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DEFAULT CONTROLS
Legacy of Kain: Defiance allows you to use your PC’s Mouse + Keyboard, COMBAT CONTROLS
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Keyboard alone, or Gamepad + Keyboard to play the game. You can also
reconfigure the controls. To do that, begin by selecting Options from the Title Menu : key Autoface nearest enemy; hold to manually enter
(see page 7). The following controls are for Mouse + Keyboard. combat mode (if desired).
Tap to manually exit combat mode (before battle ends).
MENU CONTROLS L key Telekinesis blast: Tap to fire.
esc or R key Pause/Resume game. Hold to lift enemies off ground.
Aim with movement or cursor keys.
cursor keys 1/2 Highlight (select) menu item.
O key Telekinesis: Manual aim. Direct the Telekinesis
enter key Confirm selection. or mouse & right mouse sight over a target and then unleash the blast.
F key Open/close Status Screen. button Aim with movement or cursor keys.
U key Lift attack (on the ground), slam attack (in the air).
Fatal blow (feed Reaver).
GAMEPLAY CONTROLS Special attack (with movement keys).
W/S/A/D keys Move character forward (W), backward (S), J key Slash attack.
or cursor keys 1/2/4/3 left (A) or right (D); climb; swim (Raziel only); Reaver Spell (hold/release).
aim Telekinesis sight. Special Attack (with movement keys). (See page 24.)
J key Action: Interact with objects/environment; I key Hold to feed: Kain – drink blood;
pick up/use artifacts; push/rotate; grab/drag Raziel – devour soul; (see page 20).
objects; dive while swimming (Raziel only).
space bar or K key Jump up, jump on/off climbable walls. • See Combat starting on page 22 for full explanations on combat moves.
Running jump (with movement or cursor keys). • To reconfigure the game controls, use the Control Options feature
Slow descent/long jump (as Kain; press and hold). in the Options Menu, accessed from the Title Menu. (See page 7.)
Glide (as Raziel; press and hold).
left shift key Sneak.
5 key (num-pad), Shift between Spectral and Material planes
then J key to confirm (Raziel only). (See page 16.)
4/6 key (num-pad) Select Reaver: previous (4) or next (6).
(See page 19.)
E key, then mouse (if desired) Camera: Enter/exit first person look-around
mode. Nudge the camera with the mouse.
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GETTING INTO THE GAME
1. At start-up, the game will scan PAUSE MENU You can save at any time during Move the mouse or press the cursor
the hard drive for Legacy of Kain: the game. Press the esc or R key to keys 1/2to highlight an option.
Defiance saved game data. pause, and select Save from the Pause Press the left mouse button or
™ Menu. Highlight Create a New Save the enter key to see a submenu,
Note: Legacy of Kain: Defiance
is an epic game. We recommend
™ Game or an existing save slot and if available.
saving your progress frequently press the enter key. All your progress
to your current point will be saved.
• Game Options – Set the game
and continuing your saved games options you require during play:
for the most satisfying game Your location at your last checkpoint Subtitles On/Off and In-Game
experience. is also saved. Hints On/Off.
2. The Title Menu offers the following If an older Legacy of Kain: Defiance
save game exists in the save slot you
™ • Sound Options – Set up the sound
options. Highlight your selection you’ll hear during play: Volume +/-
and press the enter key: selected, it will be overwritten during (louder/softer), Sound On/Off and
the save. Be careful: once data is
• Start New Game – Start During play, press the esc or R key overwritten, it cannot be recovered.
Music On/Off.
the game from the beginning. to pause the game and display • Graphics Options – Set up graphics
• Continue Game – If you have the Pause Menu. From here you can • Each save requires 97kb for options: Display Mode, FX,
save your game progress, modify game autosave and manual saves. Filtering, Gamma, Sharpness
previously saved Legacy of
Kain: Defiance game data options, or quit the game. • To resume a saved game, select and VSync, or Restore Defaults.
™
on the hard drive, you can select Load Game from the Title Menu • Control Options – Configure
this option to resume the game. and then select the save file your controls to use the Mouse +
You will return to the game at from the Load Game screen. You Keyboard, Keyboard alone or
the last checkpoint you reached will return to the game at the last Gamepad + Keyboard, reconfigure
prior to saving. (For information checkpoint you reached prior the button mapping, mouse or
on saving, see page 7.) to saving. gamepad, or Restore Defaults.
