Anything in relation to this series still gives me chills. The music, the atmosphere, these characters, their decisions, their voice acting.... Ugh what a shame. This deserves so much praise just like this underrated series
What would make this even better is to have a 2nd character (not necessarily a vampire) present while Kain spoke. How he or she would react to the speech would be interesting would it not?
@@Zeithri if it´s done right it´s good...recently remakes have been pretty good and stayed true to the original...like the Crash Bandicoot games, Spyro and now seemingly Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2...Resident Evil HD ReMake is also a lot better than the first Resident Evil...same goes for Resident Evil 2 Remake (RE:3 was a let down tho)
I didn't want to say it but there were some characters who looked downgraded in defiance while some others looked improved. But still it had some of the best facial expressions I had seen in a PS2 game.
"... and so I returned to the sanctuary of my enemy, the Fortress of the Sarafan Brotherhood, deemed impossible for any man to penetrate. Impossible for any 'man'."
"Deep within these walls my prey awaited. Moebius, the Time Streamer, deceiver and eternal gamester. Using living beings as his pawns. It was time for Moebius to answer a few questions. I'd hope for his sake, to find him in a forthcoming mood." Defiance had one of the best and memorable openings I've ever seen in a game.
+@@Proletarius87 "Gamester". Oh thanks! 😊 Thought it was "gangster" for the longest. (I don't usually put up sub-titles when playing my games.) Thanks again for the correction. 👍
Shame they (the Sarafan) didn't get burned. I'd have liked to have seen a similar scenario to the burning down of the High School Hall in Stephen King's Carrie.
Shame no further games have been created. Yes I know about the 2 cancelled ones. It would be interesting to see Kain in a modern day setting & how he would cope with it's daily.... ahem.... nightly occurrences.
my favorite 90s/2000s game series from PS glory days. I am at awe with what u accomplished, bravo.. you have done Nosgoth a great service with this rendering...might i even say ' a better throw against destiny, matching move by move the machination of fate and defying the tyrannous stars...'
I have this crazy dream or hope, that One day CDPR, somehow, get the rights to work on LoK, and either do a remake or a new game in the saga. And that it would be everything that we fans hoped for.
To be honest I kinda hope that square enix will restart the development of the new Legacy of Kain since they already made one in the past but for some reason they abandoned the development (they even have a live demo of it)....
This game is one of many underrated gems in gaming history, shakespearean dialogue, interesting characters & fascinating stories/lores of how humans, vampires & hylden are eternally fighting eachother for dominance, trying to achieve that ultimate thing "Power", but only one side will claim it all. Appreciate you for bringing back the nostalgia again!
Why has this not broken through for so many others that love these series of games? Sir, this was just simply beautiful to watch. This makes those who are familiar to this, feel so much nostalgia
WOW 10/10... I loved this game and you've re-animated it perfectly. Kain looks exactly as he should... I really wish they made a remake of this game or at least a movie from it.
Never seen such a dedicated Fanbase for any game or movie . Dont know why this series is thrown in to the trashbin by developers and publishers. Such a Shame for Nosgothites.
@@isa-le5fk . Yeah. Remember the game Way of the Warrior? THAT GAME was a complete Mortal Kombat rip - off. I'm talking about the Original MK here, not what it's like now.
sometimes it needs to die so as to live - just like Raziel lives in the Soul Reaver. Honestly though, would you prefer a lame-as-fk sequel of LoK? This would have been a travesty - something unworthy of LoK.
Man this is legendary. I love this series so much. This is a work of perfection. What I really wished was that they would make another game but it is focused on Raziel before he got betrayed. From the moment he awoke a Vampire to the end of him being thrown into Damnation. Plus I also wanna play as Raziel with those epic wings. Also I wonder what Raziels clan would look like if he wasn't betrayed. Would they look more like the original Vampires like Janos or would they look grotesque like his brothers. To many questions, so little work done.
Kai Mobley The others grew grotesque in part because of their betrayal. Yes, they were following Kain’s orders but they became decrepit alongside Nosgoth.
You forget that Kain travelled through time to obtain the corpses of Raziel & the other Sarafan warrior priests in order to transform them. If you played all the games or watched the UA-cam movies, you'd know what happened. He did not kill them to transform them, they were already dead. Technically Kain's Generals were older than him, in a manner of speaking, they prematurely aged (grew their wings) before their maker would do so.
