When I had art class at my high school 22 years ago, my art teacher managed to bring someone in from Silicon Knights. Nobody knew who they were, not even the teacher. I LOVED Legacy of Kain at the time, this was before Soul Reaver. I gleefully raised my hand to ask her is she worked on Legacy of Kain and she said yes! This was the coolest moment of high school. Vae Victis!
Well the story was never finished, there's a number of plot holes and divergences from game to game, and the time travel shenanigans are quite hard to digest for a regular viewing audience. They would need to retcon a LOT to make things like the spectral realm and even the regular vampire enemies interesting and relevant. Not to mention that the vast majority of the dialogue is 2 people just talking face to face in a room or one person narrating. There's also basically no reason to include any of Blood Omen 2, the events and characters are forgotten by Kain himself in Defiance.
This game's storytelling and voice acting still hold up better than most games today. What a masterpiece. Also I never heard the line @ 11:03, props for including it!
having played all the games, and im avoiding spoiling it here, its interesting how even as far back as the first 12minutes we're getting hints at what the Elder God want's and its end game.
So much divine and so ordain of this game. I shall forever more know this creation of our era that form this epic edifice that was soooooooo much truth. May this Soul Reaver be remember in our PS era.
I feel like nobody has pointed this out but your use of editing and camera angles is incredibly cinematic and impressive for your gameplay sections. I had my most recent playthrough abruptly ended up constant CTD entering Zephon’s lair so this movie you’ve made is the 2nd best thing to playing it. Thanks man it’s very much appreciated!
Просто отличная работа, огромное спасибо, чел! Даже на русском субтитры приложил, просто красава. Хотя, конечно, всем бы советовал стараться смотреть с английскими сабами, слишком уж круто в этой серии прописаны диалоги.
Согласен. И, в отличии от жителей Носгота, у каждого зрителя здесь есть свобода выбора - смотреть с русскими, английскими или же без субтитров вообще, проникаясь игрой актеров оригинальной озвучки.
A remake would be good, finishing the story would be best, but I also think Blood Omen 3 would be interesting showing Kain resurrecting Raziel and his brothers, telling the story of how they dominated Nosgoth, being able to play as the vampire Raziel, telling the story of what happened in time Raziel was cast into the abyss to when he was reborn by the elder god. I think that would be a great game.
I agree with you man that would be a really good game to see an I grew up on this series it would be cool to know the in between events but play as both kain and raziel like in defiance an play as kain after raziel is cast into the abyss an see what happens
Honestly, I'm not sure about that. On one hand it's long awaited remaster, supposedly with some minor additions. On the other - it is the same game, and to think doing the same recording/editing again...
@@Coldshade i see your point, though it could be a little easier as it will be on steam. I'm hopeful they add the Sorceress and turel/smokestack cut content - but i'm not holding my breath on that one.
@@Coldshade nevermind...it was just slightly out of order....raziel in a earlier part uses his energy shot then 12 minutes or so later shows him get the ability lol
That's because if something goes wrong these days they can patch it with a download pretty quickly, so they don;t even seem to try anymore. Back then internet was slow and some people still didn't have it so they couldn't release a patch, they HAD to get the game right or release a whole nother disc out to all the retailers again and lose a heap of money
The voice actors in the last 3 Soule Reaver games have theatre background. That said, even if half the main cast were still alive.. Hypothetically instead of a remaster, they were to try a remake/envisioning with Amy Hennig consulting.. I would hope they look for voice talent that has acting or even theatre experience. One critical thing studios forget these days is either voice direction/context, or voice actors who may have a voice, but cannot "act" when delivering dialogue.. or possibly fail to meet both previous points which really destroys player immersion. That said, who would you pick to replace half the main voice cast that sadly have died? Tony Jay as Elder God, Richard Doyle as Moebius, or Rene Auberjonois as Janos, and the few others? Simon (Raziel) and Michael (Kain) are still alive, but wouldn't sound the same. Michael, even in his mid 80's could pass as "old" Kain voice but Raziel and others recast choice...?
I remember playing this as a kid and not understanding a damn thing, an "aeon" what the hell is that? I had no problem watching Pokémon in English or other cartoons but this killed me, then I finally managed to get a bootleg copy from Spain with the dub, one of the few games in Spanish we got since in Latin America we always had the same NTSC games from the US. Now as an adult I can finally enjoy the full dialog.
