Df retro episodes are timeless!

*Falls into chasm*

True, its one of the games that increased my vocabulary the most :)

oh how?

The enunciation , pronunciation of words and the choice of words use throughout this game, some were new for me back then......if you have not played the game, you would have to, to experience what i'm referring to

Wut iz engrish?

thanks! I am good at English but no harm to improve it!

I want to agree with you, but i'm terrified about what a modern version would look like. A rebooted linear corridor shooter with QTE boss battles, eurrghh, no thank you.

@@tachikomakusanagi3744 I'd be happy with a near 1:1 remake with modern graphics and controls. The controls are the main issue replaying it

@@Kougeru i totally agree - a remaster with updated controls and high res graphics + modern aspect ratios woould be fantastic. And an actual ending would be nice too!

It's actually the only square enix games I liked personally

@@Kougeru Do not forget the camera, oh my nerves!!!!

Basically impossible since some of it was re-purposed for later games, and the story is very strongly merged with the gameplay. A goddamn shame, if you ask me.

If it's a remaster/remake, it's still within the realm of possibility. A 15-20 year "Anniversary" release or something

They could also Reboot the series and implement all the cut content.

seriously id be fine with a reboot since a lot of people never played these games

That would make it the last of the reboots as (spoilers) kain dies. Ariel dies and all the vampires die

oh yeah!

Remake of the Soul Reaver series appear to be my dearest dream now.

That would be astounding!!!

There was that one on the Shadow of Mordor engine.

I would prefer it to be an actual Zeldalike still, and not become a linear cinematic adventure.

Budget-Builds Official hey! I love your budget builds!!

This is not a hidden classic, for the PS just passed unseen since all eyes were on PS2 arrival. Keep up the good budget-builds, bro !!! (P.S. Probably it was for the DC due to its short lifespan.)

Blue Stinger is a Dreamcast favorite of mine.

Used to happen to me a lot. Thankfully we have KZfaq now.

You start off as a spirit! I don’t know how you missed that!

Lol... It's literally a mechanic that is shown at the beginning of the game. The tutorial part.

You guys are wrong. It is not shown in the tutorial. I just went and replayed a walkthrough. In the tutorial it clearly states that you have died and returned as a vengfull spirit. You are being taught how to hunt other spirits to fill up a soul gauge and that allows you to materialise into the physical realm by standing on a glowing spot. When you get a physical body your spirit gauge slowly drains and you are being taught how to fill it up by killing enemies and thus you stay alive so you can move forward through the map. All obstacles can only be solved only while you are in the physical world, so if you die at any point you must feed and teleport back in the real world to be able to proceed. The lesson is pretty clear and straightforward - keep moving, hunt and stay alive to keep more doors opening in front of you. Die and you must hunt some spirits to be able to go back and try again. There is only one message that says you can return at the realm of the dead at any time. But it doesn't imply that it is a needed game mechanic. Just that you can die, but there are no permanent consequences and you can go back. It also says nothing about the world changing inbetween the two realms. This game mechanic is simply not shown. You play a good chunk of the game untill you reach the room with no way to move forward. The only hint you get in this room is the dead vampire body on the floor. Nothing else. No other hints whatsoever. So far the game has shown other dead human bodies, so that doesn't mean anything. And before this room you can walk through the entire level in the realm of the dead without being able to achieve anything. This is the only place where you can die on purpose and trigger an event. The only way you can go forward so far is while you being alive and even entering this room is only possible because of that. Absolutely nothing is mentioned about the concept of moving through both realms if it's necessary. A new concept for a kid that knows for sure that death is not something you want in any game. You play and try to stay alive. This game expects from the player to die on purpose in this exact spot for no obvious reason. If you don't, you get to wander around the map forever searching for a way through that doesn't exist.

Years ago I was stuck on how to kill Melchiah, I literally had a dream on how to do it and it worked😂

this and Syphon Filter

Raziel is a badass!

Nightmare Creatures was better.

BIG-NABZ Not even close. That game controls like ass.

Coconut Chriss the Tenchu games wipe the floor with this, sorry.

Agreed. No idea how the PS1 was more successful than the Dreamcast. People are weird!

⁠@@justdev8965 because ps1 had a head start and already sold so many more consoles, it also had stronger support

KING'S FIELD 2 in 1995 used streaming to achieve a large, non-linear 3D open world with no in-game loading screens.

Good point, but that game never released outside JP, hence why the first time I remember experiencing it was with Apocalypse.

Thanos A. Kings Field 2 was released outside Japan as Kings Field 1 in western lands.

Missed the 2 at the end, apologies :)

Is asset serialization still used for games today or has technology improved enough where its not needed now?

Did you know that Shadow of Mordor was suppose to be Legacy of Kain? How perfect would that have been lol. Go take a look at KZfaq videos on it.

Quetzall No need to stoop to racism dude

As far as I know Japanese is not a race. It's like me saying those Britons from UK. Do me a favour and don't race bait.

