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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!
Instabuy, Elvira games also! :)

At last, the whole series is complete!

Thank you, GOG :)
Yay, finally!
How, how did you fix this? the speed issue, the modern cpu issue.... this has been one of the most difficult games to get working in all of history.
So, you had to release it just half a year after I bought the second hand boxed copy for around 40 Euro :-P.
Nonetheless, excellent release. Really happy to see it widely available, and whole franchise complete.
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Starkrun: How, how did you fix this? the speed issue, the modern cpu issue.... this has been one of the most difficult games to get working in all of history.
They have basically added a configurable dx wrapper. The game is smooth enough, the movies work and my first hour or so looks pretty stable.
Switching between The different vanilla resolutions do not crash the game. The cursors keys are mirrored to WASD as well. A gamepad should work easily because my joystick is detected and functional.
No subtitles though. But I ignore if it was a feature in the original game
Great addition to the library now the saga is fanally complete!
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.
Insta buy. Have been waiting for this one ever since I have joined gog. Thank you!

Now if you can add Myth I-III and Dark Omen...
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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.
I've just tried the game and it doesn't seem to feature any subtitles.
Here's a Blood omen conversion mod for you guys to enjoy and also for those that will not be purchasing this release at this time!
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TZODnmr2k5: Here's a Blood omen conversion mod for you guys to enjoy and also for those that will not be purchasing this release at this time!
Just to note, that mod is unfinished at this time. There is a mod that allows it to work on modern PCs though. I'll have to see if I can find it.
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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.
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karnak1: I've just tried the game and it doesn't seem to feature any subtitles.
That makes me a sad panda.

Oh well.

Thanks anyway - I appreciate you letting me know.
Beloved GOG.com, I cannot believe my eyes and cannot stop smiling! One of the main reasons I joined this site over 9 years ago was to be able to purchase the Legacy of Kain games and support this franchise and the idea of standing up to DRM! I've been waiting for this release to complete that original collection ever since and finally - that day has come! :)

I know not the hoops you've had to jump through to make this release a reality, but I am immensely grateful and you deserve every single cent you get for making this dream come true! :)))

Vae victis!!! :D
Post edited October 01, 2021 by TheOneRaziel
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TZODnmr2k5: Here's a Blood omen conversion mod for you guys to enjoy and also for those that will not be purchasing this release at this time!
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paladin181: Just to note, that mod is unfinished at this time. There is a mod that allows it to work on modern PCs though. I'll have to see if I can find it.
Crap, I misread the page then as it said:

"Blood Omnicide 0.1 - third release of project. And a first one to be considered actual game release. It have all nesessary features (such as installer, incorporated developer kit and production-quality content pipeline). Next releases are going to be supplied as content updates. Developer kit and mapeditor included with game allows everyone to extend and improve world of Nosgoth."
Good luck on the search, I hope you can find it as that would be an excellent conversion mod to play!
Post edited September 30, 2021 by TZODnmr2k5
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paladin181: Just to note, that mod is unfinished at this time. There is a mod that allows it to work on modern PCs though. I'll have to see if I can find it.
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TZODnmr2k5: Crap, I misread the page then as it said:

"Blood Omnicide 0.1 - third release of project. And a first one to be considered actual game release. It have all nesessary features (such as installer, incorporated developer kit and production-quality content pipeline). Next releases are going to be supplied as content updates. Developer kit and mapeditor included with game allows everyone to extend and improve world of Nosgoth."
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TZODnmr2k5: Good luck on the search, I hope you can find it as that would be an excellent conversion mod!
It was under additional info:
Additional info:

Just like previous demo release, Blood Omnicide 0.1 has some unfinished features which will be completed in future patches. All known issues is listed Blood Wiki - Known issues list.
Post edited September 30, 2021 by paladin181