![]() ![]() “ Oh, little vampire, the game grows interesting. After all, Kain’s epic journey began with a single step – a step out of a tavern and into the arms of a group of assassins… Ostensibly an undead monster who fed on the living, Kain was indeed violent, arrogant, and ruthless, but there was more to him than that – during the course of the story, Kain was also shown to be intelligent, nostalgic regarding his homeland but contemptuous of his former life, appreciative of beauty, disdainful of political machinations, and afraid of transforming into an utterly twisted and depraved monster.Īlthough Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain marked the beginning of Kain’s journey, it certainly didn’t mark its end as well – the fate of Kain and his world would ultimately be revealed in one epic story spanning five separate games and two console generations, an extremely impressive achievement in video game storytelling and one which in my opinion deserves far more recognition and praise than it currently receives.īut let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Story and characterisation were placed at the heart of the game right from the very beginning, with Kain turning out to be a complicated and multilayered character. One of the most magnificent bastards in video games, Kain the vampire began his undead life in the 1996 PlayStation title Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (the game receiving the more to-the-point title of Kain the Vampire in Japan), an action-adventure game featuring RPG elements, with two-dimensional graphics and a fixed top-down camera.Īt the time of Blood Omen’s development and release, storytelling in console games was generally still emerging from its infancy (although there were of course some exceptions), from the days when the plots to so many games featuring any kind of narrative followed the basic “Defeat villain + save princess and / or world = success” formula and when characterisation carried about as much weight in the game development process as an anorexic midget.īut Blood Omen and protagonist Kain were very different beasts. ![]() And like a fool, I jumped at his offer without considering the cost. The Necromancer Mortanius offered me a chance for vengeance. “ I didn’t care if I was in Heaven or Hell – all I wanted was to kill my assassins. Pillars of Eternity 2 Guides Pillars of Eternity 2 Guides.Party Combinations Guide: Magic, Physical and Mixed.Divinity Original Sin 2 Guides Divinity Original Sin 2 Guides.Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous Guides Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous Guides.Baldur’s Gate 3 Guides Baldur’s Gate 3 Guides.God of War Ragnarok Guides God of War Ragnarok Guides.Midnight Suns Guides Midnight Suns Guides.Hogwarts Legacy Guides Hogwarts Legacy Guides.Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Guides Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Guides.D4 Rogue Build: Shadowblade (LvL 70+) New.D4 Necromancer Build: Bloodshadow (LvL 70+) New.D4 Sorcerer Build: Permafrost (LvL 70+) New. ![]()
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