScummVM independently and play these games in it.
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Lifthrasil: Damn. Why do you release this game only after allowing a always-online DRMed game here? I would have bought this instantly, if you were still a DRM-FREE store, GOG.
1st world problem.
GOG, personally I'm not going to forget the Hitman situation and I hope others don't either. Chandra or someone should post a new message keeping us informed.

That said, this seems like a good release and worth supporting since, afaik, this is DRM-free single-player (since personally I don't push a total boycott yet but get those who do).

edit: and if someone could post a review of how well the game runs please, that'd be good
Post edited September 29, 2021 by tfishell
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GOG.com: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Great, I'll buy it as soon as you fix the games that have DRM in them.
Does it use Verok's wrapper patch or something unique to run on modern systems?
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KainXVIII: Does it use Verok's wrapper patch or something unique to run on modern systems?
No, looks like it is the old pc version but you can add Verok´s patch manually after installing this version.
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Lifthrasil: Damn. Why do you release this game only after allowing a always-online DRMed game here? I would have bought this instantly, if you were still a DRM-FREE store, GOG.
The gods demanded a sacrifice before allowing this game to return from purgatory.
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KainXVIII: Does it use Verok's wrapper patch or something unique to run on modern systems?
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RainaAudron: No, looks like it is the old pc version but you can add Verok´s patch manually after installing this version.
It comes with a wrapper bundled into the game
Bought immediately when I saw it, no questions asked! Good job, GOG!
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fortune_p_dawg: instabought! +elvira games
Thank you for your comment, I was going to leave without checking for new releases. Elvira games is a must!
Post edited September 29, 2021 by Cadaver747
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GOG.com: 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!
Does it have DRM?
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GOG.com: 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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SimonZephyr: Does it have DRM?
yes, activation limit this time. i think 5 is the limit then you'll have to call silicon knights for them to give u more activations.
Post edited September 29, 2021 by fortune_p_dawg
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pbaggers: So... anyone able to tell precisely what GOG did to get this running on modern systems? From a cursory glance, it looks like they used their own DirectDraw to DirectX wrapper rather than Verok's great OpenGL wrapper/fan patch. I tried turning on the subtitles that are in that version and they're not there. A shame that the latter requires a CD copy to install though. Maybe that'll change soon.
It doesn't though. You can just copy and paste the archive contents over this version and it works, subtitles included.
To be fair though, Verok's subs are buggy in this particular version. I already wrote about it on the forums he frequents, so we'll see if it'll get fixed any time soon.
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Thanks a lot guys. All three instabought, Waited LONG for them. VERY LONG. Very happy now. :)
Post edited September 29, 2021 by Anime-BlackWolf
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atemporalDarkness: I have a doubt, it appears listed as 50% off, but as soon as i add it to my cart, it drops to 10%, is this an error on the page?
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SmollestLight: The discount is 10% :)
Thank you sm for answering, i'm going to instabuy it anyway, just wanted to be sure in case it was a bug.
Great addition to the catalog and i hope it works with the magnificent spanish translation several fans worked out a couple of years ago
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GOG.com: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
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HappyPunkPotato: Great, I'll buy it as soon as you fix the games that have DRM in them.
Seconded/thirded/fourthed...

Until GOG backtrack on their "DRM-ification" approach, nothing gets bought. Too many previous ideals have been tossed aside, too many previous promises broken.