Whatever your position, pray these remasters do so well they consent to remastering at bare minimum Defiance (and to a lesser extent Blood Omen 1 and 2). Defiance specifically, because if they do that one too, and it does well, they may get inspired, and decide to give us what we really want. Dark Prophecy. No spinoffs. No Dead Sun wannabe "other stories" set in Nosgoth. Give us the fate of Kain. Can you imagine Kain in a free roam setting like God Of War? Open up all of Nosgoth to full effect. Serve up the Elder God on a platter to be consumed and destroyed once and for all. Now go, leave this place, and vote with your wallet. Buy the SR 1&2 Remaster. Buy it twice. Buy it for your kids, your friends, your grandma. We were destroyed, and yet we live.
Completely agree... My brain is going nuts with all this excitement... I'm a bit concerned the series will still struggle though as these remasters aren't going to be able to fix gameplay, and lets be honest the standards of gameplay for SR 1 & 2 are just not going to pull in a wider audience sadly; SR1 having very monotonous combat while SR2 tries to up the complexity but strips away everything else from the game... What I'd give for them to implement defiance style combat to SR 1 & 2 just to spice up the gameplay a little bit... I've thought about how you'd modernise LoK gameplay a lot... The only real way i see it working is making it like the new GoW games (Lite version of souls-like combat with an semi-open world)... I'd personally be happy with combat like Castlevania - Lords of shadow but not sure if that would appeal to everyone
@@V.is.for.Vae.Victus I’d love a game like that. I also think Raziel can still be a character - now that the Reaver is purified I can see him manifesting as a spirit or something that Kain can interact with while he wields the Reaver. Raziel is my favourite character in the series and I really want them to keep him around in some way in any potential future game.
@@hyperdeath84 Or Raziel could just converse with him from the sword. But honestly, I feel that bringing Raziel back would trivialize his noble sacrifice. It was such a powerful moment in the series and I would hate that to be taken away from him.
@@V.is.for.Vae.Victus a conclusion to the lok franchise would have been cool before, but now I'm terrified of what modern game developers and publishers would do to it...
As a fan base we deserve a bloody medal for keeping the faith as long as we have. These remasters look awesome and I hope they remaster the rest of the series. Would love a BO remaster similar to the blood omnicide fan project.
It's crazy how fast the kickstarter for the graphic novel reached it's goal. I have so much faith in the LOK fandom now, being as resilient and undying as Raziel himself. I really hope they give us physical remasters like they did with Tomb Raider after a few months
Nobody is talking about this from the crystal dynamics website talking about the remasters: NEW! Bonus Materials: Explore an interactive lore map, view never-before-seen concept art, and delve into environments from the fabled “Lost Levels.” Lost levels? Are we getting the cut content, or do they mean we look at pictures or videos of the content? What do they mean by that
I hope they don't restore the Turel boss fight, because it would muck up the story for Defiance, but other stuff would be cool. The day night cycle stuff is gonna be awesome though, I hope vamps will get stronger as a result.
I don't want to be bitter or negative, but I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet about the lost levels, it just said delve into the environments, so you probably will just be able to either view the levels or maybe run around in them, but I don't think much more content will be available it would be amazing of course, to play like the SR1 Alpha version, with it's cut content restored and such but I think that would be too much to hope for, but I will be pleasantly surprised if that is the case
@@ap0kalyps3 I assume... probably explore without any story content or cutscenes tied to them. like, everything after those points are non-canon maybe you even get to do this after the game is over in a new game plus mode or something along those lines
The map you showed, I pulled up one of the maps from Blood Omen as was able to find every location marked on. Raziel's territory is in Vasserbunde, Rahab's at the mouth to the Lake of Tears, near Stenchenchroe. The Saraphan tomb looks to be near Malek's Bastion. That is a fabulous map.
I'd say it doesn't need a remake. You can get the GOG version and play that right now. It's a great game that's aged about as well as A Link To The Past, if not better.
@@forgot7en Blood Omen is a fantastic game. Sure, there's jank, but it gets so much right, and it's so fun. There's so many creative ways to kill your enemies.
I never really thought this day would ever come. For now, lets enjoy every bit of it. We deserve it after 21 long years. Dark lord willing, Defiance will be next and, who knows, if the momentum is right, Kain will get a chance of fulfilling his destiny.
Hey! I made an over world map of Nosgoth for DnD. It looks like I nailed it! I had to take any map data from SR 1&2 and Bo 1&2 and after examining them, I made a very similar looking map that I used for the setting in-between Raziel and Kain's disappearance. I am so stoked!
They Could take all of the cancelled projects, finish them, format the graphics to modern specs and create a story line and Call it "From The Ashes" . Even Finish an Extended Addition to Soul Reaver like They Originally intended.
For anyone missing Simon Templeman as Kain the next best thing is Warhammer Chaosbane, the warrior class, gosh I miss his voice! Found me an eerie red blade very similar to the soul reaver (physical form) this will definitely tie me over until Soul reaver Remastered comes out, interesting thing tho he didn't admit his name to the credits but that is 110% percent him! I implore people to give it a chance, it's no epic AAA title but dang he's half the reason I love the game, then there's a certain level VERY similar to nosgoth with those blood demons running amok and it has me craving a Blood Omen remake/remaster/reimagining really bad, but this is the best and closest thing I'll ever get, what a phenomenal year for legacy of Kain fans! I'm so very psyched for it! And if anyone has the slightest interest your after the Slayer Edition, hopefully it slates your thirst until Soul Reaver's release
@@KrazyKaiser it's not the first time digitally. BO1 Was previously available on PSN for the PS3 circa 2012 and was just made available on Gog in 2021.
