Just a straight up remaster would be perfect! Don't touch the voice work, don't touch the character design, levels or story, just make it pretty on modern systems. (I wouldn't trust today's game studios with a full "remake", they'd mutilate it.)
@@michaelbeasley1386 No its a good thing, the LoK series started good and finished good, reviving it could be disastrous, its highly likely they would change the story, ruining what Amy made for us to enjoy. Letting it rest in peace in the glory of what it accomplished is the best case for us fans.
Kurt Harland man... It's a shame he sort of disappeared from the video game music world shortly after the LOK series ended. He created one of the most iconic soundtracks ever in Soul Reaver, wether people realise it or not. Nothing short of a masterpiece and ahead of it's time in terms of implementation. What a legend!
Information Society has a pretty huge catalog of music to delve into if you have not checked it out. Well worth it. They are coming out with a new album in just a couple weeks.
@@BeachBumZeroI've checked out Information Society and never found anything like this outside of Don't be Afraid. Most of it just seems to be cheesy 80's pop. Do you have any recommendations?
Kain: “...Tell me, did it trouble you to murder your brothers?” Raziel: “Did it trouble *you* when you ordered me into the Abyss!?” BEST lines in the game!
I love in Defiance when you meet with your lost brother Turel Turel: No. That voice - not possible. I know that voice... but he fell. The Abyss, he ended there. Raziel: I did not *fall* into the Abyss. (Turel was one of the two, along with Dumah, who literally and figuratively let him down and threw him into the Abyss lol) Turel: Oooh, it remembers *that*, does it?
@@michaelbeasley1386 I love the followup outburst Kain (Simon Templeman) responds with: “Conscience! You DARE speak to me of conscience? Only when you have felt the full gravity of choice should you dare question my judgement!”
Never noticed the Christian mythology undertones until just now, for some reason. Raziel plays the roll of Lucifer in some interesting ways... A thought provoking way to view the game’s story.
phantumgrey We need a closure game to the series, that's true. But I really wouldn't mind a HD version of Soul Reaver 1. Maybe even with with a bonus "what if " story based on original script - with killing Turel, Priestess, Kain and opening the sound pipes of Silenced Cathedral.
Bertrand Degalbert agree with you. But don't expect too much, todays games soundtracks are all like beeewwmmm wawwawawawawawahahah uiuiugiguigugiu dubstep shit, it is so sad. It's bad enough that most producers don't give a damn bout quality of the game, so they should minimum put something on soundtracks..
Everything about this game is perferct. The story, the characters, the setting and atmospherics and the soundtrack. I dont think many modern games could match it.
Kain is deified. The clans tell tales of him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all. However, his contempt for humanity drove him to create me and my brethren. I am Raziel. First-born of his lieutenants. I stood with Kain and my brethren at the dawn of the empire. I have served him a millennium.
+Uncrazimatic Over time, we became less human and more, divine. Kain would enter the state of change and emerge with a new gift. Some years after the master, our evolution would follow. Until I had the honor of surpassing my Lord.
+X3MCTZN For my transgression, I earned a new kind of reward... agony. There was only one possible outcome - my eternal damnation. I, Raziel, was to suffer the fate of traitors and weaklings - to burn forever in the bowels of the Abyss.
This Series is why I write stories and got into game development. Hands down favourite game of all time. I -- am not your enemy - not your destroyer - I am, as before, your right hand. Your sword. -Raziel (R.I.P.)
well, i think god of war holds up pretty well, though invoking a totally different kind of feelings throughout it's narrative. but thenagain, that series started in 2005 which is 13 years ago as from today, so it also isn't a recent creation. games today are more focused on graphics than everything else. generating profit by feeding the kids graphically high-end games instead of letting the writers and artisans in gamestudios envision their ideas is what makes game publishers today the enemies of gamers who are interested in deeper and more meaningful content than just visuals.
I see many people in the comment thread refer to this game as "underrated". Quite the opposite, back in the days it used to be a big hit, I'd rather refer to it as to a "unjustly forgotten gem".
The legacy of kain is personally I consider the video game to have the best story-line ever. It is probably the only story-line from a video game that has kept me puzzled in understanding it. This puzzlement lead me to doing a lot of research on the to grasp the meaning behind the game. The central themes so far I've understood in the series are fatalism, man's struggle for free will and some gnosticism. Also discovering that Raziel draws from Joseph Campbell ideas. The storyline for me personally is a great work of literature.
perfect analysis brother ! i didn't do researches yet ! but from my personal gameplay, and from the dialogues in the game, i believe it tackles religion on a big scale !
tarek baziz probably, but there's a lot of support for Gnosticism. Gnosticism describes a collection of ancient religions whose adherents shunned the material world created by the demiurge and embraced the spiritual world. In Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2, Amy Hennig identified "the question of free will in a universe apparently ruled by fate" as the core of the story. Gnosticism, in which "the material world is an illusion, a lie perpetrated by a false and malignant god whose aim is to keep the human soul in darkness and ignorance" and the hero's goal is "knowledge, enlightenment, and the exposure of the truth", helped to formulate Raziel's arc
Milos Vukelic just amazing !! that scene when raziel discovered he was a sarafan along with his brothers before the transition kain did to them !! hmmm...now i'll have to do my own research...this is more than just a game bro !
tarek baziz Do you know Raziel draws inspiration from Joseph Campbell's ideas ? He is a famous mythologist and his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces is George's Lucas biggest inspiration for Star Wars.
Literally fell in love with Raziel when I saw a screenshot of this game on the back of a PlayStation magazine. I made up a story in my head that he was some sort of prince. A few years later, I'm shopping at HEB with my mom and in the toy aisle, there is a Raziel action figure. I convince my mom to buy me the figure and also one of Kain. I loved them so much (And she loved me so much) that she bought me 2 of each over time. One set that I could play with, one set that's still in the box. One day at the local video/game rental place, I happened to notice the titles of one of the series, "Legacy of Rain". Turns out it was BO2, but over time I found my way to this game and it has been my favorite ever since.
Oh how I miss Nosgoth. It was such a wonderful place. It had such a wonderful rich and dark atmosphere that provided more than enough fertile ground for such equally dark tales. Oh well, maybe one day I'll see those pillars on the horizon again... someday.
