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  • Legacy of Kain
  • Legacy of Kain
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  • Legacy of Kain is a pentalogy of action/adventure video games revolving around the "life" of the vampire Kain and his rebellious scion, Raziel. The first and fourth games center on Kain, while the second and third center on Raziel, culminating with both stories coming together in the fifth game.
  • Legacy of Kain is a series of action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix Europe The series takes place in the fictional land of Nosgoth—a dark, Gothic fantasy setting—and revolves around Kain's quest to defy his fate and restore balance to the world. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver introduced another antihero protagonist, Raziel; the adventures of both characters culminate in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Themes of destiny, free will, morality, redemption and the hero's journey recur in the storyline, which was inspired by ancient literature, horror fiction, Shakespeare's plays and Gnosticism. The Legacy of Kain games have enjoyed critical success, particularly receiving praise for high-quality voice acting, narrative, and visuals.
  • Legacy of Kain is a series of action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix Europe (formerly Eidos Interactive). The first title, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, was created by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics, but, after a legal battle, Crystal Dynamics retained the rights to the game's intellectual property, and continued its story with four sequels. To date, five games comprise the series, all initially developed for video game consoles and later ported to Microsoft Windows. Focusing on the eponymous character of Kain, a vampire antihero, each title features action, exploration and puzzle-solving, with some role-playing game elements.
  • Legacy of Kain è una collana di videogiochi della Silicon Knights (azienda estinta da cinquant'anni) e della Eidos (che invece, purtroppo, è stata ingoiata completamente dalla Square-Enix) a sfondo Fantasy, ambientata nell'immaginaria terra di Nosgoth e che ha per protagonisti a fasi alterne il Vampiro Kain (per gli amici che non ha, Caino) e il non morto (o come viene solitamente definito, il Vampiro d'anime) Raziel, due individui piuttosto complicati da descrivere. La saga ha le particolarità di avere dei protagonisti decisamente psicolabili, che fanno senza un perché qualunque cazzata sia detta loro di fare da chiunque, ma dotati allo stesso tempo di un culo pazzesco. Altra caratteristica della saga è la trama che ha la particolarità di farsi sempre più comprensibile e logica di capitol
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Platforms
Games
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
  • Blood Omen 2
  • Soul Reaver 2
  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance
  • Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
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first release date
  • 1996-11-01
year of inception
  • 1996
Game
Name
  • The Legacy of Kain series
Genre
latest release version
  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance
platform of origin
  • PlayStation
Caption
  • ''"A story beyond time.
  • An adventure beyond belief."''
  • The series logo as of Legacy of Kain: Defiance
first release version
  • Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Score
  • GameRankings: 73.33%
  • GameRankings: 77.72%
  • GameRankings: 80.90%
  • GameRankings: 83.25%
  • GameRankings: 88.16%
  • Metacritic: 67
  • Metacritic: 75
  • Metacritic: 80
  • Metacritic: 91
  • Metacritic: N/A
MC
  • 66
  • 67
  • 70
  • 71
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 80
  • 91
Title
  • Legacy of Kain
latest release date
  • 2003-11-11
GR
  • 67.87
  • 72.43
  • 72.53
  • 72.68
  • 73.33
  • 76.87
  • 77.72
  • 78.18
  • 79.38
  • 80.71
  • 82.0
  • 83.25
  • 87.94
  • 88.16
Updated
  • 2012-10-31
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Publisher
Creator
abstract
  • Legacy of Kain is a pentalogy of action/adventure video games revolving around the "life" of the vampire Kain and his rebellious scion, Raziel. The first and fourth games center on Kain, while the second and third center on Raziel, culminating with both stories coming together in the fifth game.
  • Legacy of Kain è una collana di videogiochi della Silicon Knights (azienda estinta da cinquant'anni) e della Eidos (che invece, purtroppo, è stata ingoiata completamente dalla Square-Enix) a sfondo Fantasy, ambientata nell'immaginaria terra di Nosgoth e che ha per protagonisti a fasi alterne il Vampiro Kain (per gli amici che non ha, Caino) e il non morto (o come viene solitamente definito, il Vampiro d'anime) Raziel, due individui piuttosto complicati da descrivere. La saga ha le particolarità di avere dei protagonisti decisamente psicolabili, che fanno senza un perché qualunque cazzata sia detta loro di fare da chiunque, ma dotati allo stesso tempo di un culo pazzesco. Altra caratteristica della saga è la trama che ha la particolarità di farsi sempre più comprensibile e logica di capitolo in capitolo, il risultato finale è il rilassamento delle meningi del videogiocatore.
  • Legacy of Kain is a series of action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix Europe The series takes place in the fictional land of Nosgoth—a dark, Gothic fantasy setting—and revolves around Kain's quest to defy his fate and restore balance to the world. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver introduced another antihero protagonist, Raziel; the adventures of both characters culminate in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Themes of destiny, free will, morality, redemption and the hero's journey recur in the storyline, which was inspired by ancient literature, horror fiction, Shakespeare's plays and Gnosticism. The Legacy of Kain games have enjoyed critical success, particularly receiving praise for high-quality voice acting, narrative, and visuals.
  • Legacy of Kain is a series of action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix Europe (formerly Eidos Interactive). The first title, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, was created by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics, but, after a legal battle, Crystal Dynamics retained the rights to the game's intellectual property, and continued its story with four sequels. To date, five games comprise the series, all initially developed for video game consoles and later ported to Microsoft Windows. Focusing on the eponymous character of Kain, a vampire antihero, each title features action, exploration and puzzle-solving, with some role-playing game elements. The series takes place in the fictional land of Nosgoth—a dark, Gothic fantasy setting—and revolves around Kain's quest to defy his fate and restore balance to the world. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver introduced another antihero protagonist, Raziel; the adventures of both characters culminate in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Themes of destiny, free will, morality, redemption and the hero's journey recur in the storyline, which was inspired by ancient literature, horror fiction, Shakespeare's plays and Gnosticism. The Legacy of Kain games have enjoyed critical success, particularly receiving praise for high-quality voice acting, narrative, and visuals, and, as a whole, had sold over 3.5 million copies as of 2007. In 2015, a sequel has been confirmed as "50/50".
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