I ❤️ Blood Omen : Legacy of Kain | Renegade Cut

[@kamikazeraider]

Simon Templeman (the voice of Kain) is an extraordinary voice actor and I maintain that it was by the strength of his performance that LoK became a series.

[@chujiwu68]

Tony Jay and the other voice cast members were also excellent (as was the dialogue overall), and I think helped contribute to its success as well.

[@Syurtpiutha]

Absolutely. Also, that voice is the one argument I have against the unsexiness of the vampires in this series. This game launched my habit of siding with characters voice by Simon Templeman regardless of how evil they are just because I wanna hear all his lines. Wait, I can *recruit* Teyrn Loghain? Move over Alistair, I have a new favorite meat shield. Go marry his daughter or whatever.

[@philipchurch8772]

YES! I mean, the writing was part of it too but yes.

[@StonedHunter]

Agreed! The man has a knack for villains who are confident and snarky, but also able to be contemplative and complex. His work as Loghain in Dragon Age Origins is also one of his best roles if you ask me.

[@Kagomai15]

​@@Syurtpiutha a tumblr blog i follow is obsessed with Loghain enough that I want to recruit him too now 😅

[@codalune]

18yo me ran their PlayStation through the stereo just so they could record all the spell and item descriptions and cutscenes onto cassette and then play it on loop, at full volume, while driving around in their 1980 sky blue Mitsubishi Sigma.

[@DontMockMySmock]

so that's what they mean when they talk about "sigma males"

[@Tamales21]

A King. You were a King.

[@hajime_87]

I've heard of another person, you could be the one. Who had all the voice lines of the games. Blood omen and soul rever on CD and would play it in the car. That was a comment I seen way back

[@danielsaan1749]

Can somebody quote the heart of darkness here plese

[@Cyborcat]

The timing for this is bonkers. Was literally just about to work on a script for my own LoK-related video when I stumbled onto this.

[@clavdivscaesar]

You should absolutely play Soul Reaver 1 and 2, followed by Defiance. Also, Blood Omen 2 only makes sense if you do; it's an alternate timeline created by the time travel in the other games.

[@LuciferHunter-kt7pm]

I bought Soulreaver at release for the Dreamcast and I didn’t sync with it. With the remasters coming out I’m gonna give it a try.

[@jbones6099]

This series really deserves so much more love. Thanks for this.

[@travelerluke5748]

🤣 I would have loved a real final chapter.

[@jeanetteblankenship6107]

My mom played these and I watched her play them like it was a movie. She would wait for us to get home from school so I could watch the story. Its absolutely amazing, combat is endlessly watchable to and the voice acting makes it feel like a Shakespearean tragedy. I wish this series had kept going and got a really good movie adaptation. It deserves all the love, one of the most original stories of all time.

[@AkumaSephitaro]

Well we are getting a new graphic novel...

[@jeremysmith4620]

So much Vae, so much Victis. I would love to play an updated version of Blood Omen. With all the attention paid to Soul Reaver over the years, where is the attention to our OG Vamp Daddy? I need an updated version of this with blood effects and repetitive dying noises as HD as HD can get.

[@travelerluke5748]

Marketing said soul reaver would sell better.

[@Varik_Keldun]

you should really check out Deadhaus Sonata - I think you will be really surprised!

[@fistfullofsalt6311]

It's also a legal battle between the two original studios, one company owns the sprites and the other owns the storyboard and basically lore. It's not that they CAN'T, it's that they WON'T unless one side or the other forfeits they rights, or agrees to work together again.

[@jacobnaylor3377]

Ok, how the heck did I start Legacy of Kain and fall in love with it 2 hours before this video came out?

[@IfYouInsist]

Soul Reaver remake coming, brother.

[@wareforcoin5780]

Which game did you start with? Blood Omen or Soul Reaver?

[@Vespyr_]

@@wareforcoin5780 Blood Omen for sure. Vae Victus.

[@jacobnaylor3377]

@wareforcoin5780 blood omen: Legacy of Kain

[@GreatgoatonFire]

I blame the Time Stream

[@larryknicks]

The Legacy of Kain series deserves a remastering. If Soul Reaver got an upgrade…🔥👀

[@chrisp7044]

Soul Reaver was my favorite Dreamcast game.