But like no joke, it is proper english, and it is slightly old English. The characters talk in a sophisticated old england way. The kind of thing you would gind on books or novel from the 1800s or early 1900s
What exactly are you interested in? You'd better look at Blood Omen, the very first game, to understand Kain's background. It's here on this channel too
Those pillars that you saw in the intro video, it's all about them, Kain was chosen to be the guardian of the Pillar of Balance, but instead of making a sacrifice to become one in order to save Nosgoth from Hylden, Kain decided to rule the land by raising the vampire kingdom.
When I had art class at my high school 22 years ago, my art teacher managed to bring someone in from Silicon Knights. Nobody knew who they were, not even the teacher. I LOVED Legacy of Kain at the time, this was before Soul Reaver. I gleefully raised my hand to ask her is she worked on Legacy of Kain and she said yes! This was the coolest moment of high school. Vae Victis!
I swear to God, the writing of this game should be considered a classical work of literature
Still going into 2022. This game is a TIMELESS classic akin to Milton's "Paradise Lost"
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The thing is, this games WAS inspired by Paradise Lost.
!!!!! LEGACY OF KAIN SOUL REAVER 1 NEEDS A RE-MAKE ON THE NEW CONSOLE'S !!!!!
The voice acting to this game and music is truly a masterpiece, god I really hope they remake it
!!!!! LEGACY OF KAIN SOUL REAVER 1 NEEDS A RE-MAKE ON THE NEW CONSOLE'S !!!!!
This game wouldn't be remade as you would hope! Cut content,cut story,characters personalities would be different,....
Why this hasn't been a Netflix show or movie by now is beyond me!?! And just criminal
Well the story was never finished, there's a number of plot holes and divergences from game to game, and the time travel shenanigans are quite hard to digest for a regular viewing audience. They would need to retcon a LOT to make things like the spectral realm and even the regular vampire enemies interesting and relevant. Not to mention that the vast majority of the dialogue is 2 people just talking face to face in a room or one person narrating. There's also basically no reason to include any of Blood Omen 2, the events and characters are forgotten by Kain himself in Defiance.
@OriginalMicycle I think regular viewing audience is ready for this kinda stuff after "Dark" Netflix TV show)
The opening cutscenes still holds up incredibly well. Thanks for this upload :)
!!!!! LEGACY OF KAIN SOUL REAVER 1 NEEDS A RE-MAKE ON THE NEW CONSOLE'S !!!!!
This game's storytelling and voice acting still hold up better than most games today. What a masterpiece.
Also I never heard the line @ 11:03, props for including it!
5:24 "USE YOUR HATRED TO REAVE THEIR SO-HOULS" Love it
having played all the games, and im avoiding spoiling it here, its interesting how even as far back as the first 12minutes we're getting hints at what the Elder God want's and its end game.
U even see bits in the first blood omen.they really told hell of a story with this series. I miss games having long heavy story driven campaigns
"DAMN YOU KAIN YOU ARE NOT GOD" is one of the best lines
So much divine and so ordain of this game. I shall forever more know this creation of our era that form this epic edifice that was soooooooo much truth. May this Soul Reaver be remember in our PS era.
I feel like nobody has pointed this out but your use of editing and camera angles is incredibly cinematic and impressive for your gameplay sections. I had my most recent playthrough abruptly ended up constant CTD entering Zephon’s lair so this movie you’ve made is the 2nd best thing to playing it. Thanks man it’s very much appreciated!
The things they could do with an updated version of this game would be amazing.
This is extremely well made! I appreciate seeing you use all of the spells and abilities cinematically
Просто отличная работа, огромное спасибо, чел! Даже на русском субтитры приложил, просто красава.
Хотя, конечно, всем бы советовал стараться смотреть с английскими сабами, слишком уж круто в этой серии прописаны диалоги.
Согласен. И, в отличии от жителей Носгота, у каждого зрителя здесь есть свобода выбора - смотреть с русскими, английскими или же без субтитров вообще, проникаясь игрой актеров оригинальной озвучки.
Awesome video man, thanks!
Now imagine what the guys that made this series could do with the current technologies.
This games needs a remake
Nice video, you helped me so much, i don't understand English very well, and the game don't have subtitles, thx
most amazing intro ever
Да набивает приятные воспоминания детства спасибо за труды 👏✊👍
A remake would be good, finishing the story would be best, but I also think Blood Omen 3 would be interesting showing Kain resurrecting Raziel and his brothers, telling the story of how they dominated Nosgoth, being able to play as the vampire Raziel, telling the story of what happened in time Raziel was cast into the abyss to when he was reborn by the elder god. I think that would be a great game.
there is a fan game where you play as vampire Melchiah and it's your job to exterminate Raziel's clan. It has game play similar to blood omen
I agree with you man that would be a really good game to see an I grew up on this series it would be cool to know the in between events but play as both kain and raziel like in defiance an play as kain after raziel is cast into the abyss an see what happens
looking forward to the remastered version of this movie
Honestly, I'm not sure about that. On one hand it's long awaited remaster, supposedly with some minor additions. On the other - it is the same game, and to think doing the same recording/editing again...
