Today is the year of 2024, and I'm here watchin this masterpiece again and again from day till night and listenin while i sleep like it's bed time story
"You said it yourself, Kain. There are only two sides to your coin." "Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day, it lands on its edge."
@@KalvinEllis Dante is a hack compared to Amy Hennig, yeah he was influential but the Inferno-Paradiso trilogy were kind of meh but quotes and whole monologues I have memorized from this because its just delicious. I particularly love Soul Reaver 1s intro monologue but Dante up there recognizes yet another great example of superb dialogue
Same same. " _That'll be 30$. Would you like something else with this?_ " " _I know what ominous hour this was for my wallet's history. A sense of vertigo and longing crept over me as I pulled out the dollars --- and handed them over to the great manipulator, the servants of hunger._ "
Ahh, I thought I'm the only one. These games have a great shakespearen vocabulary and an elegant manner of speech with these monologues and dialogues!:D
@@horvathmark8831 And now for a moment try imagining a translation of the series' entire script into our own language which is three times as expressive as English is. Every single sentence would be at least two times longer. xD
"This is what I seek", the manager said as he grabbed my cash. "The ineffable fulcrum upon which our society turns," the merchant went on. And as the feeling of dread washed over me, I held the game in my hand, the sense of self-loathing and despair grew too great for me to contain.
If only that video had subtitles option. My English is not that advanced, Goddammit. I could've change that with it, because watching with original subs is incredibly helpful for learning purposes (and for understanding 100%, obviously)
I give this a listen once or twice a year. Impeccable storytelling. I played and beat these games as a child and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t show up at school using diction beyond both my own, and my teacher’s comprehension. I’m an attorney now, and still, the dialogue in this game is as profound to me as it was 20 years ago
I can't believe you got/recorded all the cutscenes of ALL the games, put them in the right order, showed a bit of gameplay prior and after the cutscenes and give context with text. You're straight up a legend. Gonna buy some popcorn to fully enjoy this monster of a video. Thanks for making this!
Snobby Gamer I'll give you that it's a great ending to how Raziel and Kain change their fates, but it in no way wraps up Kain's true fate. What does he do now with the correct soul reaver blade? Does he kill the elder God? Who knew fate had to be changed so that Raziel could be well equipped at the right time to enter the blade so that Kain could truly be the scion of balance? I could go on for days.......
Blood Omen 2 was what happened in the PAST after the timeline was shifted when Kain pulled the sword from Raziel. The event you're talking about happened to young Kain after Soul Reaver 2. Technically it is an event after Defiance, it is not the Elder Kain's ending. We are all looking for Kain's story to come to a completion.. His story stops after fighting the Elder God and he never filled his role as the scion of Balance, the pillars are still in ruin. Kain's story should end with him restoring to pillars which his death would have never done being that humans were too weak to sustain them.
I bet they're gonna remix it again for the upcoming game ...! Ahhhh ... I just can't wait for the day I hear it remixed again in for the new sequel lol
I would be fine with remasters to play in modern consoles; but I would like to be surprised ❤ Most of all, the ost of soul reaver is like seeing a comet, happens every hundred years xD that intro brooooo
Seriously you have no idea how much this series means to me. It helped me get through the worst spell ive had in my life. The fact that you made this "movie" brings me so much joy
@@PerfectHandProductions it was honestly by sheer accident and a whiff of nostalgia that brought me here 3 years back. My dad used to play blood omen 1 and i never knew there were sequels
This came out 26 years ago and the line, "Call your dogs! They can feast on your corpses!" Is still the most bad ass thing I've ever heard in a video game. It's the most badass thing I've heard outside Shakespeare.
I started playing this series when I was 8. Now I’m 27 and I’m still amazed everytime I think about it. Probably the best storyline ever wrote in gaming. Dialogues and game development above the rest. It helped me a lot when I was younger…to look for the best, to be better, to somehow fulfill my destiny, to become who I’m meant to be. And seeing that someone made THE video about all of it…makes me happy. Congrats buddy
My strongest memory of Soul Reaver is that Raziel's feet sounded like a pair of flip flops :) Nearly every single cutscene begins with him opening a door and walking on stone floor while making those flip flop sounds
id say he sounds more like an elephant walking on a hardwood floor. i love how "sneaking" is literally no quieter and includes a dragging sound, yet somehow you can get literally right on top of an enemy and bear hug them without them noticing.
It's been 9 years and still, every now and then, nostalgia brings me back to this video when things aren't great. I can't thank you enough for making it. This franchise means a lot to me and you, maybe on a whim, made my darker times a bit brighter by making this video.
Honestly same. When things get hard and seem impossible, watching two heroes in circumstances more dire than our own who know even a deity world against them actively, actively making moves and sacrifices without immediate payoff over the course of centuries before finally getting hope by end of game 5. Constantly being forced to pick between options 1 or 2, given ultimatums where neither benefit the chooser and the heroes demonstrate the necessary willpower to force a third outcome is inspiring. I do the same thing.
She is the best storyteller I've ever come across across all media. I haven't seen anything as layered as her SR1/2/Defiance storyline...with such great dialogue and sooo many angels, anywhere.
@@jeanlundi2141I wouldn't go that far, but I can't deny the fact that the dialouge in LoK is some of if not the most compelling in video games. A fantastic script further elevated by enthralling vocal preformances.
@theredcomet5670, I've read over the last couple of days that so many more people hold Amy Hennig, in a very similar regard. I too, at first, thought perhaps the sentiment was being applied to hastily. But no! She truly is a master story teller, an astute student of history and mythology. Not to even mention the religious elements (that do nothing but add to the story mind you). It's clear, Amy knows how to construct a world that feels in tandem to our own, real.
BEST... STORY... IN A VIDEO GAME... EVAH!!! No seriously- this is a story more for books than video games. The gameplay is not the strenght of LoK games, but the sotry, the voice acting and music create one of the most deep and compelling experiences in storytelling.!
Interestingly enough, each of the vampires in Kain's clan are named after Angels or people from the Bible or Kabbalah. There are some characters named from other mythologies as well. From Raziel to Turel. Characters such as Turel are named after the Angel Turiel. In these cases, the name in the game is also an accepted spelling of the Angel name. As it is, the Angels are as follows: Raziel: "Secret of God, The Keeper of Secrets, and Angel of Mysteries." Raziel is a major Angel in Jewish mysticism. Turel or Turiel: One of the Watchers from the Book of Enoch, a fallen Angel, his name translates to "Rock of God". He is one of the 20 leaders of 200 Angels. Melchiah: This is one of the examples where there are a lot of different spellings of the name. He was a high priest and a decendant of Aaron. Zephon: There are multiple stories with this name. There are two different Angel origins of this name. In the Canaanite religion he is identified with Jebel Aqra, the home of God, from which Yam (A Canaanite sea deity) was cast out. In the Kabbalistic "Treatise on the Left Emanation" by Isaac ha-Cohen of Soria, Zephon (called Tzephon) is one of the angels associated with the 6th sephira, Tiphereth. Rahab: In Jewish folklore, Rahab is a sea monster. Dumah: The Angel of Silence and of the stillness of death. Dumah is considered a "Thousand eye Angel of death armed with a flaming sword." Kain is likely named after Cain, the first murderer. Honorable mentions... Malek or Maalik: A guardian of Hell in Islamic mythology. Vorador: Vorador's name may come from the Spanish/Portugese word, “devorador”, which means “devourer”, “ravenous”, and “wolfish.” Ariel: Ariel is an Angel found within Jewish mysticism and the Christian Apocrypha. The name means: "Lion of God". This name is also found within the Book of Enoch. Many of the bosses in Blood Omen 2 are named after Shakespearean Characters. I find the naming of these characters fascinating as they are ANCIENT names in many ways and I think it is impressive.
Well yes. Let's not forget originally Soul Reaver was meant to be the story of an Fallen Angel climbing it's way back up into Heaven to Confront God. They realized that, this would actually fit nicely in a dark twist in the Legacy of Kain setting, with Kain being God in this case, casting his greatest Lieutenant Raziel into the Lake of the Damned.
I think with all the occultic mysticism the writers imposed on this story, they must have been strongly motivated by the mysticism of ancient religions as well. The book of Enoch itself is quite occult in its own right, unveiling mysteries surrounding the Abrahamic faiths unknown to most. The Canaanites' history only scarcely alluded to in Hebrew lore, who's secrets were buried in their being conquered. I'm a biblical studies major and I get the same "feeling" or allure toward unveiling the secrets of scripture as I get from untangling the secrets of the lore in this game. I suspect much the same for LoK's writers.
I got goosebumps when I heard this line in Soul Reaver 2 and realised Moebius postponed Malek from reaching The Circle in time. I must confess Moebius is my most hated villain in my entire life. It's been almost 18 years and my hatred for him is still burning. A thousand deaths would not be enough punishment for him.
Martin Papos you mean just reuse the voice lines from the older games? They might be able to do that but they probably wouldn’t opt to reuse old assets
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 I think they have some incentive to reuse the old assets. The quality of the voice work is pretty damn high for its time aside from Blood Omen 1 (a bit too crunchy now)
No, No, and a Thousand Times more No. If they remade it, rebirthed it, or even reimagined it, they'd f-k it apart. Filled, to the brim, with microtransactions and shit. " _Play as Sarafan Raziel! Now in this weeks EXCLUSIVE lootbox!_ " You cannot trust modern game devs.