[@DawidJankowski]

Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered comes out December 10

[@RiPerils]

There's a fan mod for the PC called Blood Omnicide that overhauls the game into 3D models.

[@shards-of-glass-man]

​@@RiPerilsBlood Omnicide is a demo that only changes dungeons up to the first town ; the project has been abandoned for years.

[@justenbenally522]

They're both on ps plus right now. They have a rewind feature too

[@robotrain1607]

The load times truly are heinous. I mean, even the pause menu of all things has a loading screen! When I played Blood Omen for the first time a few years ago, the loading quickly wore out my patience and I gave up my quest. It wasn't until later, when I played a PS1 game with even worse loading, that I finally went back and gave Blood Omen another try. Thank you, Digimon World 3, for making Blood Omen seem tolerable by comparison!

[@Kite403]

Yooo! Legacy of Kain is an amazing series that anyone and everyone should check out in some form or another! I appreciate the fact that Kain isn't the typical "dark hero vampire" in his series. He's his own being, above the labels of good or evil. No sexy seduction, no politics, just blood spray and an overriding purpose to his actions (which gets fleshed out as the series goes on.) I highly recommend anyone who loves fantasy, intrigue, or time travel stories to check it out, especially with the Soul Reaver games getting a remaster soon!

[@JackgarPrime]

TRUE! Blood Omen is a classic that doesn't get talked about enough.

[@lava_submersible2362]

Yoooo! My first ttrpg campaign was a Nosgoth homebrew! Great work as always

[@EpsilonsReviews]

The poetic visualization of experience always gets me. WE’RE BEIN’ BAD TODAY AAAAAAAAAA

[@FionaOfMountLawley]

The mashup formed from Vacation by the Go Gos and This Corrosion by Sisters of Mercy is a chunk of fun.

[@DanAltieri]

That was actually Super Beast by Rob Zombie but I can understand why you'd think it was This Corrosion. Both songs basically start the same.

[@KarlosMorale]

You are the real boss turtle. Never forget.

[@billmozart7288]

I 💚 Legacy Of Kaine as well! It's awesome you were able to cut the load time down. And as usual, outstanding work

[@PennyOMG]

I loved thos game so much as a youth. I should revisit

[@jahipalmer8782]

nice vid. I def recommend playing the Soul Reavers, they are both very good from a story point of view.

[@Duskets]

People often cite Metal Gear Solid as one of those watershed moments where games broke from being just entertainment and entered the artistic atmosphere, but for my money, Legacy of Kain will always be the first crack that struck the levy. Simon Templeman’s (and later Simon Bell’s as Raziel) performance as Kain is absolutely inspired and nothing short of Shakespearean in its eloquence, depth, and delivery.

[@Iruparazzo]

seriously Blood Omen is one of my top five favorite games

[@DaraelDraconis]

You know, I've been meaning to say this for a while but while it's not the main thing you were doing when I first started following your work, if anything I love what you do now even more. Your style is blood for my addled and deprived brain. Thank you.

[@GrimmHooke]

I love this entire series, and I'm DELIGHTED you covered it!

[@hekatebleble4800]

To think you released a video about one of my favourite games (two weeks ago), I have the "everything" bell pressed and on the top of that, I've been watching a lot of LoK content recently due to the remesters and I HAD TO specifically check your channel to learn of it's existence! The algorythm gods have put a curse on you.

[@Redem10]

I'm so glad the serie getting a bit of a revival.

[@Oncopoda]

I check in on your channel every once in a while. I miss your old content, but glad you're making stuff that makes you happy. Keep it up!

[@mes0s]

Oh my god, was just replaying it now that it's out on the PlayStation Classics catalog since last week, came to KZbin and saw this had been uploaded two days ago! I'm surprised you have never played the other games, you are in for a treat!

