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The Greatest Vampire

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

One the best and finest quiet classics available for the PlayStation. The story, FMV, story, and voices were the greatest features, as well as shape-morphing. If there is anything that I can say about this huge and impressive blood-sucking adventure, it is this: Kain is the most powerful, realistic and exciting vampire ever; the ultimate vampire since Dracula.

The Legacy of Kain saga is an archetype of quality gaming.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen is the first in a growing series of action-aventure, puzzel-solving, semi-roll playing games. The gameplay is similar to the Zelda series with a bird's eye perspective. The graphics were great by the standards of its own time and are decent by the standards of the time this is written (2/4/02). While the gameplay, graphics, challenge, and fun are all exellent, the one thing that most stands out is the story. The plot, while dark, is interesting and engulfs the player in its many twists and turns. Also of note, is how the story unfolds, cinematics and narrations are pretty close to seamlessly integrated into the gameplay itself; the player learns the history of Kain and Nosgoth while continuing to particpate in the game's action. Criticisms of load time are legitimate, but the game is well worth the waiting. The story may be difficult for some to take because of the sinister quality of the characters and their moral values, but it is worth it for the sheer enjoyabilty of the tale. One does not need to compromise one's beliefs to merely enjoy the game, though this series is definitely not for children. Additionally I would like to offer this opinion: of the three games currently out in this saga (Blood Omen, Soul Reaver, and Soul Reaver 2) this one presents the most challenge to game players. To expand on this on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, puzzle difficulty is a 7, enemy difficulty ranges from 3 to 8, and boss difficulty averages around a 7.5 (they make them challenging but not impossible). Other Ratings: Graphics by the standards of the time it was made 10 (6 by today's standards), Music and Sound - 9, Fun - 10, Rating as a whole - 10. Also, replayablity is excellent and there are cheats.

Awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Amongst all the mediocore games that are released year after year, one game stands out as a true masterpiece, and that is Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. The game has everything a true gamer would want. It has an intriguing plot, outstanding voice acting, amazing characters, superb gameplay, and possibly the best use of blood and violence in gaming history. Maybe it's just me, but it's use of gore is so good, you actually get EXCITED whenever you see blood fountains, or blood sprurting out of people when you attack them. The weapons and armor you find throughout the world actually matter, and have really cool effects (i.e. When you rapidly press the attack button with the axes equipped, you spin around like a top, destroying nearly anything that stands in your path.). It has non-linear gameplay, although you must beat certain areas to find weapons, items, or secrets that are necessary to get to another part of the world. You're probably wondering, "Well, what about the bad graphics people have been talking about?" Well, for one thing, it's bird's eye view, so naturally, it just doesn't do what other games do. Making it bird's eye view was actually a very good idea, considering what 3D games looked like in 1997. But the movies, which are 3D, do have great graphics. In other words, the people aren't pointy, so to speak. The world of Nosgoth is very detailed, using incredibly lush animation, and realistic looking figures (houses, people, castles, etc.). if any bad came from this, it's the loading times, which you must have heard about by now. They are long and frequent, but it's not that bad. They're really not that long, but they pop up all the time. you have to wait 10-15 seconds every time you pause the game. You do get used to it though. One of the reasons that it has such annoying loading times is probably because of the size of the game. The world is absoluytely huge, and it has 25 minutes of video footage, which have great graphics. While the truth is that this is an amazing game (possibly the best of all time), it would have made a better book, if it was written well.

The series that never was...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Legacy of Kain Blood Omen is a testament to world building, mature, dark story telling, visceral art, and good fashioned great gaming. Silicon Knight's debut even almost ten years afterwards still never ceases to amaze. Despite the long load times, and the dated graphics the core of the game remains strong and steadfast. The world you inhabit as Kain is huge in scope and probably could never be replicated for this very reason in this day and age of modern gaming, the visual style is both consistent with medieval time and history while posessing its own unique flare. There are literally as the back cover of the case boasts over 100 hundred types of enemies everythign from a common harlot with a knife to ghoulish demons.
The combat does not aspire to 'having the teh most powerful weaponz' but is varied allowing the player to mix it up with each approach having its own drawbacks and strengths.
The sound/FX are top notch with some of the best voice acting PERIOD.
Not only is the world huge but also multilayered with tons of new extra levels opening up as you more areas become available to you. The developers were not afraid to use the whole of the environment to weave a rich, dark, LIVING, story.

Though, alas LOK was never to again reach the same heights as it did here with Blood Omen. Soul Reaver while an admirable follow up was frustratingly incomplete, and the potential it was brimming with was never to be realized in the subsequent sequals.
Blood Omen is true vintage gaming and exemplary of what can be done with technology regardless of its restrictions and levels and Soul Reaver is a maddeningly brief taste of that translated to the modern gaming scene.
In a word:
Play Blood Omen and Soul Reaver, and pretend the rest of the games don't exist.=p

Blood Guts and Gore, you gotta love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This Game has it all, Anyone who has played a Zelda type game will Probably like this game. People say this game is Hampered by load times, Sure it has some load times BUT none that you are sitting around, twiddling your thumbs for 2-5 minutes (i have games like that) Anyway, This game's graphics are astounding for a game made in late 96' Anyone who says otherwise has gotta take a look at any other game made then and tell me otherwise. The Sound in the game is Eerie, its great!!! The gameplay is good too, although its kinda hard to hit at a diagonal But if you practice at it, it comes easy. If you want a good game thatll last you Hours on end get this game Peace out

Awful!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 20
Date: July 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is no good! Do noy buy! Horrible audio/video. Great story, but the gameplay is awful! Load times are so ... slow! Buy Soul Reaver instead.

I dunno

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ive never played it but Soul reaver was good and by what ive heard, the story to blood omen is even better so i give it a 5 star rating.

Dated but still excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is very dated (really old, dunno exactly when it was released but it's been discontinued)but it's really good.
The story is excellent and has led to two of the best playstation games so far, the soul reaver games and is well worth playing.
Unfortunately i don't own it and i'm trying my hardest to get it
It's really that good.

Blood Omen 4 ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game though being made in 1996 and haveing bad graphics is still good game play ever since i played it i have been hooked on the LoK seris a true Fan of the Legacy of Kain seris will know what LoK means This game was the one that started it all with Simon Tempelmen as the voice of kain you journey through the world of nosgoth a some what medieval land full of swords and witchcraft kains blood thristy quest for vengeance takes him through time ( only a little so you time loveing types dont ger your hopes up)but as kain continues his journey he meets a number of colorful charecters Like Moebius the time streamer and mortanius the necromancer and many others i warn you this game contains high levels of blood and gore so it's not wise to let younger childern play it but do anyway they will find vilence on tv might as well let them watch it now you get a arsonal of weapons,armor and spells though being a good game it self its Blood Omen2 was horrible DONT NOT BUY IT!!!!!! it is one of the worst games ever i bought it simply to learn about the story line the i returned it to the store i got it from ^_^

awsome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoy rpg games and this game is one of lthe older best!

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