I listen to Ozar Midrashim everyday since the first time I heard it in Soul Reaver 1. The series were flawless, the intense story, puzzles, Shakespearean level of dialogues, the music was just epic, I won't ever encounter anything like this, I apologize for my language but these games gave me wood, Ever since i was a child I dreamed of seeing a movie based on these games (thought in my opinion only hardcore fans can be great directors to make a movie like this) since most of game-based films are rubbish.
Lew Hadasz Amen brother, Nosgoth was a rival to the Middle Earth, no doubt, and it's coming from a die hard Lotr fan:) Too bad Nosgoth(the game) is utter rubbish :( Such a great franchise killed without mercy...
NameyStuff Exactly what I was going for, Uwe Boll murdered BloodRayne, and trust me there are idiots of the same caliber who could butcher LegacyOfKain. If they gave me money id direct a movie without going away from canon, look at Peter Jackson he did he's research and made a flawless film. Thought he almost made aragorn fight sauron at the black gate, which would have been retarded.
You just can`t imagine Legacy of Kain without its soundtrack. It just doesn`t hold together. Is just as if the whole soundtrack made the whole world of nosgoth "real". It gives it his life, or death. Which is just amazing and something videogames today still struggle to achieve.
Yeah, aside from maybe few famous tunes from the most famous video games, there are really no soundtrack that just makes u say "Oh crap this is from {.... }game!" unlike anything LoK related
The golden era of videogames... so many good fucking games, the first playstation is the best console of all times in my opinion. Legacy Of Kain, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Legend Of Dragoon, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tekken and the list goes on and on! Back then developers had more passion, nowadays all they care is making money... almost all the games on the PS1 were masterpieces.
Patrick Lunardi I'm so proud that my childhood was in this golden era of gaming.I played alot of games but I will always remember Soul Reaver as a best game ever created.Todays games is all about the graphics,no quality.Still keep my collection of all good old games
This was an awesome soundtrack. Fill of muted primitive percussion, descending echoes, tense chords and mournful harmonies. Perfectly describes an odyssey through an undead underworld.
I never felt like playing the Soul Reaver games. Until yesterday, when I bought the first game on gog for 1€. FUCK I was so wrong. The game is so epic it brings tears to my eyes. (Well almost :D)
All around the world fans are dying to return to Nosgoth once again with a new game (in 1080p) that continues where the last one finished. This stunning series deserves a better ending, an epic ending!
DarkSpirit Yoobi Funfact: It's actually just the Multiplayer Part of an originally bigger game called Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun. However the game was cancelled by the publishers and the Multiplayer Portion given to another studio (Psyonix) who salvaged it into the Nosgoth game we have now. :)
So much hard work and passion went into this game. It was interesting from A to Z. The puzzles kept me busy in the best ways possible ! being an angel of death has never been this cool....the good old days of gaming... today's games can only be compared to star wars the phantom menace and Jar Jar binks.
Did you play Star Wars the phantom menace ? Haha it was good game, really big scenarios, and a lot of dialogues, not the best graphics though. But I enjoyed a lot when a was a kid.
Hey, phantom menace was a nice enough movie. The writing was great even, in regards to World building... But Jar Jar was an annoying travesty I'll admit...
Look I will admit Phantom Menace is nostsalgic (grew up with this) and there are some really nice moments. Except for a few things that I do not like, I do appreciate what Lucas did with the prequels. The dual with obi/Jin vs maul defined the modern Star wars. I just wanted the tone of the Phantom Menace to be a bit more serious and aimed towards more mature themes.
@@torbenfranke1859 lol that's the thing I never understood. Episode one was geared to a much younger audience as you said. Now we get to episode 2 and 3 where all kinds of limbs and heads are being chopped off lol. Anakin even force chokes his sweet pregnant wife. After killing younglings. The biggest issue was the tone, target audience and lack of a clear protagonist. Obiwan should have been the main protagonist throughout 1 to 3. The fall of Anakin through the eyes of his teacher, friend and father figure makes the journey more emotional.
It never got finished so it can never die, trapped for eternity to never be fulfilled. I couldn't imagine anything more deserving and defining for the series. Is it better for a franchise to die on the vine or be rewritten to fit a modern audience?
Nice dark and gothique atmosphere, charismatic characters, soundtrack adapted to immersion in the various levels and and boss fights... Beauty of a complex scenario ! i have never play has such a game, many yers later... Kain the real vampire: underworld, angel, buffy, vampire diaries and others stories can just kneel down , "vae victis" :)
@@razielredeemeranddestroyer1948 de todas formas defiance pone la cancion clasica del soul reaver 1 en la pelea de raziel con kain... eso para mi fue lo mas epico de la vida
The entire Legacy of Kain series is my passion. Raziel and Nosgoth redefined my character to include my perspective in life. I have this weird feeling of happines when I'm alone. I kinda like the series ended with no conclusion, it makes me feel that Raziel is still here lurking around us searching for answers...
"Kain is deified. The Clans tell tales of Him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all. However, His contempt for humanity drove him to create me, and my brethren." 22 years later and I still remember every word to that opening sequence. Aside from King's Field II, few games had the atmosphere of Soul Reaver. Necropolis is so iconic for me. I can still hear the sound of the spears piercing the vampires and their groans. Fucking love this game.
@theunbearableman I will say: The game mechanics of that genre would translate pretty well to updating LOK and Soul Reaver into the modern era. Keep the core of the original mechanics (puzzles, world shifting, etc) and just give it a modern shine... i'd buy it twice. The original games weren't easy or forgiving, but they were beatable; so a "dark souls-like game" might work out well. Think of Darksiders 3's difficulty. That's palatable to someone like me who loves the story but doesn't want to have to git gud to see it through.
So many lost gems like this one will never again be recreated for they are now lost to a generation that knows nothing of them. I miss this game a lot.
I miss this game. I used to listen to its soundtrack religiously. I think, if this game was to be remade, I think the people who made the Darksiders games should do it. I can think of no company that could do it better. Im sure they would give it the proper respect it continues to deserve. This game is a legend in its own right, being also among the first games to function without a loading screen during the PS1 Era.
