Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - All Story Cutscenes
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- Taking place 1500 years after the events of Blood Omen, Soul Reaver chronicles the journey of the vampire-turned-wraith Raziel, lieutenant to the vampire lord Kain. Raziel is killed by Kain, but is revived by The Elder God to become his "soul reaver" and to exact revenge. Raziel shares this title with Kain's sword, the Soul Reaver
At the time we had no idea we were playing a classic
@ Brian I read the bio to this game in a gamer magazine shortly after it came out. Bought it the next day! To this day, it's still the best game I've ever played!
I knew it would be special, many many things indicated that... Now I didn´t know it would be the best game I ever played.
I played blood Oman, so I always assumed it would be a narrative work of art.
Nah we knew. The gameplay of this game always felt unique. Great story and the fact you had to find alternative ways to impale your enemies was interesting.
Your right. L.o.k series lifted the bar re story wise
"I find no nobility in the unlife you rudely forced on my unwilling corpse" WHAT A SENTENCE!!!
This is THE THING, nowadays writers seemed cannot transcend between the happenings, narratives, nor dialogues
Rudely don´t really work in this sentence. Unruly is probably a closer fit.. I´m not 100% but it sounds a little better as a native Englishman who Raziel is loosely based on.
Yeah but I can't get past the Dash and his bit about the bartender's vain attempts to flee and remain unmolested by Dash's blade.
I swear to god it gives me goosebumps!
@@MyMKVids try that again but with the world unruly. that doesn't fit either.
"Your insults will do nothing to blunt the agony of your demise"
Such an underrated line.
The fascinating thing about the game's narrative is that Melchiah and Rahab at least were fully in board with their own destruction, fighting in arenas designed to kill them. Melchiah is the most understandable, being nothing more than a rotting mass of flesh probably almost as tormented by his condition as Raziel was. Rahab is more intriguing though, was he just following orders or did Kain have to explain his motives and convince him?
Zephon is seemingly just lost to hunger and is immobilized in any case while Dumah's arrogance got the better of him immediately.
They're all hopelessly lost in one way or another
Possibly, it started after Raziel-s execution dissolusioned their empire, forcing them to eventually abandon it and skulking away deep in their hovels
Melchia was the weakest, less favoured son trapped within a patchwork of corpses and yearned for a chance to die
Zephon, as you say, had gone mad through his insect-like mind and ravenous hunger
Dumah had gone mad with delusions of superior power
Rahab, perhaps due to his immunities to water, saw himself as superior also and still blindly served his absent master to the last whike seeing Raziel as a traitor
@SamuelBlack84 Kain did speak with Rahab at least once before the final showdown, though... and unlike the other brothers. Melchiah still believed Raziel was killed because he evolved first, Zephon and Dumah couldn't be talked to, and nothing in Raziel's talk with Turel involved Kain, just that he knew Raziel had returned and was killing their brothers before being abducted... although TBF, he was both possessed by the Hylden and driven insane even beyond that, so the evidence there isn't as strong.
That's what makes Rahab's case so much more intriguing to me, all the others can be easily explained as some combination of wretched/devolved/arrogant except Rahab.
Some of the best voice acting I’ve ever heard
Raziel to Dumah: "My bloodthirst has been superseded by an even darker hunger. I will consume your soul before this day is done."
That was always one of my favorite lines.
Yeh that line said it all for me , I love vampire stories and that is up there on a high level
Centuries in limbo has honed my strength, not even Kain is my equal.
"Hate me, but do it honestly." Top tier!
@@michaelbishop502 While most vampires are either really corny or over sexualized. Lol.
The best opening,no contest,it still gives me goosebumps, music wow
I've never completed this game only played its intro as a kid and I still remember how iconic it was
@@carloschavez344 blood oman 2 ,was a good one,they are all good
This game is where the storytelling really went from great to incredible. The dialogue is just so rich, especially from here on out.
