The Legacy of Kain: Defiance remaster does the best thing possible—it gets out of the way

By inexplicable coincidence, the best videogames ever all seemed to come out when I was between the ages of 10 and 13. KOTOR, Oblivion—the list goes on. Scientists are presumably trying to figure out just what was in the water during that period, leading as it did to, objectively, the bestest and most important games ever made.

Somewhere near that list? 2003's Legacy of Kain: Defiance, which a young Josh (that's me) had on his original Xbox and very much enjoyed. Gothic, befuddling and weird...