Legacy of Kain: Defiance Cutscenes (Game Movie) 2003
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Hail! to all my LOK Brethren here. We will keep the Legacy alive!
Vae Victis!!!
Thank you. Hoping future game developers learn a thing or two from a good series.
HAIL! ♥️💪🏾👍🏾
as long as one of us lives, we are legacy
Please remaster the entire collection. I would buy without hesitation. The wheel must turn.
This is not a Game this is art
Games are an art and this is a supreme game.
this could be a movie but hollywood prefers to churn out same old crappy unoriginal shit
Facts
Amen
Still some of the best dialogue and voice acting to date, I love the game music too. Simple but easy on the ears.
"The first bitter taste... of that terrible illusion... hope."
I love that line and all the weight that carries at that point of the story.
For get what carries on the story. But what carries for all of us fans.
Yeh
5:06 "Surrender, fiend, and we will promise you an easy death."
"I could promise you the same, but it would be a lie".
Raziel:"...and I am beginning to think the Vampires committed suicide only to escape your voice" - XD Who wouldn't? LOL
Nailed… It.
Umah : “Kain... I’m dying.”
Kain : “Yes... yes you are.”
umah : come on man not time to play
Kain: Could you die faster? There’s a Hylden Lord’s ass I have to kick.
1:34:30 - I love Raziel standing behind Moebius looking 110% done with his shit haha
hahaha 😂
In my 42yrs of gaming to date, this is still the most well written & masterfully voice acted series I have experienced. By a massive margin… 👌🏼😎🇦🇺
So true dear 🤩
I wholeheartedly agree. Simon Templeman, Michael Bell, Tony Jay, René Auberjonois, Paul Lukather… the list was immense and distinguished.
Phenomenal series worth a continuation. Not a reboot or remake; continue the series.
@@XX2Media who was voiced by Rene do you know?
Janos audron
Hands down!!!!
I still have hopes, someday somehow this series will return, with a remake or a continuation, I hope it does, the entire series is pure art, and it was a big part of my childhood
If they kept the original voice acting, and just updated graphics and gameplay I would be so happy
@@muffincutting6020 They couldn't. Good chunk of the VA's are dead. It's why Square Enix won't redo it. The voices are too important.
better not,lest they ruim with bad decisions and bad consumer pratices
@@Mr_D-o-proprio Legacy of Kain with Microtransactions
looking at Castlevania Netflix series.... this game would have been such a better choice, i mean the story in the game is better than the Castlevania netflix story
"I was always considered Heartless" - my fav Kain Quote
I've always loved the subtle storytelling inherent in how Kain and Raziel understand the ancient Vampire imagery. Namely, Kain both knows the history better, and is better able to interpret the images, because he spent hundreds of years studying time, history, and the workings of prophesy in the Oracle's caves. When Raziel sees the two outcomes of the champions clashing, he's confused and frustrated because he is just desperate for answers, whereas Kain calmly and rationally breaks them down and understands that it's a prophesy with two possible outcomes. Raziel is, as always, rash and impatient, while Kain is wise, detached, and infinitely patient.
By the end Raziel gained the upper hand in pretty much every aspect, through his travels Raziel caught up with Kain in terms of knowledge, power and even uncovered crucial hidden truths that Kain could not despite all his planning and acces to the time streamer devices. True savior; Raziel's ultimate sacrifice and gift to Kain deserves nothing but Respect. Kain would always be boss though and Raziel his right hand.
@mikau69 yeah but there is a bitter sweet ness to the fact raziel goes insane in that blade
@@mikau69 Thats mostly because Raziel had actual knowledge of the mastermind behind the strings.
Something Kain could never figure it out.
Thats why at the end Kain mentions how everything is finally out in the open.
There's also the fact that those were manipulations by Mobious and the Elder God to get Raziel and Kain to kill each other.
Words can’t do the LOK series justice these games are the greatest story ever told as far as vampires are concerned truly a masterpiece never to be duplicated.
Absolute facts
Agree incredible story, especially soul reaver 2 that was insane!
@V See we were all having fun here and then you mention twilight LOL.
castlevania though
@@xen3588 what in castlevaina?
