Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
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Developers | |
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Crystal Dynamics | |
Windows | Nixxes Software[1] |
Publishers | |
Retail | Eidos Interactive |
Digital | Square Enix |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 29, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 66 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Legacy of Kain |
Legacy of Kain | |
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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | 1997 |
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | 1999 |
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | 2001 |
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 | 2002 |
Legacy of Kain: Defiance | 2003 |
Nosgoth | Cancelled |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Simple disc check | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Includes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.02 is the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
Peixoto's patch
Solves frequent crashes by restoring vsync and setting single core affinity, allows supersampling anti-aliasing and keyboard/mouse emulation with XInput gamepads.
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Blood Omen 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed or WSGF topic | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Run bo2.exe with -setup command line argument and tick Sync to refresh |
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60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Exceeding the range of 900-1000 fps slows down the main menu a lot and causes a glitch (brief teleportation and a bit of blocking) that occurs when touching walls or other geometrical elements. See Uncapped frame rate issue. |
Windowed
Use DxWrapper |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Acceleration is always on | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Game can be played with controller, but must use keyboard and mouse for main and pause menus. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound & Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam release. | |||
Italian | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital releases. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 | ||
vorpX | Game crashing after intro on windows 7. Unknown if DxWrapper will work with vorpx. |
Issues fixed
Random crashes and freezes
Use DxWrapper |
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Force CPU affinity to one core[citation needed] |
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Uncapped frame rate issue
Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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Enable VSync and set the refresh rate to 60hz |
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VSync does not work on Windows 10
Use DxWrapper |
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Mouse cursor does not remain inside the window
Use Cursor Lock |
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Movies play slow or choppy
Run bo2.exe with -setup command line argument and tick Switch resolution for movies
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Crash while playing the Soul Reaver 2 trailer
- Appears to be an issue with some digital distribution versions.
Replace video file |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 450 MHz | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1,8 GB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (242960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ blood omen2 Wayback Machine [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-9-5