• Load Game – If you have • Go Back – Return to the previous
previously saved Legacy of menu screen.
Kain: Defiance game data
™
on the hard drive, you can select
this option, then highlight
the saved game you want to play
on the menu, and then press
the enter key.
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THE HISTORY OF NOSGOTH
During his journey, Kain discovered and assailed by the degenerate offspring of his
THE PILLARS claimed the Soul Reaver, an ancient soul- KAIN’S EMPIRE former brethren, who had long since
In the centuries before Kain’s birth, the land devouring blade, and stumbled across — not Kain concluded with the realization that Vorador devolved into monstrous forms.
was protected by an oligarchy of sorcerers so coincidentally — a time-streaming device was right — that vampirism is not a curse but a
blessing . . . that vampires are dark gods whose Undeterred by these revelations, Raziel pursued
known as the Circle of Nine. These guardians created by Moebius, the Guardian of Time. Kain across Nosgoth’s blasted landscape,
were sworn to serve and protect the Pillars duty it is to thin the human herd.
galvanized by a hunger for revenge, and a
of Nosgoth, the ancient edifice towering over With intentional irony, Kain established the relentless new thirst — not for the blood of
the earth as a manifestation of the mysterious FRAGILE HISTORY ruined Pillars as the symbolic seat of his new humans, but for the vampires' apostate souls.
power that preserved and gave life to the land. Against the counsel of the ancient vampire empire, and the shattered Balance Pillar as
the base of his throne. In an act of calculated Kain, however, had other plans for Raziel.
But the Circle was infiltrated by dark forces, and Vorador, Kain found himself embroiled in Seemingly unsurprised by Raziel’s miraculous
Ariel — the Balance Guardian — was cruelly human events, caught in a bloody battle blasphemy, Kain raided the ancient tomb of
the Sarafan, a fanatical order of warrior-priests return, Kain baited Raziel along the course of his
murdered. Her assassination sent psychic between Ottmar’s Army of Hope and the single-minded vendetta, channeling him into
shockwaves throughout the Circle, and in their ruthlessly advancing armies of the Nemesis, once sworn to eradicate the vampires plaguing
Nosgoth. From the desiccated corpses of these battle with his mutated brethren, and into
derangement the remaining sorcerers turned from the north. As the tide of the battle turned, a fateful confrontation at the Pillars, wherein
their powers to dark purposes, poisoning the Kain used his only means of escape — the long-dead knights, Kain raised his six vampiric
“sons” to become the Lieutenants of his Kain raised the Soul Reaver against Raziel.
land with their sorcery and abandoning the time-streaming device, which swept him nearly
fledgling empire. The ancient blade, believed to be indestructible,
Pillars to stand like silent, decaying sentries. fifty years back into Nosgoth’s past.
But the Pillars, Kain ultimately realized, were shattered when Kain attempted to strike Raziel
Hoping to alter the course of Nosgoth’s history, down. The soul-devouring sentience captive in
Kain assassinated the young King William the more than just a human edifice — the health
of the Pillars was tied inextricably into the health the blade was thus released, and binding itself
DESTINY Just, who would become the diabolic tyrant to Raziel as a wraith-blade, became his
known as the Nemesis. After sating himself on of the land. With the Pillars left unrestored,
Into this dying world Kain was born. The son corruption seeped slowly into the land like symbiotic weapon.
of an aristocratic Nosgoth family, he lived the his victim’s blood, Kain returned to the present
a poison, turning his empire into Kain seemed not stunned but strangely satisfied
privileged life of a nobleman, never realizing — only to discover that his murder of the
an irredeemable wasteland. with this shocking outcome, and lured Raziel
his undiscovered destiny — that he was beloved King had ignited a genocidal war
further into Nosgoth’s northern wastes, leading
marked from birth as Ariel’s successor, fated against vampires, led by the time-streamer,
to their final confrontation in Moebius’s long-
to take her place as the Guardian of Balance. Moebius, himself.
CONDEMNED abandoned Chronoplast chamber.