@@MourningCoffeeMusic love all of them,boold Omen series too,it was a great time for gaming, metal gear,onimusha, resident evil, silent hill,it's a bit nostalgic)
I first played Soul Reaver in 2002 when I was just 13 years old (included with a PC gaming magazine) and a lot of the dialogues completely went over my head. Today, now in my mid 30's, after replaying the game, the level of philosophy (determinism, fate and the role of free will, evil being a matter of perspective and context) and morality being discussed and the complexity of the story (time travel) can be fully appreciated. They just don't make games like this anymore.
Same exact thing happened to me (born in 1990)! I absolutely loved the game back then and decided to replay it recently: getting a whole new experience with it. 👍
That's eerily similar to my point of view. Being 33 now, that's actually why I pulled up this video!
I love how they were able to change Kain's reaction to Raziel being thrown into the Abyss from uncaring/destroy a "traitor" to "fate is forcing my hand, so I must do this, but I cannot watch this", without changing a single frame of animation.
And Kain, peering into the abyss, before the throw, tells you a lot. Like he's thinking "Damn, I'm really about to have to do this..."
The voice acting is just 10/10.
More like... 11/10
THE best game intro EVER !
Back when games had actual writers.
After many many games, this is still the #1 for me, my first real ❤️ed character (Raziel) and on the podium there is another chapter of LoK; it's the last one, Defiance. The whole history, since Blood Omen 1 till the 5th chapter, is absolutely crazy: I've never been crying during a videogame, but I did at the end of LoK: Defiance for how Raziel ended
They still have writers.
Ah, the words uttered by people getting old in every generation.
100% I will never forget this game. Great voice acting, cinematics and music.
Honestly. I am so hooked on this despite the graphics. The game holds true mastery.
Never. Ever. Let this Game fade away.
As long as one of us remembers…
We are Legion.
It will never fade from my mind or memory, I can promise you that.
@@Raziel_Alastorsame here
Amen Brother
For we are many
The Zephonim.
I still think it's funny how game play mechanics are explained in a way like it's an everyday thing and it feels so organic
I've always wondered what Kain's empire must have looked like at it's peak. It's clear what you see in game is just it's ruins.
For humans it wasnt pretty, thats for sure
But you can visit a couple of vampires cities in Nosgoth the game. Its still playable, afaik.
Grand cities and temples filled with vampire men and women dressed in.goth splendour
In Kain face there is doubt, while to see how Raziel tries to guard his face before falling into the watery abyss. Quite bitter...
I find it fascinating playing a character sworn to defeat one you once played. Makes me think of the Soul of Cinders 😄
This game has a deep meaning to our life and the destiny of our soul and the importance of knowledge
🗣️💯
I would have called you crazy a few years ago, but when you start studying the esoteric occult knowledge that is all around us, you notice that those ahead of us leave clues, specifically in media and symbols.
The path of Satanism. The pursuit of individuality and omniscience
When this first came out the voice acting blew me away. Even now the voice acting of this game has aged like fine wine. I hate it when people say the game didn't age well. It looks exactly as it looked when I played it first. I respect the game for the cutting edge technology and voice acting at the time. I wouldn't mind a remake yet I'll never shit on the OG either.
"The Game didn't age well", lol games don't grow old, we do (I know what the expression means but I never quite liked it). The voice acting should be considered even more impressive now that most that comes out is shit in every aspect.
Not only was this game epic but the lines are like that of a poem, one of my favorite game series of all time
The writing, dialogue and voice acting still holds up beautiful
Played this when I was 19.
Now I'm 43 searching for this in YT just to hear the dialogues and voice acting.
We need a remake of this game
Yeah but I worry if they can do it justice or if they'd fall into the same old pattern of a modernisation no-one asked for. Not to mention some of the voice actors are no longer with us. I mean can anyone really replace Tony Jay or Rene Auberjonois?
me2 36yrs niw and there just been leaked rumors about a remaster. just a heads up
Turning 43 soon. Played it at 17 or so. You are absolutely right.