[@dillasoul2228]

I'm always happy to see more Blood Omen and Soul Reaver love, still waiting for the series remasters/remakes

[@anthonylarocque7975]

Gonna throw one more nominee for Best Blood list: Vandal Hearts. A dark fantasy tactical RPG where any time you beat an enemy they would explode into a shower of blood (or other appropriate material, like rocks if they were a golem). I feel like modern me would think it's too much, but teen me loved it to pieces.

[@TheOneHoddToward]

Loved it to gibs, even

[@rankinbass1312]

I love that the very day I started replaying Blood Omen 2 you uploaded this

[@XanRants]

hell yeah! such an amazing experience in '96. thanks for highlighting what might be one of the best written & acted games ever.

[@StonedHunter]

The joy I felt when I saw this is indescribable. I didn't find this game until high school when a friend of mine showed it to me, but ever since it and the Soul Reaver games have become solid favorites of mine.

[@adzguitar1]

You really should play all the games. The story is Amazing

[@greenhowie]

This game has some of the most extravagant menus I've ever seen. After seeing some screens for the Soul Reaver remaster, I kinda hope it gets left alone with the graphics as they are.

[@Brilchan]

the opening was so funny and cute thanks for making and sharing this video

[@javiers5599]

So this is what that Go-Gos post on BlueSky was about

[@Bitscreed]

All these years and only now do I realise Simon Templeman also voices the innkeeper at the beginning of the game, albeit with a rougher accent than the one he uses for Kain. Young me wouldn't have picked up on it at the time, but older me with years of hearing him in games instantly recognises that it's blatantly him!

[@elveone]

Good video! Coming from the post Denis Dyack just made about it on the site of his new game that is in development.

[@rubenotero7100]

One of my first games ever was soul reaver & I've always had a ton of affection for the series despite not playing any of the other titles

[@JamesISpalding]

I loved Soul Reaver back in the day. I love that it was the dark, gothic, ambient world, where one of the game mechanics was that you could suck the souls out of people, or sometimes demons. And your character would inhale deep and you'd see the black soul being devoured... but at the same time the core of the game was basically about moving blocks around and orienting them the right way to unlock doors to find new areas to move and orient blocks. Looking back, I don't really know if the awesome soul sucking mechanic was really necessary or even useful in the grand scheme of the game. I just remember having a blast moving the blocks around.

[@Mankey619]

The game started the entire franchise, and Kain is still one of the best antagonist in video game history. Amy Henning is a incredible writer, and thanks to her I love the LoK games because of her storytelling. It has such amazing Shakespearean dialogues that the characters in this game talk to each other. Simon Templeman is such a underappreciated VA, and he deserves such praise. Alongside Michael Bell and Tony Jay, two GOATS of video game voice actors. Vae Victis!

[@nadirku]

I was thinking about "Mad World" as you started the list of "Best blood in video games" list... good taste.

[@LuciferHunter-kt7pm]

In 97 I was 18 and my mom talked me into moving to Ohio with my grandparents. My parents were moving up there permanently later in the year. I stayed in Ohio for about 4 months before high tailing it back to Maryland. I was soooo bored that all I did was constantly play Blood Omen. I had gotten it for Christmas the year prior and never really got into it. Moving from the DC area to Morrow County Ohio, out in the middle of nowhere gave me time to finally get into this game and it is one of my favorite games of all time. I don’t have my PS1 anymore because the PS2 was backwards compatible but I’m glad I kept all my PS1 games.

[@EmpressStacyTheEternal]

U mentioned a while back u wanted to reconnect to ur more humorous side, which connects to me most personally, but regardless ive never stopped watching ur content for the last…6 years? Lol regardless, i want u to know u always make great stuff 💖💕 ^_^

[@thefollowingisatest4579]

When i saw the title of this video, I imagined Kain's narration for the "Heart of Darkness" instead of the heart as I read it. Also I hope you will check the other games out, they are great especially if you love great voice acting!

[@rangereric18]

Solid series, LOVED the Kain games.

[@phaIIicaIIyimpaired]

Yessss, one of my favorite game series of all time! My own introduction was the first Soul Reaver game on PC, though I eventually got all of the games for Playstation. The soundtracks are all on my ipod to this day. Still wish we'd gotten one more installment. Edit to say: Go cheese!