Ignorant of his destiny, the ambitious but Upon his return, Kain witnessed the future that
Rather than evolving slowly over time, Driven by the fatalistic visions revealed by
directionless Kain roamed the land — and he had wrought — and the final, triumphant
vampires experience periods of accelerated Moebius’s devices, Kain activated the time-
during one fateful journey, he was ambushed act of Moebius’s cold-blooded mob. Vorador,
metamorphosis, entering dormant states streaming portal that would propel him and
by brigands and murdered, cruelly impaled the last of the era’s vampires, was guillotined
from which they emerge transformed. Raziel centuries into Nosgoth’s past. Free will,
on his assassin’s sword. and his head held aloft for a cheering,
Kain feared, might only be an illusion — but he
bloodthirsty crowd — leaving Kain the sole When Raziel, first among Kain’s Lieutenants, knew their fates were intertwined in ways that
surviving vampire in Nosgoth. revealed his latest evolution — a pair of bat-like Raziel had not begun to fathom.
A DARK COVENANT wings — Kain responded with an act of
seemingly egotistical sadism. Tearing Raziel’s
Plucked from the brink of oblivion by the
THE FATEFUL DILEMMA newly fledged wings from his back, he ordered
Necromancer Mortanius, Kain awakened in Raziel to be cast into the Lake of the Dead, REVELATIONS
the underworld, still transfixed by his enemy’s As his quest brought him full-circle, Kain
where he would burn forever in the Swept back into Nosgoth’s early history, Raziel
blade. Tormented by his hunger for vengeance, confronted the destiny that Mortanius and Ariel
roiling Abyss. began to unearth the secrets of his past …
and heedless of the spiritual cost, Kain had hidden from him — that he was the
recklessly accepted the Necromancer’s offer of Balance Guardian, and that only by sacrificing Raziel tumbled endlessly into the murky depths, … how his coming was foretold by an ancient
revenge — and rose from his tomb to discover himself could he restore the Pillars. Ariel his flesh dissolving as he burned with white-hot race, Nosgoth’s original Vampires, who forged
that he had been resurrected as a vampire. presented him with a final, climactic decision fire. After an eternity of torment, Raziel’s ruined the Reaver for their champion, as the weapon
— sacrifice himself to heal the land, but ensure body came to rest — and as the pain receded, of their salvation.
Kain quickly tracked down his assassins and he realized that he had not only survived the
exacted his bloody revenge. With his the extinction of the vampires; or refuse the … how he himself slaughtered the Sarafan
sacrifice, and seal the world’s corruption. descent, but had been delivered to the very seat Lieutenants, and was his own murderer, and
vengeance and hunger sated, he sought only of the Underworld.
a cure for the vampiric curse that afflicted him. Revolted by the machinations of the human how he thus became the catalyst not only of
Guided by Mortanius and the specter Ariel — sorcerers and alienated from his former Like Kain before him, Raziel was saved from the Kain’s future empire, but of his own dark destiny.
now bound helplessly to the decaying Pillars humanity, Kain chose the latter path — opting brink of oblivion by a mysterious benefactor — … and finally, how he was fated to become the
she once served — Kain hunted down each of to rule the world in its damnation rather than a preternaturally ancient god dwelling in the ravenous spirit imprisoned in the Soul Reaver
the corrupt sorcerers now poisoning Nosgoth. commit himself to oblivion. This apocalyptic depths of the Abyss, who transformed Raziel blade — that this was, and always had been,
Only with their deaths could the Pillars be act completed the Pillars’ destruction — the into a devourer of souls, and released him back the purgatorial cycle of his destiny. The wraith-
healed — and only by restoring Balance would mighty columns toppled as Kain sealed their into the world to take his revenge. blade, he finally understood, was his own soul,
Kain be released from his vampiric curse. ruinous fate — and damned Ariel to twinned and bound eternally to him.
At first reluctant to live the horror of an ceaselessly haunt the dilapidated Pillars she His motives still a mystery, Kain sought to change
existence blighted by a thirst for human blood, once served. Until the Balance is restored, VENGEANCE history by preventing the blade from consuming
Kain soon adapted and discovered, within she can never be released. Raziel, now the Elder God’s fledgling angel of Raziel’s soul. But Raziel, nearly obliterated by
his darkened soul, a growing disaffection death, resurfaced to discover that centuries had the Reaver, realized that he could never escape
for humankind as he embraced his inexplicably passed since his execution. Kain’s this terrible destiny — Kain had merely
newfound immortality. empire lay in ruin, and Raziel found himself postponed it.