I instantly pre ordered! this games way to important, shame the only ones that can afford basic subscription get shafted for Blood omen i cant justify upgrading my sub for a handful of games, but exciting times for legacy of kain fans
Man I wish they would remaster Blood Omen with the same features they're giving Soul Reaver, it would kick so much ass, it could be like the Diablo 2 remaster.
So far I’m loving everything think I’m seeing in this remaster. I’ve heard all the criticisms and frankly I don’t agree with any of them. However, I just can’t get over that new Rahab redesign it looks completely ridiculous. He looks like the cursed offspring of a river zora and a muppet. Him an Dumah are probably my favorites of the brothers. And I see now that they are calling back to the cut design and I’m glad it’s shows they really care for this project and there’s passion for the series. but people were never nostalgic for the cut design we are nostalgic for the retail release design of the character and if you ask me that original design was cut for a good reason it looks awful.
The most shocking thing about Defiance's gameplay is that it almost plays like Devil May Cry 3 with Swordmaster plus it has the TK abilities, which are extremely similar to DMC4 Nero's Snatch. Defiance predates DMC3 by 2 years and DMC4 by 5.
Tbh Defiance doesn't need the DMC combat, it needs to advance what they ahd in BO2 with nowadays gameplay and combat systems. I'd mix speed and variability of Devil May Cry with the freedom of combat alike of Kingdom Come, while also not forgetting how to incorporate BO1 abilities back into the game.
One of the features I'm most excited about that was mentioned on the official Playstation blog post and i havent seen much discussion of elsewhere: Day and Night cycle (SR) A legacy feature that was cut from the final release has been restored to add mood and atmosphere to Nosgoth.
Excellent variety in plushies today, they're all wonderful! Be nice to that Patamon, Patamon can get scary when mad! I was excited about the rumours, but then Raina was like "Try not to get excited about the rumours, we've been through this many times before."... And now, I can get excited all over again. XD I am super glad to see Soul Reaver getting a renewed love again. It's been a LONG time coming. Not even just old trailers, but the demo for Soul Reaver, was an area that wasn't in the final release of the game. If people are worried about brightness, there's going to be a day night cycle, just wait for night. Hahaha!
Don’t overhype yourself everybody. It is great news it is exciting really good we are getting these re-masters but please keep your excitement in check because we could very well get the rug pulled out from under us just as quickly.
@@happyguycolno of course they will I’m simply saying everyone needs to keep it in check that the series is actually coming back. Sure we are getting a comic and 2 remastered games. All this is just to gauge if it’s still even profitable. Game companies want billions now not millions. Doesn’t matter if we all buy the remasters if the general audience also doesn’t buy it and show some interest. A few million fans is nothing compared to EVERYONE.
Thanks for the video Baz. I'm more excited for the documentary, i hope to see something about the Priestess mechanics and Turel as well. I'm crossing my fingers for the deleted levels on this remaster but the map seems to be the same as the retail version :/
I've been working myself up silly about the cut content restoration... I think it would be great to see all the cut bonuses like the forges... Imagine if they added a secret alternate ending which was SR1 original planned ending; allowing us to go through Turel's territory, Kain's Retreat and activating the silent cathedral to wipe out all the vampires... I'd give my left testicle and right kidney to make this happen...
@@xproflipscarab I'm 101% agree with you man. My brother payed for the Remaster on Steam but i can't hold my breath for the deleted content you know. If they put the lost levels, mechanics, bosses and the forges; take my money and my soul if you want. Imagine the Turel territory with updated textures and graphics!!!
Been waiting for this since the Eidos forums closed in the ancient days of yore. I never would have thought that there was actually a "community". Huh...pretty cool, indeed.💯 I spent most of my time in those forums back then. I really only remember Blincoln, Riovanes, Umah BloodOmen and the like. I think my moniker was Adrian Tepes back then. Good times. As for the remaster.........you know I already preordered it over at the GOG!!!!!! We gotta fight the DRM wars these days, after all. Here's hoping for a Remaster for BO2, Defiance, and perhaps a revival of Dead Sun. Now, some say that the graphics are cartoonish. I say a pox to that. lol. I am actually looking forward to both games having consistency across textures and models. To me, the new textured models much more closely resemble the vision of the characters from the CGI cutscenes and the appearance of the action figures from the early 2000s. Also, let's be honest..anything Aspyr does will be handled with care. They can't exactly break the games (PC) because they were terribly done to begin with. Here's to dinput support, widescreen support, and compatibility with modern OSs...without Wrace's patch. Edit.........I don't have much hair these days either. We are in the old fuddy duddy club.
Its a lot in just a few months isn't it? Haha, we kept asking and hoping, and now everything all at once! Its exciting and fun though! Thank you for the video, as always, amazing! That new final screenshot is very interesting! It already looks a lot less bright, more like how it looked on PS1!
