I'm just wanna thank you for playing this series. It's criminally underrated and you are doing it more than justice with you're approach. First Soul Reaver was favorite game of my now dead father, I first saw it when I was still a kid and he was playing it on PSX. Good times.
I didn't appreciate Soul Reaver 2 enough when it came out. Absolutely loved the first and played it over and over again. I played the second one multiple times as well but because I was a kid I didn't quite understand the story as well. Watching it again now is a great refresher.
Like I pointed out on Discord, the Legacy of Kain series actually convinced a friend of mine who generally hates let's plays to watch the channel. And now Soul Reaver 2 is pulling out all of the stops! Just pure bliss.
Your LPs of older games are probably my favorites, they're how I found the channel (started watching with RE1 Remake). There's just something cosy about games from the 90's and early 2000's lol.
One small piece of advice : try using the Reaver a bit more. Although there are drawbacks to using it too often, it can speed some fights quite a lot and make them more dynamic, especially towards the middle and end when enemies gets tougher... It's really a blast seeing you playing this and enjoying the lore so much. Keep going!
And also the reaver will not feed on you while using in combat and which you can get souls to heal and when the enemies blow up that feeds the reaver also
Random tip but if you double-tap the soul-suck button you can summon/dismiss the reaver without having to use the radial menu. Makes it more convenient to use when you want it.
Mapo, inspect the floor of the ancent one you're in. Oh, and don't fear the reaver! It's areal treat to see you play this game as for it's unfortunately impossible to relive it like the first time I played it. My advice, enjoy every moment of this excellent game and series for that matter.
13:10 Embracer is still a better choice than Square Eanix, the last owner of the franchise. They had it for many many years and never did anything with it. Nosgoth doesn't count since it as never officialy released (I had a ton of fun with it however). The day they sold the IP to Embracer was the first taste of hope I had in years.
After all, Chrystal Dynamics is under Embracer. So they got the LoK IP back. More or less. After the survey they made, I have more hope, than I had for a long time. Like Chrystal said. They heard us loud and clear. 😊
I never get when people say that old games are bad because they are old and ugly and whatnot. A game of the 80s or 90s can be good, even today, because it's just a good game. In the same way a song or a movie from the 20s can be still good, because it is what it is. Is 2001 bad because it's old, is Sinatra bad because the songs are old? Some people have such a weird perspective on games. PS: I wrote this before you mention 2001, what a conincidence. :D
For thie little ghost/shade monsters you fight around the pillars, there's really no downside to using the Reaver on them. No soul to miss out on. And for large fights, I'd say to use the Reaver on the first one; a quick kill, and it gets them to drop a weapon that you can use on the others if you need health. I love that they got Paul Lukather back to voice Vorador. With the exception of recasting so Toby Jay wasn't voicing half a dozen characters, they stayed pretty solid on characters keeping their actors. Not bad for a series that bounced around as much as this one.
9:38 - Absolutely! And it's low-hanging fruit: like you say, it doesn't require any updates to story, writing or dialogue at all, only graphical and gameplay. Maybe pass the audio through an AI upscaler but that's all *shrug*. Unfortunately, Embracer Group had a massive setback in terms of investment a few months ago which makes it unlikely we'll see anything LoK related for quite some time.
You'll notice that Vorador is much more melancholic then the proud and boisterous figure Kain originally met, it goes unremarked upon but it is likley a result of the alteration to history Kain unwittingly set into motion. Because of that, Vorador has witnessed, for the second time, the rampant persecution of vampires - has seen the whole of Nosgoth turn against them - rather than fear and pay reverence to them as apex predators.
i like how you said exactly what i feel, legacy of kain def needs a modernization not a remake just make all the games into one and it would sell so well. the series is phenominal!
I don't understand why you completely refuse to use the Soul Reaver, it's frustrating. Other than that, I love your enthusiasm and appreciation for the game!
Mobius caused trouble for him by putting up the wrong video. Hash'ak'gik/The Dark Entity is the one who killed Ariel by using his possession of Mortanius to carry out the deed. He did it because he knew what Nupraptor would do, which weakened the pillars to the point where he could control Mortanius's corpse as a permanent vessel, or at least it would have been if not for Kain.
![The Pillars Are The Lock...And The Reaver Is The Key - Soul Reaver 2 | Blind Playthrough [Part 5]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/efmkfEyfu7Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![The Pillars Are The Lock...And The Reaver Is The Key - Soul Reaver 2 | Blind Playthrough [Part 5]](/img/tr.png)
![Merely At The Threshold - Soul Reaver 2 | Blind Playthrough [Part 4]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tgIt7aMUGoU/mqdefault.jpg)
Vorador wasn’t killed by Kain, he was publicly executed by Mobius
I'm just wanna thank you for playing this series. It's criminally underrated and you are doing it more than justice with you're approach. First Soul Reaver was favorite game of my now dead father, I first saw it when I was still a kid and he was playing it on PSX. Good times.
I didn't appreciate Soul Reaver 2 enough when it came out. Absolutely loved the first and played it over and over again. I played the second one multiple times as well but because I was a kid I didn't quite understand the story as well. Watching it again now is a great refresher.
