Retrospective Review - Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
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So this is how the Legacy of Kain begins! A Playstation 1 Cult Classic, does Silicon Knights' labour of love still hold up after so much time has passed?
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0:00 Introduction
1:25 Initial Impressions
2:54 Plot
6:32 Game Mechanics
8:58 Character Options & Progression
11:29 Levels & Enemies
14:30 Visuals
16:16 Sound
18:40 Conclusion
20:08 Q&A and Featured Fanart - Ігри
Happy Easter everybody! To keep with the festive season, here's a game about a guy coming back from the dead! I didn't expect it to be appropriate in such a way...
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So, in an odd way, this was an exciting video to make! It's so radically different from Dawn of War that I was surprised when it got so many recommendations way back in last June. I went into this one blind, and am very excited to cover Soul Reaver as well!
BUT, not before talking about Dawn of War mods, or covering the Patron-chosen Vampire: The Masquerade. Both of which are not too far behind this video!
Huge shout out to MandaloreGaming for his cameo in this video! ua-cam.com/users/mandaloregaming
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Maybe one day in TTS kitten will also rise from the dead
Who else read this in his voice?
This game was available digitally on PS3 and can be played on PSP and PS Vita. I'd like to see a remaster for both current consoles and pc.
What do you think of Starship Troopers Terran Command ?
I swear Mandalore is to youtube video game reviews to what Steve Blum is to literally everything else. Good work as always Kitten.
The Sseth Horde: "mmh how long has it been since you got your last seizure?"
That and Gianni.
People can have their Maxor and Sseth, I much prefer Mandaloregaming.
for me it is LGR
The new avgn!
Getting jumpscared by Mandalore has left me shaken
Not getting jumpscared by Mandalore has left me shaken, where even was that
Congrats on the latest episode of hunter the parenting kitten. It was really good!
Thank you!
Shame it ended on a cliffhanger. At the rate the series is going I'm going to die of oldmanitis before it finishes. At least it's good and getting better.
Weird question about 40k if you'll allow - have you and crew thought about making a small series on things that inspired WH:FB and 40k and were inspired by them in return(let's avoid the word plagiate in both cases)? Dune and Helldivers are on the peak of popularity for examples and are examples of the former and the latter. Not fully, obviously, but small parts like themes, ideas and designs. @@ThunderPsyker
Seeing a Legacy of Kain reference slipped into Hunter the Parenting would be great
@TheArklyte that kinda stuff is more the Wheelhouse of Snipe and Wib ,maybe you'd have better luck asking them ?
Their series "Codex Compliant" has veered off into not quite warhammer stuff a few times thanks to connections like the one you mentioned, after all
Something about your little mascot with the empty Chinese food box on his head is incredibly endearing.
fun fact, the woman who did the voice of Bubsy in Bubsy 3d also did the voice for the Tyrannid hive mind in DoW 2.
Lani Minella!
No kidding!? That's pretty rad
Bubsy is a tyranid nightmare, got it
@@KingLich451 Also the voice of a ton of fire emblem characters, Rogue the Bat (in SA2 at least) and fukken Waffle the police dog in Tail Concerto. Lani is an industry legend and deserves way more praise.
She voices some babes in the Duke Nukem series (she is the one who talent scouted Jon St. John for the voice of Duke too) and some of the anime girls in Shadow Warrior (the original, though they have them as easter eggs in the reboot series). She's also the Dropship pilot in Starcraft 1 and Adria in Diablo.
Oh thats cool that they got an award for…..MANDALORE?!?!
"Rule of thumb, Hassan, you can't kill a vampire."
The Heart of Darkness
Reputed to have been ripped from the chest of the greatest vampire to have ever existed, Janos Audron, the Heart of Darkness restores vampiric unlife.
Ah poor poor Janos...
"Life is precious"
Time fades even legend... and the origin of the Soul Reaver has been lost long ago. But its purpose remains - to feed on the souls of any creature it strikes. Kindred, this blade and I.
Ah, the Heart of Darkness! It went from being an health pick up in the first game to be a pivotal element of the story in later titles.
every time a youtuber covers any of the legacy of kain games, an angel gets his wings (or a vampire loses his). the wheel of fate churns!