Thank god for emulators, because now the ps1 emu I can finally play all these ps1 classics, this game legendary a wonder for it's generation, the gameplay was truly ahead of it's time free roam 3D with no load times, combat was fantastic still is, the villains were awesome and you have to get creative to your enemies, legendary soundtrack, and some of the greatest dialogue and voice acting in gaming history the characters never felt like robots they had depth and emotion.
yeah well, what i meant was that this games have a PC version also, but it's obviously designed to be played with a joystick because you can't use the mouse and all
I think they cant/want make legacy of kain great again. It was series for connoisseurs most people dont know about it. It so hard to release new game better then masterpiece like soul riever 1. Even if theymade this game there is not much chance that creating her will earn on yourself. Now developers want make games for friendly for everyone to earn maximum profit (like they try with new legacy of kain game who was cancelled) and thats how developers are killing their greatest game brands .
Exactly Mikele, I've just started to write a storyline for a new game and have a few people who want to focus on "reaching the most people". The focus can't be about money. The greats (like the original star wars) never worried about putting shitty characters in there like jarjardinks just to appease a certain age group and destroy the franchise. I think all of my media favorites (game/video) follow that rule.
i was 12 years old when i played the game... it is still one of my favourites: the plot, the characters, the setting - it's fantastic! 1-2 years later i caught up on "blood omen" and after that I played the other games when they came out. :)
Overtime we became less human and...more divine, Kain would enter the state of change and emerge with a new gift. Some years after the master our evolution would follown, until I have the honour of surpassing my Lord!
2021 Just finished for the first time, the sense of exploration and adventure is unmatched by recent games ( only dark souls series can compete with soul reaver), the story is great , the soundtrack is legendary, Raziel and Kain are as charismatic as they come, definitely a masterpiece. Play the Dreamcast version, you´ll get the ultimate experience out of it.
I was never able to beat this game. I played when I was like 4 or 5 years old. Something always felt special about this game. I didn't freakin' understand the plot and I got stuck right before Melchiah. Years later I played Soul Reaver 2 on PS2 and my dad returned it because he hated the slowness of the cutscenes and thought it was SOO boring. Fast forward to my teens and I buy them both for my self again. I was still having a hard time figuring out what to do but I finally beat them. To say the least, it's impressive how much detail they put into the lore of this world. In the first Soul Reaver when you first get introduced to the fast travel system, Raziel explains it so eloquently! As a child I wasn't even aware of fast travel systems in games so how could I possibly understand the purpose of those portals in the way they're introduced?! 🤣 Just wow! Even fast traveling is a purposeful thing! It's a shame the fourth game got canceled. It was looking really good. They had all of the Eidos devs working on it and then traded that project in favor for the online PvP game. I hope this series somehow continues in the future.
Este juego fue mi infancia entera y doy gracias porque en poca o gran medida me hizo RAZONAR y PENSAR para poder ir descubriendo cada secreto del juego que, al ser un mapa abierto para que exploraras donde quisieras, era difícil hacer conjeturas para resolver cada misterio que se presentaba. Odiaba a mis amigos que se la pasaban jugando Winning Eleven y demás, creo que pocos nos aventuramos a terminar este juegazo con un poco de ayuda de las guías que vendían en los puestos de revistas. Qué tiempos aquellos en los que se hacían videojuegos que te cautivaran tanto y que te hicieran desarrollar tus habilidades.
Just come back after a long old while to give this thing a listen. It reminds me of the days I used to get completely lost in videogames, this being a major player. The cathedral music still sends a chill up my spine, just as tunes like ruined city fill me once again with intrigue. What a perfect score. I worry a little if I play the game it won't live up to my last playthrough, I remember thinking the world was pretty sizable but always wanting more, but in a time where the possibilities seem almost endless, this is still a thing of beauty. What a game!
“Given the choice, whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire; or to challenge the fates for another throw - a better throw - against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one even truly have a choice? One can only match, move by move, the machinations of fate... and thus defy the tyrannous stars.”
We want a reboot? Yes, but do we really want a ESRB "E" title? Hell NO. Make it dark, bloody, chilling like real Vampires supposed to be, like it was in Legacy of Kain:Soul Reaver.I can only imagine this game now with Dark Souls graphics.Probably would be the first game I would pay a full 50 bucks in a good while.
I don't even want a reboot, just remake the games (including LoK BO1) with modern graphics and gameplay combat mechanics but keeping the story and level design... maybe slight changes to that Raziel can glide like Batman does in Arkham City...
Remember your rage, Raziel... The LoK is still the best series ever! Best dark atmosphere, best individual gameplay, best soundtrack (l mean just listen...) AND the best storyline Ive encountered so far in a video game. This soundtrack goes with me everywhere on mobile and mp3 player :)
I see this game for the first time when i was 6 yeas old, i remember to see my father playing and i was like "omg, this is a masterpiece", i actually felt afraid, but i had a fixation in this game, when i was sleep i aways dremed with the game, with that universe, but in the dream a don't be afraid. later in my life eu played this game many and many times. Today, i'm 27 and still come here to listen to this masterpiece and i still dream with this universe today. i don't know how i feel about this game, becouse i can't explane but i love what i feel. (forgive my english, i'm not native)
Oh God... If I were to live to the ages of 150, i'd still say, this is one of those most epic journey's of discovery imagined and created by mankind. -> Silicon Knight's truly... There is a lot of epic fiction out there, but few like it though. Or best said, none... As a vampire fiction it is entirely unique. As a fantasy setting it is unique. Quintessentially a gem..
This was THE SHIT. No maps or pointers telling you where to go which a lot of games nowadays use. Just you as the protagonist exploring his way through the game. Lot of memory work. And your reaver which just disappears as soon you take damage.
Maps or pointers telling you where to go makes the game easy and unreal. I always take that off when I play nowadays games. And I can't see problems with the other things you said.
Lok games were portals to other worlds and the music greatly contributed to that! So many dedicated fans and after so many years. How can they not make a sequel?
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Still here in 2019 - still waiting for a remake.
