Maybe as Raina they should have some models from their soul reaver remake.

Splashpage yeah good suggestion, although I’m not sure how mmd works.

@@pavma7 Not a bad suggestion. I mean, they did once ask me if I wanted to help create cutscenes for the remake, but I never got a chance to use any of the actual models.

Thank you for your efforts in making and uploading this bro 👍

ureshiiiiii dooooo iiiiit!

Honestly this series helped me with the vocabulary tests in Catholic HS in the early 2000s.

@Inconnou .Inconnu that's a burn lol

@Inconnou .Inconnu Jesus Christ, I don't think there is enough water for that burn. I like it

The writing and acting in this game puts Shakespeare to shame. Public schools don't even exist in this equation.

I played this around 20 years ago and I liked those awesome dialogues a lot.

Kain : no , i don't think i will

Kain loves his metaphors

@@Broomer52 Raziel on the other hand, is sick of then.

Hahahahsh foreal

Meanwhile, Raziel in Defiance: "Your pawn has reached the end of the board, Kain!"

And…they have only gotten worse…the true agenda revealed… But the coin is still…turning…until the very moment…it lands upon…it’s edge…

You can thank Kris Zimmerman for the delivery. She was the casting director for this game, and also been the voice director for the Metal Gear series since MGS1.

Every day that becomes more true just shows how far we've fallen.

Because it s crucial

He's got a point: If you're going to hate someone, hate them honestly

Same here. That line has carved to me since fist I heard

Raziel acts as though he is on his journey to stop Kain to restored balance. In reality his quest is to sate his own need to know more of himself and to get revenge on Kain.

@@jimhuffman9434 His point was more encompassing than that. Pretense is unnecessary, all action should be based on and performed with sincerity.

It’s in my later years I realize that I grew up to be Kain. I read the dictionary for fun because of these games and learned complicated words, but also I have a personal philosophy and way of thinking that gives people the gut reaction of me being an asshole and the people that stick around long enough learn what I actually mean. I’d rather people be honest with me rather than make excuses and I can agree with the sentiment of “Revenge is reason enough, at least it’s honest. Hate me but do it honestly.”

Even if only one of us remain, we are a legion.

we old-school fans are a hard breed to kill off I am as rabid about it now as I was then..it also makes me happy finding others

Vae Victis!

@@dommo2803 🤘

Our final objective is to be relevant enough to get a reboot of the series

that,s the end of "Defiance", the reason kain says there are hope

free will

I want a tattoo of that one. 😁

My favourite quote in the series!

Whole Kain metaphor of the coin toss is just brilliant. When it comes to writing Legacy of Kain series have no other games that can be considered it's equal.

the best game is the first one called blood omen legacy of kain for ps1 try it ,, , worth it too

The ancient winged beings were actually Angles, They became Vampires when they were cursed by the Hylden which are demons this Game has so much untapped potential, Still unfinished and probably stay that was sadly however if a squeal to defiance is made, I would want the original Director Amy Hennig back to Tell the Story

@@TheRatzor Hylden are not demons. Vampires are not angels. The vampires used to be a normal species of winged humanoids with deeply religious devotion to the Elder God. The Hylden are atheists with a great inclination for technology. The Elder God hated the Hylden who acted to oppose it, so it sent the vampires to war and banished their entire species, locking them up with the Pillars as a seal/gate. It is already defined that the true enemy of the series is the Elder God itself, because it enforces destiny with its wheel of fate. Part of the corruption of the Pillars served to bring the Hylden back, so this was orchestrated as an act of vengeance. Nevertheless, the Hylden are less at fault here, and there is no clear good and evil in LoK. There is only perspective. Mobius served his God faithfully all the way until Raziel saw fit to show him what he was really serving, point at which he was horrified, just as he died. There is no such thing as a right answer. Just as it was for Kain at the end of Blood Omen.

@Danny Williams Kain isn't necessarily evil. After what he saw from Moebius' time spanning devices, he realized he had been used and that all he saw and witnessed was not what his real destiny was. He may have done some terrible things, but Kain isn't fully evil. He's more... morally ambiguous.