@@labelledamedumanor4876 I know Kain only breathed life into them but that's what I'm talking about. The moment Kain reanimated their corpses till the point Raziel gets thrown into the abyss
@@hypnodance . Not exactly. Janos has blue skin & black feathery wings. Raziel developed bat wings that matched his skin colour (this was before he was transformed into a wraith - like being). If they weren't wiped out, Raziel's clan would have become winged beings. Vorador (Janos' 1st creation) would also develop wings at some point in his life, if he survives his beheading. I must confess the layouts of the games stories kinda have me thrown here. If Vorador was killed in Blood Omen 1 & was alive in all of the other games, he had to have been brought back to life somehow. Kain also would have to develop wings too, is there a movie or something that explains a vampire's evolving from the human - like form at the beginning to the less human like form with wings.
Dude, your textures are so on point, I wondered if this was a cut content from the original Soul Reaver (2/3 of the game content was cut back then, so it wouldn't even be a far stretch).
Fantastic job. I played this game alongside Blade of Darkness back at the day. Both were masterpieces that I personally felt didn't receive the appreciation they deserved.
Me too! Imagine if he finally got his wings! I can picture him with a fine pair of Archaeopteryx style wings or a bird - bat hybrid pair, since he's the guardian of balance. Another thing, imagine if he ended up in the present day, he'd be floored at how much humanity changed. Mind you, if vampires really existed, they'd no longer be the fiends they used to be centuries ago, thanks to being able to obtain blood without needing to kill for it. Same reason hospital patients would need blood transfusions.
I would love to see this in a sort of game compilation with both Soul Reavers and Blood Omens and Defiance with remastered graphics and the introduction to the entire series started out with this kind of opening and you begin with Blood Omen.
damn this looks good. I think a remaster of the series would be awesome, it may even be better if it was fan made. Really though a conclusion to the series would have been better, but less likely.
I've thought of so many ideas for spinoffs / sequels to LOK over the years. It sucks we may never see the series again, at least in it's true form, with a direct sequel to defiance where you play as Kain. The series is hands down my favorite games ever, I even love Blood Omen 2 to death because of how atmospheric it is and there are A LOT of really cool/interesting/creepy places that don't look like anything we've seen in the other games, the story is confusing and not the greatest, But a lot of that is because of a mix of a Different team, and the fact the Finale that was supposed to connect BO2 to the main series got cancelled in 2004, Even though the original team didn't work on the 2004 Finale, Amy Hennig said it was great and nearly finished. Why it would get cancelled is beyond me. If they do make a new game, Please don't make a Dead Sun where it might as well be a new series.
I honestly felt like Blood Omen 2 was underrated and that Soul Reaver 1 and 2 were overrated. The problem with both Soul Reaver games was that they just never made up their mind about how they wanted to make the mechanics behind the Soul Reaver itself work, and with Soul Reaver 1 the block pushing puzzles were so clunky, especially in areas that had infinitely respawning enemies. With Soul Reaver 2, combat was basically almost never something you needed to do, it felt so unrewarding and nothing ever felt like it had impact, you would just run around and swing wildly as if your enemies had no physical substance at all. Admittedly the timed blocking and attacking mechanics of Blood Omen 2, mixed with the fact that you basically just had to sit and block over and over to use special moves was a bit monotonous (especially since weapons broke all the time, but only for you), but it felt like there was actual effort put into some kind of system, instead of just mindless button mashing at enemies whose bodies were like vapor, and at least the special moves typically looked bad ass.
Actually, if you think about it, the Hylden-possessed Janos was seen flying towards the pillars at the end of Defiance, and in Blood Omen 2, Kain's vampire empire never existed. I have a theory that, while flying towards the pillars, the Hylden-possessed Janos saw the younger Kain, and attacked him, with the intent of killing him. However, because the only weapon that can kill Kain is the Soul Reaver, all the Hylden-possessed Janos was able to do was put him into a healing coma. Janos, having somehow regained control for a brief time, goes to resurrect Vorador. This means that when the younger Kain recovers from his healing coma, the Sarafan have had time to consolidate their control over the world, which is why there are no vampires except for Kain. If we look at the series like this, than it is *still* a time paradox, even after Raziel goes into the Reaver.