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KAIN RAZIEL
Cunning and relentless, the vampire Kain battles the Once the greatest of Kain’s vampire Lieutenants, Raziel
oppressive agents of Fate that seek to destroy is now only a ruined specter of his former glory. Armed
him. For centuries, he has ruthlessly pursued with the wraith-blade of the Soul Reaver, he strives
a singular ambition — to take his rightful to unravel the truth behind his enigmatic fate,
place as Balance Guardian, thus returning Nosgoth a destiny apparently foretold in the earliest
to vampire rule. And Raziel, he believes, is the key to centuries of Nosgoth’s history. Raziel seeks
fulfilling this goal. Armed with the legendary Reaver blade only to escape the bonds of his one-time
— the weapon fated to become Raziel’s eternal prison — benefactor, now turned adversary — the
Kain seeks to reclaim their true destinies from the mysterious Elder God that resurrected him
wreckage of history. as a reaper of souls — and to somehow avert
Kain wields the Reaver in its physical form, a blood-drinking the terrible destiny appointed for him
blade forged by Nosgoth’s ancient Vampires as the weapon when the Reaver was forged.
of their prophesied hero. As his weapon, Raziel bears the sword that the Reaver
is fated to become — a soul-devouring wraith-blade.
TK
Meter
TK Meter
Health Gauge
Health Gauge
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KAIN’S UNIQUE ABILITIES
Kain’s ceaseless blood-hunger causes Kain can dissolve briefly into mist to In some areas, Kain can use his Kain can fly rapidly between distant
his Health Gauge to drain slowly over pass through permeable barriers (such vampiric strength to leap across locations by transforming into a swarm
time, requiring him to feed frequently as bars and gates). He also employs his wide gaps. of bats. He must first concentrate his
to sustain his energy and heal his
wounds. When an enemy is vulnerable
mist form to dodge with supernatural
speed in combat.
• Animated markers indicate ledges energy and mentally project himself
toward his destination, visible on the
that Kain can use as jump-off points.
(either stunned or otherwise
incapacitated), Kain can consume its
• To breach a gated barrier, use the • While standing on a leap marker,
horizon. For this reason, he can only
employ bat flight from specific sites
movement or cursor keys to hold down the space bar or K key
blood to restore his health. maneuver Kain into the grate. He indicated by animated markers.
to charge the jump.
• Hold the I key near a vulnerable will automatically employ mist form
• Release the space bar or K key • While standing on a bat flight
enemy to bite into the victim to pass through. marker, hold down the space bar
or drain its blood from a distance. to launch Kain across the gap. or K key to gather Kain’s energy.
• The longer the key is held, • Release the space bar or K key
the greater the health benefit. to transform into a flock of bats.
FLOATING DESCENT • Kain also disperses into bats when
When jumping or falling, Kain can slow his health is depleted, coalescing
his descent to land silently and with again at the last checkpoint
greater accuracy. he passed.
• While in mid-air, hold down
the space bar or K key to slow
your descent.
WATER VULNERABILITY
• Release the space bar or K key For vampires, immersion in water is
to resume a normal descent. deadly. Kain must be cautious around
water obstacles. If he falls in, his health
will be immediately depleted, and he
will be reset to his last checkpoint.
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raziel’s unique abilities
Shifting from Spectral to Material
SPECTRAL AND MATERIAL DEVOURING SOULS PHASING THROUGH
REALMS BARRIERS
Raziel is a denizen of the Spectral Realm, In the Spectral Realm, Raziel can
a shadowy underworld populated by dematerialize to pass through
nightmarish creatures and lost souls. permeable barriers like gates and
To escape the spirit world, he must first fences, which are impenetrable
find a host creature. Early in the game, to him in the physical world.
he discovers spirit-gases rising from burial
sites, and learns that he can employ
• While in the Spectral Realm, use
In the Spectral Realm, spirit gases the movement or cursor keys
the corpses within as conduits to enter indicate where a corpse is buried, to maneuver Raziel through
the Material Realm. which Raziel can use as a conduit the barrier. He will automatically
Once in the physical world, Raziel to enter the physical world. Raziel sustains his energy not by dematerialize and pass through.
transforms the host’s flesh into his own drinking his victims’ blood, but by
To shift from the Spectral Realm
image, but his energy is continuously consuming their very souls. When
into the material world,
an enemy is vulnerable (stunned or
depleted to maintain this physical
manifestation. To restore his energy and • Stand on or near a site where spirit otherwise incapacitated), Raziel can SWIMMING
gases are rising. Press the 5 key draw the soul from its body and
remain in the Material Realm, Raziel must (num-pad) to display the Material
feed on the souls of his victims. When devour it to restore his health.