@@Andreithelord I always thougnt that was disturbing, that really the Hylden were right all along- the elder god was a manipulating parasite and the elder race just didn't realize it. I feel the truest ending should be kain takes the reaver back in time before the hylden vampire war and shows them the truth, unites them with the hylden, and together with kain and his ability to hurt the elder god they kill the EG. That would result in one of those huge history paradox reshufflings so great that kain would be wiped from history no doubt, truly sacrificing himself. But honestly that's the most justice satisfying ending- stopping all that death and horror before it even began, because none of it should have happened to begin with. It was the EG manipulating the original war to begin with. It would be a bold move for sure, but a noble one. It secures nosgoths health and prevents the damnation of both races.

As far is I think, it is basically Kain calling out Raziel for coming up with excuses why he needs to be stopped, 'justice' and all that, when, in reality, Raziel was pissed that Kain had him killed, so Kain is asking Raziel to stop hiding behind pretenses of 'justice', when Raziel really just want to kill Kain because Kain had him killed.

@@Rhanar I appreciate that Kain is brutally fair and honest. I don’t recall him ever lying and he’s fully aware of what he did to Raziel and is perfectly fine with Raziel holding a grudge against him for it. In fact he expected it. Considering Kain implies he did plenty of time traveling before Soul Reaver to the point of seeing how this whole struggle ends, he inevitably knew Raziel would revive after tossing him into the abyss and it’s implied he knew Raziel would kill him in that chapel and knew Raziel was the sword. He put a lot of faith in a doomed man to overcome his fate and work together with him. Kain is playing a very dangerous game and I wish we could see where he was going to take this after Defiance.

@@Broomer52 There actually was a sequel to Defiance in the works. But it got cancelled. I forgot where I read it, it was some time ago. But, from what I read, Kain still lives. He would not linger in the past any more. The final battle would take in the very future, against Elder God.

And it's true. I love how complex all characters are in this game. There's no one purely good or evil. Raziel does act very self-righteous here, forgetting how as a human he was a merciless vampire hunter and how he killed Janos.

It's basically him saying stop with all the bullshit man

Blood Omen 2 was good too. Such a shame that the first Blood Omen isn't playable anymore.

@@alexduta7469My friend, I introduce you to Blood Omnicide, just look it up on youtube.

@Denis Chelaru But Blood Omnicide was never finished as far as I'm aware.

@@alexduta7469 it is, if you have a PS3. In fact, it's only 5.99 on the PSStore.

@@alexduta7469 Blood Omen 1 is on PC but the easiest way to play it would be to get the PSX iso and run it with an emulator. I would recommend Mednafen through Retroarch with 2x scaling for good graphical quality and near 100% accuracy to the original game. ePSXe is easier to setup but Mednafen is way more accurate.

One of the only games to routinely give me goosebumps from mere dialogue. It will continue to be a travesty that this series has been in slumber for so long.

@@alerixv A survey was posted by the owners of the franchise asking what next LoK game we want so we might be seeing these characters return.

@@brilicusgaming6922 !!!!! Can I get a link to that?

@@alerixv I'm sorry I tried to send a link but they are no longer accepting any other responses. Sorry I was to late in getting this to you. 😢

@@brilicusgaming6922 No worries! I found it and was able to have my voice heard. Thanks anyway!

You made me smile, thank you. :) Well written.

A wise choice no doubt, but was it your free will that compelled you to the subscribe button? Or was it the reaver that controlled such action? We support not our favorite content creators not because what the wheel of fate demands but because we, with our own minds, decide our paths towards a greater truth

All I heard was Michael Bell. XD Amazing comment.

@@tailedgates9 XD

@@elender17 Thank you very much :)

That has always been one of my favorite quotes in any media, but LoK is full of great lines... I always really liked "Let's drop the Moral Posturing, SHALL WE?! There's no altruism in this pursuit. Your righteous indignation brought you here, I COUNTED on it. ...There's no shame in it, Raziel. Revenge is motivation enough, at least it's HONEST. HATE ME, But Do it HONESTLY."

Kain spoke some lines to be remembered in this scene

Raziel! Janos must stay dead.

John Santos History abhors a paradox...

@@ffdp419 But Kain's warning was lost as I slipped into the spirit realm, too weak to maintain my physical form... And there, waiting for me as always, was the Reaver... the wraith blade - my own soul, twinned and bound eternally to me. And I realized that I could never escape my terrible destiny... I had merely postponed it. History abhors a paradox.

@@johnsantos507 Now, at last, the masks had fallen away. The strings of the puppets had become visible, and the hands of the prime mover exposed. Most ironic of all was the last gift that Raziel had given me, more powerful than the sword that now held his soul, more acute even than the vision his sacrifice had accorded me - the first bitter taste of that terrible illusion: Hope....