Such a wonderful thing you have done by putting all this together. Words cannot explain how much Legacy of Kain means to me. I played them all from the first and hung on every word. No story will ever be as elaborate, as focused, as exciting and as deep as this. There are modern adventure stories which are more political in nature that delve deeply into their life, but I personally find political stories dull, to much like real life. This story is so involved.
Legacy of Kain has been and will probably always be my favorite game franchise. It makes me happy to know there are still people out there who appreciate it. Thanks for watching and for the nice comment.
I was 17 years old when this was released. Even my brother, then 16, knew this was a masterpiece. We both followed each little piece of this enthralling story as it unfolded for us. This story puts most modern games to shame. The voice acting hasn't even been match but a handful of times over the 2 decades since. I would really appreciate another entry into this fascinating universe.
Hmmm... perhaps Kain was actually telling Raziel not to test eternity? Raziel himself did everything he could to prolong his eventual destiny of becoming one with the Soul Reaver.
I just rationalised this as the Elder god eternally lying to Raziel. I wouldn't be surprised if the story continued to show that the Elder god pissed off Raziel on purpose to make him accept his destiny in defiance.
XaiverStash From what I have read which isn't much. That game doesn't tap too much into he story it does however show what some of the clans looked like before the fall of kains empire which is pretty interesting.
***** It is interesting. My only complaint about Nosgoth is that it does not really have a story. The game does not even mention anything about the universe. If one is not familiar with Legacy of Kain, or Soul Reaver, they would just think it is just a random game about Vampires VS Humans. I would have liked it if the Devs would have tied a story into something. Leaves a Fan hungering for more lore.
XaiverStash it was the multiplayer part of dead sun, dead sun was mostly complete before being scrapped and didnt have much connection to previous games because it was set a few thousand years after these games. soul reaver is gone man.
+XaiverStash that is why, when I played Soul Reaver 2, the natural to me was to play the previous parts in order to immerse in the plot, then I found Soul Reaver (second part of the series) the best of all, and then went further
Here in 2024!! got to thank you for keeping this game alive. now we have the remaster, this is the only place to get the full comprehensive story of all games and I hope we get the remaster of Defiance
I'm starting my first year as a Computer Science & Game Design major because of this series. Hennig is and will always be one of the best writers in the industry.
What Dark Souls does with item descriptions, The Legacy of Kain does with prolific and alluring script and voice-acting. Thanks so much for this upload!
@@alfonsovallejo2665 I'd agree and state LoK does better doing the opposite of what dark souls does as with its story. When DS plays around its homework, when LoK plays around with its story its "OH SHIT! The thing I thought I knew was a falsehood and this twist makes things even tastier!" LoK revels while DS implies with their stories.
This video alone and our consistent return to it over the years may be the sole driver for our recently answered hopes of a revival. Honestly and deeply thank you.
Legacy of Kain really came before its time, released at the moment where (probably) most of us were young had limited attention span, poor English comprehension and overshadowed by the peak of first-person shooters or hardcore RPGs.
it came out really right at the needed time. if it was to be released nowadays they probably wont even do that because the plot is to huge to cover by modern game design standarts and it's also probably too advanced for modern gamers as some of studies think of us, so it might be old & poor in terms of gameplay mechanic but this is exactly what made this game possible
Probably true, yet I would've really wanted to see this franchise in at least the previous generation to give the titles fair attention by the gaming community. Maybe too impudent wish? Granted there is "Soul Revenant": A fan-made remake of the first Soul Reaver, however still on-going.
+Ohem1 I think it came out at the right time. It came during an era where you only had board games, card games, or those computer games like pinball and minesweeper to play if you didn't use/have a console. This meant gamers were willing to dedicate themselves to a video game that wasn't going to just be over after a pedestrian 10 hours of gameplay. Today's gaming community accepts a garbage standard of just good graphics and nothing but online gameplay. You have the exceptional adventure game from time to time but even their dialogue isn't as dense as Legacy of Kain. The first game of the series I played was Soul Reaver back when I was 6 years old in 1999. I had to pause the game so I could grab a dictionary to understand some of the words they were saying. It was my first exposure to vocabulary beyond a classroom. Some damn good memories. I recently decided to buy Blood Omen about 2 years ago. I hesitated because even with my low standards for graphics, I thought those graphics would be too bad for me to accept. It ended up probably being the most fun I've ever had playing a game. My favorite game in the series by far and that is saying a lot for me because I was absolutely in love with Soul Reaver. Just cherish the memories my friend. Hopefully if my PS2 still works and I can find my PS1 somewhere in my garage, Ill have my kids play the whole series when I start a family.
Da Beast gamers is not the problem, people would still play games like this. Look at Dark Souls, Dota, CS & SC2 - even they take really much effort people still enjoy them. It's just that making a game with good graphics is much easier than making a good game overall so the studios dont even bother making one because of greed and just spam those assain creeds & whatever just to get more money.
My emotional relationship with the games agree with you on most, with respect to your preferences I do consider Blood Omen 2 to be the worst game representing LoK. While I can respect the groundwork of Kain ascending into power it's manipulative use of language is lit up by its absence, uncanny semi-erotic character designs and yet explained events and circumstances to be heard. I find it appalling how the team responsible didn't absolve the whole nuance the series are known for but instead went the direction marketing accords. I still reserve the notion the series could've been more appreciated in later generation, but so did expenses in development. The creative freedom might not've been so arrested to cover mass appeal in the past as it is now, so in practice you might be right about that.
There was going to be...well I don't know about the conclusion, but there was going to be another Legacy of Kain that wound up in Development Hell...v.v sad fate. I would love to see this series return.
I'd like a conclusion... But no. I don't want one. I don't trust them to do it. Just hire Amy Henning and a couple of writers and some artist to make a final book instead. Now that's something I would trust.
Idk if they can finish it either since some of the voice actors passed away so I feel like it wouldn't be the same without the amazing voice actors and dialogue. :3
@PerfectHandProductions this video literally is the metaphorical pillars of the Legacy of Kain Series online. We all gather here time and time again to rewatch this timeless story because nothing is quite like it. This video seriously has to be considered for one of the driving forces behind the fact we are even getting this remaster. And with a new updated video.... one day in the future we will be getting a blood omen 1 and defiance remaster to have us come full circle back to this place.
Wow so deep! “Tell me Raziel, did it trouble you when you killed your brethren?” Kain said that as a joke knowing that Raziel killed his human brethren..... priceless
@@trevorevans4000 Well, I think Onyx has the right of it being in reference when Raziel confronts his former brethren Dumah and Rahab in Soul Reaver 2, as Raziel exhudes almost elation from understanding Kain's private joke centuries ago.
@@stevenmcelroy2646 I actually feel it somewhat appropriate that there was never a definitive conclusion as the game is such a mish-mash of intertwined storylines, I kind of FEEL that it is better to not have an ending as that would be too conclusive and goes against what the entire series stood for. It sure would have been nice to have a good conclusive ending but in a way - it fits the series to have none and to leave it up to each person's individual mind. In my personal head canon Kain destroys or at least permanently subdues the Elder God and restores the pillars to vampire guardianship.. but this ending would be way too "enlightened/just" to fit the story properly.
You ever stare at the voice acting in Silent Hill or Resident Evil....then you pop in the Legacy of Kain and just go "How do you fuck up voice acting?" Cause this will hold up for a century. And then look at the jump between the cutscenes in Legacy of Kain and Soul Reaver. They did a fantastic job.
Kain viewed Vorador as some antique, egotistical blowhard. Which is ironic considering Kain became somewhat of an antique, egotistical blowhard. Even Raziel seemed to thought so when he said "spare me your metaphors, Kain." Or when he said "Very poetic, Kain."
The entire series is that one line Raziel aimed at Kain during soul reaver 2: "Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens... I don't think I have the stomach for it." Edit: As chaotic as it is, Raziel's right 99.9% of the time. Kain shows up and ether he's doing a monumental and terrible thing -on purpose or by complete accident- or _IS_ the monumental and terrible thing. He literally can't stop one-upping himself wherever he goes and that's why I love the series.
1:33:35 "These blades now coiled in sinister embrace have inspired terror in the hearts of creatures far more endurable than you old man." What a badass line to really make the Soul Reaver sound terrifying. Also lol when he flicked Mobius' head
Me too. Absolutely enjoyed the refresher and the nostalgia. Ever hoping for a remaster or a web series... Or just something to tell their story front to end.
The first game will always hold a special place in my heart. It was an amazing story, far ahead of the other games of its era, complete with shocking plot twists, incredible character development and an ambiguous ending.
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 It kind of is and kind of isnt. Its the worst in the quadrilogy quality-wise but at the same time not knowing its story leaves a large gap between BO1 and SR1. It kinda fits between there, chronologically.
Voice actors Paul Lukather and Tony Jay have both passed away. Michael Bell, Richard Doyle, and Rene Auberjonois are all seventy or older. We're slowly losing much of the talent behind Legacy Of Kain.