I like to think Mandalore wasn't sold on the script idea until you told him that bubsy gets hit with a thunderhammer at the end.
It was originally gonna be Kain casting Blood Shower on the audience, but I ran out of time and thought calling back to the Gex Smash would still work
Is so weird hearing Kitten talk about a game made by a company that all my college teachers used to work at lol
Neat. I love all the games of theirs that I've played. Blood Omen is a really special game, and so is Eternal Darkness. If any of them had anything to do with either of those games, let them know they made legendary games.
It's always fun seeing Mandalore pop up in other videos. He's such a fun guy, he just comes across as a nice, funny, mostly normal nerd and it's all the better for it.
If you dont want that image shttered dont watch his story streams
@@JanJansen985 I've seen a few of the highlights and I haven't seen anything damning yet.
@@loltank5315 guy is unhinged by his own words
Also some of the people he keeps company have bad pasts
@@JanJansen985I know about Shammy's actions, but beyond that I don't know of any bad pasts in Mandy's friend group. Care to elaborate? Unless you mean Viper, which I'm pretty sure Mandy had distanced himself from in the video he did by hiding the eve online ships.
@@thereelpugatlas Hbomb
You just have to finish the rest of the Legacy of Kain series.
YOU HAVE TO
each game will reward you with some of the best story twists, written dialogue, and top notch voice acting
This series is one of the reason, a main one, why I can't super like any new games.
Very rarely, do they take the story, writting or voice acting as seriously and professionally made as this series.
What's that? A channel jumping down the Legacy of Kain rabbit hole? Subscribed.
Thank you for reviewing the Legacy of Kain games. Our community isn't very large, but we do love this series and love when wider audiences can be shown it. There's no real hope of its return as it was always the middle child of its older brother Gex and its younger sister, Tomb Raider. You'll probably not see this comment, but thank you for helping keep this old Fandom alive by helping to show it.
Uncle Sam as the Guardian of STATES
This A+ writing is what keeps me coming back to you Thunder
The spirit death screech meme noise made me laugh so much I struggled to breathe, ten out of ten
Wish I knew where that sound was from.
The original scream is called the 'Howie' scream: Its very long so I spliced the beginning and middle bits together to make what was in the video. Could probably upload that version of the scream somewhere if you want it!
That's awesome that Mandalore did a cameo in this! I enjoy your takes on games like this and look forward to see more!
Not to get parasocial or something, but I've been working back to back shifts 8 days in a row over easter with more to come and seeing my goofy fanart featured at the end cheered me up immensely. Great video man, keep up the great work.
ThunderPsyker video about Blood Omen? So when do we get Mandalore's cameo?
EDIT: FUCKING KNEW IT!
They should consider making an audiobook to finish the story in this franchise.
Ahhh so thats why Apeboy from H:TP screams Vae Victas in the First Episode before jumping on Door.
Kain inflicts pain with a lot of Spain? 🇪🇸 that’s how I explain this game. Or am I insane?
Kain inflicts pain in spain, mostly on plane.
Kain is vain, but gained a stain while causing pain in spain.
makes 1 video every 6 months for a few years, now has a sponsor and releases a few a month, what a glow up
Kitten is slowly becoming one of my favorite gaming reviews/retrospective UA-camrs.
Also, JESUS CHRIST, MANDO
Finally. The day has come. Where a popular-enough youtuber begins to acknowledge this franchise' existence and bumps it slightly closer to popular knowledge
9:01 That deserves a like.
He has survived norwich
I found this game a couple years ago doing a "games like LOZ" search and was recommended Soul Reaver but decided to start at the beginning of the series because the OCD kicked in. I loved it. I find the voice acting and dialog fantastic and it's just beautiful to look at. Very much worth the play especially on PC now. Thanks and Happy Easter.
And now that I have consumed the new thunderpsyker content, I slumber once more while I wait for him to create more content.. assuming he stops getting into contact with grandma, just put the luigi board down and leave her alone, she's staying there specifically because of you
Soul Reaver 2 has without a doubt the best voice acting I have ever experienced. I recommend watching the behind the scenes videos that you can still find on UA-cam. A big deal was that they had he actors record together so they could bounce off each other. Every reading is flawless and it's an all-star cast with Michael Bell, Tony Jay, Simon Templeman and Rene Auberjonois.