@@Coldshade i see your point, though it could be a little easier as it will be on steam. I'm hopeful they add the Sorceress and turel/smokestack cut content - but i'm not holding my breath on that one.
Loved this
The entire LoK series needs to be remade. Its story, music, characters and whatnot just dunk hard on most existing fantasy titles...
Its only one of best screenplays around. It really is immence.
Love this game, I know this video is 3 years old now but I noticed the cutscene where you get your energy blast technique is missing
Hmm, which one? Maybe you can point it in other videos?
@@Coldshade nevermind...it was just slightly out of order....raziel in a earlier part uses his energy shot then 12 minutes or so later shows him get the ability lol
love how most of this game was block puzzles
About half of it, yeah.
The Voice acting still holds up in 2023.
thanks for subtitles!
They just don't make games this good anymore.
That’s not true in the slightest
That's because if something goes wrong these days they can patch it with a download pretty quickly, so they don;t even seem to try anymore. Back then internet was slow and some people still didn't have it so they couldn't release a patch, they HAD to get the game right or release a whole nother disc out to all the retailers again and lose a heap of money
I would love to see a current-gen refresh of this series
We got a remaster incoming!
They gave their all making this game and swore not to go through something like it again 😅 its perfect a remake will take the beauty away
Why is it that between the dialogue and delivery every character feels fleshed out even if only seen for a few moments
Timeless classic.
The voice actors in the last 3 Soule Reaver games have theatre background. That said, even if half the main cast were still alive.. Hypothetically instead of a remaster, they were to try a remake/envisioning with Amy Hennig consulting.. I would hope they look for voice talent that has acting or even theatre experience. One critical thing studios forget these days is either voice direction/context, or voice actors who may have a voice, but cannot "act" when delivering dialogue.. or possibly fail to meet both previous points which really destroys player immersion. That said, who would you pick to replace half the main voice cast that sadly have died? Tony Jay as Elder God, Richard Doyle as Moebius, or Rene Auberjonois as Janos, and the few others? Simon (Raziel) and Michael (Kain) are still alive, but wouldn't sound the same. Michael, even in his mid 80's could pass as "old" Kain voice but Raziel and others recast choice...?
Legend this game the majesty of castle
50:31 I like the use of the telekinetic blast way before it's acquired. Lil cheater.
Ты музыку во время монтажа наложил, чтобы она не обрывалась во время нарезки сцен? Круто сделано.
Да, запись без музыки идет, она уже позже накладывается
I remember playing this as a kid and not understanding a damn thing, an "aeon" what the hell is that? I had no problem watching Pokémon in English or other cartoons but this killed me, then I finally managed to get a bootleg copy from Spain with the dub, one of the few games in Spanish we got since in Latin America we always had the same NTSC games from the US. Now as an adult I can finally enjoy the full dialog.
I like to see the subtitles! thanks.
How many of you are pissed off that the new game that they were come out with never did. The guy had wings. So it waz what we wanted
My favorite videogame forever
I WISH THIS WOULD BE REMADE STILL KEEPING ITS GRIT
Крутое видео ты сделал, большая уважуха тебе.
We want the movie🎉
Thanks for the subtitles
I think the music was louder than the voices so yeah I was having a hard time listening the dialogues
We need remake
“Kain is deified”
Why english is hard to understand here in this game?
Too much pathos, maybe?)
Because its proper english not some zoomer speak.
But like no joke, it is proper english, and it is slightly old English. The characters talk in a sophisticated old england way. The kind of thing you would gind on books or novel from the 1800s or early 1900s
I find easier than understand than many natives speeching
Can someone explain the background and what happened
What exactly are you interested in? You'd better look at Blood Omen, the very first game, to understand Kain's background. It's here on this channel too
@@Coldshade oh ok thx
Those pillars that you saw in the intro video, it's all about them, Kain was chosen to be the guardian of the Pillar of Balance, but instead of making a sacrifice to become one in order to save Nosgoth from Hylden, Kain decided to rule the land by raising the vampire kingdom.
@@just_Lee2 ohhh right. Thanks 😁
This shit is epic
🙌🙌🙌
Remake this game imo no sequell do this trilogy
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!!!!! LEGACY OF KAIN SOUL REAVER 1 NEEDS A RE-MAKE ON THE NEW CONSOLE'S !!!!!