Okay so I heard of Blood Omen 1 coming back (I honestly only knew it on the Evercade port reveal) but for Blood Omen 1 to be on the PS Plus as well as Dino Crisis?! Man, my childhood games are coming back strong this year.😍🤩 Also, i may say those statues diorama at 4:54-5:03 look so cool, me and my twin sister are planning to try to get them, though we are having a big think on it for now tbh. Will be looking forward to seeing the No Clip Document this November (I'm a sucker for Unused/Cut content, so im really intrigued to see it soon) Another great video Raina and Bazielim, pls keep up with the amazing work, thanks you, you guys are amazing👍 (Edit-typo)
I thick a cool idea would be to turn the save points into warp gates and having a central point where Raziel revives after dying/loading a save file like SR1... Not sure if it would really work with the limited game world though... Not really big enough to justify fast travel
Great post Sir, as always very informativ. =) - Say did you played the antempted remake of BO1 called Blood Omnicide? Regrettably, it never made past it´s Beta-State and only let you play untill Nachtholm. This Remake needs to be continued!
Would really like a rework of the first Blood Omen, and hopefully a remastered version of Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain Defiance. But this is a step in the right direction.
It would be awesome if they bring the lost levels for us to play through and wrap up the whole story. This can still fit into the rest of the soulreavers as well. I say this because, Turrel could be teleported in the middle of the battle, which is why we would see him in Defiance, and the version of Kain that we beat at the end of SR1 could be a different timeline. How you ask? Because Kain had the soulreaver. He had the key, and with it, like Mobius, and could slightly manipulate events, as we saw in BO1. Js, it would be awesome. Only thing I can’t wrap my head around, is how Ariel would still exist since she was absorbed by the reaver IF they use the original content.
Thanks for the link! I pre-ordered the statue. The price is still quite reasonable, but I have to pay almost 70 dollars for shipping (to Germany). Still, it was totally worth it for me. 😅 If you order both, it gets really expensive. I ordered Raziel
I am one of those who is concerned about the brightness and saturation of the game, I can't help it😅but I must say that the capture of the sarcophagus of william looks incredible, the skin of Raziel in front of the spectral reaver has the purple tint caused by smoke from the sky as in the version of ps1, I love that. Im very exited 🤩
I thought the one on the top left might be an achievement for activating all the warp gates throughout the land? This seems more plausible than the Chronoplast visions since those are not optional and activate automatically upon your approach en route to the main chamber.
Here's hoping that the launch of the remasters go well. The last thing we need is for them to be released and a broken buggy condition Like the GT a trilogy or the Star Wars battlefront collection. And who knows if this goes well maybe we will get a remaster of the rest of the series as well. I'm personally skeptical as to whether that would happen but I definitely wouldn't mind being proven wrong.
I think that they wanted to see our interest in the series with the prequel graphic novel. When they saw that the *campaign* became the 5th novel funded on Kickstarter, they thought they can release their products (game, documentary, etc.).
Hey with the no-clip documentary thing i was wondering, do you think it's possible we'll finally see that cutscene of Kain being killed that got cut from Blood Omen 1. Like i know people have been wanting to see that for years.
Already got the pre-order for the remasters and supported the kickstarter! I do hope they at least do a Defiance remaster, and if possible BO 2. It would be a dream come true to get a sequel to the series. I'm okay with the brighter colors in the remake personally cause that is the direction that SR 2 and Defiance took, if you take a closer look at them. Also compared to when those games came out, games have real time lighting vs baked in lighting, so ambient lighting is going to be more present. LOVE the look of both Melchiah's and Zephon's monstrous forms. I'm a bit on the fence about Dumah cause he kinda does look a little goofy. But if that's the only flaw in the game, I can live with it. I'm happy that the statues of Kain and Raziel look great but that price tag is a bit high for me to justify a purchase. I'm gonna have to sit on it and think it over for a bit.
It’s really perfect timing to remake legacy of kain stuff, but if blood omen becomes a hit and is remade also it can lead to the the franchise creating new games in that style and see if there’s a demand for lok
I loved how you ended the video, by reciting the last words uttered by Kain 21 years ago. I would add that the new and revived content does not have to be an ending... It can become a prelude...
I have been playing Blood Omen on my Playstation classic, it's a slow, but still respectable port, but the PC versions still trumpts that port, thankfully on GOG as you covered. A remake of the first game is a must considering its age, but I feel we are getting a Silent Hill 2 remake deal, where if Soul Reaver Remaster does well, maybe they'll considering investing into the BO remake.
bro i prefer your custom soul reaver upgraded textures for the DC version than these textures hope they make them better, other than that looking good, great video btw cheers from Portugal
I was referring to Raina's there. Which had so much (including some not seen before stuff) that it might as well be official. www.theancientsden.com/art-book
@@Slampbell Im not sure if it's displaying the link correctly, but I was referring to Raina's one. Which had enough content - some of which is never seen before - that it might as well be official. Searching for Soul Reaver art book should land you on her blog
Personally, the only thing that stops me from replaying SR1 are the amount of block puzzles. Say what you want about SR2, but that was a marked improvement in gameplay.
On the other hand, SR2 is a 4 hour game. And maybe 2 of those hours is just cutscenes/story. I'm not complaining at all, though, I'd say it's the best game in the series for its great dialog scenes, but as far as the game part of the game goes, it's severely diminished; all the glyphs are gone, there's very little reason to use the telekinetic air push, there are virtually no stage hazards, the world is a lot smaller so there's less variety, and you pretty much go through the same areas 2-3 times due to time travel, etc.. It's the weakest in the series on the gameplay. Maybe removing block puzzles was an "improvement" but they also "removed" so much, much more from SR1.
A billion percent, I agree. The idea of block puzzles like that were dated by the PSX generation and any games since then even today that includes them does annoy me. I'm still so, so so looking forward to replying both beyond what I can describe. With all of that being said though, they surely must be planning Legacy of Kain: Defiance remaster as well? Then what if this is all a precursor to something bigger?