Soul Reaver 1 was my first LoK game when I was 8 or 9 years old, and I really hated it because it was too "huge" and convoluted for me, I never knew what to do etc. Few years later I fell in love with Blood Omen 2 (which I believe is hated by most of the LoK fans for its terrible/way too easy combat system). After that I searched for Blood Omen 1. It was nearly impossible to set this up on Windows XP because the original game didn't support modern CPUs. I still have nightmare of the game freezing at the start in the tavern, right after the inn keeper tell you to leave. But when I finally was able to play it, it was faszinating and reminded me so much of the classic Zelda games. Thank you for the review!
Blood Omen is my favorite in a series I really love. I don't know if I can narrow down to just one favorite game of all time, but if I was to be isolated from every other game forever except Blood Omen, I wouldn't have a bad time. I love it so much. I could spend hours just wandering around looking at stuff.
Time fades even legend, and the origin of the Soul Reaver series has been lost long ago. But its purpose remains - to have awesome voice acting.
Crimson Skies mentioned!
Dungeon keeper would be such a great video idea.
It is payday.
It has been so long, but I am still saddened by Tony Jay's passing. The guy had the most powerful voice.
This was a great episode of the Secret Hunters, even if it more a retrospective than a hunt of Secrets. I hope next your do a retrospective on Bublafeast's Big Break, that is a game well worth the coverage!
Banished Gex to the void corner and a new ThunderPsyker video? This truly is an Easter miracle!
you still got it man, thanks for the nostalgia trip
I need more Legacy of Kain games reviewed by you. This video is amazing!
I absolutely loved blood omen, even with the excessive load times on ps1. A remaster of this without the load times, among other things, would be amazing
My favorite tts voice actor reviewing my favorite game 🎉 now that you've played it too I can ask you: ape boy shouting vae victis in the tunnels was a legacy of kain reference?
Gotta say... dungeon keeper 1 is something special, I am jealous of you being able to experience it fresh.
Man I heard you sunk your teeth into Ace Combat, are we going to get a retrospective on the series one day?
I will always jump to a new review from Thunder Psyker.
Must say, i've been liking your original Dawn of War. But you're getting ever better by the day ! Can't wait to see your growth !
The rain on Kain, stays mainly on the Pain...fully Spain.
Amazing job, being a youngun, I'd never heard of this until now
Kitten Lives, Stomp Stomp!
LETS GO!!! I grew up playing Defiance I loved that one so much
Always fun seeing Mandy in other videos
I really enjoyed seeing this kind of content in this channel
The voice acting and writing on this series is unmatched. Whish it made a comeback.
you mentioned having thralls, technically, there is a semi close aproximate...for the shrines that take your health for resources, you can posses a human and bring them to the shrine, it kills them and you get goodies for free...not as cool as having thralls, but cool interaction
oh my god it lives
also please do the rest of the series too
These rhyming verses... such poetry!
Gigachad Vorador. Well, that's one way to describe Gigachad!
I hope we get gex one day. Most glorious agent the world has seen
Fun fact that villager thats hamming it up is Tony Jay, who is also Mortanius, and in later games in the series the old one that revives Raziel
Ozar Midrashim slaps. That’s all I remember from the entire series.
Also, phenomenal video!
Wait, what.
why the fuck is a there thing in the Game series named after a Collection of Jewish Talmudic Legends? :O
@@Israelyguy14 Mostly because of deeplore shit, related to gnosticism and the demiurge probably, which is a huge part of the Soul Reaver story and general Legacy of Kain lore. Also because thats the name of one track from the OST, which is really fucking cool.
Performed by Information Society, no less.
@@xiriusthesoulwatcher3955 it’s actually from the information society album “Don’t be afraid”. A friend of Kurt Harland’s brought it to the office at CD. The lead writer of Soul Reaver immediately wanted to hire the composer the second after she listened to the whole song. The rest is history.