PerfectHandVideos I know it. We will lose that generation as well. Thanks for the uploads by the way. This video certainly deserves a whole lot more views for all the effort you did in compiling it, and the great story produced here by those involved in the original products. Thanks again.
+PerfectHandVideos We must figure out a way to Revive them both. They can't just die on us and leave us hanging with the Legacy of Kain Defiance Cliff hangar. Someone quick!! Grab 2 Copies of the Soul Reaver and alter the events so we can bring Tony Jay and Paul Lukather back to LIFE!!
Timestamps I've put together as I can not see if anyone else did this previously~ Blood Omen - 00:00:01 Soul Reaver - 00:42:30 Soul Reaver 2 - 01:18:18 Blood Omen 2 - 03:02:39 Defiance - 04:39:59 Thank you to the creator if this video for not only making it, but also for putting in chronological order as well as in a coherent way. I may end up making a second set of timestamps for especially notable moments within the series, but that's a decision for future me lol
Blood Omen: Pre-Kain: 0:37 Vorador's assault on the circle, version1 21:37 Vorador's assault on the circle, version2 1:42 Malek gets bonked & damned to eternal non-bodyness 2:22 Ariel's assassination & the pillar's corruption! (presumably also Kain's birth, see "at my first cry" scene at the Pillars in SR2) Kain: 3:12 Kain is Vae Victus'ed 6:59 the legacy of THE PILLARS OF NOSGOTH - Blood Omen 11:40 Kain vs Nupraptor... FIGHT! 14:19 Kain vs Malek... FIGHT! 16:16 Kain meets the Oracle 20:36 Kain meets Vorador 25:12 Vorador vs Malek... FIGHT! 26:48 Hash'ak'gik, hash'ak'gik, hash'ak'gik!! 27:15 Kain finds the Soul Reaver 30:13 Kain vs The Jester... FIGHT! 32:56 back to the, well, past. 34:23 Soul Reaver vs Soul Reaver... FIGHT! 36:27 Vorador becomes Verydead 37:44 Kain vs Moebius... FIGHT! 40:46 Kain vs UberMortanius... FIGHT! 42:11 Kain transforms Nosgoth into the pizza realm, a hot and greasy place. Soul Reaver: 42:34 the single greatest opening monologue ever orchestrated shiiiiiieeet gotta do some stuff ill fix this up later
@@danielwaynecomedy8360 Thanks Daniel! Back in 2012 It took me a few months to put all this together. I made a few mistakes but am still happy with the result. Thanks for watching!
I think Simon Templeman does a terrific job too. non the less I agree that this franchise will never be the same, without such exceptional voice cast. R.I.P Paul Lukather and Tony Jay. May thee find peace.
I guess anything more would be good. However this material is elevated by the masterful voice work. This stuff without the voices would be like Star Wars without the music 😃
Cant believe this compilation exists. Everyone telling me that the story was amazing but i would NEVER play all those hours. This is JUST what i needed.
The games are all definitely worth playing but it's a bitch trying to figure out how to play them nowadays I guess pc versions or emulators maybe I miss having a working ps2
I'd pay $150 for a remake of all the story and voice acting from the 5 LOK games made into 1 with cutting edge graphics and gameplay. Blood omen made a big impact on me at 12 years old.
Unfortunately the voice actors who are still alive are all 70 plus years and I personally don't think there is anyone who could fill the void of these amazing people and like raziel in the spectral realm empty and incomplete
I quite honestly can't say for sure how many nights I've had this video on loop for.. It's a staggering number, I'm sure. Can't ever get tired of these games & the awe inspiring VA work. Thank you eternally, PerfHandProd. Much
@@PerfectHandProductions I'd bet fair sums of money that you've filled a void for SO, SO many people like myself. It's quite th=e admirable feat; I do say :D
Amazingly put together, truly did justice to this awesome saga. Wish the gaming landscape still allowed for games like these, where good writing is prioritized first and foremost. Thank you for this amazing video!
The oodest thing is I started from Blood Omen 2, but then got to play all the other games. Basically, I fell in love with the worst only to discover the best.
Hahahahaha this comment is actually amazing!! This sentence explains it all!! Imagine if the sarafan Raziel also had a reaver blade... It would be "... so mad at yourself you stabbed yourself with yourself while trying to stab yourself with yourself!!"
it is so fulfilling to finally be able to watch it all from the beginning until the end understanding every word of the language I didnt speak when I was a kid. thanks for this!
fun fact in soul reaver 1 the first human soldier you meet if you avoid him and don't agro him (that means get to close and he attacks you) later on the humans see you as a god and bow to you making some later parts easier
In the 8 years since you’ve put this up, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this or had it playing the background while I was doing something else.
It's hard to believe it's been over a decade since I took on this project. It makes me happy to know so many people still appreciate this fantastic franchise.
One of my youngest childhood friends passed in 2019.. he introduced this game to me when we were in elementary school..coming home and grinding through the series was our favorite thing to do.this game represents Soo much more.. a friendship a bond over this incredible story..
Thank you very much for uploading this. I've forgot some things of the story, but now I remember. What an amazing game, when Raziel says something like "I will be, as before, your right hand, your sword" it always makes me tremble. When you feel something for a fictional character, you know you are at presence of art.
I always loved the look on kains face, the hesitation before he said “cast him in”, before he looks off in the distance….wondering if it was the right choice. Even the first time watching the intro, I picked up on it, but wondered why? Then you play and discover it was Kains last effort to change fate. he truly didn’t know how it would play out, on top of his regret at the fact he had to destroy a friend/ally to do it. And the first confrontation between him and Raziel at the pillars is…sublime. The dialogue is perfection. What an amazing series. A shame it was never finished, but one of my favs of all time!!
Raziel, to Kain: "Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens... I don't think I have the stomach for it." That's it. That's the entire Legacy of Kain series in an eloquent nutshell.
"before him he carries noise, and behind him he leaves tears. Death, that dark spirit, in ’s nervy arm doth lie, Which, being advanced, declines, and then men die." Act 2 Scene 1. The Tragedy of Coriolanus. Volumnia.
i think that they are in the incorect order , i think that the right one is , blood omen ,blood omen 2 , soul reaver, soulreaver 2 and legacy of kaindiafance
No the order in this video is correct, blood omen 2 only happened because of the end paradox of Soul Reaver 2 and Janos resurrection in Defiance but the timeline of this franchise is a bit complicated
Vorador is actually unexplainable, he died early in the timeline and I don't know why he reappeared in Blood Omen 2, Janos Audron was resurrected due to the Paradox (the blue Vampire with the Black Angelic Wings)
@@PerfectHandProductionswe are , I’m constantly going back to this video when I do my chores or on my way to work. Thank you for your hardwork! It is appreciated!
This video is actually pretty good because it helps understand the twisted timeline. With all the time travelling, things get hard to understand, what happens when and so on. Thankfully, you did a great job at putting them in order.
fans have spent years and years flipping the coin until this series was brought back into light, and finally with the remaster announced, our coin has finally landed on it's edge
My god sir. this video game series is single-handedly responsible from my early development complex command of the English language. This brought back so many good vibes and cool memories kicking it with my cousins, I even got choked up and misty eyed a couple times I ain’t gonna lie, thanks bro. I mean it🤙🏾
I've watched this so many times. Thanks for uploading! Hopefully Crystal Dynamics will do something with the IP in the future; it's my favorite series of all time.
"You are a righteous fiend aren't you?" -Seraphim Razial "Apparently I am..." -Razial That is still one of the most written dialogue in anything. Equal parts, sad, funny, and awesome in the same moment.
I just found this in Nov of 2020 and I couldn't be more happy. This series will always hold a special place in my heart. My girlfriend has always loved listening to me ramble on, telling the stories of my favorite franchises I'd played growing up, but this time I don't have to. She's sat and watched the entire 6 hour epic with me, for my recollection of this legendary saga would never do it justice. Thanks for the walk down memory lane and, also, bringing a new fan to the series. This will be rewatched many times in the coming years. Thank you for all your hard work on this video.
6:06:00 The End... not quite... There are some things that MUST happen still, and a future that was disclosed by the developers (after the game was canceled). Let's start right where the video left off. Kain's next move would be to find a way back to distant future, back to his crumbling empire, right after he and Raziel departed into the past. Kain would then spend as long as it takes hunting down and at last defeating the Elder God. Finally, the world would be rid of the great parasite that has plagued it for so long.Though that is a great victory for Kain and for Nosgoth, it would be of little comfort to the trapped damned Raziel. Because in order for all of these events to happen, the Soul Reaver with Raziel inside, must return to the past. Kain would have to go back in time, and leave the Soul Reaver somewhere for Moebius to claim it so it could be given to William the Just. That way, William would have it so that young Kain could break it, Raziel could mend it, and then it could be placed in Avernus for young Kain to acquire for the events of Blood Omen to take place. From that point on, we can only speculate. Kain would likely return to the distant future and begin to mend a severely damaged world. Raziel though, would be trapped, forever destined to carry out the events of the games in an endless loop. An ending both happy and sad, with fate being both overcome and submitted too. A perfect end to a utterly amazing story.