Turning 33 and I feel the same 😊
A remaster of all the games in the same way they did the Tomb Raider trilogy is enough! We don't need a woke version of Legacy of Kain no thank you! 😂
i know this dialogue by memory. all of it. best game ever.
Whose back because of the hype for the remaster announcement?!
I had no idea!!!!!!!
That's it....I'm replaying this entire series yet again😂
Remaster on PS5 releases today. Hope you still enjoy it like I have!
@benitoloco899 Today!? dang how did I miss it. Gotta buy it ASAP
@@TerrenceDaGamer Do it.
Picture yourself as a child, playing this game without understanding English. It took me a whole month to reach the first boss
If you were a child playing this then Melchiah and the Zephonim probably scared you enough to turn the game off.
I like how the elder corrects Raziel about who killed Dumah's clan but stays quiet about Raziel's, He was playing Raziel from the start 😮
The best quality video for LOK SR so far.
Thank you
This game set the bar for voice acting for me.
writers out did themselves here, absolutely brilliant.
The Legacy of Kain series is a true Masterpiece. Great writing and game play. Just an amazing story all around. Can't wait for the remaster.
Betrayal 0:01
Raziel’s Return 3:31 5:19 6:04
Fledgling Dumahim 7:09
🏛️Sanctuary of the Clans 8:12
Melchahim 10:09
Wraiths 11:11
👹Melchiah 11:51 13:05
🏛️Kain 14:50 17:06
Ariel 18:50
Zephonim 20:16 20:35
Derelict Cathedral 20:53
🕷️Zephon 21:29 23:06
🪦Sarafan Tomb 24:22 25:59
Tomb Guardian 27:15 28:03
Rahabim 28:33
🦈Rahab 29:43 30:53
Dumahim 31:52
🐺Dumah 32:43 34:09
⏳Oracle’s Cave 35:05 35:21
Moebius 36:17
Time Stream Chamber 40:43 45:09
35:05 essas frases nunca saíram da minha mente,a anos,essa voz do Elder God é inesquecível!🇧🇷
0:01 - Kain is Deified
3:30 - The Rebirth of Raziel
11:35 - Melchiah's Change
14:00 - "Am I reduced to this? A Ghoul? A Fratricide!"
14:31 - "Return to the Sanctuary of the Clans Raziel... but beware however this hollow derelict is abandoned but not uninhabited!"
14:49 - Confrontation at the Pillars
17:10 - The Soul Reaver Destroyed
18:50 - Enter Ariel
20:48 - Raziel muses on (the now Silenced) Cathedral
21:24 - Zephon's Change
31:49 - The Fate of Dumah's Clan
35:21 - The Oracle's Cave
I first played it in 99 on a demo cd. Been my boys and I most favorite game to this day.
You missed some of Ariels dialogs as well was Dumas Spirit realm conversations before removing the very first Spear inside his physical body.
Most video compilations ive seen skip the memory scenes so I had no idea what I had missed. Ariel purifying the Reaver, Raziel getting the fire Reaver Upgrade in Janos' lookout. They put a lot of thought into this.
I dared to be Icarus and was condemned to be Prometheus
Kain never really hated Raziel. He saw him as a possible way to undo the fate of Nosgoth. You can see his disgust at himself when he order Raziel into the Abyss. Great Universe.
And, Raziel continually tries to elevate himself to the moral high ground
He's a soul devouring wraith. Before that, a brutal and bloodthirsty vampire. Before that, a ruthless and cold-hearted Sarafan knight
Not to mention, integrity and morality being rare and barely utilised philosophy in a world built on evil and cruelty
He's the very definition of self-deluded
I do think that's a little unfair. Like, I think it's the classic thought he was doing the right thing each time. Like when he finally sees himself from the outside (Wraith meeting Sarafan I mean), he's horrified. I feel all he ever wanted was to be a hero and there's always been someone who's taken advantage of that. Mobius, the Elder God, even Kain to a certain extent. And you know what they say about the road to hell. It's paved with good intentions.