@@MiguelAviles175 Technically you could argue that your Seraphan brothers at the end are bosses, but they can't really kill you. I personally don't count them as bosses, though.
@@forgot7en Took me a bit longer than 4 hours. Some of the puzzles annoyed the hell out of me. A lot of times I discovered that I was just overthinking it. I really was my own worst enemy.
I had given up all hope of one of my favorite series coming back in some form. Now the Soul Reaver games are being remastered, which kicks nothing's ass any day of the week. I don't want to get my hopes up thinking that a remake or sequel comes along, though. I thought that would happen when a Chrono Cross remaster came out and nothing happened there. I just really would love for Kain's saga, starting back in 1996, to finally get a well deserved conclusion. Defiance kind of ended with all hell breaking loose, after all.
I'm very wary of what these remasters will bring; the controversy of how Crystal Dynamics almost ruined the Tomb Raider Remasters is still fresh in my mind. And after years of disappointment and broken promises over the last twenty years, along with most of the original development team retiring, I'd rather the Legacy of Kain series stay dead than be dug up by perverse digital necromancers.
Practically I think it comes down to being able to sell it if these do well. If they did a collection of three not only would there be more work put into it but they'd only be able to try a round for blood omen 1 and blood omen 2. From my recollection BO2 did well financially? In spite of it's flaws... I could be remembering wrong. But this runs on nostalgia fuel this go around. Defiance is the big piece to selling BO2 and making it worthwhile with likely a simple port or emulation of BO1 onboard
I'll be the nitpick guy ,sincerely the lightning of the remaster footage shown was severely missing the original atmosphere. Really hope that's going to be fixed. I do agree that the models look good tho
@@superduper476 Sorry, but nothing has been confirmed at the moment. Going by their previous record: Tomb Raider remastered did get a physical release after the digital, so there is a good chance of one down the line - if the game sells well enough in the first place
for a minute, I thought statues referred to something else in game... some of the community keeps complaining about the redesign of some of the female statues.
I understand you'll be able to switch on the fly between the original graphics and the updated graphics. I hope they use the Dreamcast version for that, the PlayStation version was impressive in scope, but was extremely jaggy.
Blood Omen And Dino Crisis Are Coming Next Month To Playstation Only Also They Will Have Save And Load Whenever And Rewind Also hopefully trophies all Playstation classics get these features they can be funny about trophies though
Whatever your position, pray these remasters do so well they consent to remastering at bare minimum Defiance (and to a lesser extent Blood Omen 1 and 2). Defiance specifically, because if they do that one too, and it does well, they may get inspired, and decide to give us what we really want. Dark Prophecy. No spinoffs. No Dead Sun wannabe "other stories" set in Nosgoth. Give us the fate of Kain. Can you imagine Kain in a free roam setting like God Of War? Open up all of Nosgoth to full effect. Serve up the Elder God on a platter to be consumed and destroyed once and for all. Now go, leave this place, and vote with your wallet. Buy the SR 1&2 Remaster. Buy it twice. Buy it for your kids, your friends, your grandma. We were destroyed, and yet we live.
Completely agree... My brain is going nuts with all this excitement...
I'm a bit concerned the series will still struggle though as these remasters aren't going to be able to fix gameplay, and lets be honest the standards of gameplay for SR 1 & 2 are just not going to pull in a wider audience sadly; SR1 having very monotonous combat while SR2 tries to up the complexity but strips away everything else from the game...
What I'd give for them to implement defiance style combat to SR 1 & 2 just to spice up the gameplay a little bit...
I've thought about how you'd modernise LoK gameplay a lot... The only real way i see it working is making it like the new GoW games (Lite version of souls-like combat with an semi-open world)... I'd personally be happy with combat like Castlevania - Lords of shadow but not sure if that would appeal to everyone
@@V.is.for.Vae.Victus I’d love a game like that. I also think Raziel can still be a character - now that the Reaver is purified I can see him manifesting as a spirit or something that Kain can interact with while he wields the Reaver. Raziel is my favourite character in the series and I really want them to keep him around in some way in any potential future game.
I'm hoping for a souls-like remake or new game. I think it would fit this series perfectly.
@@hyperdeath84 Or Raziel could just converse with him from the sword. But honestly, I feel that bringing Raziel back would trivialize his noble sacrifice. It was such a powerful moment in the series and I would hate that to be taken away from him.
@@V.is.for.Vae.Victus a conclusion to the lok franchise would have been cool before, but now I'm terrified of what modern game developers and publishers would do to it...
As a fan base we deserve a bloody medal for keeping the faith as long as we have.
These remasters look awesome and I hope they remaster the rest of the series. Would love a BO remaster similar to the blood omnicide fan project.
I hope the franchise blows up to be massive and your channel along with it! this was awesome to watch your love for this franchise! Vae Victus
As always, thanks for covering the latest news from the land of Nosgoth! It's just as you said: *what a time to be a Legacy of Kain fan!* 😌
It's crazy how fast the kickstarter for the graphic novel reached it's goal. I have so much faith in the LOK fandom now, being as resilient and undying as Raziel himself. I really hope they give us physical remasters like they did with Tomb Raider after a few months
I'll be pre ordering my download copy of the remasters later today, good video Raina and Baziel.
It's been so long it feels like I haven't been this fired up about LoK since Malek still had his skin!