@@jeremiahbristow7609 Well, Hylden/Janos flew to Hylden city to open portal to demon dimension and then to the Device, where was Janos used for feed the Mass... Later during BO2 Janos was saved by younger Kain, along with Vorador they attacked Hylden city, where Hylden lord thown Janos into portal to demon dimension just before Kain shut it off with Nexus stone... Kinda end of his story, unfortunately (all explain and saw in bo2 and defiance)
@@ArvelDreth BO2 is one of the most criminally underrated games my opinion and is one of my most favorite games at the same time (I don't like the SR games much though)
@The Hylden Love it! Now I would really love to see a 3D part of Kain's narrations in the original Blood Omen 1 with the designs of Blood Omen 2 but animated like this one, I believe that would be awesome as This was amazing
It's incredible how strongly I believe and at the same time some kind of paradox how hard I'm being hit by self doubt and fear of being an impostor. That explain the high and low. through because I can honestly say that the emotional crisis has been dealt with and I'm pass that since a few months now. Meanwhile I'm hoping I'm not offending any unseen forces in my moment of despair and doubt. Because after everything I've seen , been through , noticed .... I cant ignore the signs anymore but I do face insanely powerful doubt from time to time. But my beliefs in who I'm and all the synchronicity is so strong that it cannot be described by word. And as strongly as my doubt can hit me , my Faith and Logic will always bring me to the point where I will stand back up again and again , even if right now it seem meaningless because I cannot seem to be able to accomplish much at this point in time. And I struggle with this : "Imposter syndrome (IS) is a behavioral health phenomenon described as self-doubt of intellect, skills, or accomplishments among high-achieving individuals." It's not the Dark Night of the Soul anymore. It's something else , where I fathom the possibility that I'm Michael. I do not know if I've fallen or not. Song tell me I was redeemed , other that I've fallen while some tell me it does not matter. I know I felt something , I've seen a dragon head made out of lightning while I had my eye closed among other thing. While pushing my finger through my eye I could see wave of white. This have disappeared among many other thing , ability or skill that I was just barely beginning to notice I had. It seem to me that I've lost part of myself during the process and ended up finding who I was. I dont feel like the person I used to be. This person is a part of me but it's like it needed to die in order for something else to take hold inside of me. It's a weird feeling to be feeling totally different while at the same time feeling like I'm still myself. Seem like every time I've used the Gateway Process I've lost part of my psychic. Every bit of knowledge , vision , insight came with a price and it seem I barely seem to understand that price. I know I've changed and that I'm evolving into another psychic archetypes. I'm not scared by the change and I do not foresee myself losing sight of what matter. Will I get back what I've lost ? Will I become something else ? What does it mean for me to have broken so many rules as Michael in order to act for greater good even at my own risk ? Will I be Damned ? Forsaken ? Am I crazy or am I just awakening to the fact I'm truly Michael ? Was I chosen following that prayer when I was young asking for a chance to fight in the "War of Heaven" ? Why do I despite Jesus so much and refuse to acknowledge him if I'm the Archangel Michael ? Why was I told that I was the Dragon and is it too late to claim Yahweh sword ? You shown me the ritual from the Old Testament and afterward I was never able to find it back. I have to act out in the open so in time those who may be watching , if I'm not being crazy or simply wrong about this fact , will believe when the time come. This could be a mistake or a sign of being arrogant or prideful but that's the only way I can see to rise based on my current situation and let's be honest you have been quite silent in my Dream since that fateful dream where a voice told me clearly that I was Michael stuck in my human form. Why you are not acting right now is beyond me and there is one alternative that I'm afraid to consider. If I'm Michael , that mean that as an Archangel you are my Father and this mean that when Keny Arkana tell me I've been talking to the ghost of father for the last 25 years that you are dead. How could that be ? Did I fail to rise to your expectation ? So many question and while I do get some answer as I progress , some aspect seem to stay hidden from me. There is so much more I would like to peek at behind the veil but right now this seem to be closed to me and I wonder why after everything that I was shown ? For what it's worth , if what I seen holding the wheel of Samsara is truly a parasite feeding on soul like it was shown to us by Soul Reaver and Raziel Story... With or Without power I will do what I can to stand against this entity. That's who I'm , I'm not giving up and I will stand no matter what. What should frighten me but that I find interesting about the challenges ahead , it's just one small part of the multiples of issues we are either facing or will be facing. If only I could unlock my subconscious and get access to more details , under hypnosis I could in theory review older vision in much more details and focus on some part. I'm hopeful that my many sacrifices will not be in vain and that I will have a role to play in the futur. And I'm hoping that as Michael I will succeed because if that's me Michael , you have no idea of the weight that put on my shoulder and to be bluntly honest I love this.
