Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 - Story Cutscenes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Soul Reaver 2 initially continues Raziel's pursuit of Kain, his former master and putative betrayer, but as the story expands, it grows to encompass Raziel's quest for knowledge and freedom as he travels through Nosgoth's eras, unraveling the truth behind his destiny and the secrets of his past. Manipulated on all sides by Kain, Moebius and the Elder God, he exposes the history of the Pillars of Nosgoth, the Soul Reaver, and the vampire-hunting order of the Sarafan which he once served.
I love how Kain's speech in the beginning is purely just to ragebait Raziel.
"Your reckless indignation led you here, I counted on it"
"These blades now coiled in sinister embrace have inspired terror in creatures far more durable than you old man! Bound together as their are, I can only imagine what's these two could do to your souls fragile shell!" God damn that's a masterpiece of literature!
And the terrified look on Mobius' face, that *one* moment in time is when it all could have come unravelled.
It really is funny how almost EVERY single time Raziel acts smug about how he's ruined Moebius' plans, he's still getting played, again and again. It isn't until near the end of Defiance that Raziel realizes how many circles Moebius ran around him.
Even better, the one moment Raziel actually had Moebius in the right spot to put an end to his machinations, he didn't have any idea that holding the physical Soul Reaver would have allowed him to significantly alter history.
It kinda defeats the entire purpose of having Free Will when you're only a pawn of someone else's game or maybe that's why he was used for it in the first place?
I also think it's funny that in any legacy of kain game when somebody claims to have surpassed kain they are immediately immediately defeated raziel in the first game and also dumah and in soul reaver 2 turel
I never realized how amazing the face animation is done in this game. Especially for Mobius.
Especially since this game was on PS2.
@@DesertRider-zs2qbps2 had good graphics
@@OmegaRomik not compared to the PCs at the time lol...
1:53:46
Raziel's voice just oozes spite and disdain for these two of his brothers. God damn, I love the voice acting in this game.
I guess it more has to do with his disgust knowing what they'll eventually become as Vampires....
Thanks for the high quality cutscenes. Vae Victis !
This would make for a amazing tv series. This game is my number 1 favourite game of all time.
Who would you cast? Micheal Bell might be a fun Moebius and Simon could play Vorador.
I would only watch it if it's animated by the same people that did the Castlevania series on Netflix
This 2 hours will always be better that most of today's movies and shit.
Truly a Masterpiece. I hope some day they will remake this beautiful saga
I remeber when I first time got to a moment with conversation with Janos, and then tried to get back as fast as possible to rescue him. And failed. My palms were sweaty and I was shaking. That was so emotional. The story in that game is just pure art and beauty.
This game had a play in my reading level at a young age. its one to truly appreciate and take in the full meaning. Its really one of a kind.
Forget Twilight, they should of made this a movie trilogy
it's too complex for the average, most would say it's boring smh
Twilight? The lore in this is the Lord of the Rings of video games.
Why are you bringing up Twilight in 2023? Half the MCU is worse than Twilight nowadays
Amen. I wish
@@Raziel2696very true. Sadly
That little voice jingle that plays when you use the reaver to open a door has lived rent free in my head for 23 years lol.
Thats a cut of the chanting from 2001: A Space Oddyssey! I was scratching my head trying to figure out why it sounded so familiar for so long...
@@DaimondSword No kidding?! Lol never knew that. Awesome.
"You're a righteous fiend, aren't you?"
"Apparently, I am."
That ending is just chilling. The way the truth just unravels bit by bit. It hits you hard, and you are just not ready for it. That last line was delivered perfectly. Excellent storytelling and voice acting.
What. An. Ending.
Those cutscens, the dialogue, the sound design, the script only serve to show how much games have regressed when it comes to good writing and dialogue or story.
I blame lack of time or attention span for lore based things
Got to say the creators of the soul Reaver games. Were pretty confident to leave the first two Soul Reaver games on cliff hangers.
1:51:39 So that's why Malek was too late to save The Circle members who were slain by Vorador in Blood Omen...