[@OUTSIDER40]

Thank you for making this video 👍

[@Syurtpiutha]

This game launched my interest in voice acting and looking up every cool sounding voice I hear. Also, so supremely quotable: "Alas, poor Nupraptor. I knew him well. Well... Not really."

[@Fordddyyy]

Ahh I love the Blood Omen:Soul Reaver:Legacy of Kain series.

[@elilla3583]

my fav blood in videogames is the regen ability in Castlevania: SotN. you have to hit enemies as normal and then the blood they spill fills your heart. But the blood sprays in that game are small and basic, more of a hit effect than gore, and then they lightly brush Alucard's forearm and you flash green with a pleasant sound effect. It's so silly, half-assed and nonsensical but it feels so good to do, like everything in that game

[@rrmonroe]

I discovered Legacy of Kain in 8th grade, and while I never got very far in the game, it always stuck with me. Now, decades later I've downloaded it from GoG but now I have all these kids running around who I don't want to prematurely expose to that sweet, sweet blood.

[@jackdubois1512]

So many sounds connected to hidden packets of childhood memories..

[@gamesbygodwai5048]

good vid, good game. Can't wait for the Soul Reaver remasters maybe Blood Omen will get some love

[@svartsjokolade]

I think the titular Blood game would've been a good addition to your list. Caleb turning cultists to mush is delightful!

[@chujiwu68]

The other Legacy of Kain games are worth playing. Hope the upcoming Remaster does them justice. And, I'm glad MKII got the top spot for best blood. I knew I stayed subscribed for a reason. Love those blood bubbles, baby!

[@arskakarva7474]

Legacy of Kain is a fantastic series (and I think Amy Hennig is right on the money when she says the Soul Reaver-Soul Reaver 2-Defiance games are her masterpiece), which is criminally underrated and forgotten. I really hope the remaster will get more interest in the series, because a full-blown Blood Omen remake is one of my most wished-for games. Tho I do hope they don't go around making an unnecessary sequel or prequel (except tiny itsy-bitsy maybe if they get Amy Hennig back to write and direct) since ultimately I think Defiance has the kind of ending Legacy of Kain should have. I really look forward to seeing your reaction to Soul Reaver, since that's the best game in the series in just about every aspect and on the PS1 it was a technological marvel.

[@armouros]

i thought i was so cool playing this game but never finished it so thanks for showing me the endings

[@rhatcher010]

Whoa, you never played the Soul Reaver entries? You are in for a real treat. If you loved Blood Omen, then Soul Reaver shall slake thy thirst for all of the dark lore Nosgoth has to offer.

[@DrazGames]

Blood Omen is still my favorite game in the series, such incredible vibes

[@XanRants]

you owe it to yourself to play thru Soul Reaver 2. One of the most emotionally involving stories I've played thru, and one of my favorite endings to play thru ever

[@danielbloomquist9810]

I can't adequately articulate how elated I am seeing the Internet's recent outpouring of love for the LoK series, whose Gothic horror concentration level is just above Innistrad and just below Guillermo Del Toro's Innistrad. I swear on a coin's edge, I can still recite the Soul Reaver opening in the voice of Raziel (Though I am no Michael Bell, Syr) and may very actually do so involuntarily should Ozar Midrashim begin to play within earshot of me.

[@quietdignityandgrace]

I just finished it! 18 Episodes, Both endings. It was fun. Except for the absolute TIME SINK of waiting on your magic to fill. B.O.2 starts today!

[@teammunkeyhead]

Kain & Deception are both excellent games. Good memories!

[@Beeyo176]

Metal Gear Solid 2 had some gnarly blood in it, especially headshots. It somehow felt super brutal despite being in-between the pixels of MGS and the more refined approach in MGS3

[@darkhero352]

I do love the "but i am dead line."

[@vorpal997]

This video is mostly silly but 18:50-20:13 pretty much sums up why Legacy of Kain is one of the few vampire series I actually enjoy, as someone who is aroace. I still have yet to actually play any of these games but I like watching videos about them.