I really wish we would just get a Soul Reaver Remake; but like the Medievil Remake, I'd want the audio airlifted from the original into the remake; the audio dialogue of Soul Reaver is a treasure, and must be persevered =)
Anything in relation to this series still gives me chills. The music, the atmosphere, these characters, their decisions, their voice acting.... Ugh what a shame. This deserves so much praise just like this underrated series
just as Raziel lives in Kain's sword, invisible to the rest of Nosgoth, so too we shall live as one community, and remember the great ones
I'm just now finding this, and I am very impressed with how cleanly animated you've made Kain appear.
Yeah, I am too! And how the animation matches up well with Kain's lip sync for the dialogue used by Simon Templeman!
when he did the two handed "move by move" i felt that was really quite good
What would make this even better is to have a 2nd character (not necessarily a vampire) present while Kain spoke. How he or she would react to the speech would be interesting would it not?
This series needs an HD remake
continuing
No it doesn't....
Why are you all hellbent on letting modern gaming *ruin* everything good?
@@Zeithri if it´s done right it´s good...recently remakes have been pretty good and stayed true to the original...like the Crash Bandicoot games, Spyro and now seemingly Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2...Resident Evil HD ReMake is also a lot better than the first Resident Evil...same goes for Resident Evil 2 Remake (RE:3 was a let down tho)
I'm surprised they never made a movie out of it. A good idea for 1 would be Kain in the modern day, set after Defiance.
It'd be perfect to get the 5 games remastered for the PS5
Now, THIS is how Kain should have looked like in Defiance. His appearance was not bad, but it clearly looked different from Soul Reaver models.
There are retexture mods to make him more similar as he appeared in Soul Reaver 2 (same for Raziel)
Yeah the way his face was shaped and animated always looked like a downgrade while Raziel got a cool upgrade in how expressive his eyes were.
Yeah I’ve noticed sometimes Kain would have a bad lazy eye in some cutscenes
I didn't want to say it but there were some characters who looked downgraded in defiance while some others looked improved.
But still it had some of the best facial expressions I had seen in a PS2 game.
@@Jeezes718 true that defiance still looks good cuz of hand-crafted face animations
"... and so I returned to the sanctuary of my enemy, the Fortress of the Sarafan Brotherhood, deemed impossible for any man to penetrate.
Impossible for any 'man'."
🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Deep within these walls my prey awaited. Moebius, the Time Streamer, deceiver and eternal gamester. Using living beings as his pawns.
It was time for Moebius to answer a few questions. I'd hope for his sake, to find him in a forthcoming mood."
Defiance had one of the best and memorable openings I've ever seen in a game.
@@ultraspawn4685 It was "gamester" not "gangster" 😂
+@@Proletarius87 "Gamester". Oh thanks! 😊
Thought it was "gangster" for the longest. (I don't usually put up sub-titles when playing my games.)
Thanks again for the correction. 👍
Shame they (the Sarafan) didn't get burned. I'd have liked to have seen a similar scenario to the burning down of the High School Hall in Stephen King's Carrie.
WHY is this barely being recommended to me now? Jesus. Nostalgia at it again.
Yerp me too, not mad either.
Shame no further games have been created. Yes I know about the 2 cancelled ones. It would be interesting to see Kain in a modern day setting & how he would cope with it's daily.... ahem.... nightly occurrences.
You know soul reaver's intro still looks great especially judging the graphics of the time.
It was really well crafted! true work of art
Did whoever make this video have previously worked with the game producers I wonder?
It's still one of the coolest video game intros ever made!
how are graphics relevant? it was prerendered
so the real antagonists of blood omen reveal themselves... TYRANNOUS STARS.
You sure it's not the Elder God? I often wonder if the idea for him came from H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu?
@@labelledamedumanor4876 He does have some Lovecraft vives, but i wouldn't say Cthulhu per se.
Fate, yes. Fate's everyone enemy.
Vae Victus!
Victis!
Woe to the conquered.
He heheheheha (laughs in Kain voice)
Woe to the Conquered baby! 😈🧛♀️
Lovely animation and that voice always gives me chills
MORE! MOOOOOOORE!
**screams in Kylo Ren**
It’s a good day to be a fan again.
Simon Templeman's sexy voice at it's finest.
He also voiced Dr. Doom one time
@@aaronlong0831 . When? In the F4 movies or cartoons?
@@labelledamedumanor4876 Fantastic 4 cartoon from the 1990's
@@aaronlong0831 unironically he’s the best voice of Doom to me, it’s the voice i hear when i read the comics.
This is absolutely phenomenal. What I wouldn't give to see the full intro of Soul Reaver 1 remade like this..