Icon (the Reaver symbol). If no host
his energy is exhausted, Raziel loses his While in the Material Realm, Raziel’s
is available, the symbol will not
physical form and is swept back into the energy constantly decays and must be
be displayed.
spectral realm, to his last checkpoint. restored. In the spirit world, his health
By shifting between realms, Raziel can • Press the Action key (default: J key) only declines when he is wounded
to confirm your intention. Raziel will by spectral enemies.
take advantage of the unique properties project his energy into the buried
of each realm. To devour a soul:
corpse, rise and transform the flesh
• Raziel must be in the Material Realm into his own image as he enters • Press and hold the I key near
to open doors, pick up or use artifacts, the Material Realm. a vulnerable enemy to tear In the spirit world, water has no
move objects, or break barriers. In the the victim’s soul out, or draw it buoyancy, but in the Material Realm,
Shifting from Material to Spectral
spirit world, physical objects are like from the body at a distance, Raziel can swim through flooded areas
shadows, and cannot be manipulated. until the soul is devoured. to reach otherwise inaccessible goals.
• In the Spectral Realm, Raziel can • If you release the trigger too early, • To swim at the surface, use the
dematerialize to pass through gated the soul may escape. movement or cursor keys to orient
barriers, which are impassable and propel Raziel.
in the physical world.
• Press the J key to dive beneath
• Some climbable wall surfaces appear GLIDING the surface.
only in either the Spectral or Material
Realm, requiring Raziel to shift before Raziel can abandon his physical
Raziel can no longer fly, but he can • While underwater, use the
use his ruined wings to glide across movement or cursor keys to orient
he can use them. manifestation at any time and return otherwise-impassable gaps. Raziel, and press or hold the J key
• The Spectral Realm is a darker, more to the Spectral Realm.
• Press the space bar or K key to propel him through the water.
twisted version of the physical world.
In some instances, the distortion
To shift from the Material Realm back
to the spirit world:
to jump. • To exit the water, either swim
• While in mid-air, press and hold toward a low ledge, or press
of the terrain may open a path that is
not accessible in the Material Realm. • Press and hold the 5 key (num-pad) the space bar or K key again to the space bar or K key to jump up
to display the Spectral Icon. grab your wings and glide. from the water’s surface.
• Water in the spirit world has no • Press the Action key (default: J key) • Raziel cannot engage in combat,
buoyancy. To swim, Raziel must enter to confirm your intention and shift
• Release the space bar or K key
at any time to drop back down manipulate objects, or use TK
the Material Realm. into the Spectral Realm. to earth. while swimming.
• Time passes far more slowly
in the Spectral Realm. Raziel can use
this to his advantage when solving
some puzzles.
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THE REAVER
REAVER CHARGE • Other spells affect Raziel or Kain,
When the Reaver Gauge is full, enabling them to turn invisible
the Reaver becomes charged and its temporarily or unleash a flurry
combat performance is temporarily of extra-dimensional attacks.
augmented. The effect varies based on • Some Reaver Spells are useful
the current Reaver enhancement. For for solving puzzles.
instance, the Reaver may temporarily
deal more damage, or inflict paralyzing
or stunning force upon its victims.
When an enemy is reduced to a REAVER ENHANCEMENTS
When the Reaver Charge ends,
vulnerable state, Kain and Raziel may the gauge is completely depleted. You can unearth ancient Vampire
forego drinking the victim’s blood or enchantments that increase the
devouring its soul, and instead feed Reaver’s effectiveness in combat,
the victim’s life energy to the Reaver and may help you solve puzzles
blade, increasing its power temporarily. or defeat obstacles. These are Balance
Emblems and Elemental Forges.
