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1. Takeshi
   Member

   So I finished Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver this weekend and it was a pretty sweet experience. First time I played it was about 8-10 years ago. Of course, no map, always having to use portals when starting it up and just being confusing as hell was probably why I didn't finish it until now. With a text book walkthrough and some youtube videos I managed to beat it in a few days.

   Now the question is, should I bother with Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance? How are they compared to the first game?

   I don't have a PS2 anymore, only laptop and PS3. I already got Soul Reaver 2 though I need to pay something like $23 to get the full version.

   Apparently the same thing is available for Defiance although the app doesn't work.

   I can't link you guys to it, but the demo/trial files are relatively easy to find if you search for "Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 demo" or Legacy of Kain: Defiance demo".

   Have anyone tried to acquire the game like this?

   Also, we seriously need a new Soul Reaver game for PS3 or PS4.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. Phoenixblight
   Member

   I liked Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance but they are not as good as Blood Omen or the original Soul Reaver. After the first SOuld Reaver the writer left and went to do Jak and Daxter series. THe gameplay is pretty solid between both games but the story is not as great as the original and how Defiance ends.... I agree we need a LoK game.

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. Gheritt White
   Member

   Soul Reaver 2 is *amazing* and well worth playing. Defiance? meh, not so much, but probs worth it for the story alone.

   I badly want a new Soul Reaver game too...Make it happen, Squeendos!

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. Takeshi
   Member

   @Phoenixblight:
   Didn't she do all three games?
   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377339/

   @Gheritt White: Thanks, I'll at least play through SR2.

   Just wish I still had a PS2, I doubt playing on PC will be as good as on console.

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. Phoenixblight
   Member

   Oh wonder why in the hell I thought the writer went to Jak and Daxter. There is still a decline in the story especially in the second one it became much like Matrix 2 when you go to the White room and then you are like wtf?

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. Telepathic.Geometry
   Member

   Soul Reaver 2 is shite (IMO). The first game was so fucking good, I was pumped for the sequel, but was left cold by the nothingness I felt as I walked from one end of the game world to the other and back, killing as I went. No variety, no feeling, no point...

   IMO.

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. freedoms_stain
   Moderator

   Personally I felt bitterly disappointed in Soul Reaver 2. It felt like there was a fraction of the content in the game and the locations were fairly repetitive and dull, there was also little or none of the returning to old areas with new abilities and finding new things or secret areas.

   Soul Reaver 2 only happened because SR 1 was rushed out the door before they could get the last couple of planned stages finished (in which you would defeat Turel then go on to finish Kain) and Soul Reaver 2 feels like it was pushed out even less finished.

   Defiance felt like an improvement to me although only from the action standpoint, if anything the game was even more linear and the level design more repetitive.

   The ruined Nosgoth of the 1st Soul Reaver was way more interesting.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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