@@ryuwarrior89 I think it's interesting that, being the master of his own destiny, at the end, seeking answers brought the downfall of nosgoth but the rise of kain as the tool of hope. But you know what, if being selfish and following his own path instead of wanting to please others is what brought him there, then I can't say I respect him less for it. He redeemed himself and proved worth of his rest, from his own will. I love this franchise.
@@natanvelazquez2270 Same. I think what I'm trying to say is that, it hurt to see Raziel used the way he was. I mean, the revelation that he was unwittingly the Hylden hero especially. Like who can blame him for getting it wrong. And it makes the ending of Defiance all the more bittersweet. Coz yeah, he's finally able to exercise his freewill and be the hero he's tried so desperately to be, but we know what he's going to become. And so does he. I love how Kain tries to stop it and then says "we" and "us" as he takes on the Elder God though. It just shows how much Kain still repected Raziel and cared about him. So yeah, maybe his pursuit to be that hero was selfish but I don't hate him at all for it. In fact, maybe it's coz I started with SR1, but of the two, Raziel is my fave. Just. It's pretty close but just. So my intention was to defend him against the first comment lol.
This had such an impact on me. My 1st born son is named Raziel. Great comp. Many thanks for this nostalgia trip to Nosgoth. Played this back when it 1st came out.
Please tell me at times you say to him 'Raziel you are worthy'
@@bruceygaming I do when he is. When he fails, I tell him he is out of balance.
@@jeffnavarro2563 remember if he ever feels down to always say the coin is still turning
Amazing to see those voids at the end of the game with Raziel striking down Ariel and wielding the flaming reaver were cut content from the final game, since the developers didn't have time to implement those ideas. It served as a nice "What if" within the game.
Such magical storytelling and music which transcends time 😊🥰
Thank you for this,i enjoy every dialog of this game, my favourite game of all times!
In the tomb of the Sarafan, I truly enjoyed the nice touch of them including a site for Malek from the first game. Also there are claw marks against his name on the wall and the absence of his coffin, showing Kain defiled it due to their past.
I know I'm wrong, but as a kid, I always imagined the claw marks were caused by Malek himself lashing out in a fit of rage at how he was never able to die and rest
I remember playing this when I was a kid, never got head round it at the time but maybe it’s time to crack out my old ps1.
"Only when you have felt the full gravity of choice should you dare question my judgement!!!"
27:05 is an offspring of Turel, Turel's clan, and that dialogue right there is meant to be between Raziel and Turel, even though you can clearly see that they cut the name "Turel" out of the dialogue at 27:45 "No fear from you Turel"
And the gift of telekinesis was also a gift of Turel, which you can see in Legacy of Kain Defiance boss battle with Turel.
Fascinating to see the cut content make sense now.
28:32 you can see a T insignia for Turel on the stone. Place was owned by Turel and overtaken by Rahab.
yup they weren't planning a sequel yet so the game was longer, there was also that furnace " you can see it in the cutscene" it produce smoke cloud to cover the sunlight, it was Turrel's lair I guess
This was not a game. This was an immersive experience.
Wow when the late great Tony Jays’ voice kicks in I always get goosebumps 🥹
I want a remastered of all the blood omen
Honestly remakes would be perfect as long as they stay consistent with the original source material for all these games.
@@jaelalonso8431 I feel like remakes would be difficult given the death of Tony Jay due to both how many roles he performed throughout the series as well as the unmatchable quality that he delivered his lines.
@@Mobius_118 Yeah but I feel like with a bit of audio engineering his original voice can be used in the remake.
Remaster releasing on Steam this December.
$26.99 for Soul Reaver 1 and 2 if you preorder it.
@@theobserver6579 I said blood omen
Imagine a movie of this legendary game
Today Raziel looks like Dave Chappel
I would piss my pants
This game’s story and writing is already so well done that I personally feel a movie is unnecessary. Maybe a series that expands the lore, but no need to tell the same story u less it’s a game remake.
imagine a game version of the movie version
Elder God: I know you, Raziel. You are worthy.
