Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

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Qball_Lobo Oct 5, 2025 @ 12:39pm
Why does SR2 feel so...incomplete?
Just finished the remaster. Had a lot of memories of the first Soul Reaver but never played the second.

What is up with the last part of the second game? They give you a weapon that makes you invincible and you just hack and slash your way to the end with literally no challenge? No last boss or anything?

Feels like SR2 was supposed to be part of the first game and they ran out of time.

First game still holds up well but the second did not. The camera almost made me stop playing it got so frustrating. It would randomly decide to zoom way in and throw me off of where I was going especially with the game being so dark.

And the save system is awful and could have been address with the remaster. As a grown adult I don't always have a ton of time to play and it was frustrating to not be able to save when I needed or lose progress.

Overall I would give the first SR a solid 8/10 while the second is no better than a 5 for me.
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Fear Ghoul Oct 5, 2025 @ 1:33pm 
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Soul Reaver itself was supposed to have more, I think about a third of the game had to be cut. It would have involved fighting the cult of vampire worshipers, with the boss being a human priestess who used mind control powers, and Raziel would have gotten that. He also would have killed his brother Turel and gotten some sort of stronger telekinesis, and he would have killed Kain, killed all the vampires, and after that realized he had been used and gone back in time.

Soul Reaver 2 very obviously is incomplete, there were so many things planned for that game that never made it in. There were going to be way more Reaver elements, enemies that could survive being dismembered, the game wasn't going to end where it did, more areas to explore, optional power ups like in Soul Reaver... it just goes on and on.

Unfortunately, it was a recurring problem with these games that they were unfinished. All games have to have things cut from them, but it's very obvious in the case of Soul Reaver 2. If you want to learn more, I'd suggest going to https://www.thelostworlds.net/
Last edited by Fear Ghoul; Oct 5, 2025 @ 8:08pm
Kenshiro3 Oct 5, 2025 @ 1:57pm 
Because it is
dprog1995 Oct 10, 2025 @ 9:56pm 
I think it's because SR 2 was originally supposed to be a PS1 and Dreamcast game but mid development they decided to make it a PS2 game.
Kavi Oct 11, 2025 @ 9:32am 
Get Legacy of Kain: Defiance if you want more (that's the next game). I wish it was part of this collection, sadly not.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224300/Legacy_of_Kain_Defiance/
Last edited by Kavi; Oct 11, 2025 @ 9:36am
Mora Doruko Oct 16, 2025 @ 12:37am 
Originally posted by Kavi:
Get Legacy of Kain: Defiance if you want more (that's the next game). I wish it was part of this collection, sadly not.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224300/Legacy_of_Kain_Defiance/
let them know we want a Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered
vukotlak Nov 9, 2025 @ 11:41pm 
Wasn't that part of the lore? That he is invincible. Damn it's so long since i played it but raziel does not get a weapon, he is the weapon as far as i remember.
Unseen Nov 10, 2025 @ 7:28am 
Originally posted by Kavi:
Get Legacy of Kain: Defiance if you want more (that's the next game). I wish it was part of this collection, sadly not.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224300/Legacy_of_Kain_Defiance/

They still need to make a blood omen collection. Bo2 I thought was a lot better than SR2. Not better than SR1 but least BO2 felt like a long and challenging game. SR2 was disappointing, it had great graphics and a lot of potential. But I beat the game in 3 hours barely trying and you don't even fight monsters most of the time. Just annoying dudes with spears poking you.
Fear Ghoul Nov 10, 2025 @ 12:22pm 
Originally posted by Unseen:
Originally posted by Kavi:
Get Legacy of Kain: Defiance if you want more (that's the next game). I wish it was part of this collection, sadly not.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224300/Legacy_of_Kain_Defiance/

They still need to make a blood omen collection. Bo2 I thought was a lot better than SR2. Not better than SR1 but least BO2 felt like a long and challenging game. SR2 was disappointing, it had great graphics and a lot of potential. But I beat the game in 3 hours barely trying and you don't even fight monsters most of the time. Just annoying dudes with spears poking you.

I really agree. Blood Omen 2 has it's problems, but at least it was fun and expanded the setting, while Soul Reaver 2 made the setting feel smaller in the end. The writing is far superior in Soul Reaver 2, and it had great puzzles with the forges, but it was so clearly rushed.
mdesaleah Dec 5, 2025 @ 2:13pm 
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Blood Omen 2 is the worst by far.

Soul Reaver 2 has its story to lean on. Which is one of if not the best writing in the series. Even if the gameplay is just eh.

Blood Omen 2 is a bad story, with bad writing, and bad gameplay. To the point Defiance had to spend time trying to have it make any sense.
Mora Doruko Dec 6, 2025 @ 12:01am 
Originally posted by mdesaleah:
Blood Omen 2 is the worst by far.

Soul Reaver 2 has its story to lean on. Which is one of if not the best writing in the series. Even if the gameplay is just eh.

Blood Omen 2 is a bad story, with bad writing, and bad gameplay. To the point Defiance had to spend time trying to have it make any sense.
glad to see i'm not the only one to think it.
Kenshiro3 Dec 6, 2025 @ 1:08pm 
Originally posted by ღMoraღ:
Originally posted by mdesaleah:
Blood Omen 2 is the worst by far.

Soul Reaver 2 has its story to lean on. Which is one of if not the best writing in the series. Even if the gameplay is just eh.

Blood Omen 2 is a bad story, with bad writing, and bad gameplay. To the point Defiance had to spend time trying to have it make any sense.
glad to see i'm not the only one to think it.
He’s not, but i actually prefer it from a gameplay standpoint… as rough as it is, at least it functions.
mdesaleah Dec 6, 2025 @ 1:23pm 
Originally posted by Kenshiro3:
Originally posted by ღMoraღ:
glad to see i'm not the only one to think it.
He’s not, but i actually prefer it from a gameplay standpoint… as rough as it is, at least it functions.
All of them function.

But Blood Omen 2 is a blocking simulator where you just wait a ton.

Gameplay wasn’t ever the series strongest point, but it crosses that line too much here
Razorhunter Dec 11, 2025 @ 5:23am 
Originally posted by vukotlak:
Wasn't that part of the lore? That he is invincible. Damn it's so long since i played it but raziel does not get a weapon, he is the weapon as far as i remember.
Man thats just a bunch of nonsense haha. Go and replay the games.
Fear Ghoul Dec 11, 2025 @ 11:00pm 
Originally posted by Razorhunter:
Originally posted by vukotlak:
Wasn't that part of the lore? That he is invincible. Damn it's so long since i played it but raziel does not get a weapon, he is the weapon as far as i remember.
Man thats just a bunch of nonsense haha. Go and replay the games.

Not really. Vukotlak is basically right about Raziel.
vukotlak Dec 19, 2025 @ 10:22pm 
Originally posted by Fear Ghoul:
Originally posted by Razorhunter:
Man thats just a bunch of nonsense haha. Go and replay the games.

Not really. Vukotlak is basically right about Raziel.

i will definatly one day replay the games as i loved em. The story was very interesting and executed very well. Also the german voice actors have been absolute dope.
Last edited by vukotlak; Dec 19, 2025 @ 10:23pm
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