Completed Blood Omen.
I must give credit where it’s due, they actually managed to recreate a battle pretty well. Two or three full screens covered in red and white soldiers, actually fighting and killing each other, with the king fighting at the front.
Then we transported to the past, to kill William the Just before he became Nemesis (another “inventive” name). The nice play there is the huge statue. At first we pass by it standing, then in the past we see it half finished, then once we are back it’s shattered.
Turns out this was all Mobeius plan, so he could hunt all the vampires in present. Although I’m not sure how Nemesis prevented that, as Mobeius was also manipulating him.
The Mobeius fight is weird, because it’s almost the end of the game, and he sends a few whimpy villagers at us. Also, you need to be very specific where you step, or he wouldn’t open the gates to the next arena for you.
The necromancer that resurrected you turns out to be also the one who sent assassins after you, which makes no sense, as Kain was a random minor noble. You beat Mortarius once, he turns into a daemon with a single attack, you beat him again, and given a Dark Souls kind of ending, where you can either restore the world or take control of it.
This was one of the worst games I managed to complete without dropping. Probably the most annoying aspect is that Kain is useless without mana, as he can be easily interrupted or even stunlocked, but mana recovers slowly, and there are no mana potions, only this orb that gives you infinite mana, then brings you back to zero again.
But yeah, I wanted to experience it, I experienced it, it was bad, very bad. The constant need to switch between weapons through the menu, because with half of the weapons you can’t heal or cast spells. So you see an enemy, switch to single handed sword, cast shield, go back to the menu, switch back to two handed 🤦♂️.
The collision detection, the lack of feedback, you don’t know if you’re hitting someone or not, which is annoying especially with bosses, the visuals, everything is bad. Can’t recommend at all, even as a joke.