Just a straight up remaster would be perfect! Don't touch the voice work, don't touch the character design, levels or story, just make it pretty on modern systems. (I wouldn't trust today's game studios with a full "remake", they'd mutilate it.)
2020 and still waiting ...
Yeah they fucking need to remake this. Fucking assholes only care about money...... What dollface said.
A remaster, not remake. Just like they did with Resident Evil and MediEvil.
Coronavirus fucking the whole world and here I am... still waiting...
One of the best game on ps1
One of the best games EVER!
@@steevski one of? the best game ever!!! haha
Yes
The best game of all time to be exact
I played on Dreamcast
Ozar Midrashim still gives me goosebumps 21 years later.
Powerful shit.
One of those tracks I could listen again and again. Pure Epicness 🔥🔥🔥💪
@@GrandMasterTRS ruclips.net/video/D3PfZ5QP4bU/видео.html
its so epic seeing Raziel and his brother walking out to Kain during this song....
Absolutely! Amazing intro music!
Every. Single. Time. Those first four notes and I'm in. "Kain is deified." Few games have an opening as strong as this.
Sound 100%
Story line 100%
Game play 100%
If it will be rebooted with today's technology the graphics will be awesome.
unfortunately the company that created this masterpiece died and so did their IP. such a shame the legacy of kain series was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!
@@michaelbeasley1386 No its a good thing, the LoK series started good and finished good, reviving it could be disastrous, its highly likely they would change the story, ruining what Amy made for us to enjoy. Letting it rest in peace in the glory of what it accomplished is the best case for us fans.
@@thesonichours What do you mean it finished good ? We never got an ending to it :(
@@Frankyjaeger Legacy Of Kain Defiance is the ending.
@@thesonichours It ended on a cliffhanger mate.
Kurt Harland man... It's a shame he sort of disappeared from the video game music world shortly after the LOK series ended. He created one of the most iconic soundtracks ever in Soul Reaver, wether people realise it or not. Nothing short of a masterpiece and ahead of it's time in terms of implementation. What a legend!
Information Society has a pretty huge catalog of music to delve into if you have not checked it out. Well worth it. They are coming out with a new album in just a couple weeks.
@@BeachBumZeroI've checked out Information Society and never found anything like this outside of Don't be Afraid. Most of it just seems to be cheesy 80's pop. Do you have any recommendations?
Kain: “...Tell me, did it trouble you to murder your brothers?”
Raziel: “Did it trouble *you* when you ordered me into the Abyss!?”
BEST lines in the game!
You could write a quite long book titled "Best lines in the Legacy of Kain series".
I love in Defiance when you meet with your lost brother Turel
Turel: No. That voice - not possible. I know that voice... but he fell. The Abyss, he ended there.
Raziel: I did not *fall* into the Abyss. (Turel was one of the two, along with Dumah, who literally and figuratively let him down and threw him into the Abyss lol)
Turel: Oooh, it remembers *that*, does it?
"God damn it kain, you are not GOD!!!" best outburst line from Michael Bell.
@@michaelbeasley1386 I love the followup outburst Kain (Simon Templeman) responds with:
“Conscience! You DARE speak to me of conscience? Only when you have felt the full gravity of choice should you dare question my judgement!”
@@we-must-live that dialog literally gave me goosebumps the first time i heard it....god the story was SOOOOOO well written
This game set me off on a spiritual journey that had a huge impact in my life. Will never forget. It also pretty much taught me English as a kid.
hah same, I actually quoted it in a highschool paper
Ditto, brother.
TabletTriple9 Id love to hear more about how the game affected you spiritually!
@@MonsterRain91 Ya I'd love to! PM me if possible or I could try to summarize here in a day or two
John Murray a) youtube doesnt have PMs anymore
B) I was responding to the first guy.
But feel free to share yourself also
Kain: "Raziel... the Abyss has been unkind."
Raziel: "I am your creation, Kain. Now, as before, you criticize your own work."
There are so many good lines from that game I lose count
Robin Powell Yes, yes. I cannot say more that you do.
Soul Reaver is a game about Kain-Senpai noticing Raziel. Then hating him. >:C
Kain: but suppose you throw a coin enough times... suppose one day, it lands on its edge...
Never noticed the Christian mythology undertones until just now, for some reason. Raziel plays the roll of Lucifer in some interesting ways... A thought provoking way to view the game’s story.
The greatest gem of the PS1 era.
+Zack Ward agreed
yep
+Zack Ward FFVII can rot in the underworld
+Zack Ward Indeed THE greatest series. Ozar Midrashim is breaking my soul ... so many memories.
+Mazgun Raynor The greatest series...if you pretend Blood Omen 2 never happened.
This game needs a remake.
But with this soundtrack.
Damn i forgot how much i liked it
We need an ending NOT a remake. Of course with as many of the original voice actors as possible RIP elder god AKA Tony Jay
phantumgrey Ending, remake, reboot. WHATEVER, We need SOMETHING of Soul Reaver right now.
phantumgrey
We need a closure game to the series, that's true. But I really wouldn't mind a HD version of Soul Reaver 1. Maybe even with with a bonus "what if " story based on original script - with killing Turel, Priestess, Kain and opening the sound pipes of Silenced Cathedral.
Bertrand Degalbert agree with you. But don't expect too much, todays games soundtracks are all like beeewwmmm wawwawawawawawahahah uiuiugiguigugiu dubstep shit, it is so sad. It's bad enough that most producers don't give a damn bout quality of the game, so they should minimum put something on soundtracks..
sirdan fortesque Bandas sonoras malas, para juegos mediocres,estan a la par, que asco .
The grim atmosphere in this game was incredible.
I knoooooooowwwwwww ughomg
yes yes yes
That's absolutely true! In fact, that's one of the reasons I like it a whole lot more than its sequel.
This games atmosphere was untouched until Blood Bourne came out tbh.
me so horny
Everything about this game is perferct. The story, the characters, the setting and atmospherics and the soundtrack. I dont think many modern games could match it.
for me best PS1 game ever made. 2nd is Medival. 3rd Oddworld
@@90kuky Mine are 1. Soul Reaver (1 & 2)
2. Resident Evil (1 & 2)
3. Final Fantasy IX
What about the ending?