It would have been interesting, as if kain had gone back to that point in time to kill the elder god he would also have to find a way to reach him. As the elder god is located underwater, and Kain still cant touch water unlike Raziel
ArchipelagoMagi who said the story of kain was a happy one remember, destiny always plays out yes raziel is eternally trapped in the reaver but think about it given how important the soul reaver is to the land and fate of nosgoth so raziel has to be trapped otherwise the timeline wouldn’t make sense, everything comes full circle
I still feel like we need an explanation of how Kain lives without the Heart of Darkness. Furthermore how the Soul Reaver reveals the existence of the Elder God to Kain. Raziel fulfilled all of the Elder God's orders: He killed Kain and became the Soul Reaver which created the chain of events which would result in Kain's death. If this was just the nature of the Soul Reaver than the Elder God signed his own death sentence, but if the reveal was Raziel's final act of free will then we're left wondering why he didn't reveal it's existence to Kain sooner.
Seems to me he would also have to resurrect Vorador and set him to leading the vampire resistance in the era of BO2. A purified Kain faces the task of restoring the Circle and the Pillars and breaking the curse on the vampire race, and managing it without paradox.
This is still one of the greatest projects on youtube. A fully edited together compendium of Legacy of Kain. One of the best series of games out there in terms of fantasty storytelling
I have to seriously give the creators respect. They do not care even the slightest if a person jumps in at a random game and is utterly confused by the story. I adore that. It is one long beautifully crafted and told story that you have to enjoy from beginning to end to fully understand it. For any casual player that is a mortal sin. For me, it is absolute gold. One of the greatest stories told, with great voice acting, amazing aesthetics (save for Blood Omen 2 maybe) and pretty darn good game play. I want to know how Kain's story ends and I'm kind of glad that Dead Sun didn't happen since it deviated from this long story.
Yes. But I believe they started to care about new players with Defiance. That's why there is much repetition of the story in Defiance and why it's dumbed down in comparison to the other games. I think they choose the wrong route there, but economically it makes sense.
What a fantastic job... This series was one of the greatest passions of my life, even after 20 years I know many of these conversations by heart... Thank you so much!
Today is the year of 2024, and I'm here watchin this masterpiece again and again from day till night and listenin while i sleep like it's bed time story
Swear I do the same
Me too
Same here man
Broooooo, ur in my head
Same
"You said it yourself, Kain. There are only two sides to your coin."
"Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day, it lands on its edge."
Damn, even Dante is impressed by Kain's monologues.
@@KalvinEllis Dante is a hack compared to Amy Hennig, yeah he was influential but the Inferno-Paradiso trilogy were kind of meh but quotes and whole monologues I have memorized from this because its just delicious. I particularly love Soul Reaver 1s intro monologue but Dante up there recognizes yet another great example of superb dialogue
This one quote, no, the entire scene has and always will stick with me in my heart.
One of the best lines in the series
@@lordn3m3sis I would dare say it's one of the best lines ever spoken.
This game made my linguistic skills less human and more...divine.
lol well done
Yeah I’m an old sophomore in college and I’ve been quoting lines from this game to earn some As 😅
good one🙌🏼😂
*takes a bite of chicken tendie dipped in sauce *
😂 I was using words from this game in 6th grade and my teachers said that I had “advanced vocabulary for his age”
This game greatly expanded my vocabulary.
Same same.
" _That'll be 30$. Would you like something else with this?_ "
" _I know what ominous hour this was for my wallet's history. A sense of vertigo and longing crept over me as I pulled out the dollars --- and handed them over to the great manipulator, the servants of hunger._ "
Ahh, I thought I'm the only one. These games have a great shakespearen vocabulary and an elegant manner of speech with these monologues and dialogues!:D
@@horvathmark8831 And now for a moment try imagining a translation of the series' entire script into our own language which is three times as expressive as English is.
Every single sentence would be at least two times longer. xD
"This is what I seek", the manager said as he grabbed my cash. "The ineffable fulcrum upon which our society turns," the merchant went on. And as the feeling of dread washed over me, I held the game in my hand, the sense of self-loathing and despair grew too great for me to contain.
If only that video had subtitles option. My English is not that advanced, Goddammit. I could've change that with it, because watching with original subs is incredibly helpful for learning purposes (and for understanding 100%, obviously)
I give this a listen once or twice a year. Impeccable storytelling. I played and beat these games as a child and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t show up at school using diction beyond both my own, and my teacher’s comprehension. I’m an attorney now, and still, the dialogue in this game is as profound to me as it was 20 years ago
I can't believe you got/recorded all the cutscenes of ALL the games, put them in the right order, showed a bit of gameplay prior and after the cutscenes and give context with text. You're straight up a legend. Gonna buy some popcorn to fully enjoy this monster of a video. Thanks for making this!
Thank you for the compliment. It's not a perfect video but I think the result does the series justice.
@@PerfectHandProductions it's pretty close to perfect
@@Ricky_Spanishh Thank you :)
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@@PerfectHandProductions legend
Me and my late father used to play all these games together. This means a lot man, thank you
You're quite welcome. I'm glad this brings you fond memories.
❤️
Wholesome
That's lovely. I used to play Caesar 3 with my dad
Michael Bell: so do I get the role for Raziel?
Simon Templeman: CAST HIM IN!!!
Hahahaha
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I don’t like that word… smells of martyrdom.”
Oh, Raziel knew how this would end.
That conversation is my favorite in the entire franchise.
Where do we hear that line? I’m only at the end of hour 1 so far
@@who3730 2:37:42
This conversation
I can't believe this series never got a proper ending. It's the most in-depth storyline ever written for a game and the voice acting was top notch.
+phantumgrey Honestly while not conclusive, it's still a very good ending for the franchise.
Snobby Gamer I'll give you that it's a great ending to how Raziel and Kain change their fates, but it in no way wraps up Kain's true fate. What does he do now with the correct soul reaver blade? Does he kill the elder God? Who knew fate had to be changed so that Raziel could be well equipped at the right time to enter the blade so that Kain could truly be the scion of balance? I could go on for days.......
Neeeeeeeeeerds!!!!!!!
It did. Blood Omen 2 is kain dealing with the hylden lord.
Blood Omen 2 was what happened in the PAST after the timeline was shifted when Kain pulled the sword from Raziel. The event you're talking about happened to young Kain after Soul Reaver 2. Technically it is an event after Defiance, it is not the Elder Kain's ending. We are all looking for Kain's story to come to a completion.. His story stops after fighting the Elder God and he never filled his role as the scion of Balance, the pillars are still in ruin. Kain's story should end with him restoring to pillars which his death would have never done being that humans were too weak to sustain them.
21 years later, and Ozar Midrashim by Information Society, the music from the opening scene of Soul Reaver, still gives me chills.
Same. I remember watching that for the first time and it blew me away.
Hell yeah bros.
Information Society, now there's a throwback
I bet they're gonna remix it again for the upcoming game ...!
Ahhhh ... I just can't wait for the day I hear it remixed again in for the new sequel lol
I would be fine with remasters to play in modern consoles; but I would like to be surprised ❤
Most of all, the ost of soul reaver is like seeing a comet, happens every hundred years xD that intro brooooo
Seriously you have no idea how much this series means to me. It helped me get through the worst spell ive had in my life. The fact that you made this "movie" brings me so much joy
I'm glad it's been so meaningful to you! Thank you for commenting. :)
@@PerfectHandProductions it was honestly by sheer accident and a whiff of nostalgia that brought me here 3 years back. My dad used to play blood omen 1 and i never knew there were sequels
This came out 26 years ago and the line, "Call your dogs! They can feast on your corpses!" Is still the most bad ass thing I've ever heard in a video game. It's the most badass thing I've heard outside Shakespeare.
LoK is as badass as it gets
I started playing this series when I was 8. Now I’m 27 and I’m still amazed everytime I think about it. Probably the best storyline ever wrote in gaming. Dialogues and game development above the rest. It helped me a lot when I was younger…to look for the best, to be better, to somehow fulfill my destiny, to become who I’m meant to be. And seeing that someone made THE video about all of it…makes me happy. Congrats buddy
Kain’s voice actor is legendary
Agreed. He's got one of the most recognizable voices. I wish he had received more mainstream attention.
@nono4564 Not exactly young.
Simon Timpleton.
He made a great Dr. Doom too, not as slavic as some people like, but very good.
@@KainSilvermoon Its Simon Templeman not Templeton
My strongest memory of Soul Reaver is that Raziel's feet sounded like a pair of flip flops :)
Nearly every single cutscene begins with him opening a door and walking on stone floor while making those flip flop sounds
id say he sounds more like an elephant walking on a hardwood floor. i love how "sneaking" is literally no quieter and includes a dragging sound, yet somehow you can get literally right on top of an enemy and bear hug them without them noticing.
BenRangel so true 😂😂😂
Yes, the flip flop sound! It was always so prevalent wherever you went
I like when he moves a block and you hear the flip flops shuffle😆
Edited for spelling because LoK deserves it.
What an interesting observation. 😂
Still some of the best voice acting on a video game.
It's been 9 years and still, every now and then, nostalgia brings me back to this video when things aren't great.
I can't thank you enough for making it. This franchise means a lot to me and you, maybe on a whim, made my darker times a bit brighter by making this video.