Theres ai remastered versions on youtube
my favorite 90s/2000s game series from PS glory days. I am at awe with what u accomplished, bravo.. you have done Nosgoth a great service with this rendering...might i even say ' a better throw against destiny, matching move by move the machination of fate and defying the tyrannous stars...'
I have this crazy dream or hope, that One day CDPR, somehow, get the rights to work on LoK, and either do a remake or a new game in the saga.
And that it would be everything that we fans hoped for.
From Software could be a better choice, Dark Souls gameplay would worke perfectly for a blood omen remake.
Even after cyberbug you have this hope?
Denis dyack is the original father of this game
To be honest I kinda hope that square enix will restart the development of the new Legacy of Kain since they already made one in the past but for some reason they abandoned the development (they even have a live demo of it)....
@@ChimeraX0401 yeah.. we dont talk about that abomination
Would totally watch a full-length feature of this, the animation is superb.
This game is one of many underrated gems in gaming history, shakespearean dialogue, interesting characters & fascinating stories/lores of how humans, vampires & hylden are eternally fighting eachother for dominance, trying to achieve that ultimate thing "Power", but only one side will claim it all.
Appreciate you for bringing back the nostalgia again!
Why has this not broken through for so many others that love these series of games? Sir, this was just simply beautiful to watch. This makes those who are familiar to this, feel so much nostalgia
WOW 10/10... I loved this game and you've re-animated it perfectly. Kain looks exactly as he should... I really wish they made a remake of this game or at least a movie from it.
The pillars of Nosgoth. Even in life few sights have moved me such as this.
LOOKS SOOO GOOD, :< why are square and crystal dynamics ignoring this gold mine
WoW! WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. I have no words - only emotions. Thank you!
It saddens me greatly that there's almost no chance that this series will be revived, or even remastered. It'd be a glorious remaster.
This intro is so much better than Defiance, seeing Kain speak adds more emphasis than a narration personally.
How on Earth is it that they can't remake this series?? It's just sublime!
Niche audience.
@@gantzuka Well good news, I heard now that they are remaking it👍
@@smaariseth I heard that too. Only can wait and see now.
Wow! How have I JUST found this? This is amazing work, simply brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
This animation is so goddamn impressive. I would pay for a Soul Reaver remastered with this visuals. Square take my money!
I wish we could get Kain talking of Nosgoth's history. Lol
I am positively shocked. THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!! Short and sweet but immensely impactful!
this story is sadder than i ever realized growing up only playing up too SR2
This gave me chills. Nosgoth lives on.
Keep making content, keep shouting about this series, and we might just get a new Legacy of Kain game! Make them hear us!!!
Deadhaus sonata is being made by the original creator of blood omen its a new world because he doesn't own the rights but it is a spiritual successor
@@aaronforsythe8556 yes i hope someday the series return to him
@@israelbarello5590 longer its been tho the more this game looks like a pay to win game... I've lost hope.
Never seen such a dedicated Fanbase for any game or movie .
Dont know why this series is thrown in to the trashbin by developers and publishers.
Such a Shame for Nosgothites.
Probably not able to come up with new stories. If they tried to do that, they'd possibly end up looking like rip - offs from other horror style games.
@@labelledamedumanor4876 horror style?
@@isa-le5fk . Yeah. Remember the game Way of the Warrior? THAT GAME was a complete Mortal Kombat rip - off. I'm talking about the Original MK here, not what it's like now.
It's hard to top the fact that Kain straight up beat the elder god. Where can they go from there?
sometimes it needs to die so as to live - just like Raziel lives in the Soul Reaver. Honestly though, would you prefer a lame-as-fk sequel of LoK? This would have been a travesty - something unworthy of LoK.
This is absolutely amazing and I want nothing more than to see this series come back.
Man this is legendary. I love this series so much. This is a work of perfection. What I really wished was that they would make another game but it is focused on Raziel before he got betrayed. From the moment he awoke a Vampire to the end of him being thrown into Damnation. Plus I also wanna play as Raziel with those epic wings.
Also I wonder what Raziels clan would look like if he wasn't betrayed. Would they look more like the original Vampires like Janos or would they look grotesque like his brothers. To many questions, so little work done.
Kai Mobley The others grew grotesque in part because of their betrayal. Yes, they were following Kain’s orders but they became decrepit alongside Nosgoth.
You forget that Kain travelled through time to obtain the corpses of Raziel & the other Sarafan warrior priests in order to transform them. If you played all the games or watched the UA-cam movies, you'd know what happened. He did not kill them to transform them, they were already dead. Technically Kain's Generals were older than him, in a manner of speaking, they prematurely aged (grew their wings) before their maker would do so.