None can match this game's might!
I just finished first time playing this and the gameplay is weak af, but the rest compensates for it, like the atmosphere and story.
Kain is deified. The clans tell tales of him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all. However, his contempt for humanity drove him to create me and my brethren. I am Raziel. First-born of his lieutenants. I stood with Kain and my brethren at the dawn of the empire.
I have served him a millennium.
+Uncrazimatic Over time, we
became less human and more, divine. Kain would enter the state of change and
emerge with a new gift. Some years after the master, our evolution would
follow. Until I had the honor of surpassing my Lord.
+X3MCTZN
For my transgression, I earned a new kind of reward... agony.
There was only one possible outcome - my eternal damnation. I, Raziel, was to suffer the fate of traitors and weaklings - to burn forever in the bowels of the Abyss.
Frater Krähe "CAST HIM IN"
+X3MCTZN *Wilhelm Scream*
*****
HAHAHAHAAH........ tumbling, burning with why hote fire I plundged into the depths of the abyss !!
This Series is why I write stories and got into game development. Hands down favourite game of all time. I -- am not your enemy - not your destroyer - I am, as before, your right hand. Your sword. -Raziel (R.I.P.)
The opening cinematic and soundtrack of this game was the most awe inspiring thing I had ever seen as a kid. Still gives me shivers...
yes is true !
So nice, its addictive
Game developers today even with all the new tech, talent and enterprises don't have the potential to make a series nearly as in depth as this.
This is what gaming is for me. Not online fps. I have Soul Reaver on my phone and will play that over most new games any day.
well, i think god of war holds up pretty well, though invoking a totally different kind of feelings throughout it's narrative. but thenagain, that series started in 2005 which is 13 years ago as from today, so it also isn't a recent creation. games today are more focused on graphics than everything else. generating profit by feeding the kids graphically high-end games instead of letting the writers and artisans in gamestudios envision their ideas is what makes game publishers today the enemies of gamers who are interested in deeper and more meaningful content than just visuals.
Planescspe: Torment, Tyranny, Disco Elysium, Inside
I see many people in the comment thread refer to this game as "underrated". Quite the opposite, back in the days it used to be a big hit, I'd rather refer to it as to a "unjustly forgotten gem".
"Time fades even legend"
Not a remake. Make a remastered version.
The legacy of kain is personally I consider the video game to have the best story-line ever. It is probably the only story-line from a video game that has kept me puzzled in understanding it. This puzzlement lead me to doing a lot of research on the to grasp the meaning behind the game. The central themes so far I've understood in the series are fatalism, man's struggle for free will and some gnosticism. Also discovering that Raziel draws from Joseph Campbell ideas. The storyline for me personally is a great work of literature.
perfect analysis brother ! i didn't do researches yet ! but from my personal gameplay, and from the dialogues in the game, i believe it tackles religion on a big scale !
tarek baziz probably, but there's a lot of support for Gnosticism. Gnosticism describes a collection of ancient religions whose adherents shunned the material world created by the demiurge and embraced the spiritual world. In Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2, Amy Hennig identified "the question of free will in a universe apparently ruled by fate" as the core of the story. Gnosticism, in which "the material world is an illusion, a lie perpetrated by a false and malignant god whose aim is to keep the human soul in darkness and ignorance" and the hero's goal is "knowledge, enlightenment, and the exposure of the truth", helped to formulate Raziel's arc
Milos Vukelic just amazing !! that scene when raziel discovered he was a sarafan along with his brothers before the transition kain did to them !! hmmm...now i'll have to do my own research...this is more than just a game bro !
tarek baziz Do you know Raziel draws inspiration from Joseph Campbell's ideas ? He is a famous mythologist and his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces is George's Lucas biggest inspiration for Star Wars.
Milos Vukelic never did till you mentioned it ! damn it's getting more interesting as it gets older !!
Literally fell in love with Raziel when I saw a screenshot of this game on the back of a PlayStation magazine. I made up a story in my head that he was some sort of prince. A few years later, I'm shopping at HEB with my mom and in the toy aisle, there is a Raziel action figure. I convince my mom to buy me the figure and also one of Kain. I loved them so much (And she loved me so much) that she bought me 2 of each over time. One set that I could play with, one set that's still in the box.
One day at the local video/game rental place, I happened to notice the titles of one of the series, "Legacy of Rain". Turns out it was BO2, but over time I found my way to this game and it has been my favorite ever since.
Oh how I miss Nosgoth. It was such a wonderful place. It had such a wonderful rich and dark atmosphere that provided more than enough fertile ground for such equally dark tales. Oh well, maybe one day I'll see those pillars on the horizon again... someday.
I listen to Ozar Midrashim everyday since the first time I heard it in Soul Reaver 1. The series were flawless, the intense story, puzzles, Shakespearean level of dialogues, the music was just epic, I won't ever encounter anything like this, I apologize for my language but these games gave me wood, Ever since i was a child I dreamed of seeing a movie based on these games (thought in my opinion only hardcore fans can be great directors to make a movie like this) since most of game-based films are rubbish.
Lew Hadasz
Amen brother, Nosgoth was a rival to the Middle Earth, no doubt, and it's coming from a die hard Lotr fan:) Too bad Nosgoth(the game) is utter rubbish :( Such a great franchise killed without mercy...
NameyStuff
Exactly what I was going for, Uwe Boll murdered BloodRayne, and trust me there are idiots of the same caliber who could butcher LegacyOfKain. If they gave me money id direct a movie without going away from canon, look at Peter Jackson he did he's research and made a flawless film. Thought he almost made aragorn fight sauron at the black gate, which would have been retarded.
NameyStuff
Yeah the Elder gods is still alive, yet he also isn't....
R.I.P Tony Jay
+Ilja Sidlun I cry man T_T
+Ilja Sidlun Amy Hennig would make the only good director of any adaptation. She was the soul behind the series.
You just can`t imagine Legacy of Kain without its soundtrack. It just doesn`t hold together. Is just as if the whole soundtrack made the whole world of nosgoth "real". It gives it his life, or death. Which is just amazing and something videogames today still struggle to achieve.