SR Remaster comes out the day before my birthday. What a fabulous birthday present.
Thanks as always for your work. What a time to be a LOK fan is right!!! It's like being a child at Christmas 😊
Nobody is talking about this from the crystal dynamics website talking about the remasters:
NEW! Bonus Materials: Explore an interactive lore map, view never-before-seen concept art, and delve into environments from the fabled “Lost Levels.”
Lost levels? Are we getting the cut content, or do they mean we look at pictures or videos of the content? What do they mean by that
I hope they don't restore the Turel boss fight, because it would muck up the story for Defiance, but other stuff would be cool.
The day night cycle stuff is gonna be awesome though, I hope vamps will get stronger as a result.
I don't want to be bitter or negative, but I wouldn't get my hopes up just yet about the lost levels, it just said delve into the environments, so you probably will just be able to either view the levels or maybe run around in them, but I don't think much more content will be available
it would be amazing of course, to play like the SR1 Alpha version, with it's cut content restored and such
but I think that would be too much to hope for, but I will be pleasantly surprised if that is the case
@@ap0kalyps3 I assume... probably explore without any story content or cutscenes tied to them. like, everything after those points are non-canon
maybe you even get to do this after the game is over in a new game plus mode or something along those lines
The map you showed, I pulled up one of the maps from Blood Omen as was able to find every location marked on. Raziel's territory is in Vasserbunde, Rahab's at the mouth to the Lake of Tears, near Stenchenchroe. The Saraphan tomb looks to be near Malek's Bastion. That is a fabulous map.
Sarafan*
Sarafan tomb isnt to the south? Close to BO1 cemitery? Maleks bastion seems to match the human citadel
I hope that they expand on Dumah's domain! If I remember right, they had to cut a lot of that area in the original
What an ending, beatiful words. Thanks for the update
It realy happens a lot in the last few days for the LoK franchise
Really want a blood omen remake
I'd say it doesn't need a remake. You can get the GOG version and play that right now. It's a great game that's aged about as well as A Link To The Past, if not better.
@@forgot7en Blood Omen is a fantastic game. Sure, there's jank, but it gets so much right, and it's so fun. There's so many creative ways to kill your enemies.
@@wareforcoin5780 What's janky about it?
That would be really damn hard, but who knows
I never really thought this day would ever come. For now, lets enjoy every bit of it. We deserve it after 21 long years. Dark lord willing, Defiance will be next and, who knows, if the momentum is right, Kain will get a chance of fulfilling his destiny.
Thank you for all your dedication to this franchise over all these years, Raina and Bazielim!
Hey! I made an over world map of Nosgoth for DnD. It looks like I nailed it! I had to take any map data from SR 1&2 and Bo 1&2 and after examining them, I made a very similar looking map that I used for the setting in-between Raziel and Kain's disappearance.
I am so stoked!
Please do this for console BG3 mods please! 🙏
Blood omens LET'S GOOOO!!!!
They Could take all of the cancelled projects, finish them, format the graphics to modern specs and create a story line and Call it "From The Ashes" . Even Finish an Extended Addition to Soul Reaver like They Originally intended.
"You will have the blood you hunger for!"
For anyone missing Simon Templeman as Kain the next best thing is Warhammer Chaosbane, the warrior class, gosh I miss his voice! Found me an eerie red blade very similar to the soul reaver (physical form) this will definitely tie me over until Soul reaver Remastered comes out, interesting thing tho he didn't admit his name to the credits but that is 110% percent him! I implore people to give it a chance, it's no epic AAA title but dang he's half the reason I love the game, then there's a certain level VERY similar to nosgoth with those blood demons running amok and it has me craving a Blood Omen remake/remaster/reimagining really bad, but this is the best and closest thing I'll ever get, what a phenomenal year for legacy of Kain fans! I'm so very psyched for it! And if anyone has the slightest interest your after the Slayer Edition, hopefully it slates your thirst until Soul Reaver's release
Wow, also Blood Omen being available digitally for the first time ever is pretty cool.
This is a joke, right?
@@KrazyKaiser it's not the first time digitally. BO1 Was previously available on PSN for the PS3 circa 2012 and was just made available on Gog in 2021.
ummm...yeah... lol
It has been YEARS and we finally got SOMETHING!
I instantly pre ordered! this games way to important, shame the only ones that can afford basic subscription get shafted for Blood omen i cant justify upgrading my sub for a handful of games, but exciting times for legacy of kain fans
Man I wish they would remaster Blood Omen with the same features they're giving Soul Reaver, it would kick so much ass, it could be like the Diablo 2 remaster.
@@forgot7en The Diablo 2 re-release was a remaster not a remake.
So far I’m loving everything think I’m seeing in this remaster. I’ve heard all the criticisms and frankly I don’t agree with any of them. However, I just can’t get over that new Rahab redesign it looks completely ridiculous. He looks like the cursed offspring of a river zora and a muppet. Him an Dumah are probably my favorites of the brothers. And I see now that they are calling back to the cut design and I’m glad it’s shows they really care for this project and there’s passion for the series. but people were never nostalgic for the cut design we are nostalgic for the retail release design of the character and if you ask me that original design was cut for a good reason it looks awful.
So thankful you explained where the statues are from. I was over here waiting for a collector's version of the game or something.
Defiance has great combat especially using Kain.
