Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
A third-person action-adventure game set after the events of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996). Kain has established a vampiric empire in the world of Nosgoth, but when his lieutenant and progeny, Raziel…
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 16 August 1999 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast and PlayStation.
What Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 1999. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Taking place 1500 years after the events of Blood Omen, Soul Reaver chronicles the journey of the vampire-turned-wraith Raziel, lieutenant to the vampire lord Kain. Raziel is killed by Kain, but is revived by The Elder God to become his "soul reaver" and to exact revenge. Raziel shares this title with Kain's sword, the Soul Reaver, which he acquires during the game.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Legacy of Kain series
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is the second of 17 entries we hold in the Legacy of Kain series. It arrived 3 years after Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. The next entry was Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 in 2001.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver launched on 16 August 1999, within three weeks of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, Shadow Man and Croc 2.
Released around the same time: Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, Shadow Man, Croc 2.
Official trailer
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