Honestly same. When things get hard and seem impossible, watching two heroes in circumstances more dire than our own who know even a deity world against them actively, actively making moves and sacrifices without immediate payoff over the course of centuries before finally getting hope by end of game 5. Constantly being forced to pick between options 1 or 2, given ultimatums where neither benefit the chooser and the heroes demonstrate the necessary willpower to force a third outcome is inspiring.
I do the same thing.
am I the only one who watch and repeat watching this beautiful and exciting movie again, again and again ?
Thanks for watching!
Moral of the Story: Don't listen to creepy octopi that live at the bottom of giant whirlpools.
This lesson has served me well in life.
Or their servants with light bulbs on a stick. XD
@@PerfectHandProductions so late in 2019 I saw this whirlpool and....
@@FirestormDDash Not cool man, Covid killed my mom because of that octopus you started to unwittingly serve.
Amy Hennig is so underrated as a story crafter and story teller. She's obviously an astute student of history and mythology.
She is the best storyteller I've ever come across across all media. I haven't seen anything as layered as her SR1/2/Defiance storyline...with such great dialogue and sooo many angels, anywhere.
@@jeanlundi2141I wouldn't go that far, but I can't deny the fact that the dialouge in LoK is some of if not the most compelling in video games. A fantastic script further elevated by enthralling vocal preformances.
@theredcomet5670, I've read over the last couple of days that so many more people hold Amy Hennig, in a very similar regard. I too, at first, thought perhaps the sentiment was being applied to hastily. But no! She truly is a master story teller, an astute student of history and mythology. Not to even mention the religious elements (that do nothing but add to the story mind you). It's clear, Amy knows how to construct a world that feels in tandem to our own, real.
Your words sound like some LOK monologues.
BEST... STORY... IN A VIDEO GAME... EVAH!!! No seriously- this is a story more for books than video games. The gameplay is not the strenght of LoK games, but the sotry, the voice acting and music create one of the most deep and compelling experiences in storytelling.!
Michał Malinowski 👌
Imagine a remake with new gameplay
Absolutely
Facts
If there was ever a story I would write a book about.. it would be the Legacy of Kain!
"Alas poor Nupraptor, I knew him well.... well not really..."
Kain really made a joke. 😂
yeah that line always stuck with me
6:05:59
Interestingly enough, each of the vampires in Kain's clan are named after Angels or people from the Bible or Kabbalah. There are some characters named from other mythologies as well. From Raziel to Turel. Characters such as Turel are named after the Angel Turiel. In these cases, the name in the game is also an accepted spelling of the Angel name. As it is, the Angels are as follows:
Raziel: "Secret of God, The Keeper of Secrets, and Angel of Mysteries." Raziel is a major Angel in Jewish mysticism.
Turel or Turiel: One of the Watchers from the Book of Enoch, a fallen Angel, his name translates to "Rock of God". He is one of the 20 leaders of 200 Angels.
Melchiah: This is one of the examples where there are a lot of different spellings of the name. He was a high priest and a decendant of Aaron.
Zephon: There are multiple stories with this name. There are two different Angel origins of this name. In the Canaanite religion he is identified with Jebel Aqra, the home of God, from which Yam (A Canaanite sea deity) was cast out. In the Kabbalistic "Treatise on the Left Emanation" by Isaac ha-Cohen of Soria, Zephon (called Tzephon) is one of the angels associated with the 6th sephira, Tiphereth.
Rahab: In Jewish folklore, Rahab is a sea monster.
Dumah: The Angel of Silence and of the stillness of death. Dumah is considered a "Thousand eye Angel of death armed with a flaming sword."
Kain is likely named after Cain, the first murderer.
Honorable mentions...
Malek or Maalik: A guardian of Hell in Islamic mythology.
Vorador: Vorador's name may come from the Spanish/Portugese word, “devorador”, which means “devourer”, “ravenous”, and “wolfish.”
Ariel: Ariel is an Angel found within Jewish mysticism and the Christian Apocrypha. The name means: "Lion of God". This name is also found within the Book of Enoch.
Many of the bosses in Blood Omen 2 are named after Shakespearean Characters.
I find the naming of these characters fascinating as they are ANCIENT names in many ways and I think it is impressive.
Excellent post! Thank you!
Bro we’ll done 👏
Well yes. Let's not forget originally Soul Reaver was meant to be the story of an Fallen Angel climbing it's way back up into Heaven to Confront God.
They realized that, this would actually fit nicely in a dark twist in the Legacy of Kain setting, with Kain being God in this case, casting his greatest Lieutenant Raziel into the Lake of the Damned.
awesome 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I think with all the occultic mysticism the writers imposed on this story, they must have been strongly motivated by the mysticism of ancient religions as well. The book of Enoch itself is quite occult in its own right, unveiling mysteries surrounding the Abrahamic faiths unknown to most. The Canaanites' history only scarcely alluded to in Hebrew lore, who's secrets were buried in their being conquered. I'm a biblical studies major and I get the same "feeling" or allure toward unveiling the secrets of scripture as I get from untangling the secrets of the lore in this game. I suspect much the same for LoK's writers.
"Call your dogs! They can feast on your corpses!" Great line....
It's lucky that they used such a good line so early in the series, because they were almost forced to repeat it.
@Frank Adams except disappear and appear behind your enemy
Really great line and whelp as if you knew what eternity was grovel before your new master
I got goosebumps when I heard this line in Soul Reaver 2 and realised Moebius postponed Malek from reaching The Circle in time. I must confess Moebius is my most hated villain in my entire life. It's been almost 18 years and my hatred for him is still burning. A thousand deaths would not be enough punishment for him.
"And I am beginning to think the vampires committed suicide only to escape your voice" Haha burn
+Motoruven If only this would happen to that prick from twishite.
Burn burn that 70s show was the best
@@jameswatsonatheistgamer who or what?
This franchise needs a rebirth, such potential with this dark yet interesting world.
Would love a remake but they have lost a few voice actors to death
@@Hadorus1 If they ever do a remake, they should just leave the voice acting as it is.
Martin Papos you mean just reuse the voice lines from the older games? They might be able to do that but they probably wouldn’t opt to reuse old assets
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 I think they have some incentive to reuse the old assets. The quality of the voice work is pretty damn high for its time aside from Blood Omen 1 (a bit too crunchy now)
No, No, and a Thousand Times more No.
If they remade it, rebirthed it, or even reimagined it, they'd f-k it apart.
Filled, to the brim, with microtransactions and shit.
" _Play as Sarafan Raziel! Now in this weeks EXCLUSIVE lootbox!_ "
You cannot trust modern game devs.
These games may be forgotten by many for all time, but the story...I shall never forget it.
+DarthDevorin true. its deep within me.
+DarthDevorin I still play them to this day.. They will never be forgotten about. .
This was my first RPG as a kid, and I haven't seen any series with this kind of story since.
I think it's for the better. Today's awful gaming doesn't deserve this series.
You cannot blame players. The story is without parallel, but the gameplay and controls leave much to be desired.
Such a wonderful thing you have done by putting all this together. Words cannot explain how much Legacy of Kain means to me. I played them all from the first and hung on every word. No story will ever be as elaborate, as focused, as exciting and as deep as this. There are modern adventure stories which are more political in nature that delve deeply into their life, but I personally find political stories dull, to much like real life. This story is so involved.
Legacy of Kain has been and will probably always be my favorite game franchise. It makes me happy to know there are still people out there who appreciate it. Thanks for watching and for the nice comment.
2024, gotta return here every so often to re-experience peak story telling
I was 17 years old when this was released. Even my brother, then 16, knew this was a masterpiece. We both followed each little piece of this enthralling story as it unfolded for us. This story puts most modern games to shame. The voice acting hasn't even been match but a handful of times over the 2 decades since. I would really appreciate another entry into this fascinating universe.
Phillip Arpin I vaguely remember this game. when did this come out? I'm not really a gamer so it must have been a popular game.
I was like 10 or 11 so i didn't understand how amazing it was but i just could feel the greatness lol
4:45:30 "My patience is eternal, Raziel."
2:24:55 "Do not test my patience, Raziel!"
Haha! Good catch!
Hmmm... perhaps Kain was actually telling Raziel not to test eternity? Raziel himself did everything he could to prolong his eventual destiny of becoming one with the Soul Reaver.
I just rationalised this as the Elder god eternally lying to Raziel. I wouldn't be surprised if the story continued to show that the Elder god pissed off Raziel on purpose to make him accept his destiny in defiance.
All that blood kain drunk other vamps especially on B.O2 must've gave him aids and caused his demonic look in soul reaver.
I dare no test thy patience, for it will take a long time. Lol
I'm a simple man. I see a 6 hours LoK supercut, i like.
I have watched this more than I probably should have. No regrets.
Damn, I miss this franchise.
PerfectHandVideos There is a game that is like a battle arena set in the legacy of kain universe called Nosgoth.
XaiverStash From what I have read which isn't much. That game doesn't tap too much into he story it does however show what some of the clans looked like before the fall of kains empire which is pretty interesting.