This game is still a masterpiece it took me years to find the first game and now that I have it. I won't let no one take them from me. But it is sad that the game was canceled. I still have questions Such as raziel inside the soul reaver blaed .and Kain became the last elder and what happened the Fack dark God and Also what happened to yanos audron he was possessed by the Hilton and the pillars were destroyed So humanity was able to multiply more but raziel's clan was not all destroyed. these questions will never be answered since they made that damn shooting game Nosgoth a big disappointment to me and those that value the game it's artwork the storyline the music and the epic voice actors A true lost gems

I played onimusha 2 Yesterday and sound acting is horroble Never foeget that amy haning is a master peace

R.A. Soub Amy is great writer. Even if Uncharted 1-3 are simple Indiana Jones style adventures, they are still well written and have a lot of fun in them. It takes a talent to write both serious and fun stories

I have said it once and I'll say it again.. There is not one game that I can think of that comes close to the sheer artistry that is Soul Reaver's story arch. Its complex, thought provoking and intelligent. A masterpiece. Even if the game mechanics, themselves, were clunky but people just didn't care. They loved the game for its story; myself included.

Mr. Meeseek storywise? try Xenogears in ps1

Same! If I had more character models at my disposal, I would gladly recreate more cutscenes.

Here's me hoping that these videos will eventually cover LoK's entire story...

Absolute serious conversations in this cutscene!

Same! Watch this all the time

lets shere this payment together

It truly is a piece of art

"Hate me..but do it HONESTLY." that line is STILL one of my favorites to this day with how well it STINGS but proves a point.

It is one of those things that hits just differently.

You Kind-Sir win the all internets XD

@@johnmurray7097 😂 I loved this whole series and awhile back, that fact hit me!

Instead he got an goblet of blood.

@@andrewgan557 Not very refreshing!

The weary traveler travels on...

I'd said Raziel's father figure is also Janos.

People are too stupid these days for Legacy of Kain.

@@chawsonTV you're not wrong it's a damn shame too

Because Square Enix is hoarding it.

@@ade5691 i really hope thats not the case i miss LOK

@@danpasquale1620 Unfortunately it is true. Last I heard they were thinking of doing some garbage MMO set in the world of Nosgoth with nothing resembling the Kain series. It went into development hell and got cancelled and now it just sits in a vault like the command and conqour + dungeon keeper series. Realistic best case scenario could be that they could eventually do some soulless "reboot"... but we all know how that turns out. Hire some cheap dev studio to carry out the work which will be devoid of what made the series so good. If it's successful it will be milked dry or if it fails it will go back into the vault never to be seen again. Sometimes it's for the best to accept the thing you love is dead.

Seeing Dark Prophecy's initial gameplay and dialogue made me think it wouldn't be a worthy successor so maybe it's for the best. I would rather have a remastered series for the new consoles. Oh wait I'm editing my comment, my mistake I thought you were talking about Dead Sun lmao.

@@blackknight216 lmao Dead Sun was pure aids. I'm glad that was canned lol

@@michaelburke7978 Exactly, Dark Prophecy on the other hand was cool judging by the pictures.

@@blackknight216 Honestly it was. I always get bitter every time I think about it being canned. It looked like it was shaping up to being at least the top 3 in the series. I was so looking forward to playing as young Kain on Defiance's game engine, plus visiting Malak's Bastion once again. Plus I think it was safe to say that it would've concluded the story too.

the series itself has aged like cheap beer tho

WexMajor82 History, arbours a paradox...

This reads like dialogue that would be in the game 😂. Well done.

carson123987 it is in the game it’s in the same game it’s in the last scene

Me too. It tells you a lot about Kain. And he's seen how people hide their true motivations so much, given what happened through his journey in the first Blood Omen, such as Mortanius being responsible for his death and becoming a Vampire to right his wrongs for overthrowing the ancient Vampires as the guardians of the Pillars, Ariel for not telling him his full destiny and her expecting him to sacrifice himself to "restore" the Pillars, as well as Moebius using him to justify his second vampire manhunt and annihilation by sending him to kill William the Just before he could become the Nemesis while Moebius also manipulated William to become the Nemesis in the previous timeline. And it shows he knows even for all Raziel's bravado, he's lying to himself by claiming he wants to restore balance when all he wants is revenge.

