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''Legacy of Kain'' is a series of dark fantasy action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and formerly published by Eidos Interactive, then Square Enix Europe after 2009. 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 (Legacy of Kain), Kain, a vampire antihero, each title features action game, action, exploration and puzzle-solving, with some role-playing video game, role-playing game elements. The series takes place in the campaign setting, fictional land of Nosgoth—a Gothic fiction, gothic fantasy campaign setting, setting—and revolves around Kain's quest to defy his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legacy Of Kain
''Legacy of Kain'' is a series of dark fantasy action-adventure video games primarily developed by Crystal Dynamics and formerly published by 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 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 bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kain (Legacy Of Kain)
Kain is a fictional character, and the main protagonist and title character of the ''Legacy of Kain'' video game series. First introduced in '' Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'' in 1996, he was created by Denis Dyack and Silicon Knights, and has appeared in all subsequent ''Legacy of Kain'' games under the direction of developer Crystal Dynamics. Between games, he serves as either the central playable character, or as an antagonist, but in all his depictions he has consistently been described as an antihero. Drawing inspiration from the morally ambiguous character of William Munny from Clint Eastwood's 1992 film ''Unforgiven'', Silicon Knights conceived Kain as a nobleman murdered and revived as a vampire to take revenge on his assassins. He gradually embraces his new existence, and learns of his birthright to maintain balance in Nosgoth (the fictional setting of the series). Crystal Dynamics later portrayed Kain as an Oedipus-like figure, seeking to thwart the fate determined for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Reaver
''Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' is an action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 1999 and for the Dreamcast in 2000. As the second game in the ''Legacy of Kain'' series, ''Soul Reaver'' is the sequel to ''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain''. ''Soul Reaver'' was followed by three games, one of which, ''Soul Reaver 2'', is a direct sequel. Taking place 1500 years after the events of ''Blood Omen'', ''Soul Reaver'' chronicles the journey of the vampire-turned-Wraith (entity), wraith Raziel (Legacy of Kain), Raziel, lieutenant to the vampire lord Kain (Legacy of Kain), Kain. Raziel is killed by Kain, but is revived by Elder God (Legacy of Kain), The Elder God to become his "soul reaver" and to exact revenge. Raziel shares this title with Kain's sword, the Soul Reaver, which he acquires during the game. Crystal Dynamics began developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