***** It is interesting. My only complaint about Nosgoth is that it does not really have a story. The game does not even mention anything about the universe. If one is not familiar with Legacy of Kain, or Soul Reaver, they would just think it is just a random game about Vampires VS Humans. I would have liked it if the Devs would have tied a story into something. Leaves a Fan hungering for more lore.
XaiverStash it was the multiplayer part of dead sun, dead sun was mostly complete before being scrapped and didnt have much connection to previous games because it was set a few thousand years after these games. soul reaver is gone man.
+XaiverStash that is why, when I played Soul Reaver 2, the natural to me was to play the previous parts in order to immerse in the plot, then I found Soul Reaver (second part of the series) the best of all, and then went further
Here in 2024!!
got to thank you for keeping this game alive. now we have the remaster, this is the only place to get the full comprehensive story of all games and I hope we get the remaster of Defiance
I'm happy to play some part in keeping this story alive.
I'm starting my first year as a Computer Science & Game Design major because of this series. Hennig is and will always be one of the best writers in the industry.
Maybe.
Learn from the best
Success! Make money and move up whatever company you'll end working for, then maybe you can give us more lagacy of kains some 10 years from now...
I hope you are well on your way to your aspirations. I have failed, I pray you may not.
I majored in CS because I wanted to be a game dev. That never came to fruition as I ended up in IT, but working on a LoK title would be a dream job.
The end of an era. They don't make em like this anymore.
No they don't. Maybe they never did. Maybe this series was just a unique gem.
Unfortunately.
@@nathansteinfromarkham7109 imagine if the was remastered
@@ivanhunter6492 I'm salivating just imagining it.
Agreed.
this is a 6 hour movie that im watching all over again. the VOICE ACTING IS SO GOOD MAN
It's never been matched, to this day.
@@PerfectHandProductions Kain is Based XD
@@doomerboomer9402 Kain is a based and red pilled chad.
Shame we never got a remake of this before some of the best voice actors ever Passed away! hopefully they found peace at the end of the wheel of fate.
What Dark Souls does with item descriptions, The Legacy of Kain does with prolific and alluring script and voice-acting. Thanks so much for this upload!
Thank you for watching!
I fucking love Dark Souls, but I must admit that this game has a story 100 times better.
@@alfonsovallejo2665 I'd agree and state LoK does better doing the opposite of what dark souls does as with its story. When DS plays around its homework, when LoK plays around with its story its "OH SHIT! The thing I thought I knew was a falsehood and this twist makes things even tastier!" LoK revels while DS implies with their stories.
Dude is goated for this single upload
Thanks!
This video alone and our consistent return to it over the years may be the sole driver for our recently answered hopes of a revival. Honestly and deeply thank you.
Thank you. I'm happy to play whatever small role I can in keeping this amazing story alive.
Legacy of Kain really came before its time, released at the moment where (probably) most of us were young had limited attention span, poor English comprehension and overshadowed by the peak of first-person shooters or hardcore RPGs.
it came out really right at the needed time. if it was to be released nowadays they probably wont even do that because the plot is to huge to cover by modern game design standarts and it's also probably too advanced for modern gamers as some of studies think of us, so it might be old & poor in terms of gameplay mechanic but this is exactly what made this game possible
Probably true, yet I would've really wanted to see this franchise in at least the previous generation to give the titles fair attention by the gaming community. Maybe too impudent wish?
Granted there is "Soul Revenant": A fan-made remake of the first Soul Reaver, however still on-going.
+Ohem1
I think it came out at the right time. It came during an era where you only had board games, card games, or those computer games like pinball and minesweeper to play if you didn't use/have a console. This meant gamers were willing to dedicate themselves to a video game that wasn't going to just be over after a pedestrian 10 hours of gameplay.
Today's gaming community accepts a garbage standard of just good graphics and nothing but online gameplay. You have the exceptional adventure game from time to time but even their dialogue isn't as dense as Legacy of Kain.
The first game of the series I played was Soul Reaver back when I was 6 years old in 1999. I had to pause the game so I could grab a dictionary to understand some of the words they were saying. It was my first exposure to vocabulary beyond a classroom. Some damn good memories. I recently decided to buy Blood Omen about 2 years ago. I hesitated because even with my low standards for graphics, I thought those graphics would be too bad for me to accept. It ended up probably being the most fun I've ever had playing a game. My favorite game in the series by far and that is saying a lot for me because I was absolutely in love with Soul Reaver.
Just cherish the memories my friend. Hopefully if my PS2 still works and I can find my PS1 somewhere in my garage, Ill have my kids play the whole series when I start a family.
Da Beast gamers is not the problem, people would still play games like this. Look at Dark Souls, Dota, CS & SC2 - even they take really much effort people still enjoy them. It's just that making a game with good graphics is much easier than making a good game overall so the studios dont even bother making one because of greed and just spam those assain creeds & whatever just to get more money.
My emotional relationship with the games agree with you on most, with respect to your preferences I do consider Blood Omen 2 to be the worst game representing LoK. While I can respect the groundwork of Kain ascending into power it's manipulative use of language is lit up by its absence, uncanny semi-erotic character designs and yet explained events and circumstances to be heard. I find it appalling how the team responsible didn't absolve the whole nuance the series are known for but instead went the direction marketing accords.
I still reserve the notion the series could've been more appreciated in later generation, but so did expenses in development. The creative freedom might not've been so arrested to cover mass appeal in the past as it is now, so in practice you might be right about that.
Please Crystal Dynamics... Enough Tomb Raiders!!! This saga needs a conclusion!!
Niphrentil if tomb raider and thief can make a comeback. Kain sure as hell can
There was going to be...well I don't know about the conclusion, but there was going to be another Legacy of Kain that wound up in Development Hell...v.v sad fate. I would love to see this series return.
There was a reboot called Dead Sun. Failed in development and watching the alpha I can see why.
I'd like a conclusion...
But no. I don't want one.
I don't trust them to do it. Just hire Amy Henning and a couple of writers and some artist to make a final book instead.
Now that's something I would trust.
Idk if they can finish it either since some of the voice actors passed away so I feel like it wouldn't be the same without the amazing voice actors and dialogue. :3
Bro, i have been watching this video for YEARS!! because i love the series and today we finally have a remastered!!!! ❤🎉
Yup! I'll likely be sharing some content here as well. Stay tuned!
@@PerfectHandProductions Make a video like this when the remakes are out!
@@FabianoCruzAnimations Something to consider.
@PerfectHandProductions this video literally is the metaphorical pillars of the Legacy of Kain Series online. We all gather here time and time again to rewatch this timeless story because nothing is quite like it. This video seriously has to be considered for one of the driving forces behind the fact we are even getting this remaster. And with a new updated video.... one day in the future we will be getting a blood omen 1 and defiance remaster to have us come full circle back to this place.
@@lazarusfitness3892 I appreciate your kind words. It makes me happy that this video has reached so many people.
Wow so deep! “Tell me Raziel, did it trouble you when you killed your brethren?”
Kain said that as a joke knowing that Raziel killed his human brethren..... priceless
Pretty sure he was referring to his vampire brothers he killed in Soul Reaver 1, not the Seraphim ones he kills later in 2.
@@trevorevans4000 The vagueness leaves plenty of room for it to be both, or neither.
@@trevorevans4000 Well, I think Onyx has the right of it being in reference when Raziel confronts his former brethren Dumah and Rahab in Soul Reaver 2, as Raziel exhudes almost elation from understanding Kain's private joke centuries ago.
@@trevorevans4000 Kain was well aware of both instances, and was messing with Raziel. It took a while for Raziel to get the joke.
@@stevenmcelroy2646 I actually feel it somewhat appropriate that there was never a definitive conclusion as the game is such a mish-mash of intertwined storylines, I kind of FEEL that it is better to not have an ending as that would be too conclusive and goes against what the entire series stood for. It sure would have been nice to have a good conclusive ending but in a way - it fits the series to have none and to leave it up to each person's individual mind. In my personal head canon Kain destroys or at least permanently subdues the Elder God and restores the pillars to vampire guardianship.. but this ending would be way too "enlightened/just" to fit the story properly.
You ever stare at the voice acting in Silent Hill or Resident Evil....then you pop in the Legacy of Kain and just go "How do you fuck up voice acting?" Cause this will hold up for a century. And then look at the jump between the cutscenes in Legacy of Kain and Soul Reaver. They did a fantastic job.
Kain viewed Vorador as some antique, egotistical blowhard. Which is ironic considering Kain became somewhat of an antique, egotistical blowhard. Even Raziel seemed to thought so when he said "spare me your metaphors, Kain." Or when he said "Very poetic, Kain."
In Nosgoth, all are antiquated, egotistical blowhards...and I wouldn't have it any other way.
The entire series is that one line Raziel aimed at Kain during soul reaver 2:
"Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens... I don't think I have the stomach for it."
Edit: As chaotic as it is, Raziel's right 99.9% of the time. Kain shows up and ether he's doing a monumental and terrible thing -on purpose or by complete accident- or _IS_ the monumental and terrible thing.
He literally can't stop one-upping himself wherever he goes and that's why I love the series.
1:33:35
"These blades now coiled in sinister embrace have inspired terror in the hearts of creatures far more endurable than you old man."
What a badass line to really make the Soul Reaver sound terrifying.
Also lol when he flicked Mobius' head
I am actually watching this till the end you know..
