you realize it's a remaster, right? it didn't look like this on the ps1

Originally posted by space:

you realize it's a remaster, right? it didn't look like this on the ps1

You can play this with og graphics and i was talking about those

There was one game before it, Blood Omen. Looking up a story recap on youtube or something will get you up to speed enough to understand the background of Soul Reaver.

Originally posted by Newdawn:

You can play this with og graphics and i was talking about those

even still, you are playing it at much higher resolution and framerate than on the ps1, it didn't look like this or feel like this originally

You speak of Kain, the betrayal, and subsequent resurrection by the necromancer Mortanius.

The lore of vampirism and bloodshed, embarking on a quest to find a cure, initially seeking to destroy the Circle of Nine and restore the Pillars of Nosgoth once and for all.

Back in 1999, Soul Reaver 1 was a technical sensation in general and especially for the PS1 with it´s seamless transition from start to finish because of it´s custom built streaming technology.

Originally posted by Newdawn:

Originally posted by space:

you realize it's a remaster, right? it didn't look like this on the ps1

You can play this with og graphics and i was talking about those

Thank you for saying this. I didn't even realize you could swap over to the og graphics! Lowkey prefer them

I remember playing it back when it first came out. It's actually even better than I remember, although that could just be because they updated the annoying camera controls.

I think I'm enjoying it more this time around and also appreciating how good it was for its time. The realm shifting and the fact the first game is just basically one large map you can teleport around - it was pretty unheard of back then, during a time for gaming where hefty loading screens were constant.

There is Blood Omen 1 (you play as Kain hundreds of years before).

But even with that context, Soul Reaver 1 is still meant to be a bit mysterious until the later games start to answer what happened in between in a lot more detail.

It was a pretty crazy game for its time. Though it should be mentioned that it was primarily a Dreamcast/PC game. On the PSX, it did... not run well. I distinctly remember it dropping to like 20 FPS regularly.

I played this back in PSX days and never looked this good on PSX. even the original graphic mode on this remaster is vastly improved over the pixelated low res PSX version. 

I think people are remembering the original very wrong because the OG mode is exact to the PSX version and PSX version was not crap plus ran very well (for me at least).

But this game is basically a template of Blood Omen, just re-textured with a few new things added in.

'Soul Reaver', for me, has the worst combat ever and the backtracking is really lame but this is how they were developing games then (and some still use this lame tactic to this day).

I still think 'Blood Omen' is far better than 'Soul Reaver'.

Originally posted by Phénomènes Mystiques:

I think people are remembering the original very wrong because the OG mode is exact to the PSX version and PSX version was not crap plus ran very well (for me at least). :csd2smile:

But this game is basically a template of Blood Omen, just re-textured with a few new things added in. :badluck:

'Soul Reaver', for me, has the worst combat ever and the backtracking is really lame but this is how they were developing games then (and some still use this lame tactic to this day). :100percent:

I still think 'Blood Omen' is far better than 'Soul Reaver'. :VampireGirl:

Did you mean to say this game was basically a template of Blood Omen? The gameplay between the two are vastly different. And while I like Soul Reaver more than Blood Omen, I do think Blood Omen was a really fun game, like a super violent of The Legend of Zelda. If you could get used to the loading times, it was a lot of fun. I also liked the combat in Soul Reaver myself, how it felt like a puzzle each time, which Soul Reaver 2 completely abandoned, though earlier plans for the game were going to have those puzzle aspects, like enemies surviving dismemberment, so you'd have to figure out how to kill them.

Play the original in 480p resolution you won't be thinking so.

Originally posted by Newdawn:

wow this game looks crazy good for a ps1 game! ALso fully 3d and great voice acting. wow this game was ahead of his time. I do feel like im lacking very important story details. Are there previous games or books?

There is even a cancelled game called legacy of kain dead sun

Youtube legacy of kain dead sun gameplay. The spectre realm and normal realm became 2 worlds and were used for shadow of mordor and shadow of war

https://youtu.be/XVlvJJt5jWE?si=9IvYTj2v4t-3Ukfl

Eventually they only used a small piece of the game. There was a tps called nosgoth. But its offline now. U late to the party on that.

I strongly suggest to start in chronical order

Blood omen 1 on gog or ps1
Soul reaver 1 on pc or ps1 or dreamcast
Blood omen 2.
Then
Soul reaver 2.
And lastly legacy of kain defiance.

After that u r cool