Dialogue and storytelling in these games were and are still elite
I basically use this as an audio book. Absolutely in love with the series' voice acting and prose.
The writing and the voice acting are literally some of the best in any media I've ever seen.
Few come so close to the elegance this series dialogue has.
The story as well.
And the voice acting is definitely some of the best ever.
It's a shame some of the actors have passed away.
"You DARE imagine what I think!?" What wonderful writing and acting
“What a love of doors these humans have.”
Lemme correct that for you:
"Locked! What a love of doors these pathetic humans have..."
-- Kain, a former door loving human
@@wareforcoin5780 Oh, the hypocrisy!
Can confirm. Source: I am a human.
'I am not your enemy, i am as before, your right hand ...... your sword'
That scene gets me every time ... how these games were forgotten ill never understand, im torn between wanted remakes with updated combat mechanics and graphics but also never really want to see that happen because its impossible now to get the same voice actors for all of the roles and i just cant think of anyone that else that could do some of these characters justice.
I think I'd want what they did with Destroy All Humans. Just a clone of the game itself, all the original parts still there, all the original voice acting, just better graphics and mechanics. This game is perfect and the story is beautiful, I just think they need, and more than deserve an upgrade
Wouldn't porting it to newer consoles or OS be enough? Developing a commercial remake risk losing the spirit and what makes LoK the title as we know it.
@@ITBEurgava the graphics, especially in SR1 didn't age well enough for a mere port to be successful
We still have M. Bell and S. Templeman.......the challenge would be to fill the shoes of Rene and Tony Jay. 💯
I love this series of games. Such an excellent tale that winds through time and betrayal and manipulation, ending with a beautiful moment of a man who cannot fight fate, yet who wholeheartedly says "SCREW DESTINY!" in embracing his place at Kain's side.
I'm surprised this series has received this much love from all of you. What other "forgotten" series do you wish would make a return?
I would say kingsfield the ancient city...but that one isn't really a good candidate.
Maybe the might and magic series...or parasite Eve
Chrono cross and Chrono trigger they deserves a reboot too!
I’ve never played them but I see both them highly regarded all the time
I want this and Tomba xD
You know what would be awesome? And a kinda goofy gimmik? Raziel still talking to Kain, you could keep the game play of bother characters as well. Playing Kain in the phisical world, and Raziel hoping out to do spectral puzzles.
Unlike before, Raziel willingly entered the blade in order to purify it. Instead of being trapped by force... he walked in honestly. It could very well be possible that Raziel not only exists within the blade, but kept his sanity and self. By working along side Kain it would be a fun idea to use both characters to solve problems and puzzles, by manipulating the Material and the spectral realm.
Plus the mental image of Kain standing around waitng for Raziel to solve puzzles also amuses me. Particularly if the two have banter as you progress.
sends shivers down my spine every time I revisit this story. Truly epic
14:12 that timing! hahahaha, "and a wraith, you will remain."
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"What in the hell..."
Not the words of the ageless thousand year old chessmaster Kain has been throughout most of the series, these are the words of a man. The Vampire is gone, albeit briefly, and a small flicker of the true "restored" Kain shows when he is genuinely horrified. I like this little touch in the writing, Kain's first words after Raziel finally cleanses him of Nupraptor's madness lack the eloquence of Kain the Tyrant. Now he's finally the dark savior that Nosgoth so desperately needs.
I *still* wouldn't want to be subject to his rule, but at least now it will be a damn sight better than his last go at it.
The masterclass of story telling! Legacy of Kain could still teach current day game devs about story crafting! It honestly still blows my mind how good the narrative was for the enitre saga. 🙇♂ Hail Kain! Hail Raziel!
Nowhere along this journey at the start of blood omen legacy of kain did I think the plot would end up here. Now the only thing I want from the next generation of consoles is this entire series remade and a final game to give this story the ending it deserves.
When I played the first Blood Omen I never imagined they would make such an attractive universe, and it's a shame to see the saga doesn't get the recognition it deserves, I have hopes for a remake or a final chapter too, LoK deserves it more than many other games that have been remade
We will not see the day when they resurrect this game this game is not over pay attention to the game Janos tells Raziel that there's one more thing to do another elder so who is this elder and Kane has Raziel inside the soul River so where did he go there must be other vampires they can't leave nosgoth to the Hilton
@@vega1356 Please, work on your grammar.
