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Played this game back back in the early 2000s era. I wish they made games like this again. Combat was a bit clunky but the music, story line, and voice acting were fantastic. Obviously left an impression nearly 20 years later.

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[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The legacy of kain series is great. The next sequel worth talking about is legacy of kain defiance, which was also great.

The head writer was a lady named Amy Hennig, she went on to be involved in the uncharted series in a big way.

[–] SpringMango7379@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I believe she also worked on the original Tomb Raider series.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I liked them all. Legacy of Kain was good too. Voice acting was solid in all of them.

[–] Xylinna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The voice acting was truly amazing.

[–] galacticDust@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's currently on sale with a generous discount on GOG.

[–] SpringMango7379@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have it on Steam but I could never get the games to work and just used an emulator instead.

[–] ElectricTickles@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I remember this game distinctly and … I hated falling into water

[–] Cotillion189@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have played 1st game for hundreds of hours but i never played SR2... I have miss some real gems

[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 5 points 1 year ago

They're on GOG at a reasonable price and they'll happily run on an Intel graphics chip.

[–] andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the whole legacy of Kain series. I really hope for a remake, or at least a remaster.

[–] SpringMango7379@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm excited but nervous about the idea of a new game/remake. The voice acting is stellar and I'm not sure how I feel about someone else taking up the mantle.

[–] hedders@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember it being very, very pretty. Think I played it a bit on PSX, but a whole bunch more on Dreamcast.

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would have been the original Soul Reaver. Soul Reaver 2 was a PS2 exclusive

[–] hedders@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

Ah! That would be that then.

[–] kevex_1992@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes! Would love a remake tbh. Loved the puzzles and Shakespearean dialogue.

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I like it, but it's not as good as the original Soul Reaver or Defiance.
The biggest issue this game has is the save system. In the first game where you could save pretty much anywhere and just had to navigate back to the last area you were in after loading. In Soul Reaver 2 you can only save at preset points which can be few and far between. There are sections of the game that take multiple hours to complete on a first playthrough, where you don't have access to a save point and quitting means losing your progress.
The world design has also been downgraded somewhat IMO. The environments look much nicer and there's a wider variety of them, but the world as a whole is much less interconnected. The first game was a pseudo metroidvania, where completing an area would unlock shortcuts and everything linked back to a central hub. Soul Reaver 2 is much more linear, and the parts where you do have to backtrack are more tedious as a result.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved the whole series up until Defiance. The last game was kinda "meh."

[–] SpringMango7379@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think part of that is due to them leaving at a cliffhanger. They did a lot of world building and set up in Defiance.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

This game is a fucking masterclass in story telling. I was floored when I finished it for the first time. Also, the worldbuilding is fantastic.

[–] erranto@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My most favorite game Ever!

I hope one day I could use AI to MOD and expand this game endlessly.

[–] bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved that improvised combat mechanic where you had to use whatever was handy in the environment to fight the vampires.

[–] BitingChaos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Soul Reaver 2: Soulier and Reavier