@@labelledamedumanor4876 I know Kain only breathed life into them but that's what I'm talking about. The moment Kain reanimated their corpses till the point Raziel gets thrown into the abyss
@@hypnodance . Not exactly. Janos has blue skin & black feathery wings. Raziel developed bat wings that matched his skin colour (this was before he was transformed into a wraith - like being). If they weren't wiped out, Raziel's clan would have become winged beings. Vorador (Janos' 1st creation) would also develop wings at some point in his life, if he survives his beheading. I must confess the layouts of the games stories kinda have me thrown here. If Vorador was killed in Blood Omen 1 & was alive in all of the other games, he had to have been brought back to life somehow. Kain also would have to develop wings too, is there a movie or something that explains a vampire's evolving from the human - like form at the beginning to the less human like form with wings.
@@hypnodance . Yes, but not like Janos' wings. Janos is the last of the true vampires, all others are transformed humans.
Wow, that looked good as hell. I wish they would bring the series back, Kain and Raziel were amazing characters. Greats games
Beautiful work! I always wanted to see Kain saying this instead of just hearing it.
This series will be forever missed 💯
This is amazing. Someone hire this man and pay him as much as he wants for remaking the whole game.
Dude I grew up to this series, keep up this masterpiece my man
I know this speech by heart.
Same. :)
Me too.
Dude, your textures are so on point, I wondered if this was a cut content from the original Soul Reaver (2/3 of the game content was cut back then, so it wouldn't even be a far stretch).
Also the camera POV is of a news channel anchor. It's like he's presenting the weather forecast for next week.
Fantastic job.
I played this game alongside Blade of Darkness back at the day.
Both were masterpieces that I personally felt didn't receive the appreciation they deserved.
This would be one of the greatest Lok Intros of all time! I subbed as soon as I saw this! Great vid well done:)
UA-cam algorithm got me here 2 years after it was made, yet it is very impressive and well made. Thank you!
I just watched like a 6 hour video of all the cutscenes and dialogue from all of the games. It was fun to revisit. Now videos keep showing up.
This is really amazing work.
That was amazing!!! I think this game is destined for a masterful remake. Still waiting for the stars to aline.
We as a community should seriously push for at least a remaster
There is a rumor it will be announced sometime this year. Lets hope its true
Probably the best thing I could've wandered upon in 2020.
Such a hi-def model! Very well animated too, well done!
I would LOVE to see Kain back in action and the tale continuing to unfold!
Me too! Imagine if he finally got his wings! I can picture him with a fine pair of Archaeopteryx style wings or a bird - bat hybrid pair, since he's the guardian of balance. Another thing, imagine if he ended up in the present day, he'd be floored at how much humanity changed. Mind you, if vampires really existed, they'd no longer be the fiends they used to be centuries ago, thanks to being able to obtain blood without needing to kill for it. Same reason hospital patients would need blood transfusions.
Great work, this is how I now see Kain telling his sons all of his stories, teachings and exploits. :)
Out bloody standing!
Amazing simply amazing so many memories, I love LoK series
Wow this is amazing great job you should be very proud!
Just got this recommended to me after I watched another persons remake of the pillar talk with kain and raziel. Beautifully done
And here i thought it was Simon Templeman reprising his old role as Kain but it was just a sound clip from Legacy of Kain: Defiance.
I wonder if he's still doing game voiceovers?
3 years later (2020), and, still, good. 10/10
OK now we gotta find you a sponsor to develop the next game. you are the one!
Please make more animations of legacy. Its just beautiful this one
The one and only series we need and want and must revive and remake without changing story at all
I would love to see this in a sort of game compilation with both Soul Reavers and Blood Omens and Defiance with remastered graphics and the introduction to the entire series started out with this kind of opening and you begin with Blood Omen.
Mr Patrick Johnson, if you're reading this - I'd like to Shake your hand. Absolute masterpiece!
You are amazing please continue doing this!!
Dammit Okay! I will go back in this series one more time, the temptation is too strong :)
The camera makes it feel almost like some sort of reality show like Fact or Fiction
This franchise... it's the pinacle of story telling in video games.
Holy Moly...these graphics. amazing work.
This video represent, for me, the best LoK moment since 2003. Very well, you old snake :)
Thanks a lot :)
This is really good, mate! Great job, loved it!!!
damn this looks good.
I think a remaster of the series would be awesome, it may even be better if it was fan made.
