On account of how time works, I played Soul Reaver 2 first in its entirety. I played the intro to the first but this is really where I became obsessed. SR2 is crazy nostalgic for me.
You are correct. The sarafan were vampire hunters. They were created by the circle of nine who are the guardians of the pillars of nosgoth to hunt down and kill all vampires. You will learn more about them and the lore in this game as you advance through the game.
God, I love the legacy of kain, i wish you coud see a resume of cinematics of blood omen, there are some good one here in youtube, and if you react to it...would be great.
Hope you enjoy the game. I actually beat Soul Reaver 2 b4 1 because the first game confused me as a little kid. SR2 is one of my favorite ps2 games. Really hope Defiance aka Soul Reaver 3 gets a remaster!! I'm a huge fan and even have a Soul Reaver sword on my wall.
a tip if you quickly press the circle twice it will activate the soul reaver you can do the same to deactivate it so you don't need to do it through the menu
Ever notice most villains have English accents? And dwarves have a Scottish accent? They do somehow fit, don't they. Anyhow, great playthrough, LIZZ! Thanks for your time and dedication.
I favor part one. But I think the dialogue is even better in 2. Cool characters introduced and the story takes a different turn you wouldnt expect. Really enjoy the vampire artwork in the forges where you upgrade the reaver. Some challenging puzzles too. Overall really solid sequel
@LIZZgame haha same and u like throwing those rocks. I just feel like it's really hard to achieve the creepy vibe of the first one. Enemies, bosses, soundtrack all great. Thanks for the response have a good Christmas
Something interesting I noticed, if you watch a hd version of Blood Omen's intro which depicts the Circle massacre, the previous balance guardian had a darker skin tone, and might be the only person in the games who is. From the line work it seems that was picked up by the Crystal Dynamics artist, but the colourist seems to have missed that.
They don't really expand on the Sarafan in Blood Omen, they are mentioned as being the protectors of the Pillar Guardians, that Kain had to defeat in Blood Omen. The Sarafan are fleshed out in SR2 and most of the lore about them comes from this game.
While combat IS clunky compared to modern games. It's an improvement over SR1. Adding heavy attack and block, also the soul reaver is quite powerful. Does more damage the higher the gauge gets. Risk/Reward kind of deal.
The worst part of SR2 back in the day were unskippable cutscenes. It takes over 10 minutes until you get control of your character. And if it happens to crash before you reach the first save point, you have to watch all the cinematics again.
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"Perhaps one day, it lands on it's edge"
Amy Hennig's pencil was on fire that day, what beautiful dialogue.
58:30 one of the best quotes of this game. imagine hearing this when it camed out when I was a kid. Mindblowing.
14:05 Humans don’t heal like vampires, get them weakened enough and they’ll just bleed out
It's so cool that they mentioned a lot of the things that occurred in BLOOD OMEN 1
thank ya so much for all the entertainment you have provided LIZZ. You are an incredible person.
On account of how time works, I played Soul Reaver 2 first in its entirety. I played the intro to the first but this is really where I became obsessed. SR2 is crazy nostalgic for me.
You are correct. The sarafan were vampire hunters. They were created by the circle of nine who are the guardians of the pillars of nosgoth to hunt down and kill all vampires. You will learn more about them and the lore in this game as you advance through the game.
I hope they make the last part of Soul Reaver Defiance! Because the End is the 3. Part
This game has the best dialogue and moments in the series. Cant wait for you to experience it for the first time!
I'm glad you're jumping on SR2 right away. This one is a very different animal from the first one.
God, I love the legacy of kain, i wish you coud see a resume of cinematics of blood omen, there are some good one here in youtube, and if you react to it...would be great.
Yes I love this game
Hope you enjoy the game. I actually beat Soul Reaver 2 b4 1 because the first game confused me as a little kid. SR2 is one of my favorite ps2 games. Really hope Defiance aka Soul Reaver 3 gets a remaster!! I'm a huge fan and even have a Soul Reaver sword on my wall.
a tip if you quickly press the circle twice it will activate the soul reaver you can do the same to deactivate it so you don't need to do it through the menu
She finished the game already on Twitch, but I can use that info though so thank you lol
Ever notice most villains have English accents? And dwarves have a Scottish accent? They do somehow fit, don't they. Anyhow, great playthrough, LIZZ! Thanks for your time and dedication.
I favor part one. But I think the dialogue is even better in 2. Cool characters introduced and the story takes a different turn you wouldnt expect. Really enjoy the vampire artwork in the forges where you upgrade the reaver. Some challenging puzzles too. Overall really solid sequel
yeah same. Voice Acting, Story.. all amazing in both, probably even better in SR2... but I preferred the combat of SR1.
@LIZZgame haha same and u like throwing those rocks. I just feel like it's really hard to achieve the creepy vibe of the first one. Enemies, bosses, soundtrack all great. Thanks for the response have a good Christmas
They probably nerfed the ranged attack because you can just spam it and avoid melee.
Something interesting I noticed, if you watch a hd version of Blood Omen's intro which depicts the Circle massacre, the previous balance guardian had a darker skin tone, and might be the only person in the games who is.
From the line work it seems that was picked up by the Crystal Dynamics artist, but the colourist seems to have missed that.
This is new to me
I never played soul reaver 2
Only the beginning
If you crawl on knees in the swamp you walk less slowly
They don't really expand on the Sarafan in Blood Omen, they are mentioned as being the protectors of the Pillar Guardians, that Kain had to defeat in Blood Omen. The Sarafan are fleshed out in SR2 and most of the lore about them comes from this game.
While combat IS clunky compared to modern games. It's an improvement over SR1. Adding heavy attack and block, also the soul reaver is quite powerful. Does more damage the higher the gauge gets. Risk/Reward kind of deal.
1:17:36 What is the point to all this space? To get lost in it 🤣!
I hope you watched a summary of Blood Omen 1, Liz, otherwise from this point on things are going to get a little bit more....confusing. 😄
1:30:15 🐸
yeah more LoK
The worst part of SR2 back in the day were unskippable cutscenes. It takes over 10 minutes until you get control of your character. And if it happens to crash before you reach the first save point, you have to watch all the cinematics again.
@@JN-hs5xl No problem for me. 😂🤣👍
will you go back and play defiance after this?
Such a weird game I never played before
At this chapter you used both kinds of attack, but it seemed to me you didn't do this later, when it was needed most. Or didn't I just see it? 🧐
I tried but it never seemed to work as well.. so I gave up on it.
You don't play SR2 for the gameplay. You play it to get to the cutscenes.
I loved first game, didnt like second and third is good again