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DEFIANCE: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE LEGACY OF KAIN

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The graphics on Defiance blows away any other Legacy of Kain game. The Final Chapter (for now at least)proved to be the best overall game of the series. I would play the game all over again

Just a few dissapointments but overall a good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I started playing the Legacy of Kain series from soul reaver 1. To start off I loved the point of view in that and the sequel to that game, and the story was so compelling that I couldn't get enough, the time travel and gaining abilites and weapons as you go was an amazing idea.

Now in Defiance, of course I played it all through but around the 3rd time of going through the same temple portal twice (using both characters) I was bored out of my mind. The story picked up after that again. The only other gripe is the point of view in the game, its very cinematic-like point of view, which shows off the lovely graphics and models in the game, but ruins some of the gameplay where you cant get your point of view away from a corner or a pillar.

I gave this 4 out of 5 just because of those two bad things in the game, but I ignored them because this story is an amazing one and the things you are doing throughout the game keep you busy. Overall it is a very challenging and intriguing that anyone who plays this will accept its flaws and love the story and battles of this game.

Pure Vampiric Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is so cool you suck blood and fight knights, demons, zombies etc. You play as the vampire god Kain or the fallen angel Raphiel. This game should be rated teen because there is hardly any blood. Only when you hit the final blow theres a bit but it disapears in mid air! Its a must have.

A Powerful Epic Game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After beating Blood Omen 2 for GCN, I figured something out: Legacy Of Kain would, most likely, be my favorite horror/adventure series ever. I played Soul Reaver for PSOne a little after, but I unfortunately hated it, so I wasn't sure about what I said anymore, until I got this game.
What's special in this title, why should you buy this title among many others you can buy? It has the best virtual character ever: Kain; it has the best voice acting ever (tied with Blood Omen 2, and since it's also avaliable for the Xbox, you should buy both, just as I did), it has amazing graphics, awesome combat system and outstanding storyline (specially if you have played the previous games and if you understood the previous games' history, because this series has one of the most complicated stories I've ever read). Ok... Any extras? Yes! Once you beat the game (it has no difficulty setting, but the game is a perfect challenge: not too easy, not too hard) you get lots of extra photos and lots of videos about the game (videos include the guys recording their lines for the game, some videos showing some scenario's development, from beggining until the complete thing that you see in the game, among others). Other very fine extras are the Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2 intro movies, avaliable since you start the game. As if that wasn't enough, you can also collect little objects found thoughout the game that unlock even more photos, rare photos about the series. Being said that, this game is worth every penny you put in it (you'll spend atleast 10 hours playing the main game from begging to end, if you have a walkthrough in hand; because if you don't, you can get to 18 hours easily).
What are you waiting for, gamer? Buy this game along with Blood Omen 2 right here at Amazon.com, or anywhere alse you can find. You won't be disappointed.

You'll get SUCKED in!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great and a HUGE improvement over the last LofK game for Xbox. The graphics are top-notch and although it is a bit hard to see with the camera angle from time to time, the game is fast-paced and the downright creepy characters keep you involved. Good original story line, great voice acting, easy to use controls, playing as two different characters, etc. all make this one of the best games available on Xbox. Don't miss out...as soon as you load this you'll get sucked in.

This game is sweeeeet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've never played the previous games in this series, but I'm going to after playing Kain:Defiance! The gameplay is so much fun, giving hours of entertainment hacking and slashing enemeies up. The puzzles to get to all the sword powerups were not too hard, and the powerups are defintely worth it! The experience system for getting new moves took a little while to figure out, but once you do it shines a whole new light on the action, since there are some moves that give you more xp than others. The graphics, sound, and music are all hauntingly beautiful too. If you haven't yet, get this game and play it! It's well worth it.

big disappointment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a big fan of Legacy of Kain, i have to say i was very disappointed with this game. The camera angles are horrible and there are alot of glitches. In one level, level 8, the glitch is so bad that you will have to start the game all over again.
The game was entertaining, but more frustrating than anything if you have played the other games.

Meh...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alright...This game has very good graphics, and very cool combat features..ie the telekinetik powers, and the awesome swordplay. I think a major major setback is the horrible camera angles. The game is in 3rd person which is fine but I think it sucks when you have to play a game watching the person running at you. At points you have to run through doors and you can't see whats in front of you because the camera in facing you and you fall straight into water or something just as terrbile ( and we all know that Kain dies instantly from water ). Everything else seems to be fine though. Its a decent game.

Good stuff, some bad.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Good: Defiance is incredible. The world it's set in, the characters, the complex plot. The graphics are simply awesome, the sound is mind blowing (and somewhat frightening when Raziel is in the spectral realm). The puzzles were well thought out, decipherable with a bit of effort- most of them involve the reaver in some way. Along the way there are some really awesome surprises for long time LoK fans, and, at last, the ending is satisfying even if it leaves only a partial finality.
The Bad: First off, if you've never played any earlier Legacy of Kain games, at least pick up 'Soul Reaver1' and gain a rudimentary understanding of the plot...because it's a twisted knot. The worst thing about Defiance is the camera angles. Ugh. The camera angles. They cause you to get confused, fall to your death, back into enemies, not see important things, fall off ledges-etc. Even after gaining a working understanding of it you're still annoyed by it. One last bad, hidden in one of the goods: Defiance is much more combat oriented than earlier LoK installments, and implements special combo moves you attain with combat experience. The're fun to use, but after awhile you get sick of using the same set of moves on opponents.
Summary: The best Legacy of Kain since 'Soul Reaver'. Playing both Kain and Raziel on their entwined paths and facing their fates is enthralling.

The Legacy Continues

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Defiance continues the saga of the Legacy of Kain (henceforth referred to as LoK) series. The characters are well-defined, exquisitely detailed, and the voiceovers are perfectly matched, and are from the same personas voicing the characters in the original founding games in the series. To review this game, I'll cover several different areas: gameplay, visual, and audio.

Gameplay is rock-solid, with only one major problem as far as I'm concerned, and that would be the camera system. Whereas previous LoK games that I've played (Blood Omen 2 and Soul Reaver 2) have a system of panning the camera about your character, Defiance uses a camera system that lets you pan the camera vertically or horizontally about the plane and angle that it's currently set at. And furthermore, the game decides which is the best angle for you to use, and doesn't allow you to adjust it otherwise. This has led me off of an edge and into a body of water, or right smack into a huge horde of enemies more than once. On the flip side, however, the combos that you can execute are simple to perform, which is high on the list of my pluses. The learning curve is practically linear, as the game prepares you to play the game efficiently from the beginning.

The graphics in the game are spectacular... crisp... clean... fresh... NEW. The effects are perfect and smooth, and hardly any of those "jaggies" you hear about in other games. What's more, the game supports progressive scan for those of you with high-tech setups. Transitioning from between the material plane to the spectral plane is a beautiful thing, and both worlds are breath-takingly beautiful... in that gothic, nightmarish kinda way.

The sound in the game is equally crisp to the audio, and it supports Dolby Digital 5.1, also for those of you con... conno... fanatics of audio. In the spectral plane, though, the audio is just a bit disconcerting, as you can hear contant moaning and wailing... so, it's a bit freaky, but not so much so that you'll be uncomfortable. Eh, that was stupid. Forget about that. The important thing to remember is that this is incredible. Simply incredible.

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