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Blood Omen 2
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 9 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Developer: Crystal Dynamics
Genre(s): Action, Adventure
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: March 26, 2002
Summary
The latest installment in the Legacy of Kain Series is a 3rd person 3D action/combat game in which the player assumes the role of the vampire Kain. A compelling story drives the player through huge lushly detailed 3D environments and challenges his game play skills in combat, puzzle solving, stealth and exploration. With each success, the player achieves new dark powers that will grant Kain the ability to access treacherous new areas to explore and the power to face stronger, more aggressive enemies. As the player develops a stronger, more skilled vampire, he is rewarded with dozens of in-game cinematic sequences that unfold the continuing epic of Nosgoth, and Kain's attempts to ultimately rule over it. [Eidos Interactive]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GamePro
Kain’s modus operandi of grim human slaughter is so distressingly delightful.
Read Full Review >TotalPlayStation
Sure, plenty of elements are executed well, but some things, like the ENDLESS switch flipping is just needlessly tedious.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
A dark and unnerving game that will impress and worry you with how nefarious it truly can be. [May 2002, p. 82]
Media and Games Online Network
Not only did it make me sit and play it every spare moment I had until completion, it also made me want to pick up "Soul Reaver" and play it through again.
Read Full Review >IGN
I am disappointed. I admit, I wanted a better-looking game; a faster, more finished title with more areas to explore, better looking locations, smarter puzzles, and better fights. But, I still liked playing it despite its obvious faults.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Soul Reaver fans will find a familiar experience in Blood Omen 2, but the new game lacks the innovation and the surprising drama that made the Soul Reaver series great.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
Combat is where Blood Omen 2 really outshines previous games in the series. [June 2002, p.109]
GameZone
Controls are rather stiff and PC-like, giving you less maneuverability than desired.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
The game feels rushed in so many ways, and it really detracts from the overall experience. [June 2002, p.98]
GameSpy
This is "Soul Reaver Lite" -- undoubtedly fun, but light on puzzle complexity, light on varying action, and unfortunately, more than a little insubstantial in the replayability department.
Read Full Review >Electric Playground
The graphics are no longer fresh, killing people is just bloody, not inventive, the cut scenes are long and uninteresting, and the story isn't nearly as strong or complicated as the plot of the "Soul Reaver" games.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
The unyielding linear story, the decidedly average puzzles and the ease with which you sail through the levels will ensure that it gathers dust on your shelf after the first play.
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
Simply put, Blood Omen 2 sucks (no pun intended) more than it awes, and goes awry with weak puzzles and action-adventure gameplay that doesn't feel as well put-together as Raziel's lesser challenges in the "Soul Reaver" universe.
Read Full Review >All Game Guide
Even with the ordinary combat and rather tedious puzzles, Blood Omen 2 still manages to be compelling enough to keep you playing to the end, which is a testament to the overall presentation and varied locales.
Read Full Review >PSM Magazine
Monotony is the main culprit: the whole game consists of flipping switches and slapping around lame enemies. [May 2002, p.31]
Adrenaline Vault
An occasionally buggy, always laggy and generally sub par release to get there. Crystal Dynamics lost everything they made right in "Soul Reaver 2," as the fluid combat, dexterous hero and grand puzzles have been sacrificed.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
A heaping bowl of mediocrity that quickly turns soggy in drenched pints of blood.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
Unfortunately sometimes when an older game duplicates its own spin-offs the final product is a blatant but poor copy of the worst and the best of the offspring. Such is the case with Blood Omen 2.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Robin A. gave it a10:
This is the best game eva.
B. Daley gave it a 4:
The original Blood Omen was a wonderful game, this one is wonderfully tedious. The level based play is the same thing over and over, and the fighting isn't even as good as Soul Reaver. Skip this piece of bile and play the original.
Kyle B. gave it an 8:
This was a good game I will admit that. But the game lacked what made the sequels and prequals more wonderful. Kain didn't speak enough. Such as when he entered a new area he had nothing to say. He meets people and will say nothing to you only them. It is refreshing though how he has no real achilies heel. How when the girl is in trouble the main character finally doesn't save her. But kill her. He has a delightful aura around him of hate and sadism. He enjoys kicking crawling peasents and has a brutal fighting style. The game can quench your thirst for kill and maiming but the story will make you mad if you played any of the earlier games. It has nothing to do with any of them. It's its own game and has a original story.
Tarik T. gave it an 8:
I thought the story was grat, to understand it more you should play THE LEgacy of Kain: Soul Reaver games.
Mikey C. gave it an 8:
Really liked it but no replay value at all.
Joe B. gave it a 10:
Blood omen 2...it rulesssssss.