Reading that gave me an aneurysm.
I played the hell out of Soul Reaver and Defiance. Couldn't find the others.
I do so love Kain's way of opening doors! Defiance would make one hell of a live action movie.
Man raziel his voice actor is so good.
As well as Kain and the Oracle.
But Raziel is the best.
@@LegendaryDarkKnight602 exaclyyy
@@LegendaryDarkKnight602 Richard Doyle is Moebius the time streamer, he's actually also Big Boss in MGS4 if you didn't know lol.
He also voices Haer'dalis in Baldur's Gate 2
A masterpiece from Amy Hennig
Her Best series
Ho yeah ? Name ONE game she worked on that wasn't great or even good, I dare you ! Joking aside, the Legacy Of Kain series and Jak And Daxter series are marvels from a forgotten era.
@@odeon6139 Forspoken would like a word with you.😂
@juston5454 😅 I know... and I'll retort by stating that according to rumors her initial script and direction for the game were completely scraped changed for the worst by studio execs. That's the best cope out I can come up with at this moment ^^
In a time where you needed to really THINK to manage each puzzle...
Reminder: Raziel could force the corpses he was in to look like anything, and he chose to look like a wraith
I think this is just for the players. We dont know, why he should change bodies into something similar to his former model - it really serves no purpose for him.
It's so strange that Moebius' voice is so different between Defiance and SR2, especially since it's the same actor.
It's because in DR2 he took a weaker toned voice to seem vulnerable. However, towards the end (when he and Malek confront Raziel before the Reaver blade), his voice is stronger because he doesn't try to fool Raziel anywmore.
The ideas presented in the game are so disturbing but also enlightening.
The idea of a greedy, hungry, malevolent God being the centerpiece of the universe and betraying his own chosen for another just so he can feed himself more.
Absolutely daring and unique idea. Not entirely new, but seldomly seen. Feels strongly reminiscent of the Demiurge from Gnosticism
@@Mayhzon I think it's also interesting how human morality, sentiments and identity is vulnerable to manipulation, and yet you can understand both Kain's and Raziel's motives as valid. The mass or the Octopus also is a very interesting creature. It is a mutant vampiric life form that devours the life out of every being in the universe for its own growth and sustainment while operating in the shadows driving all races against each other to enslave humans
Amazing video game series, shame it remains dead to this day
True. I don't see what modern day studio could ever do it justice, though, no matter how badly I've wanted that final sequel focusing on Kain.
Ive seen people trying to remaster cinematics. I believe if we push this trend far enough Steam will make it happen.
@@Zeburaman2005 honestly the original graphics are also like the aesthetics of the game. Whatever remaster might come has to give those landscapes that reflect stages of life and general feelings of an epoch. It must be capable of painting what a bloody corrupted apocalypse is and the glory of nosgoth before the fall of the pillars, the scary silent darkness of temples and catacombs.
Sorry to say it's not Dead it's just we have to wait for the right to voice actors to resurrect it from where it rests
The big problem is that it was never a big money maker.
The advent of storytelling in games was a boon for gamers and the industry alike.
And this story definitely set the bar HIGH for those that came after.
This could make a damn cool series; Animated, live action, whichever.
I truly believe that remake will come. It will!
Same here. Sony needs some strong IPs back to compete with Microsoft and Nintendo.
hope so, the lore on this game is so deep and incredible!
Yes it will.
Same here but don't think it will anytime soon.
Sadly no
"And I am beginning to think the vampires committed suicide just to escape your voice"
Lmao.
Raziel: "Your pawn has reached the end of the board and become....
A QUEEN.....
NOT DARK BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN!
TREACHEROUS AS THE SEA!
STRONGER THAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH!
ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!"
What is this, a crossover episode?
I passed the test....i will diminish into the west as Raziel
damn, I don't remember Vader saying this, is this from the episode where The Mountain fights Oberyn?
Consider me omniscient then ask me while knowing I can lie
As Raziel told Kain in LoK: SR2, even at the end, Raziel chose integrity.
