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Excellent saga to Soul Reaver 1

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The game is great, maybe a little short, but it was everything I expected from the next chapter in this story.
It gets very interesting as Raziel travels through time and finds new insight about his true destiny. Old allies are questioned while old enemies are understood.
SR2 leaves unaswered questions however, probably for the third chapter.
The only reason I don't give five stars is because of a couple annoying bugs that made their way onto the final version of the game.

The stroyline will blow you away!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are glorious treasures of eye candy which can make the most simple things(a rat scrawling across a sanctuary's floor to an array of fireflies)seem brilliant.All of the "levels" I had to work through and solve held a certain allure about them that just seemed to add an extra special something as opposed to a typical good guy or bad guy background.
The characters were very fluid and smooth in both their movements and appearance.

The gameplay/battle system of Soul Reaver 2 is very easy to get the hang of(it offers helping text whenever you need to perform
any action for the first time in a game)yet it is also very addicting!I loved magicaly pulling a halberd or spear off of a wall with a mystic force,impaling my foe and then of course sucking down their soul!(Sound a bit sadistic,yes?Well it is 17+ so anyone who would be "disturbed" by it shouldn't be playing it in the first place)

The sound/audio is superb in the voice acting depatment and background noises(climbing up a wall with your claws,or gaurds calling out "to arms!" as you approach)But the music had nothing in particular that would make me want to buy the soundtrack because of a really intense,impressive musical score.Still though,there was no annoying or tedious music either
which can play a big part in ruining a game.

On a side note,I think people should beat Soul Reaver 2 before playing the recently released Blood Omen 2 as it will justify Kain's seemingly selfish and mindless slaughter.With the ending of Soul Reaver 2,a great new insight can be found about Kain. There are alot of people who love Kain,but hate Raizel and therefore did not complete either of the Soul Reavers which is unfortunate esp. with the ending revelations of Soul Reaver 2:
Raizel not being a mindless messiah with only one viewpoint,and
Kain not being the thoughtless,destructive demon who desires to end all humanity......

This game is definatly one that you would want to add to your library,not only for graphics,content and gameplay but for the historic footnote that this game has made by breaking old video game stereotypes.

Too darned short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was way to short, I mean eleven hours can't keep us coach potatoes occupied. I beat this freakin game in 2 days?!
Other than that little gripe, I loved it. It was funner to fight, Kain and Raziel have formed a fragile alliance, and new enemies appear. The graphics and sound are top notch, but this is a STORY game. If you want just mindless killing mayham, play Blood Omen 2. But if you were captivated by the first Soul Reaver this game is for you. I would have liked some boss fights though(I really wanted to take a stab at Moebius before the game was over) and some more fatal blows would have been nice. Don't be angered at the ending, we were all wanting to know who the Hylden were, but it is all revealed in blood omen 2.

A powerful and compelling story...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is one of my favorite games. It is that simple. I have read many reviews where people have complained about the length of this game, but the story more than makes up for the length. Anyone who was intrigued by Soul Reaver 1 will be more than thankful for spending their money on this game.

The fighting system is much better in this game than the first. There are more weapons to use, the reaver is more enhanced with special abilities that are acquired throughout the game, and basic enemies are more of a challenge- especially the nasty demons that can give the player a run for his/her money even if he/she is a good fighter. There are more varieties of villains to fight too. There are several different types of human warriors- Sarafan priests and mercenaries, demons of different difficulties, and various other enemies.

The graphics in this game are superb. Nosgoth is portrayed in many different time settings and each of them capture beautiful particular effects that will astound the player.

The puzzles in this game are good too. I found them much more fun than the puzzles in Soul Reaver 1. This game has got rid of the tedious twisting and moving blocks while dodging vampires and has replaced it with puzzles that take a little more thinking.

Once again, I have to applaud the storyline. Many questions from Blood Omen and Soul Reaver are answered, and new ones are brought forth to be answered. The last scenes of this game are the most compelling I have seen in any game! I have saved right before the ending, and I have played through the ending at least twenty times, and it never ceases to amaze me. The twists at the end are purely incredible, and I would say that just the last five minutes of this game are worth the cost of buying it.

The only con that I would give this game is that the camera angles are sometimes confusing.

I would tell any gamer that this is an excellent game to buy especially those of you out there who enjoy stories with a more supernatural twist. Raziel, the hero, is an undead, rerisen vampire who is seeking revenge at the beginning of the story, but his outlook on existence and on himself changes a lot in his convoluted quest. The things he discovers are shocking and make the story all the more intriguing....

Any of you who buy this, have a great time as I'm sure you will!

