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Blood Omen 2
(hx) 02:29 PM CEST - May,20 2002
Blood Omen 2 is an 3rd-person 3D action adventure, the sequel to the Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (released on PlayStation and PC in 1995). Actually this "Legacy of Kain" series consists from four games - Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, and now Blood Omen 2. All these games take place in the same universe, but Blood Omen series takes place hundreds of years before Soul Reaver begins. To be exact, Blood Omen takes place 200 years after the original Blood Omen. You assume the role of Kain, the infamous vampire from all the Legacy of Kain games. You will kill, brutalize and suck blood anyone unfortunate to cross your path! Yes, you are now the bad guy, you are Vampire! Although the entire game revolves around how to flip a switch, solve glyph puzzles, move crates, and kill people to suck their blood, the gameplay is GREAT. Simply the gameplay is pretty staightforwarded and linear and lacking all of the RPG elements of the original Blood Omen. You basically travel from point X to point Y pulling levers, pushing blocks, turning wheels. The puzzles are simplistic and not challenging at all. Also entire combat is very simple - Kain locks on to his enemies and draws his weapon with a keypress. The buttons are very easy to learn, only I spent some time trying to master my dark gifts (Mist, long-range Jump, and Fury). With each your success, you achieve a new dark powers that makes you stronger and more skilled vampire. I didn't play the previous ""Legacy of Kain" games so I cannot compare it, but I really very liked to play this one. Usually I don't play 3rd-action games much, but I have finished this one very fast. After I have read Brian Lumley's Nescroscope books about Vampires, it was really enjoyable to play game like this one. Well, the Blood Omen 2 is maybe a bit repetitive - still the same combats, puzzles and sucking action. I believe some gamers will get extremely bored, however I didn't. I found Blood Omen 2 very addictive for me If you are a Vampire fan, Blood Omen 2 is definitely worth playing!
snd: 5/5 - top-notch, excellent atmospheric music and voices that fits the characters, creepy atmosphere
gfx: 4/5 -
pretty - much improved over console versions, detailed 3D environments, vast levels to explore, nice in-game cinematic, very well done The town of Meridian, awful collision detection
playability: 4/5 -
simple&addictive, excellent story, easy controls (though no combos), extremely linear, undeveloped combat system, simplistic puzzles, bosses fight cheap
genre: 3rd-person 3D action adventure
platform: PC, PS2, Xbox
release: April 2002
developer: Crystal Dynamics
publisher: Eidos
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Overall: 82% |
                                            
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last 10 comments:
| devi | posted - May, 23 2002 - 13:47 | I can see u dont have a geforce 3/4 ?
Is u have GF3 with pixel shader support u get even nicer gfx... Big difference if u ask me .. |
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| radude14 | posted - Jun, 02 2002 - 23:12 | | blood omen 2 realy sucks the story line is pretty boreing. it is cool to stab people but it is to unreal you stab them and they dont die the only way to kill them in one hit realy is to sneak up on them from behind, i would not get this game. if you still want to buy it go to a game copy site and get it for a a buck |
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| Garrett | posted - Aug, 28 2002 - 16:40 | | it's the coolest game i ever did played (next 2 Soul Reaver 2) the gfx are great (even grater with a geforce 4) the storyline 2 the entire lok searies is breath takin' (time travel, vampires, mages ... shit like that)!!!
... and radude14 try 2 get the whole story (bo1, sr1,sr2 and finally bo2) before u juge it so harsh... it's really cool... also helps atending the lok forums over at www.nosgoth.net 2 see what complex stories the lok games have.... |
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| andrey | posted - Dec, 20 2002 - 16:15 | | we ask help! |
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| OMG LIEK I CUM SPAEK | posted - Apr, 29 2003 - 08:16 | | radude14 can barely form a coherent sentence, I'd hardly think him a suitable candidate to do a review on the plot of a story. What this invalid believes to be "boreing" is actually a deep and interesting storyline.
I'm guessing the shiny lights and streams of blood distracted our poor, stupid friend from the wonderful voice acting and compelling plot. When you play this game, as with the previous LoK games, you look forward to the cinematic.
Excellent game. |
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