Vae victus, motherfucker. *beheads you*
i liked vampire Zelda.
*stock male scream*............The Heart of Darkness
OH PLEASE, HELP ME, KIND SIR!
>>724042306THE HEARTOF DARKNESS
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>>724042306Kek based I love how kain gives no fucks
>>724042865Top kek Jesus Christ I would get so pissed hearing that after awhile especially in rooms full of traps or enemies
>>724043040Supremely based
>>724043489she is a based womanhttps://www.youtube.com/@KaysCooking
>>724043785That's so cool I'll have to try out some of her recipes thanks for sharing anon
>>724043920I wouldn't recommend that
MALEKMAAAALEEEK
>>724042306Vae victis*"Woe to the vanquished"
>>724042306>victus>>724044281based Latin knower
>>724046112Pretty sure Kain says it wrong himself in-game.https://youtu.be/_CUmd-OObDk?t=139
>>724046393he does but it's not the i/u thing. it's pronounced "why wicktees"
>the axes
>>724046535>chck>chck>chkchkchkchkchkchkchk
>>724042306I like SR1 but I'd rather have the Vorador prequel from Silicon Knights instead, all told. SR2 and Defiance are kind of junk.
>played soul reaver a little as a kid>figure I want to play it again >I’ll start from the first game which I didn’t even know about >What the fuck is this it is nothing like soul reaver >20 hours later>THE HEART OF DARKNESS
>>724046778Blood Omen is kino. Kain is the best villain protag in vidya.
imma just drop this herehttps://buzzheavier.com/uiwbp4jokltl
>>724042306the only I haven't played yet.Played in order:Soul Reaver 1Blood Omen 2Soul Reaver 2DefianeIs it fun to play nowdays or too dated?
shit games
CALL YOUR DOGSTHEY CAN FEAST ON YOUR CORPSES
>>724049932This isn't a Fallout thread
Soulreaver player here. Is it worth it to play the legacy of kain games nowadays. Feeling like playing a villain and I already replayed dungeon keeper recently.
>>724049897BO1 is the most solid in the series in terms of pacing and game design.
I have few memories of this game, as I played it when it came out, but nothing has matched the awesomeness of just walking around with that vampire armor that sucks the blood right out of the air. What a power trip that game is.
NO MALEK, LET THE CIRCLE DIE, THIS BLUE SKELLY GUY IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
Kino OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvVlZU3UW7I&list=PL3B36792A6F9E15D4&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S89neINQmX4
>>724050025I've only played Blood Omen, and while I don't think it's a bad game, it's not exactly anything noteworthy either. Just kind of a more linear Zelda 1 clone elevated by the occasional voice acting.Like really, the voice acting is the highlight of the game.
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>>724042306VAE VICTUSUAAAHHAHAHAHAHAVAE VICTUSHAHAHAHAHAUAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAVAE VICTUSAAAAAAAAAAAARRRHHH
>>724050640I'd say the art direction and a lot of the level design are also pretty noteworthy. The biggest issue is that the combat is clunky, but the game still gives you a lot of entertaining options. It's better than the vast majority of Zelda clones.
>>724042306Are there any other similar games?Most tend to lean more into being notdiablo instead of being notzelda
>>724043920Try some of Jack's recipes while you're at it.
>official guide says both this and the corpse in Malek's fortress are Malek???
Bros I've been wanting to play this series forever cause I hear its one of the best if not the best but I want to start from the beginning and eventually get to soul reaver 1 and 2. Are all the games worth playing?
OH PLEASE, HELP ME KIND SIR!>>724051179That's the corpse according to the intro.
>>724050890I think it may come down to your preferences on older games, like I personally liked Alundra better than Blood Omen, though both of them have their respective issues.
>>724051346That does look like it but Malek himself says the body on the throne is him.
>>724051273I played>BO1>SR1>SR2and gave up, soul reaver 2 was that bad. I always heard BO2 was even more mediocre.
>>724042306>I only learned there was a PC version of this game after emulating the PS1 version and dealing with the godawful load times every time you open your menu
>>724042306YOU THOUGHT YOURSELF A WOMAN, BUT YOU ARE A TROONYOU SERVED ME WELL XIR!
>>724051513Must be a mistake then, like Vorador being alive in Defiance before EG resurrects him.
>>724051273I played through them all in release order maybe 2 or 3 years ago, had a great time. Blood Omen 2 stands out as worse than the others, but even as a low point of the series it's a fun game overall.
>>724042306The only actually fun LoK game. They should've stuck with this style of game.
>>724051620the soul reaver games are the worst, gameplay-wise. It's just boring fucking block puzzles and running around. A shame, the sound design, atmosphere, aesthetics etc. are all excellent.
>>724049897I played it last year and it was great.
>>724050025BO1 is good to great depending on your taste. BO2 is rancid horseshit that you can safely ignore.
>>724051823I didn’t even know that. I played the ps1 version and it ran like complete shit but it was good enough to keep playing
>>724055883SR1 was good with a guide. I wasn’t going to waste time running around in 20fps.