Me too. Absolutely enjoyed the refresher and the nostalgia.
Ever hoping for a remaster or a web series... Or just something to tell their story front to end.
Did you make it thru in one sitting?
@@MAGACOPP Would have if there weren't obstructions in the way.
Same, but I watch it multiple times
@@MAGACOPP did it 3 times in full sit and 2 with sleeping In middle lol
The first game will always hold a special place in my heart. It was an amazing story, far ahead of the other games of its era, complete with shocking plot twists, incredible character development and an ambiguous ending.
Blood Omen
42:30 Soul Reaver
1:22:10 Soul Reaver 2
3:02:45 Blood Omen 2
4:40:00 Defiance
After scrolling down for awhile, FINALLY a time stamp! THANK YOU!
Blood Omen 2 is skippable innit
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 Pretty much, but it’s a masterclass in how just one actors skill can carry a whole script. Entertaining all the same.
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 It kind of is and kind of isnt. Its the worst in the quadrilogy quality-wise but at the same time not knowing its story leaves a large gap between BO1 and SR1. It kinda fits between there, chronologically.
@@steeveewuzzheer1992 blood omen 2 makes 100% sense once you see the defiance and SR2 story..
Voice actors Paul Lukather and Tony Jay have both passed away. Michael Bell, Richard Doyle, and Rene Auberjonois are all seventy or older. We're slowly losing much of the talent behind Legacy Of Kain.
PerfectHandVideos I know it. We will lose that generation as well. Thanks for the uploads by the way. This video certainly deserves a whole lot more views for all the effort you did in compiling it, and the great story produced here by those involved in the original products.
Thanks again.
V Guyver You are very welcome, thanks for watching. :)
+PerfectHandVideos :(
+James Franco (PoppinHeads) Nine years ago.
+PerfectHandVideos We must figure out a way to Revive them both. They can't just die on us and leave us hanging with the Legacy of Kain Defiance Cliff hangar. Someone quick!! Grab 2 Copies of the Soul Reaver and alter the events so we can bring Tony Jay and Paul Lukather back to LIFE!!
Timestamps I've put together as I can not see if anyone else did this previously~
Blood Omen - 00:00:01
Soul Reaver - 00:42:30
Soul Reaver 2 - 01:18:18
Blood Omen 2 - 03:02:39
Defiance - 04:39:59
Thank you to the creator if this video for not only making it, but also for putting in chronological order as well as in a coherent way.
I may end up making a second set of timestamps for especially notable moments within the series, but that's a decision for future me lol
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@PerfectHandProductions Many thanks, kind stranger!
Blood Omen:
Pre-Kain:
0:37 Vorador's assault on the circle, version1
21:37 Vorador's assault on the circle, version2
1:42 Malek gets bonked & damned to eternal non-bodyness
2:22 Ariel's assassination & the pillar's corruption! (presumably also Kain's birth, see "at my first cry" scene at the Pillars in SR2)
Kain:
3:12 Kain is Vae Victus'ed
6:59 the legacy of THE PILLARS OF NOSGOTH - Blood Omen
11:40 Kain vs Nupraptor... FIGHT!
14:19 Kain vs Malek... FIGHT!
16:16 Kain meets the Oracle
20:36 Kain meets Vorador
25:12 Vorador vs Malek... FIGHT!
26:48 Hash'ak'gik, hash'ak'gik, hash'ak'gik!!
27:15 Kain finds the Soul Reaver
30:13 Kain vs The Jester... FIGHT!
32:56 back to the, well, past.
34:23 Soul Reaver vs Soul Reaver... FIGHT!
36:27 Vorador becomes Verydead
37:44 Kain vs Moebius... FIGHT!
40:46 Kain vs UberMortanius... FIGHT!
42:11 Kain transforms Nosgoth into the pizza realm, a hot and greasy place.
Soul Reaver:
42:34 the single greatest opening monologue ever orchestrated
shiiiiiieeet gotta do some stuff ill fix this up later
@@PerfectHandProductions this was incredible man. I can't even imagine how long this had to have taken to put together. Great job!
@@danielwaynecomedy8360 Thanks Daniel! Back in 2012 It took me a few months to put all this together. I made a few mistakes but am still happy with the result. Thanks for watching!
I think Simon Templeman does a terrific job too. non the less I agree that this franchise will never be the same, without such exceptional voice cast. R.I.P Paul Lukather and Tony Jay. May thee find peace.
Who did Paul lukather voice
@@christopher8659 Vorador.
And Rene auberjonois (Janos)
Jesus Christ this whole series begs for a novelization that I’m most certain it would become an total masterpiece
I think a novel bridging the gap between Kains rise to power up to the point he's cut down by the Seraphan lord would be cool.
@@MrKoalaburger And another showing what happens after Defiance.
I guess anything more would be good. However this material is elevated by the masterful voice work. This stuff without the voices would be like Star Wars without the music 😃
Cant believe this compilation exists. Everyone telling me that the story was amazing but i would NEVER play all those hours. This is JUST what i needed.
Thanks for watching! I'm happy that newcomers are still enjoying this great story.
The games are all definitely worth playing but it's a bitch trying to figure out how to play them nowadays I guess pc versions or emulators maybe I miss having a working ps2
Watched the entire thing. Thank you for uploading this in its glorious entirety.
StabbiePuppy You're welcome. :)
I'd pay $150 for a remake of all the story and voice acting from the 5 LOK games made into 1 with cutting edge graphics and gameplay. Blood omen made a big impact on me at 12 years old.
This series needs proper respects paid in a solid remaster. If I ever won the lottery, I would personally fund it.
Unfortunately the voice actors who are still alive are all 70 plus years and I personally don't think there is anyone who could fill the void of these amazing people and like raziel in the spectral realm empty and incomplete
Graphics aren't everything.
This series showed how you properly introduce lovecraft mythos
The only lovecraftian create I saw was the eg. 😂
I quite honestly can't say for sure how many nights I've had this video on loop for.. It's a staggering number, I'm sure.
Can't ever get tired of these games & the awe inspiring VA work.
Thank you eternally, PerfHandProd.
Much
You're welcome! I'm just happy knowing there are still people out there that love and appreciate this franchise.
@@PerfectHandProductions I'd bet fair sums of money that you've filled a void for SO, SO many people like myself. It's quite th=e admirable feat; I do say :D
@@1e33n7 Thank You! I'm just glad we can keep the franchise alive in some form. Younger audiences are unlikely to play the games.
" you haven't the smallest chance defeating me" *Kain defeats Sebastian and Acquires his vampiric power* XD 3:46:20
Amazingly put together, truly did justice to this awesome saga. Wish the gaming landscape still allowed for games like these, where good writing is prioritized first and foremost. Thank you for this amazing video!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The oodest thing is I started from Blood Omen 2, but then got to play all the other games. Basically, I fell in love with the worst only to discover the best.
+Uncle Joe That might be a good way to do it. =P
+PerfectHandVideos may well be. It was great to see Nosgoth in such different state every time. Such a marvelous world.
@@UncleJoeNeonCherry That’s how I got into the series and cannot find anyone else who’s played them that way .
2:58:00 You ever been so mad at yourself you stabbed yourself with yourself while trying to stab yourself?
Merle Blue probably the best and most confusing statement to explain what happens haha
That's the most gangsta ass shit I've ever heard.
Hahahahaha this comment is actually amazing!! This sentence explains it all!! Imagine if the sarafan Raziel also had a reaver blade... It would be "... so mad at yourself you stabbed yourself with yourself while trying to stab yourself with yourself!!"
No but once I had to find a way to kill myself so I could stop myself from trying to kill myself so I could kill myself. (Planescape Torment)
2:58:00 Yo dawg! I heard you hate yourself...
it is so fulfilling to finally be able to watch it all from the beginning until the end understanding every word of the language I didnt speak when I was a kid. thanks for this!
I'm happy it's had such an impact on your life.
"Poor William..."
I don't know why, but that line seemed like such a fitting epitaph to this series. I wish they'd conclude it.
I love that joke. Gets me every time.
fun fact in soul reaver 1 the first human soldier you meet if you avoid him and don't agro him (that means get to close and he attacks you) later on the humans see you as a god and bow to you making some later parts easier
You can also get them to follow you and help fight other vampires. Unfortunately, the vampires target them first and kill them off pretty quickly.
Fkk off, im not unboxing my ps1 just to test thist.... Or am I?
Can confirm this is true. I left humans alone and they were cool bros about it after.
In the 8 years since you’ve put this up, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this or had it playing the background while I was doing something else.
It's hard to believe it's been over a decade since I took on this project. It makes me happy to know so many people still appreciate this fantastic franchise.
One of my youngest childhood friends passed in 2019.. he introduced this game to me when we were in elementary school..coming home and grinding through the series was our favorite thing to do.this game represents Soo much more.. a friendship a bond over this incredible story..
This is like historical archiving. This series was great, thank you for doing this.
That was the idea! Thanks for watching :)
Thank you very much for uploading this. I've forgot some things of the story, but now I remember. What an amazing game, when Raziel says something like "I will be, as before, your right hand, your sword" it always makes me tremble. When you feel something for a fictional character, you know you are at presence of art.