That's right. Raziel was there right from the beginning, but if anyone is to blame, it's Moebius. He told Malek to stay where he was. As a result, members of the Circle were killed, and Malek was punished by being made into a ghost knight in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain.
Oh that crazy raziel, what zany shenanigans will he get up to now?
vampires have a weird thing for shirtless sleeves.
What's the point of gains if you don't show em off a little??
@ you know what? That’s absolutely fair.
I'd love a remake of this series but Raziel's and Kain's voice actors weren't exactly young 25 years ago.
Poor Raziel. He is literally on the wrong side of History.
I've hated that Raziel didn't take keep the blade
I wonder why he didn't turn malek
Pure Spite I'd assume. That's Kain's whole bag
In blood omen mortanious had fused maleks soul to his armour, so no body for kain to raise (if I recall there is also no tomb in tomb of the sarafan in sr1, just a memorial grave)
@@shadowsnake957 the timeline changes
@@yasinbello8781 it does, but the original change on the death of William the just takes place about 50 years before blood omen. Vorador’s slaughter of the circle and maleks imprisonment are around 500 years before so there is still no body for kain to raise. The real changes are for blood omen 2 since raziel resurrects janos
@@yasinbello8781 nothing that would change Maleks fate, as long as the circle is massacred and at least Mortanius survives, then there is no chance for a moment of probability.
I have wanted to start a project for some time that sees audio harvested from old media and revitalized into a form more fit for posterity. Mostly old movies, like the classic star wars films (animate all 9 named entries like the clone wars) or The Last Starfighter (honestly, leave the movie as is and just redo the CGI.).
If i had a million dollars, i would rip the audio from all of the LOK games, and rebuild them from the ground up with better graphics, modernized controls, more diverse challenges etc., but the audio from this series is untouchable.
You've got a guaranteed patreon sub (this guy 👍 👍) for that LoK project my guy 🎉
So when the reaver does consume Raziel what happens to the original version of his soul? Does the current one just overwrite the original? Do they both coexist together?
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the staff repel raziels wraith blade due to it being impowered by vampiric energy ? I believe janos said it himself vampires are weakened by the staff I had only assumed the reaver was hindered from working only because it was technically raziels vampiric soul or the vampiric empowerment either way it must've been one of those factors
Yes the wraith blade reaver is Raziel's vampiric soul from the first soul reaver's time line.. which is timeline B. Time line A is where william the just becomes the nemesis. This is why in Soul reaver the blade itself shatters, he couldnt consume his own soul thus there was a paradox.
@marvthedog1972 that makes sense actually man the writers of these games were phenomenal at their craft I swear
i rly likes the graphics of soul reaver 2, not just the cinematics, the character models. And legacy of kain defiance. Blood Omen 2 was caca
is this the vampire vorador
yes raziel
Thanks A LOT for using the correct aspect ratio!
Edit: I spoke too soon. Why are so many SR2 videos in the wrong ratio???
To be continue
I still cannot think of any reason as to why the soul reaver is incapacitated by the staff Mobius is holding, when raziel comes out of the portal.. The sword is basically the soul... there are so many holes in the story..
It's the first bit of foreshadowing in regards to just whose soul was in the Soul Reaver. Mobius's anti-vampire staff stops the Soul Reaver because it's the soul of a vampire.
This game and defiance NAILED the lip sync, where new games are still screwing it up.
Raziel has no jaw, no tongue, and no lips... how is he talking?
telepathy
He speaks with vengeful purpose.
He speaks through his unforgiving rage!
I love all of these answers 😁
There's actually a voice actor lending his voice. 😅
What if Kain knew that Raziel is a key character to his agenda from the get go, but he needs Raziel to figure out what to do by himself, or it won't work. Something like Strange not telling what Tony have to do in the right moment, besides there is only one chance over millions of possible futures.
until the end of this game he did, but then the paradox happend.
That coincidental 666 likes tho. Epic
I forgot how horrible that ending was… 😐
The first one was a great game.
the hildin were the bummers all along
AKA the jin ba bas