These were written and directed by Amy henning the director and witer of the first 3 Uncharted games. I dont think she would be available to oversee a remake project. Sony should buy the IP and have Bluepoint remake them.

If only this wish became reality.

@marcus24000 bloodomen 1 for sure! What a huge and great game that was.

I read some about the cancel project. The problem seems to lie in the type of game this series is. Not what consumers seems to be looking for, unfortunately. Pity, so far no story is sooo perfect as the Legacy of Kain series in my opinion.

With the original dialog. It was perfect the first time. Then bring back all the living actors and finish the cliff hanger started by defiance.

Me too bro... me too :'(

This series is my religion. Life is in a genuinely dire state for me, when I have a day without Kain or Raziel on my mind... I adore them too much to forget. 🖤

You are not alone! Lok is still alive in many of us. : )

Who currently holds the license?

@@slimey630 As far as I know Crystal Dynamics still has it and they are now under the Square Enix umbrella.

This needs a remake of the scale of Resident Evil 2

Or FF7

Also, an ending ^^

Oh yes, this series had a wonderful cast of talented actors. Raziel would definitely be my favourite pick of roles Michael Bell had.

@@ureshiiiiii Fellow Raziel supporter woo! Funny growing up with this series, I always enjoyed Raziel, my brother was a fan of Kain and we always nitpicked at who was cooler, and the blooper reel the game has just made it even better (Micheal quipping at Kain's VA during fight scenes in Defiance xD)

Then Drew Pickles' voice from Rugrats must have stuck out to you as well! lol 🙂

Thanks so much for such an amazing, heartfelt comment! Working on these types of animations are my absolute favourite and bring me so much joy. My other content is fun to make as well, but there is something much more exciting and profound about creating animations driven by video games. It is difficult to describe, but I am so happy that I can make these videos and see the fan appreciation from all others who adore the series. You are absolutely right about MMD and unfortunately I was held back by those few things, but I always try my best to push the program to its limits and I'm very pleased that you can appreciate that aspect. I love seeing how much the Legacy of Kain fandom cares for the series and if something as small as this could make fans happy, I would be absolutely honoured to create more in the future (given the opportunity since I am limited by model resources etc). Thank you once again. :)

@@ureshiiiiii You don't need to thank me just for citing the appreciation I hold for your effort, though I thank you for such humble gratitude. I merely saw how prolific the dedication on display in your video is, and, as it appertains to something I hold dear, coveted to express the gratitude I have for it. Regardless, I can empathize with how it feels to reap the constructive emotions resonant in undertakings such as this. Particularly noteworthy when compared to pursuits more... frivolous? How's best to describe it? I don't mean to make it seem trivial. I just mean to set forth that, in my experience, the more acroamatic the effort, the more meaningful the results end up feeling. If that makes sense. As one who aspires to author my own video-game, (or rather: as someone who's spent the last twelve years developing a storyline for which I've yet to conclude, let alone commence writing for,) I can only fathom how satisying it must feel to glean just how much others appreciate your work. Yet when crafting something based on an existing property, that same affirmation also entails a promise that you've lived up to the significant expectations they must have for a property they love. Especially when regarding such profound entities as this. In that lieu, I can certainly comprehend why the response for this video in particular would fill you with so much elation. As far as MMD goes, I may not grasp the specifics, but allow me to proliferate: I do recognize the difficulty in animating through such an inefficient tool. The fact that you've made it work so profoundly, just how I couldn't possibly begin to ascertain, is already well deserving of my respect. If I may transition, however, the Legacy of Kain fanbase is equivocal of any other, truthfully. Although I wish I could stand myself upon this communal pedestal absolved of guilt, I must speak within reason. What truly sets this fan base apart from others where it comes to showcases of gratitude is the scarcity in content what's available to us. I doubt I need to explain this to you, though. As a LoK fan, I'm sure you already know precisely upon what I expound. Thumbing through your channel, I can already see Kingdom Hearts, Made in Abyss, and Final Fantasy, so it's no arduous feat identifying just how much I'll enjoy the rest of your content. I already feel as though yours is one channel I'll visit regularly. That said, I'd openly cherish any and all new LoK content you produce. Another scene that would be fairly conceivable to do with the same models used here would be when Raziel and Kain meet over William's tomb. Found in the same game, utilizing the same characters, and without too many dynamic movements, that one shouldn't prove too much more substantially difficult than this scene. Not to mention it's equally as erudite depending on who you query. The only real dilemma I forsee would be the background. Nevertheless, I stray. My point is I intend to stay and enjoy the rest of the content your channel has to offer. It honestly seems to be in nearly ideal alignment with my own tastes. Thanks once again for this immaculate gift. I doubt I could possibly describe the depth of so, but know I treasure it.