No, no no! No remakes. We want Legacy of Kain 6, the proper end of the series. Now that Kain is purified from his corruption, we want to see the pillars restored (or the Hylden dealt with), the vampires restored to their pre-cursed, winged, blue-skinned form, the elder god dealt with, and Kain take his place as the scion of balance. Or something like that. The story just needs to be drawn to a satisfying close.

Quetzall I can't... 😂😂😂

lmao nice plug 🤣🤦‍♂️🙄

Indeed. Me too. Played it so many times

Kain giving a little description for every item, spell and armor was amazing. Simon was almost as good as Tony Jay in these games.

What are fmv's?? So I should play a different game called blood omen and check out the fmv's before I play this game??

@@johnlacy3611 Full Motion Video. The cutscenes were much different from the gameplay graphics. Soul Reaver is the sequel to Blood Omen. Then it got another sequel called Blood Omen 2. The Soul Reaver games star Raziel. The Blood Omen games star Kain. The final game, Defiance has both protagonists.

Zero Attention Gaming hell yah man thanks! I've always wanted to play this game back in the ps2 days I'm prob going to do emulation on a jail broke ps3

@@johnlacy3611 You can get both Blood Omen and Soul Reaver on the ps store for ps3. No idea for the other games though. Been trying to get a ps2 emulator running all night with no luck.

Silicon knights actually wanted to make a prequel about vorador at one point but they cancelled it soon into development.

And what's the point in that?

its a collectors thing i do it too honestly with other games.

Punisher6791 I‘ll buy it

Punisher6791 Open it and play it.

Get a higher quality mouse, I recommend the Logitech G502 Proteus Core.

Caffeinade Why should you get the Proteus Core when there's already the Spectrum variant? It's the same, but with RGB!!!!!1111

A. I am pretty sure that is the only one you can get now. B. I don't own or care for the spectrum so I am not recommending it. I do not care much for RGB.

the only mouse you'll ever need is the microsoft basic optical

The SNES Mouse mops the floor with most mice.

But the dreamcast version run 60fps on the emulator, and it you won't even get the fps drops that dreamcast get. Only locked 30fps game will run 30fps on emulator.

I have all 3 versions of the game my OG PS1, as well as the the entire Trilogy on steam and finally I bought the DC version on ebay and played on NullDC and I had no problems at all 1440p 60fps

DarqStalker I imagine it was the first Soul Reaver game most people played since it was the first one released. are you trying to say you hadn't played blood Omen 1st?

I did not play Blood Omen first. I didn't even know about the series until I played Soul Reaver.

I'm kind of surprised this tool wasn't covered. Also, what are the issues on PC version at 60 FPS?

The only one that really seems to stick out is the slightly higher jump-height; it was mentioned by the creator of the tool himself. I never read about anything else; even though I myself never ran into any issues, and I play Soul Reaver since 2012 this way. Also, some people had some issues when they used the widescreen-option of the tool; a more narrow field of view. But that was in 2011, and since then I think many problems were fixed with later versions. But I must say I never really looked into problems other people might have had with the tool, because, as I said, I personally never ran into any issues myself.

If you just use it to unlock 60fps, it is great. However, widescreen hack offsets the rendering of the wraithblade from Raziel´s hand slightly. On the other hand, epsxe widescreen renders it fine but with disappearing textures on both sides of the screen due to ps1 rendering limitations.

surprising oversight from john

recommend strongly against using 16:9 hacks which will show you things out of frame and imbalance the game. Play it as intended to get the best experience.

tej films Not all of them. Just most of them

They didn't make him good - they made him morally grey. He killed Raziel to stop their destiny.

That's just a long essay to justify your nostalgia.

I totally agree, simply increasing resolution, framerate and draw distance does not make for a better game. I also much prefer the pixellated playstation version, it has vastly better atmosphere. The Dreamcast (and PC) version is for me like remaking Alien with ultra high power spolights all over the set. Sure, you can see more detail, but something more important is lost.

@@tachikomakusanagi3744 "simply increasing resolution, framerate and draw distance does not make for a better game" Uhh, about that.

@@dejiko yes, your point being? Sorry if i missed something, but I don't follow. A playstation version with a consistent 30fps would be the perfect version of this game in my opinion, keeping everything else the same. Sometimes low res and low draw distances give a strong dark mood to a game. I'm just a retro game fan though who started off with a ZX Spectrum, so i might be biased :)

@@tachikomakusanagi3744 Better framerate is almost always a positive, think of cross-gen releases that performed horribly on their (generally) home console. Sometimes higher framerate can ruin a game when the physics are tied to the framerate but that's quite odd.

Ummm yeah it's just you I think. I get it, the PS1 was popular and the DC failed but....I just got this on DC emulator and you gotta be a fanboy to think the ps1 version is superior. No question playing the DC on emulator in HD is like playing a remastered version and almost feels like playing this game for the first time. You cannot beat 60 fps gameplay. It feels awesome in this game.

@@CJTranceAddiction I've played it on emulators and such and yeah the fps is nice but for me the atmosphere and overall look of it loses something. It's like having that smooth filter on Sprite based games for me that takes away from the original look & vibe.