+Alexander Dragonfang I couldn't agree more
+Alexander Dragonfang
Agreed, that and the almost poetic dialogue.
+Alexander Dragonfang the habitants of Nosgoth was on the music :)
Yeah, aside from maybe few famous tunes from the most famous video games, there are really no soundtrack that just makes u say "Oh crap this is from {.... }game!" unlike anything LoK related
I THINK of this game and immediately hear that gamelan sample at 5:11
The golden era of videogames... so many good fucking games, the first playstation is the best console of all times in my opinion. Legacy Of Kain, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Legend Of Dragoon, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tekken and the list goes on and on! Back then developers had more passion, nowadays all they care is making money... almost all the games on the PS1 were masterpieces.
dino crisis, silent hill, metal gear, alone in the dark, rayman, pepsi man...
MikeManiac I was about to say, Alone in the Dark was awesome!
Patrick Lunardi Tenchu, Syphon Filter, Gran Turismo...
Patrick Lunardi I'm so proud that my childhood was in this golden era of gaming.I played alot of games but I will always remember Soul Reaver as a best game ever created.Todays games is all about the graphics,no quality.Still keep my collection of all good old games
Adding Oddworld to this amazing list
This was an awesome soundtrack. Fill of muted primitive percussion, descending echoes, tense chords and mournful harmonies. Perfectly describes an odyssey through an undead underworld.
one of the greatest series ever, the very beginning of stellar voice overs and amounting to a wholesome plot that would spark almost a decade of lore.
I come here every two weeks. Cant live without the intro :-)
I never felt like playing the Soul Reaver games. Until yesterday, when I bought the first game on gog for 1€. FUCK I was so wrong. The game is so epic it brings tears to my eyes. (Well almost :D)
i get you lol...
its so much epicness you cant handle lol...
I think you would really like all the LOK games
I have them all and they are Awesome :)
Please remake without messing with the ost or voice acting
Fuckin A
I still have all my Legacy of kain games. I think a game marathon is long over due, better start stocking up supplies and tell my relatives goodbye
All around the world fans are dying to return to Nosgoth once again with a new game (in 1080p) that continues where the last one finished. This stunning series deserves a better ending, an epic ending!
It might happen, considering we did get a new game set in the LoK world just called Nosgoth.
DarkSpirit Yoobi Funfact: It's actually just the Multiplayer Part of an originally bigger game called Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun. However the game was cancelled by the publishers and the Multiplayer Portion given to another studio (Psyonix) who salvaged it into the Nosgoth game we have now. :)
I'm nerding out right now.. LOK Soul Reaver is a story that needs to be retold.
So much hard work and passion went into this game. It was interesting from A to Z. The puzzles kept me busy in the best ways possible ! being an angel of death has never been this cool....the good old days of gaming... today's games can only be compared to star wars the phantom menace and Jar Jar binks.
Did you play Star Wars the phantom menace ? Haha it was good game, really big scenarios, and a lot of dialogues, not the best graphics though. But I enjoyed a lot when a was a kid.
Hey, phantom menace was a nice enough movie. The writing was great even, in regards to World building... But Jar Jar was an annoying travesty I'll admit...
Look I will admit Phantom Menace is nostsalgic (grew up with this) and there are some really nice moments. Except for a few things that I do not like, I do appreciate what Lucas did with the prequels. The dual with obi/Jin vs maul defined the modern Star wars.
I just wanted the tone of the Phantom Menace to be a bit more serious and aimed towards more mature themes.
@@eXxaric I can understand that aspect. Lucas very much geared the prequel to be marketed to kids. 😅
@@torbenfranke1859 lol that's the thing I never understood. Episode one was geared to a much younger audience as you said. Now we get to episode 2 and 3 where all kinds of limbs and heads are being chopped off lol. Anakin even force chokes his sweet pregnant wife. After killing younglings.
The biggest issue was the tone, target audience and lack of a clear protagonist. Obiwan should have been the main protagonist throughout 1 to 3. The fall of Anakin through the eyes of his teacher, friend and father figure makes the journey more emotional.
2020... time passes by but Soul Reaver remains, immortal masterpiece
It never got finished so it can never die, trapped for eternity to never be fulfilled. I couldn't imagine anything more deserving and defining for the series. Is it better for a franchise to die on the vine or be rewritten to fit a modern audience?
I was reading The Stand by Stephen King while listening to this soundtrack. Added a whole new level of terror for me.
Nice dark and gothique atmosphere, charismatic characters, soundtrack adapted to immersion in the various levels and and boss fights... Beauty of a complex scenario ! i have never play has such a game, many yers later... Kain the real vampire: underworld, angel, buffy, vampire diaries and others stories can just kneel down , "vae victis" :)
I loved how this game didn't have any loading screens when going from place to place at the time. It gave it that open world feeling.
I still melt when I hear this sound track. The beat, drums the tribe feel. The gothic in it.
Ozar Midrashim is the most haunting and captivating soundtracks of any game.
Enamorado de este juegazo. Excelente banda sonora, acorde a semejante obra de arte
estoy deacuerdo hermano
Sebastian Hulka un saludo. vengo recordando cada instante de mi infancia, sólo y oscuro con esta melodía. me da nostalgia
y el soundtrack del 2 tambien es genial lastima que el de defiance y los blood omen tiene muchos momentos de silencio y no tienen canciones tan buenas
@@razielredeemeranddestroyer1948 de todas formas defiance pone la cancion clasica del soul reaver 1 en la pelea de raziel con kain... eso para mi fue lo mas epico de la vida
yea yea yea
The entire Legacy of Kain series is my passion. Raziel and Nosgoth redefined my character to include my perspective in life. I have this weird feeling of happines when I'm alone. I kinda like the series ended with no conclusion, it makes me feel that Raziel is still here lurking around us searching for answers...
And I really miss solving those puzzles!
Hey, same pfp. Hello
@@lok4890 Nice bro!
Could not have said that better.
@@razielim09 ♉♈♌♍♒♎
The best game from one of the best franchises I've ever had the pleasure of playing.
Ruined City Danger is a masterpiece soundtrack.
This game was always like a fever dream to me, the soundtrack, the SFX, and the plot were just different from anything I ever played, even now.
