Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun Cancelled

[ZagorTeNej]

Soul Reaver initially had nothing to do with Blood Omen, it was a standalone project called Shifter, only after CD won court battle with Silicon Knights and secured the rights to LOK did they tie it with the universe established in the first Blood Omen.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I'm pretty sure Shifter never went much farther than early concepts for plane-shifting and fallen angel main character.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

I'm pretty sure Shifter never went much farther than early concepts for plane-shifting and fallen angel main character.

Which ended up being some of the core mechanics for the game. Not saying it's a bad thing, it turned out rather well and is probably one of the most unique sequels in the industry. Not to mention that given that Denis Dyack is a grade A idiot, there's no guarantee Silicon Knights would have made any further use of Blood Omen IP in the first place.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Lololol fucking Square Enix couldn't even be arsed to hire blokes like Simon Templeman it seems. Legacy of Kain game indeed.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

I'd love them to make BO3, but they'd probably fuck it up with some Emo or SJW shit.

Yeah, it'd probably be riddled with shit like collectibles, challenges, tacked on RPG elements, QTEs, X-ray vision, obligatory stealth sections etc. not sure I'd want regardless of how Kain as a protagonist voiced by Templeman could pretty much save any game.

Besides, Defiance did a decent job of tying most loose ends (the one remaining being Vorador's resurrection) and was a satisfactory conclusion to the series as far as I'm concerned. Plus, no Tony Jay anymore . Better to just leave it be, let CD churn out Tomb Raiders till they drop.

 

[Sceptic]

Well since this is the LoK thread... has this been posted before?



(I miss Tony Jay)