Wow. Uhm... I really apologize for how I phrased myself in my last comment. I was dead tired and actually headed to sleep shortly thereafter. Sometimes my mind goes a bit crazy when I'm without rest for a while. I'm also noticing that I sounded really pushy too... I'm sorry!

@@tropichawk850 Pushy? No, not at all! As I mentioned earlier, I truly appreciate reading comments like yours. They are a lot more personal and likely to be remembered than a simple "good job" compliment. There's a small handful of others who courageously use MMD for means other than its intended purpose. I honestly just hope animations like this one can inspire and hopefully convince people who scorn MMD as being unorthodox, that it can be used to its full potential and more. But yes, I believe you're absolutely right about the scarcity of fresh LoK content and as someone who would love to create more videos of the series, I hope I am able to bring more smiles to the fans one day soon. It's interesting that you mention that particular cutscene from SR2 -- I was highly considering it before the Corruption of the Pillars scene. Though, just like you mentioned, my only real hurdle would be the chapel and mimicking the odd distortion. Not to say it can't be done, but as someone who strives for detail, I probably would hold off until (hopefully) a friend might offer to help in that regard. Anyway, I do hope you enjoy your stay on my channel and I am very pleased that you enjoyed this as much as you expressed!

@@ureshiiiiii I can't stop rewatching this scene. I think my obsession is a bit unhealthy. I also just now noticed how Raziel calls Kain out for using metaphors all the time as if he doesn't do the same. Hypocrisy of the highest degree! But yeah, I'm glad to hear I didn't put you off. You deserve my gratitude for creating this, and I'd hate it if I'd made you uncomfortable. I want you to know that, especially with how remarkably talented you are, anything you work on in the LoK fandom would not go unappreciated. I can promise you you would make a lot of people happy, just as I'm sure all your work already does. At three very least, I know one individual who'd be really happy about it. Haha. Anywho, I know how difficult it is to try and make something professional in MMD though. I once made a trailer for the old flash game: "Final Fantasy Sonic X" on a KZfaq channel I used to have called "IreallyamSora". Haha. I think I forced myself to make it in a day. I was probably trying to see how much I could accomplish in a single day's work considering it was my first attempt at video editing, but that doesn't change how ludicrous my time constraint was. I can actually pinpoint the moment I had to start rushing it to completion in the video. So yeah. It's not that great, but I hold it dear to my heart. Anyway, that's besides the point. See, I wanted to make a second trailer for the game entirely in MMD, but I quickly found out I couldn't even properly animate a character waking up. So I had to figure it out. I didn't get very far into it, but I remember being determined. At least until my computer broke. I still haven't been able to afford another computer since, and so the dream died. If any Flash game deserves a trailer, though, it's the first 2 Sonny games. Now those were awesome. I stray, though. What I mean to say is, the few seconds I had really did look nice, (albeit not on your level by any stretch of the imagination,) so I understand the struggle it takes to get to that point, but also how it is nore feasible than some are willing to accept. As for recreating the distortion in "Poor William", I will admit it has been a while since I've touched MMD, but I'd imagine you could first recreate the scene without distortion. Then, when you finish, you could process the result without the background. After that, continuously zoom in and out on the background when there is distortion to be had, process that result without the characters, and overlay the final result of the characters' actions overtop the now appropriately distorted background result in a video editing software of some sort. It's not a perfect solution, and who knows, in my inexperience I might've just spouted nonsense, but it's an idea I had, so I thought I'd share it. I can already tell I'll love my stay here. It's nice and cozy. So thank you for making this channel and sharing your creations with the world.

I would actually kill for a totally reimagined gameplay setup for these games that never deals with the horrible camera angles and whatnot. Maybe even a reimagination of the Soul Reaver puzzles, since a lot of them are agonizing from a gameplay perspective. Some kind of homogenization between the 4 LOK games in terms of gameplay, basically, would be nice.