BALANCE EMBLEM
Both Kain and Raziel are armed with
different incarnations of the same
weapon — the legendary Reaver
blade. Kain wields the sword in its
physical form, a blood-drinking blade
forged by Nosgoth’s ancient Vampires REAVER CHARGE STONES
as the weapon of their prophesied
These arcane stones enable you to
hero. Raziel bears the sword that
build the Reaver to a charge by striking
the Reaver is fated to become —
the stone with multiple attacks.
a soul-devouring wraith-blade. • Press the U key near a stunned
Each bears the Reaver as his sole or vulnerable enemy to finish it Kain discovers fragments of the
weapon, and both Kain and Raziel earn with the Reaver, feeding its life Vampires’ Balance Emblem. Each shard
enhancements for the blade over the energy to the blade. of the talisman represents a different
course of the game, enabling them More elaborate combos and finishing principle that enhances the Reaver.
to employ elemental sorcery in their moves will fill the Reaver Gauge Kain’s Balance Emblem appears on
attacks. Like Raziel, the wraith-blade more rapidly. (See Combat starting and can be activated from his
is a spectral entity; but Raziel can on page 22.) on-screen display (see page 10).
summon the wraith-blade into the ELEMENTAL FORGES
Material Realm to wield it in combat.
REAVER SPELL
A second effect occurs when the
FEEDING THE REAVER Reaver Gauge is full. A Reaver Spell is
Like Kain and Raziel, the Reaver has armed, indicated by a glow around
an insatiable appetite for its enemies’ the Reaver Gauge. The spell can be
life-force. With each strike, the Reaver triggered at any time.
absorbs a little of its victim’s energy, • Hold down the J key to gather
and the Reaver Gauge begins to fill. the spell’s energy.
Because the energy in the Reaver
Gauge decays over time, Kain and • Release the J key to launch Within the ancient ruins of the
the spell. Vampire Citadel, Raziel discovers
Raziel must maintain an intense
The effect of the Reaver Spell depends arcane forges that permanently
assault to build the Reaver
on the current Reaver enhancement. enhance the Reaver with elemental
to a full charge.
powers. Raziel’s Elemental Reavers
• Some spells inflict damage to all appear on and can be activated from
enemies in the area. his on-screen display (see page 11).
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HEALTH AND FEEDING STATUS SCREEN
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BONUS ITEMS
There are five types of Special Attacks:
SPECIAL ATTACKS COLLECTABLES TELEKINETIC RUNES
Devastating Strike
A powerful slam attack that bounces
the enemy off the ground, setting it up
for a follow-up attack.
• Tap the movement or cursor keys
in the attack direction and
simultaneously press the U key.
Rapid Attack Each Rune enlarges the character’s
TK Meter, increasing his capacity to use
A vicious flurry of attacks unleashed
Telekinesis. Each character can find
Over the course of the game, Kain and by rapid key presses.
During your journey you can collect a total of eight TK Runes.
Raziel earn experience based on how • Tap the movement or cursor keys Bonus Items that increase your health
well they perform in combat. Their in the attack direction and capacity and TK power. Some items are
progress is tallied by the Reaver Meter repeatedly press the J key. hidden in arcane containers that must
on the Status Screen, and is accelerated Air Strike be shattered with the Reaver to release ARCANE TOMES
based on the complexity of the combos the treasures within. You can collect
performed and how often the Reaver Health Talismans, Telekinetic Runes
Gauge is built to a full charge. and Arcane Tomes.
As Kain and Raziel reach each
of the five combat experience levels,
they are awarded a new Special Attack. HEALTH TALISMANS
Each attack earned is shown
by a colored pip next to the Reaver
Meter on the Status Screen.
Click on the right arrow at the top
right of the Status Screen to open the
subscreen where the Special Attacks A powerful mid-air slam attack You can unlock special bonus materials
are stored, along with descriptions that bounces the enemy high by finding Arcane Tomes hidden
and controls instructions (see page 21). off the ground. throughout the game. When you find
• While in mid-air, tap the movement a Tome, approach it to collect it.
or cursor keys in the attack Each character can find a total
PERFORMING direction and simultaneously Each Talisman is broken into three of ten Arcane Tomes.
press the U key. fragments. The character’s health
SPECIAL ATTACKS capacity increases one level each time
Rapid Air Attack
Pulling off Special Attacks requires he completes a Talisman by collecting
timing, skill and practice. A vicious mid-air flurry of attacks its three fragments. Each character can
unleashed by rapid key presses.
• To execute a Special Attack, tap find a total of 12 shards, for a potential
the movement or cursor keys • While in mid-air, tap the movement total of four complete health upgrades.
in the attack direction, or cursor keys in the attack
and simultaneously press direction and repeatedly press
the appropriate attack key — the J key.
slash (J key), slam (U key) or TK Telekinetic Stasis
(L key) — for the desired attack. Briefly locks an enemy in mid-air
with TK while still leaving Kain
or Raziel free to attack.