Also, it's ironic that the Vampires created the Soul Reaver to defeat their Hylden adversary, but in the end, it armed the Scion of Balance to defeat the God they so righteously worshipped
right, but it doesnt kill him in the end. only the cancelled sequel would show an extendend fight between kain the elder, uncorrupted scion of balance and the elder god.
I was training keyboard writing, by writing random stuff someone thrown to memory bank, and I was struck with my realisation that I was writing Kain's Defiance intro. Only second time when I was struck the same is when I had to write "Good man goes to War" poem from Doctor Who and "Law of Equivalent Exchange" from Fullmetal Alchemist.
The music, art, and writing all complimented each other perfectly,
And I am not your enemy... not your destroyer... I am, as before, your right hand...! Your sword...! ...
And the feels and tears come out...
38:17 the ancient vampires also founded the assassin order :P (on the door)
A story we shall never get a conclusion to. Unless Amy Hennig writes one. We're left in the dark.
conclusion
noun
noun: conclusion; plural noun: conclusions
1.the end or finish of an event, process, or text.
Kain pondering is literally the conclusion
it was a bittersweet conclusion that left us with hope.
The conclusion of this fiction and every other human and jinn fiction will be seen at the moment of death and in the afterlife. The believers of Almighty God will truly rejoice and the deniers and defiers of Almighty God will truly despear.
La ilahe il Allah!! Allahu Akbar!!
Thank you so much for this upload! Watching it all again after so many years really does make me mad at what passes for good storytelling in video games these days.
makes me mad as well for thr ABOMINATION they made after this: NOSGOTH! [spits].
To be fair to modern games, games with story and dialogue this good were rare back then as well, the Soul Reaver series is just in a class of its own.
@@kinganarkzietrue!
This game perfected my grammar and vocabulary
You should read Warhammer books, you might find good source of grammar and vocabulary
The fact this story was never finished is the biggest tragedy in all of gaming
how time goes i was 21 in 2003 playing this amazing game few months later met my wife and fast forward all these years and here we are married and with two grandchildren.
Raziel took the line “Become my Soul Reaver” pretty literally, didn’t he?
That’s a really could piece of retroactive foreshadowing.
@@gilgamesh310 Oh yeah. A lot of Soul Reaver and Blood Omen 1 especially are really cool to go back to after later games. It’s the rare case of what was added in later actually enhancing earlier titles.
Best dialogue ever in video games no other game even Comes close the music also played a major role in this
I find this game fascinating I've never played but to see something that was so well written with a series arching over 5 games is so impressive to me.
Most satisfying moment-
And in that knowledge.....
Go.....
Feed it....I release you!
So many years but this is still THE BEST SERIES GAMES EVER MADE
I feel like Kain is just the embodiment of the middle finger.
Oh, I'm supposed to sacrifice myself? How about, no?
The Sarafan were vampire hunters... How about I make them vampires, or better yet, make them my high council?
Nosgoth will die out in ruin? Nah, I'm pretty sure my general Raziel could fix that, he'll be fine.
The Sarafan stronghold is impenetrable? B""ch I can teleport.
Moebus says my death is assured? Let's kill him a couple dozen times and see if my point gets across.
Raziel is supposed to kill me? Well I crawled out of hell once, so let's do it again.
An eldridge god who's in control of time, space, and fate? HA! I bow to no one!
And we love him for it
Sadly Blood Omen 3 was never made. The final battle after defeating the Hylden, and to rid the world of the Octopus on Wheels!
I know what you mean but someday when they find the right voice actors they'll probably rule resurrect this game and finish the true ending
@@vega1356 the original voice actors are still alive and at least the one who plays kain still very much sounds like kain based on his more recent work
@@Taos87
I know but it's the company that went shut down and because they were bought from another company I believe the one that did Raziel was the one that passed away the old man I had a chance a few years ago before he passed away to meet him I actually wanted to become a game designer I even studied that that was my major I wanted to work for the company but when I was told that it got shut down and bought and then the game nosgoth came out I was disappointed
@@Taos87 Tony Jay has died, unfortunately. He voiced the Elder God.