Raziel: What madness is this? What pitiful form is this that have come to inhabit? Death would be a release next to this travesty!
Elder God: You did not survive the abyss, Raziel. I have only spared you from total dissolution.
Raziel: I would choose oblivion over this existence!
Elder God: The choice is not yours.
Raziel: I am destroyed!
Elder God: YOU ARE REBORN! The birth of one of Kain's abominations traps the essence of life. It is this soul that animates the corpse you lived in. And that, Raziel, is the demise of Nosgoth. There is no balance. The souls of the dead remain trapped. I cannot spin them in the wheel of fate. They cannot complete their destinies.
Elder God: Redeem yourself. Or, if you prefer, avenge yourself. Settle your dispute with Kain. Destroy him and your brethren. Free their souls, and let the wheel of fate churn again. Use your hatred to reave their souls. I can make it possible. Become my "soul reaver"- my angel of death. (followed by an eerie, burrowing into the skin, sending chills down the spine sound effects)
28:08
the subtitles say "Israel has infused you with the power to compress and manipulate space" and for some reason that's the funniest thing I've heard all week
😂
German subtitles said Russia 😂
At the intro, Kain already knew Raziel crucial role in Nosgoth history as the soul inside the reaver.
I think it was his first real test at the coin flip. If raziel dies in the pit how could his soul be bound in the reaver. I think it was his first attempt at making a massive paradox.
A known novel is coming, after two decades we are reborn!!!!.
My favorite story for any game I can remember, so intelligent brilliant as well as awesome voice actors
Man, this was and still is my favorite game of all times, I would love to see a Remake with bigger áreas, Better combat, more things, the cut content added, all that It is but Better to a modern standart, but I Still love him, and that writing and voice acting is Perfect, even for today standarts
Finally, been waiting for this remake for years.
Sadly, we're only getting a remaster. Not a remake.
As someone commented above, just imagine the game running in Unreal Engine 5. I'll take what we're getting for now, waited 20 years already. Hopefully future installments will look as good as it could.
@@murkyspectre yeah but i bet they would screw up the remake big time
@@bds4410 Not if we insist that they don't. Any of that sick and twisted DEI stuff and I'm out. Surely we all know by now to vote with our wallets, with world finances looking the way they are, it would be foolish not to know what the product is before you buy. In this case, the pre-order was a no brainer. Would be awesome if the woke crap has imploded by the time LoK remasters are in the works.
If i ever hit the lottery i swear ill pay the team the remake this entire series i swear i will ❤
As I watch this again and again Rahab at least was shocked by what Kain did, Perhaps Melchiah also. I cant work out if it was Turel or Dumah that was uneasy about casting Raziel into the Abyss
My playstation would never let me progress past dumas.....to finally see all the cut scenes and the story....what an amazing game
Kain out of jealousy ripped out Razael wings. He felt his throne was in danger against a flying vampire.
MASTERPIECE
I loved this game. Bought it on the Sega Dreamcast, thinking Dreamcast was gonna last😅...still, a great game. I played Blood omen on PS 1 and it was good too but this, dammmmmn. Loved it.
Who remembers the demo disk this came on... from pizza hut 😊
OH! OH! OH!!! ME!! I've never played a demo more than I had played that one! Although mine came from Game Informer... Are they still around?
Is there a game today that even comes close in terms of story and atmo? I still remember the first time Raziel enters the Sanctuary of the Clans Building after centuries have past. And later at Part 2 or 3 where he realised who he was and fought his own self! Not even in movies that story. "...and we all now one step closer....to our destinies"
I love the voice of the ancient One
The Late Great Tony Jay.
God, thank you for this. I miss this game so damn much.
When me and a friend saw that opening I told him one day games are going to look like this, he doubt me
18:03 This line is perhaps more true then they realized while making SR1.
The Wheel of Fate turns once again!