"Kain is deified. The Clans tell tales of Him. Few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all. However, His contempt for humanity drove him to create me, and my brethren."
22 years later and I still remember every word to that opening sequence. Aside from King's Field II, few games had the atmosphere of Soul Reaver. Necropolis is so iconic for me. I can still hear the sound of the spears piercing the vampires and their groans. Fucking love this game.
This entire soundtrack has a Lovecraftian flair to it.
I wish from software did a remake of soul reaver with bloodborne gameplay
@@delko000 Please, no! XD Soul reaver was
already deep enough to put boring mechanics and dismiss his lagacy ;)
@@angelnavarro2540 They kinda share some philosophy about level design though
@@delko000 That's true
@theunbearableman I will say: The game mechanics of that genre would translate pretty well to updating LOK and Soul Reaver into the modern era. Keep the core of the original mechanics (puzzles, world shifting, etc) and just give it a modern shine... i'd buy it twice. The original games weren't easy or forgiving, but they were beatable; so a "dark souls-like game" might work out well. Think of Darksiders 3's difficulty. That's palatable to someone like me who loves the story but doesn't want to have to git gud to see it through.
the main theme gives me an insane amount of chills holy shiiiit
Even the audio is so unique. I have never heard anything like it
So many lost gems like this one will never again be recreated for they are now lost to a generation that knows nothing of them. I miss this game a lot.
I miss this game. I used to listen to its soundtrack religiously. I think, if this game was to be remade, I think the people who made the Darksiders games should do it. I can think of no company that could do it better. Im sure they would give it the proper respect it continues to deserve. This game is a legend in its own right, being also among the first games to function without a loading screen during the PS1 Era.
Amazing soundtrack,
Strong characters,
Gripping, diabolical story,
Miss much...
This series was a huge part of my childhood. Its a huge part of my adulthood as well. Long live the Legacy of Kain.
Thank god for emulators, because now the ps1 emu I can finally play all these ps1 classics, this game legendary a wonder for it's generation, the gameplay was truly ahead of it's time free roam 3D with no load times, combat was fantastic still is, the villains were awesome and you have to get creative to your enemies, legendary soundtrack, and some of the greatest dialogue and voice acting in gaming history the characters never felt like robots they had depth and emotion.
this series is also available for PC :v
exactly
yeah well, what i meant was that this games have a PC version also, but it's obviously designed to be played with a joystick because you can't use the mouse and all
... I played the Dreamcast version.
Dawood Williams complete immersion
Im not crying ur crying😭😭😭😭
Still waiting for a remake😥
I warn you brother, as my stature has grown, so is it matched by my appetite. Step forward, mussel!
the best game franchise EVER..!!!!
And to think it's dead while the story isn't over yet...
Agree and they need to bring it back!
I think they cant/want make legacy of kain great again. It was series for connoisseurs most people dont know about it. It so hard to release new game better then masterpiece like soul riever 1. Even if theymade this game there is not much chance that creating her will earn on yourself. Now developers want make games for friendly for everyone to earn maximum profit (like they try with new legacy of kain game who was cancelled) and thats how developers are killing their greatest game brands .
Btw remaster is the best and safest option for success. But we really want same shit after years in better graphic?
Exactly Mikele, I've just started to write a storyline for a new game and have a few people who want to focus on "reaching the most people". The focus can't be about money. The greats (like the original star wars) never worried about putting shitty characters in there like jarjardinks just to appease a certain age group and destroy the franchise. I think all of my media favorites (game/video) follow that rule.
The main theme gives me goosebumps!It was 2003 when I played it first...good old days!Thanks for the upload!
All this amazing music taking me back to a time when life was simpler...less depressing.
how i miss this atmosphere in a game, so dark, so serious, old times.., the best
i was 12 years old when i played the game...
it is still one of my favourites:
the plot, the characters, the setting - it's fantastic!
1-2 years later i caught up on "blood omen" and after that I played the other games when they came out. :)
Kain is deified. The clans tell tales of him, few know the truth. He was mortal once, as were we all.
how ever his attempt for Humanity drove him to create me and my brethren
I am Raziel, first-born of his lieutenants. I stood with Kain and my brethren
at the dawn of the empire. I have served him a millennium.
Overtime we became less human and...more divine, Kain would enter the state of change and emerge with a new gift. Some years after the master our evolution would follown, until I have the honour of surpassing my Lord!
for my transgression i earned a new kind of reward agony!!
mikehoff890 _man
I, Raziel was to suffer the fate of traitors and weaklings.....
2021 Just finished for the first time, the sense of exploration and adventure is unmatched by recent games ( only dark souls series can compete with soul reaver), the story is great , the soundtrack is legendary, Raziel and Kain are as charismatic as they come, definitely a masterpiece. Play the Dreamcast version, you´ll get the ultimate experience out of it.
ngl souls have zero narrative nor music nor story
Sound 100%
Story line 100%
Game play 100%
One of the best sound tracks in gaming. Panzer Dragoon, Zelda, Mario, Deus Ex, Sonic, Metroid, GTA... it hangs with the best of them.
Even in 2022 a true MASTERPIECE. This game deserve a remake. 🙏🤩
The first game I played on PlayStation.
I'm listening to this while playing WoW vanilla. It's like playing The Darkside of the Moon while watching The Wizard of Oz.
+ThatSkinny Drummer makes the boring corpse runs %1000 times more epic :D
2021 ! And still waiting for a new game that continues the history of Kain & Raziel.
Soul Reaver my favorite license ever :) Make us a remaster please..
No remaster, no!! new game better
There is a petition going on for the Soul Reaver remastered series designed for PC and current gen consoles! Please vote!!!!
Can you give me the hypetext link please?
Mimh® www.change.org/p/square-enix-remaster-legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-for-next-gen-consoles-and-pc
jokeonyou89
Thx :)
I was never able to beat this game. I played when I was like 4 or 5 years old. Something always felt special about this game.
I didn't freakin' understand the plot and I got stuck right before Melchiah. Years later I played Soul Reaver 2 on PS2 and my dad returned it because he hated the slowness of the cutscenes and thought it was SOO boring.