@@vega1356Michael bell is still alive
Kain is the best character ever.
His lines are so good. He's arrogant, he's powerful, he just doesn't care.
A refreshing change from the good hero that we usually get.
I mean Raziel is OK but it's much more satisfying to play as Kain.
What I like most about him as that he's honest from the start.
@@gilgamesh310 Indeed. He's not wearing a mask, he's just brutally honest. And in the end it makes sense considering he is the Scion of Balance and next Balance Pillar guardian.
Thanks for the compilation video of the story of Raziel and Kain. The very end of the series since November 2003.
16:59 The is the moment many of us wish to watch on repeat
Especially at 14:16 when someone uttered *NOOOOO!!!!* that is hilarious.
This game needs to be made a movie.
@@richielalanne5164 yeah, but who should play whom? Christopher Walken would be a good Kain, if he wasnt such a fragile man. Its hard to find a crazy looking elderly man in bodybuilder-shape which Kain is. Arnold lacks in the acting part and fails in the visuals, so I have no idea for whom could play him. Raziel is far easier... almost everyone could play him.
Every year I listen/watch this in the background...good times, good memories back then.
I really hope that this game gets a reboot. It deserves one so bad. Maybe it didn't have the hugest fan base idk. But from all I've seen, a fan of this series is a huge fan of the series. It's superior story telling is only matched by few.
It did have a big fan base. The problem was who ended up with IP.
It used to be pretty much one of the top tier IPs of it's time, just like how CoD or Assassins Creed are top tier now.
A lot of unbecoming things were done with the IP under Crystal Dynamics. Also there was a multiplayer tie-in game. It wasn't too bad, either, but had tedious crafting as a system and saw dwindling player numbers. Never got the support it deserved because people were angry it wasn't the Dead Sun Singleplplayer game.
THIS and BLOODRAYNE are so underrated
but wecan feel proud of knowing this masterpieace leaving famous shit for the weak ones
BR2 is till this day one of the best games for me ever made. It is so much fun slaughtering and butchering everything around while looking that good.
This series shows how badass vampires should be take lessons Twilight.
Hey everyone imagine Kain shows up in RWBY and he married Summer Rose turned her into a vampire and then they have Ruby Rose a born vampire and Kain shows up in that mission the one Summer went on and saves her and "killed" Salem and rescued Summer and brought her home and Ruby has awesome vampire powers and Ruby wants Weiss as her future wife and turns Weiss Blake Yang Pyrrha Ren Jaune and Nora into vampires and all 8 of them fighting the bad guys and wining all of the fights from Volume 3-8 and Ironwood becomes a vampire as well when Ruby saves his life.
Thanks for putting those together .
When you think about it, the entire Legacy started with Kain HOPING to get a drink at a Tavern and stay a while in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Then ends in Legacy of Kain: Defiance with him believing in HOPE, at last. This isn't a game, this is a philosophical genius-momentous legend of a legacy, of a story!
Ah, damn. Sucks that it took me 18 years to find out there was a followup to Legacy of Kain. I would've snapped this up.
And from what I'm seeing at just 12 minutes in, I would've loved this one even more than LoK. Really liking the writing.
Hell, I had Soul Reaver and Defiance. But knew nothing of Soul Reaver 2.
@@LegendaryDarkKnight602 I don't miss the pre-internet days when all we had to learn of new games was the one magazine that the local WalMart had.
Defiance had the best of Blood Omen and Soul Reaver as gameplay. Still a bit bland by modern standards, but an improvement of the first few games.
4:55 Did anyone see that hilarious glitch in which Kain turned his back around quickly, then forth, and then immediately turned around confronted the Sarafan hunters approaching him when they spotted him? Even though it's a cutscene, but still hilarious though.
just noticed it looks like he looked at them then looked back to the player thinking ''oh shit'' then turned to face them
@@RaoaRahaga More like a *"Really?"* or a WTF moment.
The guy voicing the "Elder God" (Tony Jay) should've been the voice actor for Dagoth Ur.
Damn the writing of Amy Hennig was spot on, just amazing. What would the Legacy of Kain series be without her. Awesome.
