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| Ugh... no. by Mischief Maker 08/09/2012, 6:43pm PDT | ||||
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| It's definitely a step above Bloodrayne 2's clusterfuck for combat controls, but it's still a goddamn mess. This ain't Devil May Cry. Hell, it isn't even Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks.
I forgot just how bad the story got in Soul Reaver 2, but already this game tipped its hand that Kain is going to become Vampire Jesus at the end of the game. I read a spoiler on gamefaqs and it's even worse than I thought. Raziel sacrifices his life to make Kain's Soul Reaver into a Holy Avenger +5 that Vampire Paladin Kain uses to defeat the ugly cthuloid elder god. It's worth noting that at the beginning of Soul Reaver 1, Kain was already worse than Hitler. Blood Omen had a story about a mans descent that turns him into a monster. Soul Reaver was a story about a monster's redemption that reclaims his manhood (by defeating the protagonist of the first game). I thought the two formed a nice symmetrical package together. Soul Reaver & Defiance are about a former jock (Raziel) realizing it was totally uncool to throw ketchup packets at the trenchcoat mafia (Vampires) and providing the alpha geek with the weapons he needs to rescue Columbine High School from the jocks and authority figures who hold it hostage. Especially Dad (The Elder God). Fuck this fucking game. No amount of good voice acting will salvage it. I will forever rue the $6 I sunk into it. |
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Is Legacy of Kain: Defiance... good? by 08/09/2012, 6:29am PDT  Ugh... no. by 08/09/2012, 6:43pm PDT |