Actually the cutscenes do it more justice than the actual gameplay. I won’t lie but be warned that game control systems during the 2000 era, will murder you if you don’t learn and take your time.
Never noticed the wings being see thru
I demand a remake
I appreciate the echo in Raziels voice during the cathedral opening. Its as if we're sitting next to him while also with him and hearing him narrate this to us in real time. Only comparison I can draw that makes sense to me is Virgil and Dante. We as the player are Dante.
That intro always hits
I hope that some day, that Soul Reaver will have a PS5 remake sometime in 2025 or 2026. But this remake will add in all of the cut content that was supposed to be in the game but was removed for a holiday release date. The cut boss fights like the Human Priestess and Turiel, the cut Smoke Factory level, the cut final boss fight with Kain where Raziel finally kills him and the cut finale where Raziel unleashes the sound wave from the cathedral and kills all of the vampires, but soon realizes that the Elder God was just using him. Raziel then decides to go back into the past and save Nosgoth from Kain's arrogance.
What about Blood Omen and Defiance?
As much as I love the Legacy of Kain series for it's impeccable storytelling. The games needs to be remade with quality of life modifications and better graphics. This would be a perfect series to reboot. Starting with Blood Omen 1.
Incredible story. Huge fan
Can't wait for the remaster to drop
Interesting to note: Ariel's dress. She died in a red dress, but her ghost haunts the pillars of the past wearing a white frayed dress. Here that same dress is dark, almost black. I'm not sure if it's intentional, but it matches the pillar's state of decay, which makes sense as she stands watch over them, bound to them.
I noticed that too. Maybe her ghost doesn't wear what she died in but what she was buried in?
Que emoción la primera vez que lo jugué me enamoré. Se lo regalamos a mi hijo cuándo era chiquito tenía 7 añitos; le compramos una play. Recuerdo que vimos un aviso en diario el mercurio (cachen) un loco que trabajaba en tienda tenia 2 play pa vender. (Movias) Salió impeque estaba nueva.
Venia la play con un juego CD. Que venían 3 juegos.
El apocalipsis
Soul Reaver y Akuji
No parabamos de jugar con mi hijo.
Ahora el con 30 yo 50 😝 estamos fascinados con este lanzamiento de clásico de clásicos 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The story is fucking unreal!!! What a game!!!!!
One of the great games. I never really got into legacy of kain and sr2
I remember getting this game as a demo from Pizza Hut.
You could literally take all this audio and make an animated series of it
It’s finally getting remastered both soul reaver 1 and 2, coming this December.
One of the first games I bought for my Dreamcast along with shenmue 1, grandia ll and gameshark lite!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😃😃!!!
15:44 wait a minute, I heard this one before lmao sounds just like DAVEY JONES.
Best Lore Ever
i love how at 11:06 raziel is waxing poetic about the remnants of melchiah’s clan while one of those remnants is just standing there scratching his butt 😂
I would love to see this franchise relaunched on the ps5 with unreal engine 5 graphics, this is 1 of my favourite franchises ever all the blood omens and legacy of kains, there a master piece of story telling and gameplay. I've tried to get them again but can't find them
You are worthy....
Wild. 20 minutes in and only kain has told the truth to him.
Everybody has a favorite goosebumps quote. Mine is:
Elder God:
In the furthermost canyon of Nosgoth’s frozen wastes, the hushed silences embrace an ancient enigma. In the bowels of this labyrinth, your master awaits...
Who wants this game Remastered???
I would pay a leg of mine to play a remastered version of all the five Legacy of Kain games on PS5
Ok
Well, you might want to cut off a foot and a few inches above the ankle then since you get 2 out of 5. No word yet on the other 3 though.
The game looks good. Thumbs up 👍
Yeeeh!!! We are getting a remake!!!!!!
one small mistake that bothered me with later games in returning to this one. Kain kills the other guardians to purify their pillars. But the balance pillar was also rotted (we see it in the later game) yet in this game, its not rotted and he's crafted a throne into it.