I love the conversation between Ariel and Raziel, since she names him as the Unspoken, and warned Kain in Blood Omen I against the Unspoken. It’s neat to think she was warning Kain against Raziel.
2022 baby and the coin is still turning
" As long as a single one of us stands; we are Legion!"
Said by a man who had previously worked to gain the army of a king to move on another kings army so that he could kill him.
and I thought metal gear was convoluded...
Time travel can either make or ruin a story. This game got a bit down the rabbit hole but the first two were clear master pieces
Also, when Raziek kills and gets Mobius, the Elder God laughs as if Raziel did it to spite him, but I think Raziel did it for himself lol.
I love the way Kain killed him and when he arose he had no idea Raziel was standing behind him. I believe the Oracle intentionally led everyone there.
@@LegendaryDarkKnight602 it's awesome when you kill him in Blood Omen 1, but in Defiance, waiting until almost the end of 2 games to murder him, makes it sweet. So sweet. Hey, do you know why no one could see the Elder Gos except Raziel? And then Mobius when the Purified reaver pierced him and when Kain is purified and obtains the purified Soul Reaver?
@@dudebro5527 I imagine only his agents ( soul devourers ) can see him. Raziel commented on the Vampires not knowing what they worshipped. I don't believe the Hylden ever saw him either. Overall it was Ariel's gift that purified the Reaver that allowed both Mobeus and Kain to see the Oracle.
@@dudebro5527 as Eternally Alone said before, only his soul reavers can see him.
4:29 Best joke in LOK: Defiance.
One of my fav games. Loved this so much.
Janos character model, especially in the face, looks like a kid cousin of mine lol. That aside though, legacy of kain series needs a faithful remaster and a conclusion.
this was the conclusion. hope.
Your cousin is definitely already a vampire.
@@wareforcoin5780 he was turned young af then lol
I've fallen asleep to Soul Reaver 2 or Defiance every night for like a year. And since I fall asleep pretty fast, the ads roll in their entirety. Thank you, and you're welcome 😁
29:06
The face he makes just thinking about Moebius.
Nice little detail when the two Sarafan knights are talking about their latest crusade "May their souls now rest." Their dialogue heavily implies that they pity the vampires rather than hate them and feel what they're doing is a mercy.
Obviously it's not representative of the entire order (as we saw with Sarafan Raziel and his comrades in SR2 and how cruel they were to vampires), but it's a nice touch that helps sell how morally grey a lot of the franchise and its characters are when you truly dig into their motives. Even characters like Mobius, for all the horrible things he does, truly believes that his actions will eventually make Nosgoth a better place. It's safe to assume the Elder God isn't telling him the truth about what will happen if Kain dies. He makes that much clear when he explains to the Elder God that the Hylden breaching dimensions was an inconvenient consequence of Kain's death.
Kain is also similar in that regard, however a key part of his motivation for restoring balance to Nosgoth is that he wants something to rule over rather than the broken world that we see at the start of Soul Reaver. As the series goes on he does seem to develop a sort of genuine care and concern for the well-being of the Nosgoth, and even eventually sees Raziel as more than just an expendable pawn by the end of Defiance. It's a key component of Dark Fantasy that helps suspend disbelief and I'm glad they threw that bit of dialogue in.
I never knew how good this story and it's writing was until I saw this compilation of cutscenes. What a classic. Is this based on a series of books or has it always been contained within the games?
Just the games. They were just superb writers.
@@TheImmoth nope! Only videogames, the writing and story telling is so good that it makes you think it was based on a novel!
@@nestor1924 That's true. It was and is in a league of it's own.
In SR2 ending Kain saw the future where Janos is revived and possessed by Hylden warned Raziel wish they concluded this on the supposed sequel but it never made
Yes, he has visions of his new memories created by the paradox, which we see take place in Blood Omen 2.
But Kain's words fell upon deaf ears as I slipped into the spectral realm, too weak to maintain my physical form.
This game made me familiar with Amy's work.
I having played through intricately every existing version of the Legacy of Kain less the newest abandoned revision, still speak forward volumes of praise for each beautifully manifested rendition and creation. The characters were as detailed and vastly defined as could have ever been imagined. People who love Legacy of Infinite Detail and Story, could also enjoy the aspect of The great Darth Vader Heading off against Kain in a match designed only by an unbiased god of War. Anyone Else Love to See these Two Monsters Battle It Out.