The Medievil remake proved this was more or less possible. Wonder if it'll ever happen

Thank you very much. :)

Tome New Yes Well playting Od

It shows Kain is giving Raziel information on a need to know basis, knowing he can't just tell him the truth because "A", Raziel won't believe him, and "B", that information could be easily twisted and manipulated against Raziel. And Kain knows how it is to be played by others, which is why he wanted Raziel to make his own decisions and seek the truth his way, only giving him hints so that he can try.

@@BryonYoungblood To put it another way, Kain wanted Raziel to exercise his Free Will. To discover these hidden truths on his own terms. Not on the terms of Moebius or even Kain himself.

@@DesertRider-zs2qb Precisely, since Kain, even for his not having the same kind of free will Raziel had, was able to discern the truths he had seen, even if he missed the signs himself in many ways, and felt it would be best for Raziel to do the same.

@@BryonYoungbloodIn turn, there were some twists that Raziel discovered that not even Kain counted on, up to and including the end of Defiance.

@@DesertRider-zs2qb Which helped a LOT to allow them to achieve their destinies, with Raziel being able to purify the Wraith Reaver and thus the Soul Reaver itself as well as curing Kain of Nupraptor's madness so that he could achieve his mission as Scion of Balance to restore the Pillars to vampire Guardianship on top of the power to destroy the Elder God and free the Wheel of Fate from his grasp.

I feel Nosgoth sunk that ship.

Honestly feel the same way about Michael Bell. (Raziel's VA)

@@ureshiiiiii is he that old too?

@@jintarokensei3308 In his 80's I believe.

@@ureshiiiiii damn his voice doesn't sound that age at all

@@ureshiiiiii fucking jesus...what will we do then? is there anyone who could replicate these phenomenal voice actors, when they pass on?

Lmao thank you! And Happy Halloween!

@@ureshiiiiii I compared this to the old scene..this kicks it's butt...I love you soul reaver 2 but omg this scene is beautiful!!

Where's part 9 of Crisis Core Project M?

Rapid Fire Project M is currently on hold, once again.

@@ureshiiiiii Oh...

Would love to see the series remade like this 😊

Got sent here by The Ancient's Den on Facebook. I have to say, you're really bloody good.

Don't know oddworld is a pretty good rival with how fleshed out there lore is to the point where they even have a whole set of insects like boombats, thunder slugs, fuzzles just to name a few.

What cliffhanger? Defiance ends with a proper ending and concludes the story as a trilogy. The Wheel of Fate is defeated by Kain with Raziel's help.

@@Mayhzon Yep, that is how I remember it too.

@@Mayhzon No, the wheel keeps turning, to stop it ,would have to kill the elder god, and have to know, if Kain manages to restore the pillars. There were going to be more legacy of Kain games, but they were canceled, the only one known is the Dark prophecy, which is known to control the elder Kain and the young (something similar to Defiance with Raziel), with Elder Kain, we would go to the hylden kingdom to rescue Janos and to know his culture, facing the king and queen.

As much as I love the series I think the story got a little bit bloated and out of control by the end

@@Mayhzon Raziel's story is completed not Kain's. Kain's destiny as scion of balance is to restore the pillars, and return them to the vampires.

Happy Halloween! And aww, I'm pleased that you enjoyed it! :) It was a real pleasure to work on. I also tried animating bits of the SR1 opening, but ah, it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted...

@@ureshiiiiii -sliiiiiiiiides in if you would have done that i would have thrown money at you even if you didnt want it. But I do understand the limits....hard to animate certain scenes.

I agree, the eye animation was very crucial for Raziel in the game and recreating it here made me scream with praise. He had sooooo much expression in those eyes in the games despite having that amazing voice. It's him I realize I set others up against who hide their faces all the time. If they can emote like him while lacking a fully visible face; they get my praise. Kinda reminds me of two instances where I ran into a mostly 'mute' chara or one that hide their face etc. The jump force main chara you play? Bad job, very bad job...fell flat on it's face with emoting or having personality. And you had the option to show their faces which is double fail. (Which is why I aint too big a fan of the series.) The code vein main chara? Hell yes, their eyes told a story just like Raziel's did. You could see the emotions on their face in important moments. You could even have the option of giving them hidden eyes and they still did a good job of showing that emotion cleanly. (well cept for instances if you picked a mask that HID their whole face but you get what i mean lol) I swear ppls need to look back at Raziel for if they wanna have an expressive chara with a hidden face. Cuz even if he talked, he could still give a very clear show of what he was thinking or feeling for a guy who had white eyes and no jaw hidden behind a cowl. I know there are others out there but he sets the bar for me, he's awesome and I will always praise this chara's design and creation.