You're quite welcome. :)
it tears me up and gives me goosebumps everytime
I have been listening to this to help me sleep and its doing wonders. Also inspired me to play blood omen. Thanks!
I always loved the look on kains face, the hesitation before he said “cast him in”, before he looks off in the distance….wondering if it was the right choice. Even the first time watching the intro, I picked up on it, but wondered why?
Then you play and discover it was Kains last effort to change fate. he truly didn’t know how it would play out, on top of his regret at the fact he had to destroy a friend/ally to do it.
And the first confrontation between him and Raziel at the pillars is…sublime. The dialogue is perfection.
What an amazing series. A shame it was never finished, but one of my favs of all time!!
This series put together as a whole is like watching back to back Lord of the Rings movies. Very pleasing, ty.
Thanks for watching!
Raziel, to Kain: "Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens... I don't think I have the stomach for it."
That's it. That's the entire Legacy of Kain series in an eloquent nutshell.
The bits of humor in LoK are great. I love when Kain stabs the sarcophagus and exclaims "Poor William."
No drama this time Raziel
"before him
he carries noise, and behind him he leaves tears.
Death, that dark spirit, in ’s nervy arm doth lie,
Which, being advanced, declines, and then men die." Act 2 Scene 1. The Tragedy of Coriolanus. Volumnia.
thank you for putting this together i watched the whole thing :D
I'm glad you liked it. :)
i think that they are in the incorect order , i think that the right one is , blood omen ,blood omen 2 , soul reaver, soulreaver 2 and legacy of kaindiafance
No the order in this video is correct, blood omen 2 only happened because of the end paradox of Soul Reaver 2 and Janos resurrection in Defiance but the timeline of this franchise is a bit complicated
so beacuse of the souldreaver paradox , vorador steel alive ohhh ok ty
Vorador is actually unexplainable, he died early in the timeline and I don't know why he reappeared in Blood Omen 2, Janos Audron was resurrected due to the Paradox (the blue Vampire with the Black Angelic Wings)
Embracer Group acquires rights to Legacy of Kain. Perhaps some new LoK titles in the future?
Almost no chance we get anything good but it's interesting.
@@EaterOfBirds Agreed. Maybe I should apply to be an advisor! Haha
@@PerfectHandProductions manipulate them Mobius style
The first bitter taste of that illusion, hope.
@@sethsword9680 nice.
"Only when you have felt the full gravity of choice should you dare question my judgement" That's how you know a mf's been through some shit
Hope you’re seriously proud of this man. The editing, quality of footage, etc. is all top notch and does the series justice
Thank you so much. I'm just happy people are still experiencing and appreciating this great story.
@@PerfectHandProductionswe are , I’m constantly going back to this video when I do my chores or on my way to work. Thank you for your hardwork! It is appreciated!
@@nemmy7007 Thank you for watching! :)
@@PerfectHandProductions You are welcome, hopefully they can give us a remake soon UwU.
This video is actually pretty good because it helps understand the twisted timeline. With all the time travelling, things get hard to understand, what happens when and so on. Thankfully, you did a great job at putting them in order.
Thank you! I'm glad so many people enjoy the video.
fans have spent years and years flipping the coin until this series was brought back into light, and finally with the remaster announced, our coin has finally landed on it's edge
56:25 I mean...
This kind of Gravita and Drama for whats essentially a platformer, its fucking astonishing.
If only things where still like this...
That's one of the greatest moments in the entire series. Thanks for watching!
For uploading this video, you're the real MVP.
Love this series.
Years later i still watch and listen to this entire video as a audio book lol 😂 I love Legacy of Kain series.
Thanks for watching!
My god sir. this video game series is single-handedly responsible from my early development complex command of the English language. This brought back so many good vibes and cool memories kicking it with my cousins, I even got choked up and misty eyed a couple times I ain’t gonna lie, thanks bro. I mean it🤙🏾
The pleasure is mine! I'm happy to know there are still people out there who remember and love LoK.
Aaahhh nostalgia, this is my favourite game series ever. I really wish there were more.
I've watched this so many times. Thanks for uploading! Hopefully Crystal Dynamics will do something with the IP in the future; it's my favorite series of all time.
Glad you enjoy it, thanks for watching!
I come back to this video every couple months. I love this series, it's literally one of the best ever.
"You are a righteous fiend aren't you?" -Seraphim Razial
"Apparently I am..." -Razial
That is still one of the most written dialogue in anything. Equal parts, sad, funny, and awesome in the same moment.
I just found this in Nov of 2020 and I couldn't be more happy. This series will always hold a special place in my heart. My girlfriend has always loved listening to me ramble on, telling the stories of my favorite franchises I'd played growing up, but this time I don't have to. She's sat and watched the entire 6 hour epic with me, for my recollection of this legendary saga would never do it justice. Thanks for the walk down memory lane and, also, bringing a new fan to the series. This will be rewatched many times in the coming years. Thank you for all your hard work on this video.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm just happy knowing there are still people out there who appreciate this great story.
lucky
6:06:00 The End... not quite...
There are some things that MUST happen still, and a future that was disclosed by the developers (after the game was canceled). Let's start right where the video left off.
Kain's next move would be to find a way back to distant future, back to his crumbling empire, right after he and Raziel departed into the past. Kain would then spend as long as it takes hunting down and at last defeating the Elder God. Finally, the world would be rid of the great parasite that has plagued it for so long.Though that is a great victory for Kain and for Nosgoth, it would be of little comfort to the trapped damned Raziel. Because in order for all of these events to happen, the Soul Reaver with Raziel inside, must return to the past.
Kain would have to go back in time, and leave the Soul Reaver somewhere for Moebius to claim it so it could be given to William the Just. That way, William would have it so that young Kain could break it, Raziel could mend it, and then it could be placed in Avernus for young Kain to acquire for the events of Blood Omen to take place.
From that point on, we can only speculate. Kain would likely return to the distant future and begin to mend a severely damaged world. Raziel though, would be trapped, forever destined to carry out the events of the games in an endless loop. An ending both happy and sad, with fate being both overcome and submitted too. A perfect end to a utterly amazing story.
It would have been interesting, as if kain had gone back to that point in time to kill the elder god he would also have to find a way to reach him. As the elder god is located underwater, and Kain still cant touch water unlike Raziel
ArchipelagoMagi who said the story of kain was a happy one remember, destiny always plays out yes raziel is eternally trapped in the reaver but think about it given how important the soul reaver is to the land and fate of nosgoth so raziel has to be trapped otherwise the timeline wouldn’t make sense, everything comes full circle
Well sadly most of the key voice actors are dead and gone,No one can truly replace them
I still feel like we need an explanation of how Kain lives without the Heart of Darkness. Furthermore how the Soul Reaver reveals the existence of the Elder God to Kain. Raziel fulfilled all of the Elder God's orders: He killed Kain and became the Soul Reaver which created the chain of events which would result in Kain's death. If this was just the nature of the Soul Reaver than the Elder God signed his own death sentence, but if the reveal was Raziel's final act of free will then we're left wondering why he didn't reveal it's existence to Kain sooner.
Seems to me he would also have to resurrect Vorador and set him to leading the vampire resistance in the era of BO2. A purified Kain faces the task of restoring the Circle and the Pillars and breaking the curse on the vampire race, and managing it without paradox.
I don’t think there’s a single game out there that has dialogue like this it’s honestly shocking how eloquent it is
I keep coming back to watch this thank you for uploading
Thanks for watching!
"Destiny is a game, is it not?" Kain, did you use that time travelling stuff to find that out :P
No wonder he fought so hard to change the future.
I'm pretty sure he did but without 2 Reaver's nothing he did made a change like two pebbles in a giant reaver - Kain
This is still one of the greatest projects on youtube. A fully edited together compendium of Legacy of Kain. One of the best series of games out there in terms of fantasty storytelling
Thank you!
I have rewatched this so many times now, and each time I love it more and more, kindve wish i got the games back in the day
Glad you're enjoying it!
I have to seriously give the creators respect. They do not care even the slightest if a person jumps in at a random game and is utterly confused by the story. I adore that. It is one long beautifully crafted and told story that you have to enjoy from beginning to end to fully understand it. For any casual player that is a mortal sin. For me, it is absolute gold. One of the greatest stories told, with great voice acting, amazing aesthetics (save for Blood Omen 2 maybe) and pretty darn good game play. I want to know how Kain's story ends and I'm kind of glad that Dead Sun didn't happen since it deviated from this long story.
Ed Boon I agree. Completely ballsy to not cater to gamers who didn’t play the other games.
Yes. But I believe they started to care about new players with Defiance. That's why there is much repetition of the story in Defiance and why it's dumbed down in comparison to the other games. I think they choose the wrong route there, but economically it makes sense.
Anyone in 2020? I'm watching this in the middle of September.
We need a remaster of all these games!
Is it strange that I use this as an audiobook to sleep? It's so soothing
That's not a bad idea.
Can confirm, not strange. I use this as well.
There are *certainly* worse books to sleep to.
I done it last night
What a fantastic job... This series was one of the greatest passions of my life, even after 20 years I know many of these conversations by heart... Thank you so much!
You're very welcome! Thanks you for watching!