Kain is the ultimate villain. Why? His mission is just even if his actions are not.
That would make him a hero....
@@Richterdgf Actually it would make him an anti-hero smartarse :P
Elder Kain is no villain. He tries to save everything, but his methods questionable. He is clearly a anti-hero. He did many good things for nosgoth, but he also conquered it. He paid for his sins and the whole series is about to change everything for the better of the world for everyone.
Raziel really is the true hero of the LOK series.
no. he is just the origin story of the scions sentinent sword.
LoK tienes fans en todo el mundo! I miss this game so much :(
Es una lastima que una saga tan increíble como está no tenga el reconocimiento que realmente se merece y que a estas alturas siga siendo ignorada, yo espero que algún día vuelva.
I still enjoy this series. Such great storytelling!
This would make one EPIC film... but I'd love to see this series reimagined as they intended it but changed due to limitations in technology. If it were made today (My Condolences to the artists lost over the years that made this work of art possible), it would be one GRAND piece of a masterpiece.
I always come back to watch Legacy of Kain -videos every six months or so... Such great characters, voice-acting, world-building, dialogue and plot. You can't top this writing. This should make J.K. Rowling and G.R.R.Martin blush. Tolkien and Kentaro Miura would approve.
I went back an watch the cut scenes of the other games and I finally know the final fate of Janos. After being possessed and taken by the Hylden he was imprisoned for 200 years until free by young Kain who he helped fight the Hylden and during the final fight he was thrown into the hell dimension with them and Kain basically wiped them away from the world.
you mean the ending of blood omen 2 ?
@@deadlysefo Yeah! So because of all the time travel shenanigans it was Raziel's fault that Janos got imprisoned during Blood Omen 2 and Janos's final fate was being trapped with the Hylden at the end of Blood Omen 2!
@@Zaphiakel so it jusy went full circle to the same point.
So in the end, no one really had a true free will. All pawns of the same fate over again?
@@deadlysefo The only one who truly had free will was Raziel and in the end Kain. Raziel changed fate twice though the second time with the help of Kain, and he had to choose to become the soul of the Reaver. Honestly it was brilliant writing.
Best ever. But the story is so deep and wide.
Lets hope for a remake with new graphics but same voice actors (same sound files) and then maaaybe an ending aswell
I still same as great Kaine have hope that one day his great adventures will continue 👍 💙 ❤
Just realized that maybe the reason vorador is alive in blood omen 2 might be because kain killed mobius in defiance.
The sad thing is, Vorador might very well have died again in Blood Omen 2, as well as Janos, they both served their purpose in the story.
What if the events of Blood Omen 2 then also turns out to not change the future at all, that Soul Reaver 1 is destined to happen all over again.
The Seer/Oracle in Blood Omen 2 could be Hylden in origin, or perhaps she is Umah from a timeline where Future Kain made sure she lived instead of suffering the fate he originally prescribed for her when his younger foolish self thought she was betraying him.
Blood Omen 2 takes place 700 years before Raziel is resurrected, this might still happen, and the games will cyclically play out again. Defiance Kain might exist as a double to Blood Omen 2 Kain in the blood Omen 2 universe, and thus might also be who leaves bread crumbs for his younger self to follow to ensure the events of Soul Reaver 1
This is why I believe there cannot be another game after Defiance.
No they say he was resurrected by vorador cullt or kain cult I'm pretty sure they reattached his head
@@zion6680 no blood omen 2 happen before soul reaver 1&2 before defiance defiance is last & left hanging kain still has more to do like defeat elder god & possed yanos it was never continued because amy left eidos
@@shavoidpatrick1602 Defiance takes place during the events of Avernous Cathedral, so it happens before Blood Omen 2's events, Blood Omen 2 is the prequel to Soul Reaver 1 and the continuation after Defiance.
For a while people have said that Blood Omen 2 happens because of the events in Soul Reaver 2, which isn't wrong. But Defiance is still the direct sequel to Soul Reaver 2's story if that makes sense.
