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The second-most disappointing game of '99.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

When word of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver first wound its way to the players of Blood Omen, people got psyched. Innovative gameplay, massive storylines, and dark and beautiful graphics were all bandied about for years, and each delay only made the fans want it more.

Now that it's out, they still want more.

The graphics and voice-acting are excellent, but the plot itself fails; Kain's brothers are little more than walking puzzles to steal powers from, and there's more than one moment where overly- pretty prose gets in the way of understanding. What's worse, ultimately, is the lack of diversity. Only a few types of monsters exist, and the graphics have a slight tendency to deceive (you'll often see a "tunnel" that is just a badly-shaded wall). Finally, almost none of the features reported early in game design made it into the game. In fact, there's very little game in the game, since despite the advertised game time at 60 hours, it's easily

finished in 24 on the first run.

Beyond disappointing.

I like blue men!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: January 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Looking for rise off of naked blue men with green capes reminding you of your hero to save you. Well this game is for you. I first got introduced by one of my friends I mean an acquaintance. His favorite games soon showed me that he really wasn't all that bright. He said (In a gay womenly voice) "Hey try this game out." So I said hey what the hell. As I took it home I hid it away so no one would see it. So I popped it into my Playstation and even it rejected it. So after a couple of trys it finally ran. So the title screen appeared...I never knew this was an alien/vampire porno flick. The idea of impailing naked green "Slaughs" as their called in the game isn't my idea of a thrill. After killing them their balls shoot out numbing the mind into thinking why the main character would have to eat them to gain energy. Wow now I know im scared. Then the mysteriousnes of tredding through the two mystical worlds (one retarted...another more retarted) is as amazing as tredding through a piece of sh*t. Answer me this: If a vampire/gay alien, has his mouth ripped off how can he eat balls or talk? Its amazing!! "Feed on the balls of your enemies" "Explore the vast pieces of crap and an extra bonus its a ball buffet!!" The main character is not only a gay alien but is supposedly a vampire. His arch enemy is another vampire but is about...I don't know a billion times better then him (Just a rough estimate). The most amazing complex part of the gameplay is his amazing three hit combo. WOW THREE HITS!! Then press x to dodge/lunge and triangle to impale. Oh the complexity. My mind strains over this sh*t. Well if you like to get off to blue alien like men...Go for but I suggest you don't waist your money.

Why the big change?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: January 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The first Legacy of Kain game was the best game I have played, ever. Soul Reaver seems to take on the characteristics of every other game available. It's a weak version of the lamest games out there. In comparison with the Blood Omen, I'm sorry, I wasted my money. It's a wannabe of just about every role-playing game out there. When I bought it, I was hoping for something better. In fact, I quit playing it because it was so bad.

A poor follow on

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: November 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry to tell you this, but this game is not all it is cracked up to be. Let's start with the original - "Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain". This is a classic. The game is a little crude, suffers a little from slowdown and is a little badly esigned when it comes to menus. However, it is a class game, filled with excellent features and is pure sadistic fun.

The sequel you would expect to follow on from this, improvind on its predecessors shortcomings. The game starts well - it looks promising. Nice graphics and vampire slaying is fun. However, the promise ends here. This game bores very quickly. the story line is weak, and the gameplay is repetive. Puzzles are irritating from the point of view that as the game progresses, the same puzzles crop up - they just take loger to complete. This will soon bug you in such a way that you hope that at the completion of the puzzle, the game will be over.

The bad news doesn't stop there. One of the best points of the original was the vast array of spells ypu could obtain. Call me sick, but I found imploding people a hell of a lot of fun. In Soul Reaver, not only are the spells hidden away in the most obscure areas but they are absolutely useless. you may spent 30 mins getting a spell to find out it is utterly devoid of purpose within the game.

If you liked the first one, do yourself a favour and remain tru to its purity - do not poison it with this poor excuse to make money.

Stick with Blood Omen.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This has good graphics, I have to admit, but mostly the whole game is a big strip of land with nothing but rocks and fire that's there for no reason (literally! You go through a big bare strip of land!), there are no swords, maces, or axes, just primitive spears that you grab off walls! Everything you kill is killed the same way: Impaling. In Blood Omen, you can make your victims explode, implode, drain their blood, cast a spell to make them kill each other, etc. And it's lack of direction is annoying. Normally, I love challenges, but this is rediculus! No matter ho hard you try, you can't find the way to where you are supposed to go, and they don't even give you a world map, so you don't know wher ...you are supposed to go anyway! Stick with Blood Omen...

One huge glitch, you may want to avoid this game!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: February 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played this game years ago, but I never got to where I am right now! I'm at the part where you should float on top of the pipes to get to Zephon's Lair, and one thing is that there is almost no way to get past that part; if you're lucky, you will make it the first time, if not, you will be trying over 500 times, nothing!
This game can also be frustrating as in difficulty, you can get lost very easily! I just do not recommend this game, unless you love to deal with bugs! Avoid at all costs!

Looks great, but plays horribly

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When is the tag team of Eidos Interactive and Crystal Dynamics going to wake up and realize that video games are supposed to be fun and not frustrating? Sure, this title has impressive graphics, a deep and rich storyline, delightfully creepy characters, and a number of intriguing puzzles, but none of the above prevents the action in Soul Reaver from becoming tedious to the point of disgruntlement. Enemy vampires swarm after you like ants after a lump of sugar, leaving you little (if any) breathing room. Bosses are so tough that one would wonder as to whether or not they're invincible. The levels are so labyrinthine that it's quite easy for gamers to forget where they're going---especially with all the clumsy camera angles there are to cope with. If this isn't enough to throw one for a loop, there likewise exists the fact that jumping and gliding become a number-one priority throughout most of poor Raziel's quest. Such is a low point that players have come to expect from a number of other adventure games that holds true for this one as well. There also exists the notion that Soul Reaver's antihero is darn near helpless as he is vengeful without a weapon in his three-fingered hands---especially if that weapon is a staff or a spear, as torches become extinguished after being used in slaying a single vampire. Even if players find every single special code for this game, such extras alone cannot help them beat it, as the obstacles that lay before Raziel are many---which, in and of itself, wouldn't be such a bad thing, if so many of them weren't the closest thing to being impossible.

This game has its flaws as well as its perks. Therefore, I definitely recommend that potential buyers rent Soul Reaver first before they buy it, if doing so is at all possible.

Extremely Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I picked up Soul Reaver thinking that I was going to have something as good - if not better than - Blood Omen, the game coming before it. To say "I was let down" would probably make understatement of the year. The dismal world of Soul Reaver is more like an empty exploration game than an RPG or action game. The monsters are mundane, the hero is dull and one-sided and the ending (or lack thereof) is the worst pile of snot I've ever had the displeasure of getting from hard hours invested in a video game. Soul Reaver has it's few and far moments, but does not live up to the Legacy of Kain title.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was actually dissapointed with this game about a year agowhen I found out it was a Tomb Raider type deal. The first one, BloodOmen, was probably one of my favorite playstation games ever. I will admit though, this game probably has the best graphics I've ever seen. But that doesn't always make a great game. I've only given it 3 stars because I'm a little biased against these 3-D kind of games. But if you like Tomb Raider you'll definitely want to get this. The first game had really cool story line and this does however do a nice job of continuing. You should definitely get Blood Omen first if you don't have it. I'd give it 3 and a half stars, but I can't figure out how!

This game will surprise you

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you like roleplay games you'll like Soulreaver. This is not a game a friend will come over and be able to play. However call him up anyway because you'll need some one to read the hint guide while you play. (Honest, don't play the game with out one.) Good enemies, good weapons, good story, just not for every one.

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