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Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Each equipped with a legendary sword, Kain & Raziel must battle through a world loaded with conflict and intrigue as they attempt to unravel their destinies and defeat the dark forces that seek to condemn...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is a action, adventure and vampire game developed and published by Crystal Dynamics.
Released on December 06th 2012 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,179 reviews of which 1,004 were positive and 175 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Legacy of Kain: Defiance into these genres:

Action Adventure Vampire Story Rich Dark Fantasy Singleplayer Hack and Slash Classic Fantasy Gothic Third Person Atmospheric Action-Adventure Retro Dark

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Windows

OS *:Windows XP/ Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor:1.8Ghz processor
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics:3D graphics compatible with DirectX 9
DirectX®:9.0b
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space

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Nov. 2025

Final of the epic series. I enjoyed the story, glad at last to know it in full. But god i hate gameplay. The camera and camera related direction control are nightmare. Level design is to much relaying on repurposing same locations. In general, the game is very unpleasant to play. Works on Deck flawless tho.

June 2025

The rewards to be reaped are well worth ignoring the occasional glitch or repetitive section, as haunting musical tracks, and some wonderfully Geiger-esque environments make this game one of the best presented https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3493156879

June 2025

tl;dr: Disregard the rest of this review, if you enjoyed SR 1 & 2, you must play this game. If you didn't, you mustn't. Defiance is called Soul Reaver 3 by internal game files, and that's what it is. If you enjoyed the story so far, you're in for a great finale that provides a satisfying conclusion to the Soul Reaver arc. Defiance (2003) is the last proper Legacy of Kain game so far and while it wasn't supposed to be, it's a solid one to end the franchise on. Writing and voice acting are as good as ever. While I call SR1's combat trivial and SR2's combat tedious. This one hits the sweet spot of being... mid. The combat is DmC-like at it's core but with barely any depth to it. The temples (called "forges") are the least interesting in the series in my opinion. The camera is absolutely dreadful. It's so bad that it's hard to imagine that anyone would have thought it a good idea at the time. It can also mess with depth perception in platforming sections and lead to a lack of directional awareness, making backtracking unnecessarily hard. The sound mixing may be the worst in the entire series. But you're not here for unimportant details like gameplay. You want to know if Raziel can revive his bestie Janos, if Kain and Raziel will or won't. You want to see the coin land on its edge. At least I would hope that you are. If you're not, it makes no sense to read this far. Kinda rude even, tbh.

April 2025

This game absolutely rules. The story is second to none. This entire series is a masterpiece, plain and simple. If you want a game that will take you on the ride of a lifetime, buy this game!

Feb. 2025

What you've read here about the story is true. It wraps the story up wonderfully. The gameplay is more hit/miss. You can see some amazing ideas in here. SR1 was a great game but lacked engaging combat. SR2 tried to fix that by just giving you a bunch of stuff to fight. Defiance tries to fix it by giving you actual moves and combos to use. They succeed in this regard, but the game will just throw enemies at you at all times. You'll fight over and over and over. You'll earn every combo quickly because there are so many enemies. It really drags the game out. Couple that with the camera that is so clearly trying its best, but you know it would be the first thing to go in the event of a remake. It's the weakest game of the series, but that is not saying much in a series that sets such a high story bar. If you played the other games, you're going to need to check this out anyway. Overall, you won't regret it.

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Legacy of Kain: Defiance is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 6.99€ on Steam.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance received 1,004 positive votes out of a total of 1,179 achieving a rating of 8.10.

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Legacy of Kain: Defiance was developed and published by Crystal Dynamics.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is not playable on MacOS.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is not playable on Linux.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is a single-player game.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance does not currently offer any DLC.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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