>>724055734What?You didn't like the linear corridor-cutscene-corridor-cutscene streamlined,easy to digest simplicity of the soul reaver games?You actually wanted more tedious gameplay?I for one was all for making this entire series into a VN with the need to press the X button to continue the story dialogue completely optional after you hit the Start button.The only button available from the moment you begin playing should be the Start button once to begin the game and only again if you require a pause if you need to go pipi, feed the dog or open the door for your wife's guests when they arrive.
>>724056454Unironically it's more fun to watch the cutscenes on youtube than to play SR at this point. They went all in on everything except gameplay, it's crazy how hard they dropped the ball on that.
>>724056454damn, now i realise SR series might've been the inspiration behind Naughty Dog's "cinematic experience" over the shoulder 3rd person snoy exclusives...
>>724056318BO2 is fine. It has more fun gameplay than the SR titles at least. Nothing special though.
>>724056454>>724056991>>724057038I like SR1's gameplay. Bite me.It's about exploration and puzzles, I don't know where you're getting this bullshit about it being a cinematic experience from.
>>724057405The problem is the puzzles are all boring and tedious and the combat isn't good. Everything else about it is fine, but those two things made me only keep playing to see how the story developed.
ALAS, POOR NUPRAPTOR, I KNEW HIM WELL!...Well, not really
>>724057405I meant the second SR game in which you do something which leads to a cutscene like:> Enter room>Cutscene narrating room's details>Fight or puzzle>Move to next room>Cutscene>Repeat
>>724050818>see OP>try to remember a catchphrase like "modern arts and fear books" from Blood>only vae victus ansd Kain's laugh come to mind
>>724057518The silent cathedral goes overboard with block puzzles, but other than that I don't remember thinking anything was boring or tedious. Most of the rest of the challenge of the game is the exploration element. Combat barely comes into it either, you deal with all of the bosses and even most of the regular enemies when they pop up by killing them instantly with some kind of environmental mechanism or item, making them another part of the explore/puzzle side.Defiance has "better" combat and ends up a worse game for it, because you spend half of your time mashing up mooks before being allowed to proceed, it just becomes a chore.>>724058103Eh... Fair enough. I liked SR2 still but there were definitely some stretches that got repetitive, I'm less eager to defend to that one.
>>724057518Even as a kid I had zero problems with the block puzzles
>>724058403the problem is they're boring and repetitive, not that they're hard.
>>724057405I like SR1 too. SR2 is boring and Defiance isn't much better, if at all. I'd still rather play them than the PS2 Castlevania games or whatever, but they were a huge missed opportunity. They were rushed.
>>724042306Mwahhahahahahaha
>>724058232Kain spits fire but it's usually full on prose rather than snappy comebacks. Raziel is better at those.
>>724042306I want to be honest with you guys. I preferred the cut ending of Soul Reaver over the one we got.
>>724043785How the fuck is she still alive?
>>724049897It's a bit janky, hit detection is dogshit.
>>724051135THE KING
>>724042306A bit rough but I enjoyed it. Needed the patch for the GOG version but I'm glad I played it. Currently playing Soul Reaver.
>>724060215I wonder who could be behind this pillar
>>724062189
Getting good enough at the combat to "win" the opening fight was pretty entertaining. Shame all it lets you do is look around a little until you let yourself get killed.
>>724042306CALL YOUR DOGHE CAN FEAST ON YOUR CORPSES
>>724042306I only finally played this as an adult while trying to go through the entire series properly for the first time (the only one I had played prior was defiance) and its weird how I unironically found this to be the coolest and best one I actually skipped blood omen 2 which I should still probably do at some point but this has t obe the most badass vampire game ever made and perfectly encapsulates that "gothic warlord" type of vampire thats way too rare
>>724064804BO1 is my favorite in the series and BO2 is my least favorite
>>724064804BO2 is alright as it's own thing but it's the only one that's not truly necessary to play. I still love his interactions with Uma.>but this has t obe the most badass vampire game ever made and perfectly encapsulates that "gothic warlord" type of vampire thats way too rareYeah Kain is easily one of the coolest MC's in vidya and he's a total bastard about it.
>>724042306Badass
How the fuck did you know I just beat blood omen the other day for the first time? Get out of my head.Are the other games worth playing? I quite enjoyed blood omen have to say
>>724062950Hold fast, Malek. This one is the REAL danger to us.
>>724059495What’s the cut ending?I love the dialog in SOVL Reaver onwards, but I miss how straight to the point Blood Omen 1 is. Vampires are evil motherfuckers rather than angels.
>>724066037>Are the other games worth playing?ye. the SR remaster is good too so just pirate that. Defiance and BO2 are less good but the former is the climax of the story and the latter is an alright action game (if you can stand tank controls.)
OUT OF MY WAY, PEASANTTHE STENCH OF THE FIELDS HANG OVER YOU LIKE A PALL
>>724066276In the cut ending dialogue Raziel kills Kain in battle and all other vampires with the cathedral sound weapon. No more time travel shenanigans. But the elder god dialogue in it can be interpreted as just another tyrant using Raziel.
>>724066385Aight, i will give it a try when i get the chance
>>724042306The aesthetics and atmosphere of this game are a lot better than the actual gameplay.
