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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!
Holy ****!!! INSTABUY!!!



edit: Soundtrack would be nice tho, it's the second best thing after the voice acting.
Post edited September 29, 2021 by DodoGeo
Nice! Been wanting the original Legacy of Kain on PC for years.

Never tried the Elvira titles, but since I usually enjoy that style of gameplay...

Insta-bought all three :)
TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!
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They put it out to make people forget about hitman drm. gog supports drm.
"...expansive world containing more than 100 hours of intense, blood-sucking, spell-casting gameplay."

What? Is there one zero too many?
Although I have the original, physical PC copy of the game, as well as a digital copy for PS Vita, I bought the GOG version instantly. Thank You - the world needed this.
Post edited September 29, 2021 by Prexxxx
Well... I bought it, for completion's sake, even though I loathe Denis Dyack and his defunct a-single-good-title studio, Silicon Knights (that's Eternal Darkness, by the way), just because I love what Amy Hennig and Crystal Dynamics did with the IP he founded.

Time to replay this, I guess; at least it'll make me want to replay the actual great games that followed :P

Thanks, GOG; happy gaming, everyone!
Big hit there!
I'd be thrilled, if I hadn't been utterly disappointed by the last 3 years here. At least.
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Robette: "...expansive world containing more than 100 hours of intense, blood-sucking, spell-casting gameplay."

What? Is there one zero too many?
The game has significant Metroidvania elements (before the term actually became a thing, since SotN was only released a year later) and the overall "rank" depends on the amount of secrets you discover..

Backtracking to get them all can easily double or triple the main story play time.

Blood Omen is surprisingly huge.
Post edited September 29, 2021 by kud13
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I want this since the creation of GOG.
Thank you so much.
It's a dream come true.
A legendary title! I waited years for it to arrive here. My nick obliges... ;) I don't know how GOG managed to straighten the publishing rights for this game, but it happened! Does anyone know whether it's possible to apply the KainGL mod for this version of the game?
Post edited September 29, 2021 by Sarafan
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groze: a-single-good-title studio, Silicon Knights (that's Eternal Darkness, by the way)
I played Cyber/Steel Empires many hours and it's one of my fav games.
Is it possible to get the German version for Blood Omen as well? Do you even own the rights for it?
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MarkoH01: Is it possible to get the German version for Blood Omen as well? Do you even own the rights for it?
I will ask tomorrow :)
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groze: Well... I bought it, for completion's sake, even though I loathe Denis Dyack and his defunct a-single-good-title studio, Silicon Knights (that's Eternal Darkness, by the way), just because I love what Amy Hennig and Crystal Dynamics did with the IP he founded.
Just great. I was happy and satisfied to finally see Blood Omen here, and now I really crave Eternal Darkness and I'm sad to find out it's Gamecube only ... XD

Why the hate for the studio though? (Honest question, I don't know a lot about them.)