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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
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The Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 is a 3rd person adventure game, more similar in perspective to Soul Reaver than the first Blood Omen game. The player controls from behind Kain's shoulder and can move him in different directions, attack, jump, use "dark gifts" and grab on to ledges. Kain's life energy steadily depletes and must be replenished constantly by drinking blood. Blood is found by consuming any living creature nearby, often requiring defeating an enemy through combat first. As Kain consumes blood, his meter is filled up. Once full, Kain gains additional health.
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The Kain series of games was initially released back in 1996 on the Playstation entitled: Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. While it was a fairly well done title, it wasn't until Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was released on the Playstation 2 a few years later. The entire series has somewhat become Eidos's bread-and-butter. Soul Reaver was an exciting adventure/puzzle game that consisted of some amazing killing events along with some unique gameplay. With last years follow up of Soul Reaver 2, although much more eye pleasing, the game was starting to go down hill. Not saying that it was a bad game, but it was more like how the Tomb Raider series (yet another Eidos series) started to fade.
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Following the events of Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen, over 200 years the vampire Kain has assembled an army of vampires to take over the world of the humans. Fighting across Nosgoth, goal is to make his way to the great city of Meridian and take control of this stronghold. However upon reaching the gates of the city, the army is challenged by the Serafan Order, an organized force of vampire hunters and it's leader, the magical Serafan lord. Kain engages the Serafan Lord in single combat, and is struck down and defeated, Kain's sword, the Soul Reaver, is claimed by his enemy. Unconscious for 200 years, Kain awakes under the care of the vampire Umah to a world he barely recognizes. Having lost it's army, the vampires have been hunted down by the Serafan and only a few remain.
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Legacy of Kain fans have waited around 2 years to play this game. Both Soul Reaver 1 and 2 left off at huge cliffhangers (SR2 even more so), and it left the player desperately wanting to find out what happens next in the story. However, something that has somewhat alienated the fanbase is that Defiance was made to attract newcomers to the series as well as wrap up pretty much all the story questions for long time fans. Both of these are accomplished.
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The ongoing Soul Reaver/Blood Omen/Legacy of Kain narrative is far too complicated to summarize for this review, but basically, control and revenge are the main motivations. If you've never dabbled in the series' rich fantasy world before, Defiance does a decent job of explaining what's gone on via flashback sequences and plenty of references to past events. Newcomers may be surprised by the often philosophical conversations and complex character relationships, but for fans, these things are inexorably linked to the series' appeal.
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Crystal Dynamics' long-awaited sequel to Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is a far different animal from its predecessor. Instead of being a top-down RPG, Soul Reaver is a 3D adventure game similar to Eidos' Tomb Raider. And Kain? This time, he's the main antagonist.
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