Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
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Developers | |
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Silicon Knights | |
Windows | Semi Logic Entertainment |
Publishers | |
Crystal Dynamics | |
Windows | Activision |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 31, 1997 |
Reception | |
IGDB | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure |
Themes | Fantasy |
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 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Physical copy protection: bad sectors. |
- New copies and digital distribution unavailable due to legal issues with past developers and publishers.
Essential improvements
Verok's GL wrapper & patch
- Windowed mode support, FMVs plays without interlacing, optional unfiltered scaler, WinXP/7/10 compatibility fix, removed CD check, 60 fps support like in PS1 version, optional PS1 fmv support, HQ cutscenes with stereo sound, subtitles and more.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVED\[Note 1] |
- Config files are not in plain text format.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVED\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 640x480, 640x480i, and 320x240 pillarboxed only (latter 2 accessible by pressing F12 in-game). | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use Verok's GL wrapper & patch. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Use Verok's GL wrapper & patch to increase the FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | Gameplay is tied to the framerate and going above 60 FPS makes the game play too fast. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Use Verok's GL wrapper & patch to add proper support for XInput controllers. | |
Full controller support | Cannot quit game or skip FMVs (hard-coded escape key). Qualifies otherwise. | |
Controller remapping | Uses numbers, not face buttons | |
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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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound and music. | |
Surround sound | Possible via OpenAL with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |
Subtitles | Possible with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Losing focus causes screen to go black. Transitioning FMV<->Game fixes. | |
EAX support | Possible via OpenAL with Verok's GL wrapper & patch |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Subs possible with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Subs possible with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |||
Italian | Subs possible with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |||
Japanese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Subs possible with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |||
Russian | Subs possible with Verok's GL wrapper & patch | |||
Spanish | Fan translation. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 100 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA 1 MB of VRAM | |
Sound (audio device) | Sound Blaster compatible | |
Other | 4x CD-ROM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).