Fast forward to my teens and I buy them both for my self again. I was still having a hard time figuring out what to do but I finally beat them.
To say the least, it's impressive how much detail they put into the lore of this world. In the first Soul Reaver when you first get introduced to the fast travel system, Raziel explains it so eloquently! As a child I wasn't even aware of fast travel systems in games so how could I possibly understand the purpose of those portals in the way they're introduced?! 🤣 Just wow! Even fast traveling is a purposeful thing!
It's a shame the fourth game got canceled. It was looking really good. They had all of the Eidos devs working on it and then traded that project in favor for the online PvP game. I hope this series somehow continues in the future.
Why in the hell this game doesn’t have a remake or something. Or a saga with today’s graphic design and technology. THIS GAME IS PURE AWESOMENESS.
Este juego fue mi infancia entera y doy gracias porque en poca o gran medida me hizo RAZONAR y PENSAR para poder ir descubriendo cada secreto del juego que, al ser un mapa abierto para que exploraras donde quisieras, era difícil hacer conjeturas para resolver cada misterio que se presentaba. Odiaba a mis amigos que se la pasaban jugando Winning Eleven y demás, creo que pocos nos aventuramos a terminar este juegazo con un poco de ayuda de las guías que vendían en los puestos de revistas. Qué tiempos aquellos en los que se hacían videojuegos que te cautivaran tanto y que te hicieran desarrollar tus habilidades.
One of my favorite game with Vampire the Masquerade.
Just come back after a long old while to give this thing a listen. It reminds me of the days I used to get completely lost in videogames, this being a major player. The cathedral music still sends a chill up my spine, just as tunes like ruined city fill me once again with intrigue. What a perfect score. I worry a little if I play the game it won't live up to my last playthrough, I remember thinking the world was pretty sizable but always wanting more, but in a time where the possibilities seem almost endless, this is still a thing of beauty. What a game!
Amazing sound track great atmosphere please eidos heart ur prayers and remaster this gem 😫
I played this game as a kid and now I wonder if its soundtrack is the reason why I like syncopated rhythms so much.
Best soundtracks in video games ever.
9:05
I've hummed the first few seconds of this song at least once a week for the passed 20 years.
Best game ever made. The idea was remarkable ...... just speechless. I hope more like that game will come in the near future :S
***** Are you saying Legacy of Kain games are farm fests? Are we even talking about the same thing or did I misread?
I think he wants to say that today game industry is focused on fast farming games instead of games like Soul Reaver which is sad
“Given the choice, whether to rule a corrupt and failing empire; or to challenge the fates for another throw - a better throw - against one's destiny... what was a king to do? But does one even truly have a choice? One can only match, move by move, the machinations of fate... and thus defy the tyrannous stars.”
This is my whole childood
2026 still blasting the Legendary music. Iconics unfuckable.
We want a reboot? Yes, but do we really want a ESRB "E" title? Hell NO. Make it dark, bloody, chilling like real Vampires supposed to be, like it was in Legacy of Kain:Soul Reaver.I can only imagine this game now with Dark Souls graphics.Probably would be the first game I would pay a full 50 bucks in a good while.
I don't even want a reboot, just remake the games (including LoK BO1) with modern graphics and gameplay combat mechanics but keeping the story and level design... maybe slight changes to that Raziel can glide like Batman does in Arkham City...
a reboot in PC era would tarnish what reputation the series had we need a true definite ending as elder god is still alive
A game with fight mexhanics like Spiderman or Batman's Arkam series or God of War 4
Remember your rage, Raziel...
The LoK is still the best series ever! Best dark atmosphere, best individual gameplay, best soundtrack (l mean just listen...) AND the best storyline Ive encountered so far in a video game. This soundtrack goes with me everywhere on mobile and mp3 player :)
a great game, nice soundtracks, history and the best are the puzzles that both cost
Still here in 2021 waiting for my dude Raziel to get the remake he deserves! Soul Reaver still has one of my favorite soundtracks to this day
first song is epic :3
it's true bro :')
Snakebigboss88 soul Reaver is a great game about a tragic hero and anti hero
The only thing I'd cut is that fucking wilhelm scream.
I see this game for the first time when i was 6 yeas old, i remember to see my father playing and i was like "omg, this is a masterpiece", i actually felt afraid, but i had a fixation in this game, when i was sleep i aways dremed with the game, with that universe, but in the dream a don't be afraid. later in my life eu played this game many and many times. Today, i'm 27 and still come here to listen to this masterpiece and i still dream with this universe today. i don't know how i feel about this game, becouse i can't explane but i love what i feel. (forgive my english, i'm not native)
EPIC GAME, fan forever...
Oh God... If I were to live to the ages of 150, i'd still say, this is one of those most epic journey's of discovery imagined and created by mankind. -> Silicon Knight's truly...
There is a lot of epic fiction out there, but few like it though. Or best said, none... As a vampire fiction it is entirely unique. As a fantasy setting it is unique.
Quintessentially a gem..
Eidos / Crystal Dynamics rocks.
This was THE SHIT. No maps or pointers telling you where to go which a lot of games nowadays use. Just you as the protagonist exploring his way through the game. Lot of memory work. And your reaver which just disappears as soon you take damage.
Maps or pointers telling you where to go makes the game easy and unreal. I always take that off when I play nowadays games. And I can't see problems with the other things you said.
He's not saying it was SHIT. He's saying it was THE shit. As in, your grasp of modern language is SHIT. But I'm THE shit, for pointing that out.
Chills every single time, every track 💜
The best Game of PS1.... Amazing Soundtrack
I like every single piece of this soundtrack.
That music is the real "Soul" in Soul reaver.
Lok games were portals to other worlds and the music greatly contributed to that! So many dedicated fans and after so many years. How can they not make a sequel?
Cause they're milking Tomb Raider's tits instead!
I love the mythos of this series, and the metaphor of life and existence it discusses.
This will stick with me to the end.
For some reason I just love those whistles (it's probably based on some birds?) that you can hear in the Underworld & Underworld Danger themes.
Still 2022 and waiting for remake or remastered.
It would be nice from the same studio as diablo 2 resurected. Game nailed it.
This vengeance story each time gets more... divine.