[@workingorder2189]

Renegade Cut you are worthy.

[@burner9147]

I got stuck on this game for years because i never figured out i could use the bat form to teleport to the armoured guys keep

[@JonBristow]

The first dark remix needle drop reminds me of KMFDM's Material Girl for some reason, which is my favorite inappropriate cover.

[@vidmuncher]

Vacation (Boss Turtle Remix)

[@glitch42]

These tangents are just what i need in the world right now

[@VeejDmeister]

0:34 Holy shit that is hilarious I love you man right off lmao

[@rotmohawk2115]

Soul Reaver 1&2 and Defiance are great sequels in terms of lore. The dialogue is excellent. Tony Jay is also in them, along with other great talents.

[@nightwingphd8580]

Goddamn I hope you like the soul reaver games. They opened my mind to what immersive fiction could convey

[@fuzzpope]

I loved this game, best vocal acting ever, haha.

[@tristantheis3971]

Come for the Blood Omen Stay for the top 10 blood list

[@michiganjack1337]

Wow I had no idea that was Anna Gunn and I considered myself a Legacy Professional of Breaking Kain

[@Galanthos]

Soul Reaver is very good. It's impressive how big and open of a world they managed on the PS1 without having the kind of abysmal loading screens Blood Omen had. Soul Reaver 2 is okay, but you get the most out of it if you're invested in the whole Legacy of Kain story. I don't think it's as impressive from a purely gameplay perspective. I do remember liking it better than Blood Omen 2 though. Definiance is fine. To me it's a little too slick, and it chose to end on a cliffhanger that we will never see resolved.

[@ryanburke1656]

my top 10 list of blood would never be complete without mention of Prodeus

[@victorfroes6650]

Tenchu 1 and 2 (PS1) has the best blood effects of all time. Still unmatched.

[@spleeble]

I love Legacy Of Kain because it portrays the part of vampires I've always been more fascinated by: Vampires as monsters and manipulators. I've enjoyed plenty of sexy/romantic vampires too, but LoK was my introduction to the idea of a vampire that hungered for power as much as for blood.

[@Caernath]

Kain wearing a pork pie hat: "I am the one who sucks!"

[@fightinggamesexplained453]

"Game preservation software" - Nice spin, gonna use that lol.

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

now I, too, heart blood omen: legacy of kain

[@CaptainMauser]

1. Loaded (playstation) How could you forget the most bloody game of them all.... It was even banned in some countries before it was relesed in christmas 1995

[@briansouvey1100]

You didn’t talk about my favorite quote from the video game… “it’s the Igneous fatuous, it light the path to hell, your path Kain”. … or something like that it’s been 30 years 😢

[@mangajoe]

I'm enjoying the descent into blood madness. More blood for the blood gods.

[@m0thdm]

The first 1/4 of my entire lifespan is shaped by this game

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

Working through the recent rerelease of this game on Evercade when this comes out? Must be fate

[@comradetomtuttle]

I never actually played the Deception games. But I had a demo disk with Deception 2 on it that I played over and over.

[@deletedTestimony]

Last time I was this early, Kain had a chin

[@jamesgilmore7659]

Do you mean raziel

[@jackjaws004]

Legacy of Kain remains one of my favorite series. Vae Victus!

[@animationfanatic2133]

Maybe it's just me but I keep seeing Blood Omen stuff everywhere and mostly legacy of Kane stuff. Started with thunderpsycker and now I'm here. Now if only I could get the gog version to work on my computer

[@Cactrot]

I remember Blood Omen being on the back of the playstation box, but it not being released until almost a year after I got my playstation. For that year I was convinced that the game did not really exist.

[@enfisu586]

These thumbnails are ascending.

[@wdcain1]

I wish this series got a proper conclusion. One more game would do it.

[@wrexvincent]

Damn that Go Gos/Rob Zombie mix is fun

[@ScottAhearnShipbuilder]

Yeah, dude. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.

[@marsbitrona5920]

17:59 Ah, the days when cutscenes were a rare reward and not the devs spending half the game telling you that they really wanted to be filmmakers.