The most shocking thing about Defiance's gameplay is that it almost plays like Devil May Cry 3 with Swordmaster plus it has the TK abilities, which are extremely similar to DMC4 Nero's Snatch. Defiance predates DMC3 by 2 years and DMC4 by 5.
Tbh Defiance doesn't need the DMC combat, it needs to advance what they ahd in BO2 with nowadays gameplay and combat systems.
I'd mix speed and variability of Devil May Cry with the freedom of combat alike of Kingdom Come, while also not forgetting how to incorporate BO1 abilities back into the game.
@@jabroniyumerale6204 what
@@forgot7en yes
I'm so ridiculously excited~
One of the features I'm most excited about that was mentioned on the official Playstation blog post and i havent seen much discussion of elsewhere:
Day and Night cycle (SR) A legacy feature that was cut from the final release has been restored to add mood and atmosphere to Nosgoth.
Excellent variety in plushies today, they're all wonderful! Be nice to that Patamon, Patamon can get scary when mad!
I was excited about the rumours, but then Raina was like "Try not to get excited about the rumours, we've been through this many times before."...
And now, I can get excited all over again. XD
I am super glad to see Soul Reaver getting a renewed love again. It's been a LONG time coming.
Not even just old trailers, but the demo for Soul Reaver, was an area that wasn't in the final release of the game. If people are worried about brightness, there's going to be a day night cycle, just wait for night. Hahaha!
Really hope Defiance is next
This is amazing news. Any negative comments are to be ignored.
So you live in a circle jerk and eco Chambers world? Damn bro
Don’t overhype yourself everybody. It is great news it is exciting really good we are getting these re-masters but please keep your excitement in check because we could very well get the rug pulled out from under us just as quickly.
I have to second this. I got burned way too many times.
What do you mean? Are you suggesting they won't release the remaster?
@@happyguycolno of course they will I’m simply saying everyone needs to keep it in check that the series is actually coming back. Sure we are getting a comic and 2 remastered games. All this is just to gauge if it’s still even profitable. Game companies want billions now not millions. Doesn’t matter if we all buy the remasters if the general audience also doesn’t buy it and show some interest. A few million fans is nothing compared to EVERYONE.
I'm not even sure I'll be alive by December
That's why I haven't preordered it
Thanks for the video Baz. I'm more excited for the documentary, i hope to see something about the Priestess mechanics and Turel as well.
I'm crossing my fingers for the deleted levels on this remaster but the map seems to be the same as the retail version :/
I've been working myself up silly about the cut content restoration... I think it would be great to see all the cut bonuses like the forges...
Imagine if they added a secret alternate ending which was SR1 original planned ending; allowing us to go through Turel's territory, Kain's Retreat and activating the silent cathedral to wipe out all the vampires...
I'd give my left testicle and right kidney to make this happen...
@@xproflipscarab I'm 101% agree with you man. My brother payed for the Remaster on Steam but i can't hold my breath for the deleted content you know.
If they put the lost levels, mechanics, bosses and the forges; take my money and my soul if you want.
Imagine the Turel territory with updated textures and graphics!!!
I second this. Twice.
Been waiting for this since the Eidos forums closed in the ancient days of yore. I never would have thought that there was actually a "community". Huh...pretty cool, indeed.💯 I spent most of my time in those forums back then. I really only remember Blincoln, Riovanes, Umah BloodOmen and the like. I think my moniker was Adrian Tepes back then. Good times.
As for the remaster.........you know I already preordered it over at the GOG!!!!!! We gotta fight the DRM wars these days, after all. Here's hoping for a Remaster for BO2, Defiance, and perhaps a revival of Dead Sun.
Now, some say that the graphics are cartoonish. I say a pox to that. lol. I am actually looking forward to both games having consistency across textures and models. To me, the new textured models much more closely resemble the vision of the characters from the CGI cutscenes and the appearance of the action figures from the early 2000s.
Also, let's be honest..anything Aspyr does will be handled with care. They can't exactly break the games (PC) because they were terribly done to begin with. Here's to dinput support, widescreen support, and compatibility with modern OSs...without Wrace's patch.
Edit.........I don't have much hair these days either. We are in the old fuddy duddy club.
Its a lot in just a few months isn't it? Haha, we kept asking and hoping, and now everything all at once! Its exciting and fun though! Thank you for the video, as always, amazing! That new final screenshot is very interesting! It already looks a lot less bright, more like how it looked on PS1!
I've pre-ordered the Soul Reaver remasters in the hope they remake or remaster BO1.
If they do anything with BO1, I hope they bring Denis Dyack onboard.
Words cannot describe how happy I am. We finally did it. Though one thing that is definitely needed is physical copies of the remasters.
Ooooh, good use of that Kain Quote!
What bugs me is no one is talking about Amy Hennig?
@@ffviifakeremake9997 Same. You have to really wonder, why?
You only have to look at what happened to Nosgoth online to understand what is going on. We won't see Amy Hennig.
I am so excited
I hope that they eventually do a remaster of blood omen 2. It is my favorite Game of the franchise Other than soul reaver 1
Okay so I heard of Blood Omen 1 coming back (I honestly only knew it on the Evercade port reveal) but for Blood Omen 1 to be on the PS Plus as well as Dino Crisis?! Man, my childhood games are coming back strong this year.😍🤩
Also, i may say those statues diorama at 4:54-5:03 look so cool, me and my twin sister are planning to try to get them, though we are having a big think on it for now tbh.