• Tap the movement or cursor keys
in the attack direction and
simultaneously press the L key.
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ENEMIES AND STRATEGIES CREDITS
repels attacks. Indicated by a ring Director Sr. Producer Video Post-Production
COMBAT BARRIERS of glowing Runes around the Amy Hennig Matthew Guzenda Mercury Multimedia, Inc.
affected enemy. You must destroy Lead Programmer Producer Test Manager
the shield before you can damage Jason Bell Rosaura Sandoval – Crystal Dynamics
your opponent. Programming Nixxes Producer Christopher Bruno
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QA Localization Supervisor – Eidos UK site.) We typically respond to email queries within 24-48 hours during the business week. Response times can be considerably
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possible. Weekdays, excluding holidays, during the hours when the phones are open, we still give email questions our highest
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priority.
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QA Manager – Eidos US Through this site you will also have access to our FTP (File Transfer Protocol) area where you can download patches and new
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enhancements as soon as they become available.
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Colby McCracken ASSISTANCE VIA TELEPHONE OR FAX
Jacques Galon We are available to take your calls Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time at
Product Test Coordinator - Eidos US Carsten Roehr (415) 615-6220 (voice) or (415) 547-1201 (fax). Our tech support department is closed on all major holidays. Note: You are
Jordan Romaidis Angelo Rocca responsible for all toll charges when calling.
Assistant Product Test Coordinators – Eidos US Monica Dalla Valle
To ensure the quickest service you will need to be at your computer and have the following information at hand:
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• A complete listing of your computer’s hardware. (Contact your computer manufacturer if you are unsure.)
Kari Hattner Special Thanks • What version of Windows® you are using.
Jason Walker • A copy of your DirectX Diagnostics report.
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Stephen Cavoretto Brian Venturi – Click on Start.
Elvin DeGuzman Billy Mitchell – Click on Run.
Kip Ernst Andre Rodriguez – Type dxdiag.
Nicole Ferrara Christian Chatterjee – Click on OK.
Daniel Franklin Robert Fitzpatrick – Click on the Save Information button and save the file to your computer.
Tom Shoenhair – When you call our Technical Support line either have this file open or have a printed copy. If you send an email query you
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Erik Kennedy Sam Newman may attach the file to the email.
Darren Krommenhock Jake Hughes • What error message(s), if any, you have had.
Julian Mehlfeld Brian Brandt • How the game is currently configured.
Ralph Ortiz Ken Demarest NOTE: OUR SUPPORT AGENTS DO NOT HAVE AND WILL NOT GIVE GAME HINTS, STRATEGIES OR CODES.
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Kevin Weston PRODUCT RETURN PROCEDURE
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Anthony Yuson Delina Chiechi In the event our support agents determine that your game disc is defective, you will need to forward material directly to us.
Melissa Luna Please include a brief letter explaining what is enclosed and why you are sending it to us. The agent you speak with will give
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Malachi Boyle you an authorization number that must be included and you will need to include a daytime phone number so that we may
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Monica Malone contact you if necessary. Any materials not containing this authorization number will be returned to you unprocessed and
Customer Care – Eidos US Rita Fovenyessy unopened.
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Angelique Mendoza Your postage paid package should be sent to the following address:
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Michael Minson Eidos, Inc. Customer Services
Head of Development Operations – Eidos UK Roderick Van Gelder RMA# (include your authorization number here)
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Emma Timms Sam Tehrani Eidos, Inc., warrants to you, the original purchaser of this disc, that for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of your
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Sharon Gamble or replace, free of charge, any such disc, provided the disc is returned postage paid to the Eidos, Inc., Factory Service Center
QA Manager – Eidos UK Ben and a proof of date of purchase is included. This limited warranty is not applicable to normal wear and tear and shall be void
Chris Rowley Amber with respect to any defects that arise from disc abuse, unreasonable use, mistreatment or neglect. This disc is sold "as is"
Assistant QA Manager – Eidos UK Alex without any warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
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you for your never-ending support including, but not limited to, any special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your possession, use or
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This limited warranty states the entire obligation of Eidos, Inc., with respect to the purchase of your disc. If any part of this
limited warranty is determined to be void or illegal, the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
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