Activision Legacy of Kain - Blood Omen Roleplaying Review

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $8.00 from -

Summary:
In this game you are a vampire called kain.Though this game may be old and graphics and sound a inferior ion this period of time,the story more than makes up for it.This game isn't easy and there are lots of secrets (100 in all) and you get prestige depending on how many slayings,mutilations and secrets you got.(I got devourer of worlds!)Thsi game has features viciousness and slaghter and isn't for the weak of heart.There are big piles of carcasses and mutilated bodies hung from rafters.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Price Paid:  $49.99 from toys-r-us

Summary:
this action packed drama game was more than I desired. the graphics for its time (and still today) are in my opinion very well done. I would recommend this game to anyone who wants to be the bad guy for once,and for those who have some time to spare due to the extended gameplay.all n all the rest of the Legacy of Kain series falls well into place with the original game itself.I am greatly looking foreward to the latest installment in the series.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Price Paid:  $11.00 from ebworld.com

Summary:

Admittedly, this game has sat unplayed on my shelf of to-play-someday for quite a while. Given to me as a gift, the game box looked about as interesting as watching Oprah *yawns*. Being rather bored during Spring Break however, I decided to take a gander at this uninspiring looking game and what I found was a rather addicting game with a promising backdrop.

The game itself starts off with your premature demise in the town of Nasgoth. It appears that one night you’ve tipped back one too many cold ones and kicked out of the local tavern for causing a ruckus. As you stumble drunkenly through the streets, your beset upon by thugs whom kill you and loot you clean – everything from your gold-filled purse to your Wolverine issue #1 comic book. Desperate to reunite yourself with your precious comic book, you form a pact with mysterious Mortanius. You are granted immortality through vampirism so that you may seek out your prized possession and seek vengeance upon those who stole it.

Legacy of Kain is a game that definitely won’t appear to the squeamish or faint of heart. Often players will find themselves relying on the blood of sturdily bound innocents just to stay alive. Though noble souls may wish to only drink blood from that of their enemies, they’ll soon find that enemy blood alone will never be enough to last them for long. After a certain point, even noble gamers will find the blood of innocents a juicy presence. One that will tantalize and tease you at your weakest moments until you chug down the contents of their writhing bodies.

Legacy of Kain delivers a truly disturbed, depressing, and definitely first-rate gaming experience. The high-paced action mixes well with a story that steers players through ever twist and turn of its plot. Like an orchestrated symphony, the game gradually crescendos into a titanic clash of epic powers. Winning in this horrific, hard fought battle is guaranteed to leave players with a smug sense of accomplishment. And that my friends, is the true test of a great game.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Price Paid:  $10.00 from Gamestop.Com

Summary:
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is not for the weak of heart. It is filled with lots of bloodletting, violence and, on another note, a deep story. It all begins with the brutal murder of one woman, which send an entire world into chaos. You are Kain, recently killed and resurrected as a vampire by the necromancer Mortanius.
You are charged with restoring your world of nosgoth by killing each of the corrupted guardians of the pillars of nosgoth.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Summary:
Fun game. Good but not great. If you liked it on the playstation as I did it's worth picking up because you can't find it on the playstation. Unless you want to order it online. I bought my copy at KB toys for eight bucks, it'll cost you about twenty for the playststion.

The game itself is straight forward. You can get a little lost on what to do next but that won't last long. Another thing, on my machine it ran slow in certain places. Now, that would be fine if I had a 166mhz system (like the required), but when you run it at 366mhz it should not have that little problem.