Really though a conclusion to the series would have been better, but less likely.
imagine de Defiance with this era graphics and gameplay ,soooo awesome ,unfortunately we dont get it :(((
the best trailer I had ever seen, I was so hyped when I saw this as a demo disc
Dude I almost cry every time I see Raziel's wings being torn appart... shit I love this *crying but enjoying the video*
This was such a awesome game, shame on developers for letting it just die. 😢
I've thought of so many ideas for spinoffs / sequels to LOK over the years. It sucks we may never see the series again, at least in it's true form, with a direct sequel to defiance where you play as Kain.
The series is hands down my favorite games ever, I even love Blood Omen 2 to death because of how atmospheric it is and there are A LOT of really cool/interesting/creepy places that don't look like anything we've seen in the other games, the story is confusing and not the greatest, But a lot of that is because of a mix of a Different team, and the fact the Finale that was supposed to connect BO2 to the main series got cancelled in 2004, Even though the original team didn't work on the 2004 Finale, Amy Hennig said it was great and nearly finished. Why it would get cancelled is beyond me.
If they do make a new game, Please don't make a Dead Sun where it might as well be a new series.
I honestly felt like Blood Omen 2 was underrated and that Soul Reaver 1 and 2 were overrated.
The problem with both Soul Reaver games was that they just never made up their mind about how they wanted to make the mechanics behind the Soul Reaver itself work, and with Soul Reaver 1 the block pushing puzzles were so clunky, especially in areas that had infinitely respawning enemies.
With Soul Reaver 2, combat was basically almost never something you needed to do, it felt so unrewarding and nothing ever felt like it had impact, you would just run around and swing wildly as if your enemies had no physical substance at all.
Admittedly the timed blocking and attacking mechanics of Blood Omen 2, mixed with the fact that you basically just had to sit and block over and over to use special moves was a bit monotonous (especially since weapons broke all the time, but only for you), but it felt like there was actual effort put into some kind of system, instead of just mindless button mashing at enemies whose bodies were like vapor, and at least the special moves typically looked bad ass.
Not to mention, it fleshed out the Hylden in a way that I think was crucial to the lore of the game.
Actually, if you think about it, the Hylden-possessed Janos was seen flying towards the pillars at the end of Defiance, and in Blood Omen 2, Kain's vampire empire never existed. I have a theory that, while flying towards the pillars, the Hylden-possessed Janos saw the younger Kain, and attacked him, with the intent of killing him. However, because the only weapon that can kill Kain is the Soul Reaver, all the Hylden-possessed Janos was able to do was put him into a healing coma. Janos, having somehow regained control for a brief time, goes to resurrect Vorador. This means that when the younger Kain recovers from his healing coma, the Sarafan have had time to consolidate their control over the world, which is why there are no vampires except for Kain. If we look at the series like this, than it is *still* a time paradox, even after Raziel goes into the Reaver.
@@jeremiahbristow7609 Well, Hylden/Janos flew to Hylden city to open portal to demon dimension and then to the Device, where was Janos used for feed the Mass... Later during BO2 Janos was saved by younger Kain, along with Vorador they attacked Hylden city, where Hylden lord thown Janos into portal to demon dimension just before Kain shut it off with Nexus stone... Kinda end of his story, unfortunately (all explain and saw in bo2 and defiance)
@@ArvelDreth BO2 is one of the most criminally underrated games my opinion and is one of my most favorite games at the same time (I don't like the SR games much though)
Loved the legacy of kain: blood omen and legacy of kain ): soul reaver series. And loved Legacy of kain : defiance
Please PLEASE! re-do the intro cinematic!!!! ( i know that this is alot of work haha. but one can only dream.) Amazing job man!
When you think about it, all Kain wants is to go home, live a normal life and chill.
Yes. But what is a normal life? It would depend on what era & what position you held in society.
Damn I miss this series
Kain was the best dialogue teacher I've ever had. 5 out of 5 stars.
Wow. How come I haven't seen this before? Amazing work.
@The Hylden Love it! Now I would really love to see a 3D part of Kain's narrations in the original Blood Omen 1 with the designs of Blood Omen 2 but animated like this one, I believe that would be awesome as This was amazing
Whoa, very nice. They should remaster Legacy of Kain with these graphics
you will have the blood you hunger for
Unfortunately........ my hunger will never be satisfied.
Wow! Love it! U've captured theatrical mood of LoK perfectly
Thanks :)
if you guys remastered blood omen legacy of kain i would literally cry with joy.
Masterpiece. Awe inspiring ♡
Excellent work, I am hopeful that there will be a continuation of LOK Soul Reaver
I miss this series so much...
