Deleted Levels - Blood Omen 2 - Legacy of Kain: The Lost Worlds

Deleted Levels

Very little is known about most of the deleted areas of Blood Omen 2. What is known is that there are quite a few sections of the game that either never advanced past the concept stage, or were removed late enough in the development process that there are gaps in the data files for them. One exception are the Eternal Prison Deleted Areas, which are discussed in that article.

There are two main sources of information on this topic. The first is concept art, either published online or included in the credits at the end of the game. Concept art exists for a variety of areas which are absent from the game, or appear significantly different:

The Hylden City (depicted in concept art as two buildings with a bridge across a vast chasm)
The town of Valeholm
A swamp level
A snow-covered area, possibly an alternate version of Meridian
An H.R. Giger-esque take on the Hylden levels
A variety of towers

The other indication of deleted areas are obtained by looking at sequences of area names in the game data files. For example, if there are areas called "lc01", "lc03", and "lc04" in the data for The Lower City, it is logical to assume that at one time there was one called "lc02" as well. These are the areas which are known to be missing for this reason:

Level	Areas Missing
The Lower City	lc02, lc08, lc09
The Eternal Prison	ep03
The Wharves	wh06, wh07
The Hylden City	hc_02, hc_03, hc_08, hc_09

In addition, three other areas are present, but do not load correctly - implying that they were unfinished and are not included in the playable sections of the game:

Level	Areas
The Upper City	uc02b2
The Hylden City	hc_04e, hc_04f

Unfortunately, as these areas are inaccessible or missing, virtually nothing is known about what they would have been like to play through.

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