Will be looking forward to seeing the No Clip Document this November (I'm a sucker for Unused/Cut content, so im really intrigued to see it soon)
Another great video Raina and Bazielim, pls keep up with the amazing work, thanks you, you guys are amazing👍 (Edit-typo)
As a long time fan I'm very excited
Just need to see Blood Omen 2 receive some love now 🙏
Nice to hear you guys
I hope the other games get an HD collection. I also hope they add a save anywhere option because SR2 didn't have much in the way of save points.
I thick a cool idea would be to turn the save points into warp gates and having a central point where Raziel revives after dying/loading a save file like SR1...
Not sure if it would really work with the limited game world though... Not really big enough to justify fast travel
@@xproflipscarab Hard tos ay, but it's an interesting idea.
The last gift Raziel gave us boiz! Keep that hope going!
Thanks for the news!
i like that alot of the models in sr2 seem to have proper sized hands lol, no giant mitts as big as their heads
Finally getting SR1 that's not as bland as the PS1 & PC versions. I was strongly considering buying a dreamcast.
There's no need to buy a Dreamcast, you can just emulate the game with an HD texture pack.
I'm so happy I cannot express how much, the year that Lok returned 🥲
Buy em make em a success to raise the possibility to resurrect the series 😁
I would enjoy if blood omen would also be remaster
I would be one of so many of the fandom like me will buy it as fast as it comes out
This is the way
Great post Sir, as always very informativ. =) - Say did you played the antempted remake of BO1 called Blood Omnicide? Regrettably, it never made past it´s Beta-State and only let you play untill Nachtholm. This Remake needs to be continued!
Would really like a rework of the first Blood Omen, and hopefully a remastered version of Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain Defiance.
But this is a step in the right direction.
It would be awesome if they bring the lost levels for us to play through and wrap up the whole story. This can still fit into the rest of the soulreavers as well. I say this because, Turrel could be teleported in the middle of the battle, which is why we would see him in Defiance, and the version of Kain that we beat at the end of SR1 could be a different timeline. How you ask? Because Kain had the soulreaver. He had the key, and with it, like Mobius, and could slightly manipulate events, as we saw in BO1. Js, it would be awesome. Only thing I can’t wrap my head around, is how Ariel would still exist since she was absorbed by the reaver IF they use the original content.
Thanks for the link! I pre-ordered the statue. The price is still quite reasonable, but I have to pay almost 70 dollars for shipping (to Germany). Still, it was totally worth it for me. 😅 If you order both, it gets really expensive. I ordered Raziel
Top left achievement might be for beating Soul Reaver one where Raziel follows Kain through the chronoplast.
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I am one of those who is concerned about the brightness and saturation of the game, I can't help it😅but I must say that the capture of the sarcophagus of william looks incredible, the skin of Raziel in front of the spectral reaver has the purple tint caused by smoke from the sky as in the version of ps1, I love that. Im very exited 🤩
I thought the one on the top left might be an achievement for activating all the warp gates throughout the land? This seems more plausible than the Chronoplast visions since those are not optional and activate automatically upon your approach en route to the main chamber.
Awesome mate!
I got it pre-ordered ready. I just can't wait to play it.
You are REBORN!
Here's hoping that the launch of the remasters go well. The last thing we need is for them to be released and a broken buggy condition Like the GT a trilogy or the Star Wars battlefront collection. And who knows if this goes well maybe we will get a remaster of the rest of the series as well. I'm personally skeptical as to whether that would happen but I definitely wouldn't mind being proven wrong.
We are living in the best timeline
I think that they wanted to see our interest in the series with the prequel graphic novel. When they saw that the *campaign* became the 5th novel funded on Kickstarter, they thought they can release their products (game, documentary, etc.).
lol "the campagne"
@@forgot7enenglish isn't the only language on the planet, chill lol
@@forgot7en How do you say it?
@@elena_tapean campaign
@@tomo2807 And software in 2024 comes with spellcheckers. Use them.
Blood Omen 1 NEEDS a re-port. At least to trim those load times
Hey with the no-clip documentary thing i was wondering, do you think it's possible we'll finally see that cutscene of Kain being killed that got cut from Blood Omen 1. Like i know people have been wanting to see that for years.
Already got the pre-order for the remasters and supported the kickstarter! I do hope they at least do a Defiance remaster, and if possible BO 2. It would be a dream come true to get a sequel to the series.
I'm okay with the brighter colors in the remake personally cause that is the direction that SR 2 and Defiance took, if you take a closer look at them. Also compared to when those games came out, games have real time lighting vs baked in lighting, so ambient lighting is going to be more present. LOVE the look of both Melchiah's and Zephon's monstrous forms. I'm a bit on the fence about Dumah cause he kinda does look a little goofy. But if that's the only flaw in the game, I can live with it.
I'm happy that the statues of Kain and Raziel look great but that price tag is a bit high for me to justify a purchase. I'm gonna have to sit on it and think it over for a bit.
It’s really perfect timing to remake legacy of kain stuff, but if blood omen becomes a hit and is remade also it can lead to the the franchise creating new games in that style and see if there’s a demand for lok
I loved how you ended the video, by reciting the last words uttered by Kain 21 years ago. I would add that the new and revived content does not have to be an ending... It can become a prelude...
I have been playing Blood Omen on my Playstation classic, it's a slow, but still respectable port, but the PC versions still trumpts that port, thankfully on GOG as you covered.
A remake of the first game is a must considering its age, but I feel we are getting a Silent Hill 2 remake deal, where if Soul Reaver Remaster does well, maybe they'll considering investing into the BO remake.
