Legacy
of
Kain:
Soul
Reaver
is
one
of
those
series
of
games
that
has
always
felt
unjustly
left
behind
to
me,
and
at
Sony’s
State
of
Play
today,
it’s
finally
getting
its
due,
at
least
a
little.
The
two
classic
Crystal
Dynamics
games,
which
I
enjoyed
in
their
penultimate
form
on
the
Dreamcast,
are
getting
a
remaster
courtesy
of
Aspyr
Media.
The
remastered
games
will
appear
on
December
10th
on
PlayStation,
Xbox,
Nintendo,
and
PC
(Steam
or
Epic
Games
Store).
The
two
Soul
Reaver
games
were
supernatural
action
puzzlers
with
a
heavy
Lovecraftian
bent
released
first
for
the
original
PlayStation
and
Windows
PCs
in
1999,
then
for
the
Sega
Dreamcast
in
2000.
In
them,
you
play
Raziel,
a
jawless
vampire
who
was
brought
back
to
life
by
an
elder
god.
He’s
equipped
with
an
ethereal
sword
(the
titular
Soul
Reaver)
that
engulfs
his
arm
when
it’s
time
to
fight.
The
games
played
a
little
like
a
Legend
of
Zelda
game
and
involved
puzzle
solving,
jumping
between
the
physical
world
and
a
“spectral
realm,”
and
hack-and-slash
fighting.
You
gain
new
abilities
by
defeating
other
vampires
as
you
progress.
The
remaster
looks
a
lot
like
other
Aspyr
glow-ups,
with
enhanced
character
models
and
redone
textures
and
effects,
but
otherwise,
they
look
mostly
unchanged.
Here’s
hoping
the
game
doesn’t
suffer
the
fate
of
some
of
the
buggier
Aspyr
remasters
(looking
at
you,
Star
Wars:
KOTOR
II
and
Star
Wars:
Battlefront
Classic
Collection),
because
I’ve
been
waiting
to
play
Soul
Reaver
again
for
many,
many
years.
Update,
September
24th:
Added
the
other
platforms
planned
for
release.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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