Nicely Done But Far Too Short & Repetitive.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game more for it's graphics and dialog more than it's actual gameplay. And I must say it was far too short. Soul Reaver for PSX was longer and you were more involved in the story. There was excitement and antcipation for a sequel that just confuses me and seems very rushed. They should maybe redo this came and call it a second edition or something. As it stands it was a bit of a disappointment. Great voice acting though!

a really good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I like this game alot but the combat is not all that intresting its good but you will be playing this more for the story and puzzles and just fighting when force to or when you just want to hack n slash over all it good just look at the water there is some slow downs but not that bad

Short BUT SWEET

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ahhh another great title in the lok series!! GREAT story graphics and ok game play. It took me one night to complete this game although the same can be said for bo2 (and sr1 the second time around) However the lok games are about storyline rather than gameplay. Id recommend it to anyone who likes a game that makes you think

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This installment was well worth the wait..I must admit after having played Soul Reaver 1, I was very anxious to buy this game. I don't know about the rest of you but this Legacy of Kain series has to be the best well-thought out plot I have ever seen in a game (much less a movie). The graphics are great with new added feature with the Reaver and the excellent voice acting (I dig the pseudo-brit-old-english talk; very eloquent dialogue) The build up to the ending alone is worth buying this game. I only mention buying the game because it makes it easier to keep up with the plot (and no I'm not their sales rep.) This series is a classic in the making (and I've only played Soul Reaver 1&2)

Kain refused the sacrifice...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I normally hate vampires in anything. They're overdone and the pretentiousness that accompanies them and the people who like them is often too much for me to stand. That said, I was pleasantly surprised with Soul Reaver 2, because it actually did something new or least new to me. Soul Reaver 2 is basically game 3 of the Legacy of Kain series, (Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 and the upcoming Legacy of Kain 2: Definace and Soul Reaver 3). In this game you play Raziel, a reborn demonic vampire. He had once been a Sarafan vampire slayer on the world of Nosgoth who, along with his brethren, had been slain then raised by Kain to be one of his lieutenants. In this world, vampires appear to be quasi-undead and are capable of evolution and change. In the first game, Kain would always metamorphose first, then years later his lieutenants would follow suit. However, this time Raziel beat him to the punch and evolved wings. His reward was to have them ripped from his body by Kain and then tossed into a roiling river- always bad news for a blood sucker.

Raziel was, after years of agony, saved by the Elder Gone and reforged into what he is now- equipped with a soul destroying sword and charged with wiping out the last of the vampires and feed upon their apostate souls. Good job if you can get it, but I bet the hours are lousy. Anyway, the Elder God is basically this Cthulhu-esque squid thing that lies in a pool beneath the Nine Pillars- infinitely tall towers that gave life to and protected Nosgoth. After Ariel, the Balance Guardian, had been murdered, the pillars were corrupted by 'dark powers' and then became the seat of Kain's vampire empire for a thousand years until Raziel had been cast out. Kain had been chosen from birth to replace Ariel as Balance Guardian, but he refused, dooming Nosgoth to a slow death. Now, the story is a great deal more complex than that, but enough to give you a feel for what the games are about.

Soul Reaver 2 is the shortest game of the series, and I finished it with a little help from a walkthrough, in about 30 hours. Despite the fact that Raziel is limited to about 5 geographic areas- the Sarafan Stronghold, a swamp, mountains, Janos Aurdrin's fortress and the pillars, it's amazing how varied the game makes them, because you get to visit them in different eras- past, present and future and they vary them enough that they always appear different. Within these areas are sub-sections that you can explore, but mainly you're on a quest to reforge the Soul Reaver blade with 4 elemental powers (Darkness, Light, Air and Fire), that aid you in your adventures. Each forge is a series of puzzles that must be solved to activate each elemental force to imbue the blade with a new power. The Reaver itself is a double-edged weapon, literally. While the most potent weapon in the game, it has a nasty habit of eating the souls of people you kill before Raziel can and he needs to do it to sustain his body in the Material Realm.

Combat is pretty basic- Raziel can use a host of weapons other than the Reaver- swords, axes, pikes, and his claws. As he progresses, opponents get tougher and more numerous. By the last chapter you have to face down three Black Demons at the Pillars, and you'll want to use the Reaver- anything else is useless against them. Raziel's finishing moves are nicely gruesome- decapitations and impalings are the order of the day with lots of spraying viscera- I like to see that in game.

This feature is probably my favorite aspect of the game. Raziel can at any time shift into the Spectral Realm, the place of souls. When he does so the geometry of the world shifts- buildings warp as the landscape alters. Here is the realm of the Sluagh- soul feeding predators. But in this realm Raziel and the Reaver no longer hunger because the Spectral Realm is saturated with excess energy. Raziel can also use it to gain access to areas in the real world- because of the geometry shift, certain things are higher in Spectral than in the Material realm, plus he can phase through locked gates. The only real downside to Spectral are the demons- they can follow you there. The demons are also some of the best designed monsters I have ever seen and their arrival in the game is pretty exciting as they warp in to confront Raziel, accompanied by a low frequency electrical buzzing sound.

I never thought a Playstation 2 game could be this good. The voice acting is the best I have ever heard in a game- superb performances all around from the actors, especially Michael Bell who played Raziel, Simon Templeton who played Kain and Richard Doyle who played Moebius. Also appearing as the voice of Janos Aurdrin is Rene Auberjonois, who played Odo in Deep Space Nine. The graphics are pretty good and this is one of the few times I can't say it would look better on the PC, because the PC version is a straight port of this game. Too bad Soul Reaver 3 won't make it to the PC- with the latest batch of graphics cards it would have looked stunning. What really makes the game graphically are some of the unusually lighting effects. Sound is also really good- both the music, which is dark and brooding, and the unusual sound are all first rate. In fact, the sound is unique- not a lot of games have that going for them. Sure it's two years old, but who cares? It's a heck of a lot of fun and has probably the best story of any game I have ever played.

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one of my favorite PS2 games, as are all of the games in the LOK series. Great, great story here.

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