@@puffythedestroyer8878 I am aware. I was talking about the implicit meaning of the theme within the series' context
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS, can't wait to see you hit soul reaver 2 & Defiance! glad to see you're doing well!
Kitten! You have been greatly missed!
This series made me a Lifelong fan of Simon Templeman and Michael Bell, and deepened my appreciation of Tony Jay. If you can find a version you can play, Soul Reaver 2 has some of my favorite moments of game performance.
Thank you kitten, this was lovely!
17:58 oh so THAT'S what apeboy was refencing...
kitten y Legacy of Kain no puedo pedir nada mejor, espero que termines la saga completa
I love this game and the only things I'd want changed in a remaster are balance issues regarding certain spells and weapons, cleaner graphics (NOT completely redone and reinterpreted, I'm looking at you bluepoint), tighter controls, and maybe speed things up by a small percentage.
love this series
Holy crap, hey guys dads back! Was worried you would disappear after all the uploads youve given us!
This game was my Childhood.
I have memories of being a young teen watching my friend play this on his Playstation. My family was nintendo only so i never got it on the psx buuuuut in a few short years i found a discount rack with the PC version and happily played the hell out of it. The lore twists and turns and evolves and seems like a good story but even if no sequels ever happened, i still loved this game more. Funny how vampires evolve to lose fingers and be closer to a mutant ninja turtle. I also agree that the songs end way too early as Nupraptor's dungeon's theme complete with Ariel the guardian pf balance foretelling Kain's future voice sample was something. The lore is dense already and much could be skipped or missed. Tony Jay's voice acting was superb, even when he hammed it up as the villager but i thought it hilarious that he made no attempt to make Mortarian different from William the Just. Also i think this game was when i began to notice and pay attention to developer names significantly because other silicon knight games were fun to me like their robot wars game
I played this for the first time last year and was also pleasantly surprised. I kind of wish they made more Kain games in this style and with more of the gothic tone it presents.
They (Silicon Knights) wanted to. But, the publisher (Crystal Dynamics) quite literally decided to steal the IP once they saw how incredibly successful and built up it was. They then proceeded to absolutely shred any integrity that it had left slowly over time.
I know Amy Henning has a good reputation but she's kind of a massive scumbag.
Nice work son in law.
PS:only discovered that You are kitten from tts and hunting The parenting early This week.
kitten lives*stomp**stomp* always nice to see videos of you.
Babe wakeup, new ThunderPsyker video just dropped.
I miss these games sooo much! I would love a remake!
Magnificent performance my subject, now go forth and liberate the souls of your accursed brethren.
The rain in spain falls mainly on the kain
Vae Victis!
The phrase is latin for "Woe to the conquered"
wondering about that guy's progress with the dawn of war 2 retribution restoration mod, he might not have enough time to get it out before psyker's review. That would suck, cut content is always so eerie and cool, its kinda like space marines finding relics lost to their chapter.
Yesss! Mark V armor ftw! I don’t care if it’s nostalgia, I love it
this was great thanks golden banana
He lives!
your rhymes are impecable
I knew there would be a Mandalore cameo somewhere.
Hey kitten, dont forget about the Kain GL Wrapper to improve the experience on pc
also try Heroes of the Pacific and Heatseeker on the PS2 if you like flight sims
His quality was a little off in this, but Simon Templeman hit his stride as Kain by the next game. I can’t imagine the franchise with anyone else voicing him.
Oh no mandie found your editing tool
Fine, I'll say it: C&C video when???
jkjk, but no i love your reviews/retrospectives. They're comfy, entertaining, and nostalgic.
28 years later? This is a vampire game not a zombie game lol
I am liking and commenting to let the algorithm know you are good.
Swaping Thunder was a very good joke, i laughed hard.
Oh one more - you didn't play dungeon keeper?! Oh you must! You'll dig some of the soundtracks if you enjoyed Legacy of Kain and other hopelessly 90s osts.
I heard that some of the gore and time travel stuff is based off the Necroscope series - It's a really interesting read especially how different the rules for vampirism are but be warned; the first book gets disturbingly pronographic (used to explain the backstory of one character)
My wife loves your voice lol
Commenting because the engagement must flow
Hope you cover the other games, too!