Dark prophecy bits and scraps were a hint of what could have been. But sadly..tomb raider was more important..yes they decided to do another tomb raider game instead and swept dark prophecy under the rug from what i heard.

SoulidiumHollow and from what I heard, take this with a pinch of salt, the guys behind dead sun were actually trying to continue the story of lok in some sense like having kain come back but square enix for some reason didn’t want kain or raziel in the game....I get why raziel wasn’t but Kain...well square that was a dick move.

@@SoulidiumHollow isn't about kain chasing possessed janos audron who will open the gate to the hyldens or something like that?

@@maniestranger4329 Well the story is hard to explain of Dark Prophecy, you'd have to legit go to nosgoth .net or called something like that and look up what Dark Prophecy was going to be. They even were going to bring back Raziel in a sense too. It was weird and again no one really knew what or how cuz this was all still a WIP on ideas before they cancelled the progress completely. But it was going to be like time travel antics again cuz they introduced Blood omen 2 Kain into the mix as some sneak peeks with concept art. But yea it looked very promising before it went and got cancelled, it was a dark day indeed. For sure it was much better than Dark sun.

Haha Kain has a way with words. And thank you!

No problem! And yeah I can tell he has a unique way of speaking. He’d even calm down a Spetsnaz soldier 😱😂

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Thank you very much! A proper remaster or fan remake would kick-ass in comparison to my little animation, but I really appreciate your comment! I had a lot of fun working on this.

Mine is : "No! Raziel, this can't be the way!"

@@seakermac "and now you will see the true enemyyy.... " "Raziel...." "And it was then.... I saw..."

@@truogar that whole sequence is so badass! Capped off by another favorite of mine: "Your words are heartening, for you would not fear us unless we could truly do you harm. FALSE....GOD!" whew my lordy I'm getting all worked up now haha

@@seakermac cant lie... when I first got to that part, I turned the game off.... couldn't finish it for a week... raziel was such and amazing character! VERY well written. I spent a LOT of time on forums back then talking about theories and what not, and when he died, it was almost like a friend passed away... without the tears 😬😬😬 When raziel told Kain, "And I am not your enemy -not your destroyer... I am, as before, your right hand... Your sword!!!" Bruh... hit me right in the feels

@@truogar I can fully empathize with you there. From the stone cold revenge theme of SR1 to now willingly watching Raziel throw himself into "death." Hard pill to swallow for sure. Thanks for nerding out with me man Haha

Makes sense, I mean they did it for a dlc in tomb raider with original dialogue from the series past games....tho seeing Raziel with guns will forever make me giggle now..and throwing out his back trying to lift a door up.

From what I understand, Ancient Vampires were able to breed. Once they were cursed by the Hylden to not be able to reproduce and to have the hunger for blood, they passed the vampirism to humans, Vorador being the first. I believe that’s why they look so different. The original vampires, the Ancient ones, like Janos, were pure, like a superior race. The new race of vampires is more like a different breed, that’s why they evolve and look different. It’s more like a disease than a blessing, but that’s just my theory.

it is sorta explained. the ancient vampires were basically their own species that evolved separately to everything else, notably, immoertality and the dark gift were not on their "design". when they were cursed by the hylden however , they became immortal(expelling them from the wheel of fate, the core tenet of their faith), were stricek nwith a hunger for blood and were rendered Sterile. the unitended consequence of the hylden curse tho was that these traits were transmissible ni what became known as Vampirism and due ot their role(Gaurdians of the pillars) and their need ot hold their numbers(many of them commited suicide when they realized their " god" had abandoned them), they had ot resrot ot turning humans, specifrically the ones that were appointed as guardians of the pillars due ot the fact Vampires were no longer born.

@PixelLightShow There's been only two others I listen to with great interest when I play a game; Paarthurnaax and Alduin, I'd love to hear all these beings get into a room together and just...debate with words. Ancient beasts of the sky and relics of a time long forgotten when vampires were not about sex appeal but raw myth and intrigue.

Square Enix would rather waste their time and money on more Tomb Raider games, unfortunately.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!