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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

1999 · PlayStation 3 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation · PlayStation Portable · Dreamcast · Puzzle · Adventure

80IGDB player score
182 ratings

Previously Take

An 80 average that undersells it — ask the 182 people who rated it. Horror that commits — fantasy atmosphere, real dread, and scares that aren't cheap. No multiplayer, no problem — the campaign carries the whole thing.

About this game

A third-person action-adventure game set after the events of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996). Kain has established a vampiric empire in the world of Nosgoth, but when his lieutenant and progeny, Raziel, evolves wings before him, Kain casts him down in jealousy. Centuries later, Raziel awakens in a corrupted form and sets out to take revenge against his former brethren.

Taking place 1500 years after the events of Blood Omen, Soul Reaver chronicles the journey of the vampire-turned-wraith Raziel, lieutenant to the vampire lord Kain. Raziel is killed by Kain, but is revived by The Elder God to become his "soul reaver" and to exact revenge. Raziel shares this title with Kain's sword, the Soul Reaver, which he acquires during the game.

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Game facts

Release date

Aug 16, 1999

Developer

Crystal Dynamics

Publisher

Eidos Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast

Genres

Puzzle, Adventure

Themes

Action, Fantasy, Horror

Game modes

Single player

Franchise

Legacy of Kain

Perspective

Third person

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