Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Released: November 11, 2003
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

Xbox PC (Microsoft Windows) PlayStation 2

Genres:

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Horror

Player Perspectives:

Third person

Ratings

User Rating

80.7
Based on 71 ratings

Total Rating

80.7
Based on 71 ratings

Summary

Swords, sorcery, souls, and buckets of blood await you in Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Return to the corrupt world of Nosgoth, where the disfigured wraith Raziel pursues his creator, the vampire overlord Kain. Separated by their common enemies and time itself, the two anti-heroes must wage their own personal battles to discover what lies behind their destinies and defeat the vicious forces that seek to condemn their world to eternal damnation. While their foes plot and scheme, Kain and Raziel embark on a dark and twisted odyssey. In the end, only one of them may be left standing.

The final chapter in the epic Legacy of Kain series is a time-bending, dimension-crossing, action-adventure game featuring more fast-paced combat than ever before. Take control of two mighty and highly-evolved vampires, each with a vast arsenal of combat moves and elaborate combos to unlock during their journey. A world filled to the brim with gruesome monsters, conflict and intrigue lies before them.

Storyline

Defiance continues from where Soul Reaver 2 ended. In Soul Reaver 2, Kain saved Raziel's life by drawing the Soul Reaver from him - Raziel was meant to enter the blade and become its soul-devouring spectral half. This causes a paradox that changes time for the worse, and separates Kain and Raziel.

Kain's part of the game follows him seeking Moebius the Time Streamer, a time traveling mystic for answers to where Raziel is, how he has changed time, and later following a lead Moebius gives him to explore a Vampire citadel. During his quest, Kain finds and completes a broken talisman of Vampire construct known as the Balance Emblem. Kain discovers murals during his quest dictating an ancient war between the first races to inhabit Nosgoth, the Ancient vampires and the Hylden. After sealing the Hylden in an alternate dimension using the Pillars of Nosgoth, the Hylden cursed the Ancients with blood-thirst, sterility and immortality, turning them into the first Vampires. Kain discovers from the murals that it was prophesied that both races would have a champion arise - a Vampire champion wielding the Soul Reaver, and a Hylden champion wielding a flaming sword. Because he possesses the material Soul Reaver depicted, Kain comes to believe he is the prophesied Vampire champion. The outcome of the battle between the two champions remains ambiguous.

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Involved Companies

Eidos Interactive

Role:
Publisher

Crystal Dynamics

Role:
Developer

Nixxes Software

Role:

Ritual Entertainment

Role:

Keywords

post-apocalyptic bloody time travel immortality vampire magic death steam multiple protagonists teleportation gods digital distribution voice acting human polygonal 3d betrayal unreliable narrator plot twist villain turned good time paradox telekinesis soul reaper disfigurement tragic hero heroic sacrifice plane shifting soul steal ancient curse

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