The reason why Amy must have written Defiance as she did, was to create a paradoxical story that can loop forever if the franchise didn't continue.
In Soul Reaver 2 the ending takes place on an Oroborous snake sigil type floor to again symbolize the paradoxical nature of the story... The story of these games link together in a very complex way, i'm almost certain I understand how it works though.
In Defiance Raziel from the future exists in his wraith form, but his Sarafan inquisitor self is newly dead after Soul Reaver 2 some time after the birth of Kain and after the Death of Ariel... During Defiance, Kain from future travels through time from the beginning of his younger self from Blood Omen 1's original journey, and at some point the elder god helps him time travel to the age when Avernous Cathedral burns so future kain can find and stop Raziel from ressurecting Janos Audron. At that same time after Raziel kills turel, Mortanius leaves to confront Blood Omen 1 Kain, and Raziel purifies the reaver. Defiance ending events happen, and THEN!
In theory, Blood Omen 2 starts, altered events from Soul Reaver 1 2 and Defiance cause Blood Omen 2's events to start in the gap between Blood Omen 1 ending and Soul Reaver Starting. The Hylden have taken Janos body to power the mass with his ancient blood.
In Blood Omen 2 I feel it's very clear that you are not playing as Purified Future Kain, you are very much still Blood Omen 1 Kain, but history has been altered and Kain meets the Hylden Lord and their race and is struck down, the game plays out.
If you really think about it, Kain's victory at the end of Blood Omen 2 s the only thing that kind of invalidates my idea... There is one problem. The pillars are never mentioned in Blood Omen 2, so the corruption is still spreading in Nosgoth, Future Kain must still be on his quest in Nosgoth at the same time as young Kain in Blood Omen 2 but we never see him, he could be occupied trying to restore the pillars of Nosgoth..
Sorry about the rant, I really like these games.
@@zion6680 it's OK bro you weren't ranting some of us die hard fans could talk this all day the way I understand it is like you pretty much blood omen soul reaver soul reaver 2 they cause blood omen 2 to happen like kain said it is the irritant who is expelled as raziel said by trying to alter time & his destiny kain almost didn't exist because hylden lord almost killed him making blood omen 2 happen right after blood omen but before soul reaver so blood 2 soul reaver soul 2 then defiance older kain & raziel that been through both soul reaver & kain that been through both blood omen go back in time before both soul reaver & blood 2 to be inbetween blood one & other games but in defiance it's their older self to be able to see theirselves because of time streaming chambers so their older selves been through both soul reavers & blood 2 but they are at a time after blood omen but before blood 2 & soul reavers but defiance is after events & it is the game that needs to be continued even though hylden possess yanos before. Human raziel is a vampire & before younger kain goes to blood omen 2 but older kain & raziel go back to time of sarafan&vorador the hylden brake through nosgoth in defiance from younger kains choice but older raziel ressurecting yanos in past vorador time but defiance is still after all those games but this happening before soul reaver one & blood 2 for their younger selves sorry bro for all this
1:34:46 *It was at that moment, Moebius knew, He f****d up.*
I just can't give up on the Legacy of Kain!!!
These were my favorites as a kid. LoK and Soul Reaver
My absolute favorite. I've owned this game so many times through out the years and I can just sit and watch this all day or just listen to it like a Audiobook that's how well crafted the story is in this game 🤘
rhetoric question, this video is almost 2 hours long, same as a regular movie... which would you rather watch? A movie same as any other, one guy shooting a pistol at some bad guys, running around a city, same old same old, no effort no story no nothing... or THIS video? Which has more originality? Which is more interesting? I can't believe hollywood still churns out the same old crappy movies and get surprised when they receive bad ratings. Heck, how many batman, superman and spiderman remakes did we have? Retelling the same old story
No games besides these deserve a remastered version. Bring them back!!
They need to bring this series back.
It is sad to see Raziel fallen and now as one with the Soul Reaver. Technically, we get used to the protagonist. But now, that, too, has been changed. Not even the Wheel of Fate can let it stay as so.
The ending hits different after listening to the final chapters of 1984, hope cannot be extinguished, at least that's what I hope is true.