Friday, October 7, 2011

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

  Remember when PS1 was still popular and everyone wanted and/or had one? And remember the classic games that went along with it, like Spyro, The Legend of Mana, Tomb Raider, and so on? I do, and one of my favorite games of this time period was Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Blood Omen was the first in the long saga of games that later became Soul Reaver (PS2), focusing, originally, around Kain and his thirst, as a vampire, for blood and revenge. Later, of course, the game took a turn to be narrated and centering on the character, Raziel, but also following the same story line, with more twist and turns and complications in the plot. Kain's story and game was a very bloody and violent and simple; kill, use potions, transform to a bat or wolf, travel around and get his revenge. There was very little puzzle challenges, unlike the Soul Reaver games to follow. Where Raziel was a puzzle solver and absorbed souls, Kain would kill and battle and suck blood into a vile (located on the side of the screen and making a cool "shllllk shlllk" sound when you drank people's blood) and killing nearly anyone around, but there weren't very many mental tasks that needed  to be performed.
  The game is a classic for the Play Station and leads to an addiction to the saga, all through the final Soul Reaver, which brings the entire conjoined story of Kain and Raziel full circle. Kain's original game differs greatly from what it later was created into, but played in order, there really is nothing too confusing about it (until said final Soul Reaver game which includes multiple twists and time traveling back and forth). It's a great play for anyone and the entire series of games is a great experience (as it does challenge the mind and promotes the use of intense brain power in order to follow the story and narration) for all ages. Hope you all remember it as well as i do, and I hope you, too, got satisfaction from its very existence. Enjoy.

-Yours Truly

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