We talk to senior game designer Richard Lemarchand about the upcoming Legacy of Kain game. by Gamespot Staff on October 23, 2003 By Richard Lemarchand Senior Game Designer On Halloween of 1996, Crystal Dynamics released Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain upon an unsuspecting world, and the face of gothic gaming was changed forever. Blood Omen 2 was a great hit, and it introduced a new oppositional force to the world of Nosgoth in the form of Hylden. It also introduced us to the city of Meridian and gave us some insight into a more technologically advanced era of the world's history.