Like I pointed out on Discord, the Legacy of Kain series actually convinced a friend of mine who generally hates let's plays to watch the channel. And now Soul Reaver 2 is pulling out all of the stops! Just pure bliss.
Your LPs of older games are probably my favorites, they're how I found the channel (started watching with RE1 Remake). There's just something cosy about games from the 90's and early 2000's lol.
Gotta love how in SR1 Raziel discarded weapons by impaling them in walls, now he gently places them on the floor
You could do that in Sr1 too, Mapo just didn't realise that haha
omg this 1 hour episode felt like 10 minutes. Can't wait for the next one!
One small piece of advice : try using the Reaver a bit more. Although there are drawbacks to using it too often, it can speed some fights quite a lot and make them more dynamic, especially towards the middle and end when enemies gets tougher...
It's really a blast seeing you playing this and enjoying the lore so much. Keep going!
And also the reaver will not feed on you while using in combat and which you can get souls to heal and when the enemies blow up that feeds the reaver also
Yessss! Soul Reaver 2, onward through to Defiance!
Random tip but if you double-tap the soul-suck button you can summon/dismiss the reaver without having to use the radial menu. Makes it more convenient to use when you want it.
17:20 ha! I always thought I was the only one thinking the "chant" of door opening sounded like 2001 "star gate" sequence 😂
Nice! Looking forward to the next one, it's refreshing to see you discover this gem.
Wish i could play Soul Reaver for the first time.
Thanx a bunch and keep going!
Mapo, inspect the floor of the ancent one you're in. Oh, and don't fear the reaver!
It's areal treat to see you play this game as for it's unfortunately impossible to relive it like the first time I played it. My advice, enjoy every moment of this excellent game and series for that matter.
13:10
Embracer is still a better choice than Square Eanix, the last owner of the franchise. They had it for many many years and never did anything with it. Nosgoth doesn't count since it as never officialy released (I had a ton of fun with it however). The day they sold the IP to Embracer was the first taste of hope I had in years.
After all, Chrystal Dynamics is under Embracer. So they got the LoK IP back. More or less.
After the survey they made, I have more hope, than I had for a long time. Like Chrystal said. They heard us loud and clear. 😊
@@Azurdrache I'm pretty confident we'll have news about LoK next year :)
I agree, it's just unfortunate Embracer got screwed over with funding.
Engagement? Engagement.
Facial animations are great for a game this old. I remember being impressed by the lipsyncing when I first played it but it still looks pretty good.
This was so good but painful to watch at the same time 😂
I never get when people say that old games are bad because they are old and ugly and whatnot. A game of the 80s or 90s can be good, even today, because it's just a good game. In the same way a song or a movie from the 20s can be still good, because it is what it is. Is 2001 bad because it's old, is Sinatra bad because the songs are old? Some people have such a weird perspective on games.
PS: I wrote this before you mention 2001, what a conincidence. :D
For thie little ghost/shade monsters you fight around the pillars, there's really no downside to using the Reaver on them. No soul to miss out on. And for large fights, I'd say to use the Reaver on the first one; a quick kill, and it gets them to drop a weapon that you can use on the others if you need health.
I love that they got Paul Lukather back to voice Vorador. With the exception of recasting so Toby Jay wasn't voicing half a dozen characters, they stayed pretty solid on characters keeping their actors. Not bad for a series that bounced around as much as this one.
Nothing to add to what has already been said, so this one's for the algorithm.
:) Thanks for this.
This story is really something.
9:38 - Absolutely! And it's low-hanging fruit: like you say, it doesn't require any updates to story, writing or dialogue at all, only graphical and gameplay. Maybe pass the audio through an AI upscaler but that's all *shrug*.
Unfortunately, Embracer Group had a massive setback in terms of investment a few months ago which makes it unlikely we'll see anything LoK related for quite some time.
For sure needs to be remade! Gameplay and world design need some love though, you'll know why as you progress.
Your voice is the only Music i need Mapo 🙂
Very good
You'll notice that Vorador is much more melancholic then the proud and boisterous figure Kain originally met, it goes unremarked upon but it is likley a result of the alteration to history Kain unwittingly set into motion. Because of that, Vorador has witnessed, for the second time, the rampant persecution of vampires - has seen the whole of Nosgoth turn against them - rather than fear and pay reverence to them as apex predators.
i like how you said exactly what i feel, legacy of kain def needs a modernization not a remake just make all the games into one and it would sell so well. the series is phenominal!
Kain is a human baby in this time period
Do you also play the remaster from 1 and 2 next month?
you coulda hit feed twice in rapid succession to bring out the reaver and put it away.
I don't understand why you completely refuse to use the Soul Reaver, it's frustrating.
Other than that, I love your enthusiasm and appreciation for the game!
doing defiance?
18:00 yeah this is an old game, bugs dont' exist.
Countless old games have bugs and glitches
Mobius caused trouble for him by putting up the wrong video. Hash'ak'gik/The Dark Entity is the one who killed Ariel by using his possession of Mortanius to carry out the deed. He did it because he knew what Nupraptor would do, which weakened the pillars to the point where he could control Mortanius's corpse as a permanent vessel, or at least it would have been if not for Kain.
Please play the Naruto storm series