Ditto.
Done right, square enix has a gold mine right here.
We need a movie based on this story... If done right it would be EPIC.
It's incredible how strongly I believe and at the same time some kind of paradox how hard I'm being hit by self doubt and fear of being an impostor. That explain the high and low. through because I can honestly say that the emotional crisis has been dealt with and I'm pass that since a few months now.
Meanwhile I'm hoping I'm not offending any unseen forces in my moment of despair and doubt. Because after everything I've seen , been through , noticed .... I cant ignore the signs anymore but I do face insanely powerful doubt from time to time.
But my beliefs in who I'm and all the synchronicity is so strong that it cannot be described by word. And as strongly as my doubt can hit me , my Faith and Logic will always bring me to the point where I will stand back up again and again , even if right now it seem meaningless because I cannot seem to be able to accomplish much at this point in time. And I struggle with this : "Imposter syndrome (IS) is a behavioral health phenomenon described as self-doubt of intellect, skills, or accomplishments among high-achieving individuals."
It's not the Dark Night of the Soul anymore. It's something else , where I fathom the possibility that I'm Michael. I do not know if I've fallen or not. Song tell me I was redeemed , other that I've fallen while some tell me it does not matter. I know I felt something , I've seen a dragon head made out of lightning while I had my eye closed among other thing. While pushing my finger through my eye I could see wave of white. This have disappeared among many other thing , ability or skill that I was just barely beginning to notice I had. It seem to me that I've lost part of myself during the process and ended up finding who I was. I dont feel like the person I used to be. This person is a part of me but it's like it needed to die in order for something else to take hold inside of me. It's a weird feeling to be feeling totally different while at the same time feeling like I'm still myself.
Seem like every time I've used the Gateway Process I've lost part of my psychic. Every bit of knowledge , vision , insight came with a price and it seem I barely seem to understand that price. I know I've changed and that I'm evolving into another psychic archetypes. I'm not scared by the change and I do not foresee myself losing sight of what matter.
Will I get back what I've lost ? Will I become something else ? What does it mean for me to have broken so many rules as Michael in order to act for greater good even at my own risk ? Will I be Damned ? Forsaken ? Am I crazy or am I just awakening to the fact I'm truly Michael ? Was I chosen following that prayer when I was young asking for a chance to fight in the "War of Heaven" ? Why do I despite Jesus so much and refuse to acknowledge him if I'm the Archangel Michael ? Why was I told that I was the Dragon and is it too late to claim Yahweh sword ? You shown me the ritual from the Old Testament and afterward I was never able to find it back.
I have to act out in the open so in time those who may be watching , if I'm not being crazy or simply wrong about this fact , will believe when the time come. This could be a mistake or a sign of being arrogant or prideful but that's the only way I can see to rise based on my current situation and let's be honest you have been quite silent in my Dream since that fateful dream where a voice told me clearly that I was Michael stuck in my human form. Why you are not acting right now is beyond me and there is one alternative that I'm afraid to consider.
If I'm Michael , that mean that as an Archangel you are my Father and this mean that when Keny Arkana tell me I've been talking to the ghost of father for the last 25 years that you are dead. How could that be ? Did I fail to rise to your expectation ? So many question and while I do get some answer as I progress , some aspect seem to stay hidden from me. There is so much more I would like to peek at behind the veil but right now this seem to be closed to me and I wonder why after everything that I was shown ?
For what it's worth , if what I seen holding the wheel of Samsara is truly a parasite feeding on soul like it was shown to us by Soul Reaver and Raziel Story... With or Without power I will do what I can to stand against this entity. That's who I'm , I'm not giving up and I will stand no matter what. What should frighten me but that I find interesting about the challenges ahead , it's just one small part of the multiples of issues we are either facing or will be facing.
If only I could unlock my subconscious and get access to more details , under hypnosis I could in theory review older vision in much more details and focus on some part.
I'm hopeful that my many sacrifices will not be in vain and that I will have a role to play in the futur. And I'm hoping that as Michael I will succeed because if that's me Michael , you have no idea of the weight that put on my shoulder and to be bluntly honest I love this.
Shut up man 😂
Fantastic! Great stuff! I can't wait to see more!
These graphics are so crisp
I really wish we would just get a Soul Reaver Remake; but like the Medievil Remake, I'd want the audio airlifted from the original into the remake; the audio dialogue of Soul Reaver is a treasure, and must be persevered =)
We need a remake now more than ever
BRUH.
Whoever currently holds the license for the LoK franchise needs to hire you