Not to say how you feel is wrong. I understand why you like it and agree the game plays better.

@@GigaGom Well, there you go. That's the difference between us. I happen to prefer the smoothing on all my sprite-based game. SotN looks better to me with the XBRZ freescale. Anyway, to each their own. I played it first on PS1 and loved it but to me the game is even more immersive on dreamcast. The world feels more "alive."

I totally get you. I couldn't stop thinking the same while simultaneously thinking: the DC version looks objectively better with higher res, farther view distance and better motion clarity due to higher fps. However, the old, muddy and dirty textures, the rough edges of the PS1 version definitely have their own charm. And I'm a little bit torn but I think I actually prefer the PS1 looks slightly over the DC's. I never saw the fog as a technological shortcoming but rather atmospheric device like in Silent Hill 2 and far view distance is luckily not important for the gameplay of Soul Reaver since there's no real ranged combat. As you said it, it works in favour of the unsettling nature. Of course I'm also biased because I never experienced the DC version as a child, hence the looks of the PSX version is what's been burned onto my memory. I can still play it and look at it without the urge to rip out my eyeballs; there's a strange and grotesque beauty in those rough visuals.

NO! Not a reboot. I don't want dead sun to become a reality. A remaster would be great though.

NO! It needs a sequel.

Yes, yes a reboot. As beloved as this series is, it's still a fucking mess. Unfinished levels, cut content, Blood Omen 2... This story deserves a retelling. A more polished one, with the flaws ironed out.

the story is perfect as it is, just watch the 6hours video that tell it from all the games, it's better than any movie.

No, we saw what a reboot holds in that awful dark sun abomination. The story is absolutely perfect and needs no change. Doing so would be art defacement. The gameplay was always incidental and is the only thing that should be subject to change. Any further games seem impossible as I can't imagine any modern developers wanting to keep the Elizabethan flair to the dialogue and story. Remasters are really the only choice.

How about you dumbasses stop "imagining" remakes the game doesn't need one if you can't be satisfied with the original then you aren't a true fan of the game, you're just some normie dumbshit who watched some youtuber/streamer LP it and are automatically a fan just because which is cringy AF 🤦‍♂️🙄

@@GMOTP5738 all right gatekeeper

Not great

I concur, though she hasn't changed her employment on social media so it 's insinuated she's holding on to the Star Wars project. But man I really want her back writing the next LoK and pitch a new game.

Just left EA this week lmao

Long gone likely burned out like all the other talent EA exploits

foreign's gaming tech Not good. Don’t think she is working with them anymore

Haha, indeed!

mtoad Sorry opinions are not fact the DreamCast version was the better version

Gabe Logan Sorry opinions are not fact the PS1 version was the better version

Sorry opinions are not fact, the dreamcast version is the best.

Sorry facts are not opinion the PS1 version was the better version

Sorry opinions are not fact, the Dreamcast version is clearly the best... ALTHOUGH I agree on the fact that the PS1 color scheme (spectral realm is greener on PS1, it looks just more eerie than the washed up blue hue on DC or PC imo) and tech limitations (call me crazy but the fog made the world look larger than it actually was) in a weird way added up to the game's atmosphere.

The character models and environments are still less detailed as the Dreamcast version.

You counted, you creep. But yeah, why three copies, this could only mean one thing... He went to one awkward Xmas party.

or he wants to fluff his collection

I didn't consider that. I do still prefer my theory.

Caffeinade what theory?

He got 3 copies of the same game at one xmas party. He then preceded to hide what he had received. John is a kind soul and did not the gift givers to feel bad. All his lying was in vain as he while he was on his way out, he tripped. Three copies of Shovel Knight for PS4 were flung from his person. John was left feeling embarrassed by the event, so preceded to keep all the copies as everyone knew that he had received them. John does not want one of the people who gave him a copy to come over to see that he only has one copy. Our John is too smart not to know that would obviously tell them that he sold, re-gifted or threw out... ect what was potentially their gift to him. This is my theory.

Yeah, DC actually has more pixelated textures than ps1 has through emulators, difference is quite visible. I am not a fan of Raziel´s weird eyes in DC either. Wish there was a way to fix it and Kain´s head kinda floats forward...

PlayStation 1 is best version except of graphics

It may be an unpopular opinion to many but it's still an absolutely valid one none the less, this coming from someone who prefers the Dreamcast port

​@@adamsanter9385 I loved the Dreamcast it had the best graphics of the time. I had one back in the day but it broke a few years after & it had been discontinued so I couldn't get one anymore.

Not quite. The Elder God is still alive, and the Hylden Lord is controlling Janos Audron's body to use the Device to eradicate all vampires. Doing so will break the pillars to the demon world and free the hylden race, which number in the millions. Kain is basically left at a crossroads. Does he alter time and stop the Hylden Lord himself, or trust his younger self to do it again. And take on the Elder God or another plot angle.

@@NA1c158 reading this gives me a bitter taste of that terrible illusion... Hope.