Born from what was originally intended to be the multiplayer component of the ill-fated Legacy of Kain: Defiance sequel, Nosgoth marks a somewhat less familiar return to the Square Enix-owned gothic franchise. Set in the time period immediately following 1999’s Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, humans and vampires are at war in developer Psyonix’s asymmetric combat-driven free-to-play free-for-all that’s been living on Early Access for just over a year.
On the cusp of introducing a new Beastmaster class to its battlegrounds - not to mention a new Vampire in the not too distant future - we caught up with Jacob Mott, a designer at Psyonix, and Bill Beacham, the design director at Square Enix London Studios, to explore Nosgoth’s roots, how it’s coming along, and where it’s headed in the following months.
For GotGame's Bring it Back retrospective feature this week, the spotlight shines on the Legacy of Kain franchise.
I’d love a current take on either Legacy or Kain Soul Reaver. Personally I have more memories spending time getting through all the pain in the ass puzzles of Soul Reaver, but really enjoyed the game and art style
The games did not break too many grounds with the gameplay and less so with the later installments, but the story was so good it qualifies as a high quality novel. To me it make up for everything else.
Id want a remake or just a new game in the series. Went back and played this a few years ago , to me at least it didnt really age well
I've been wanting this for years, but you need to make sure Amy Hennig is part of the series, because she was a huge part of the series in the past.
Legacy of Kain is badass. Ahead of its time, then they went in a completely off beat direction, go back to what made the first one so great. Blood Omen Kains legacy is the best one, went down hill after reaver.
The Legacy of Kain series always did unusual things - but going online only and free-to-play was perhaps the strangest decision yet.
This series had the most amazing lore. It felt ahead of its time, they need to reboot Soul Reaver or something.
It’s officially been one year since the game was taken offline. Today Clare is going to be reflecting on everything that’s happened so far.
This game should have been brought to consoles. I played it on Pc for a while but then it just got harder to get into matches at night so I quit.
These guys are real fans of the series. I hope we'll see a single player entry in this series. LoK had some of the most memorable story-telling alongside the finest voice-acting in gaming history. I miss this series. Nosgoth is fun, I won't deny that. I log-in every now and then. It's easy to jump and it's isn't as mindless as a lot of other online-only, F2P titles. However, I long for the day when we see this series return to form.