Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Recent Reviews:. All Reviews:. Popular user-defined tags for this product:. Is this game relevant to you? Sign In or Open in Steam. Languages :. Publisher: Square Enix. Share Embed. Read Critic Reviews. Add to Cart. Bundle info. Add to Account. View Community Hub.
About This Game Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Somehow though, the further I chewed into the game the more I saw the terrible truth. They've skimped on the figs. Before we get too carried away with the snack metaphors however, we should do the polite thing and make some introductions. The Legacy Of Kain series, started way back in with the original Blood Omen, is a double-stranded action-adventure epic that's unfurled gradually to reveal a dense and remarkably confusing vampiric storyline.
The two stars of the series are Kain, bloodsucking demi-god and possible saviour of Nosgoth: and Raziel. Like I say. For the sake of brevity, let's just say it's Zelda for goths. Instead of magical suits you've got magical swords, instead of heart containers you've got ancient rune-stones and insteac of ocarinas you've got, I don't know, Fields Of The Nephilim. And this is where we start to run out of figs. Not only is the gameplay between Kain and Raziel remarkably similar, they even go to the same locations, the excuse being that they're separated by years and the textures have changed a bit.
Worse still by about a million times , is the fact that you have to visit the exact same bloody temple at least ten times during the course of the game, solving its baffling 'mysteries' every time. Of course, it's not the same temple - one is the 'Fire' temple, one the 'Light' temple and so forth - but they're almost completely indistinguishable, the developers having simply moved rocks and changed the patterns on the walls to try and fool us.
The puzzle-solving in the game is likewise disappointing. Apart from the fact that you have to solve ten near-identical temple sections, the whole puzzle system feels dumbed down compared to Soul Reaver 2. Raziel's spectral shift ability isn't used half as well as it once was, and becomes little more than a tiresome curse as you trek around looking for a place to shift back to material form.
And since there's no map or compass in the game, you're also going to get lost a lot - especially if you leave the game and come back after a few forgetful days. Clearly, there's a whiff of something sinister here. Despite its level of polish, LOK: Defiance seems to have been rushed to market, with a massive cut-and-paste job done to hide a lack of content. The game would have benefited from being either five hours shorter or five environments richer - in the latter case, it would have easily scored in the mids.
There's nothing wrong with the game mechanics either, apart from a troublesome 'cinematic' camera perhaps, and it's a real shame to see such a fun game reduced to tedium through sheer repetition.
The worst thing is, the problems faced by Legacy Of Kain: Defiance are in some ways the problems of the whole games industry. Hell, the whole of society if you want to get down to it. There's too much pressure to deliver a finished game regardless of content and quality, and it leads to cutting corners and mediocre products.
It doesn't make us happy in the slightest, but, hey, we still eat Fig Rolls, so who's the sucker? Dueling vampiric antiheroes Kain and Raziel return for one last chance to wrap up the ponderous dangling plotlines of this action-adventure series. Expect nifty 3D puzzles, improved combat and visuals, and top-notch voice acting.
The duo's new telekinetic powers made it easy to spend half an hour experimenting with different combinations for beating the hell out of enemies before devouring their blood or souls.
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