With Verok's patch that is............Gog version needs it in order to run at 60 fps.
bro i prefer your custom soul reaver upgraded textures for the DC version than these textures hope they make them better, other than that looking good, great video btw cheers from Portugal
I wanted BO1 to be made in 3D and up to todays standards but that might be subject to how well Soul Reaver does as far as sales
18:34 link for the art book?
I was referring to Raina's there. Which had so much (including some not seen before stuff) that it might as well be official.
www.theancientsden.com/art-book
@@Slampbell Im not sure if it's displaying the link correctly, but I was referring to Raina's one. Which had enough content - some of which is never seen before - that it might as well be official. Searching for Soul Reaver art book should land you on her blog
my only question is how come defiance was not apart of the collection? other than that I'm really looking forward to it, it's been way too long
Personally, the only thing that stops me from replaying SR1 are the amount of block puzzles. Say what you want about SR2, but that was a marked improvement in gameplay.
On the other hand, SR2 is a 4 hour game. And maybe 2 of those hours is just cutscenes/story. I'm not complaining at all, though, I'd say it's the best game in the series for its great dialog scenes, but as far as the game part of the game goes, it's severely diminished; all the glyphs are gone, there's very little reason to use the telekinetic air push, there are virtually no stage hazards, the world is a lot smaller so there's less variety, and you pretty much go through the same areas 2-3 times due to time travel, etc.. It's the weakest in the series on the gameplay.
Maybe removing block puzzles was an "improvement" but they also "removed" so much, much more from SR1.
A billion percent, I agree. The idea of block puzzles like that were dated by the PSX generation and any games since then even today that includes them does annoy me. I'm still so, so so looking forward to replying both beyond what I can describe. With all of that being said though, they surely must be planning Legacy of Kain: Defiance remaster as well? Then what if this is all a precursor to something bigger?
@@Rahhelthethird Soul Reaver 2 has no bosses.
@@MiguelAviles175 Technically you could argue that your Seraphan brothers at the end are bosses, but they can't really kill you. I personally don't count them as bosses, though.
@@forgot7en Took me a bit longer than 4 hours. Some of the puzzles annoyed the hell out of me. A lot of times I discovered that I was just overthinking it. I really was my own worst enemy.
I had given up all hope of one of my favorite series coming back in some form. Now the Soul Reaver games are being remastered, which kicks nothing's ass any day of the week. I don't want to get my hopes up thinking that a remake or sequel comes along, though. I thought that would happen when a Chrono Cross remaster came out and nothing happened there. I just really would love for Kain's saga, starting back in 1996, to finally get a well deserved conclusion. Defiance kind of ended with all hell breaking loose, after all.
So if there's SR2, does that mean their not including the original arc from the alpha including the original Turel?
I'm very wary of what these remasters will bring; the controversy of how Crystal Dynamics almost ruined the Tomb Raider Remasters is still fresh in my mind. And after years of disappointment and broken promises over the last twenty years, along with most of the original development team retiring, I'd rather the Legacy of Kain series stay dead than be dug up by perverse digital necromancers.
Anyone have any theories as to why Defiance isn't being bundled with these remasters?
Yes. Cost.
Hopefully if these remasters sell well enough, they'll remaster the others.
because it isn't Soul Reaver?
I have not been able to find the info about this soo uhm is there going to be a disk version of the remasters?
Blood Omen remastered in 2D 3D pls.
Why didn’t they add defiance ? I’m happy about 1-2 but come on, defiance was the conclusion of the story.
I'm guessing because that needs more work put into it, infamous fixed camera and all.
Practically I think it comes down to being able to sell it if these do well. If they did a collection of three not only would there be more work put into it but they'd only be able to try a round for blood omen 1 and blood omen 2.
From my recollection BO2 did well financially? In spite of it's flaws... I could be remembering wrong. But this runs on nostalgia fuel this go around. Defiance is the big piece to selling BO2 and making it worthwhile with likely a simple port or emulation of BO1 onboard
I'll be the nitpick guy ,sincerely the lightning of the remaster footage shown was severely missing the original atmosphere. Really hope that's going to be fixed. I do agree that the models look good tho
i am curious on blue energy wings, that's new
Sorry 4 the repeat, with all your connections can you please confirm a physical release??? Many thanks for the videos!!!
@@superduper476 Sorry, but nothing has been confirmed at the moment. Going by their previous record: Tomb Raider remastered did get a physical release after the digital, so there is a good chance of one down the line - if the game sells well enough in the first place
@@bazlmoon thanks, I'm getting it either way
Absolutely can't wait telling all my younglings lol to get the remainder
for a minute, I thought statues referred to something else in game... some of the community keeps complaining about the redesign of some of the female statues.
I understand you'll be able to switch on the fly between the original graphics and the updated graphics. I hope they use the Dreamcast version for that, the PlayStation version was impressive in scope, but was extremely jaggy.
Blood Omen And Dino Crisis Are Coming Next Month To Playstation Only Also They Will Have Save And Load Whenever And Rewind Also hopefully trophies all Playstation classics get these features they can be funny about trophies though
The 3D seems like it doesn't have many shadows, it's too bright, and that takes away from the dark vibe of the game's theme.
It all depends on Amy Hennig 🤔I can't get excited until she comes back to Legacy of Kain.
Where did u get the clan flags???
Custom made!
Will it be a physical release
Oooooh is it finally happening???
I don't know if I want an actual new game without Tony J