Following the events in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Raziel discovers a way back through time and encounters one of the Circle of the Nine, Mobius the timestreamer. Mobius urges Raziel to continue his quest for revenge and destroy the vampiric Kain. Raziel reluctantly agrees and heads off to discover the knowledge and weapons that will allow him to achieve his goal.

Soul Reaver 2 is a 3rd person adventure game, like the first game. The player controls the game from behind Raziel's shoulder, moving him in any direction, climbing, attacking, swimming, jumping and using specific abilities. Raziel can grip onto the sides of ledges, climb walls and his torn wings allow him to glide gently downwards. Raziel can shift through the "material" world into the "spectral" realm at will... but must find specific locations in order to shift back. The two realms mirror one another, with distortions which give access to new areas and platforms. Existing in the material world drains Raziel's life energy at a constant rate. Raziel must restore energy by consuming the souls of defeated enemies. Raziel no longer gains abilities from absorbing great souls and instead must imbue his Soul Reaver weapon by activating certain elemental temples. Once activated, various "elemental fonts" can be used to charge the Soul Reaver to specific attributes. Raziel can arm himself with a variety of other weapons including daggers, swords, axes, spears as well as the Soul Reaver and bare-handed claws.

Unlike the previous game, Soul Reaver 2 is linear and follows specific paths through different areas. Raziel cannot return to certain areas once he has left them behind. Soul Reaver 2 features a variety of different puzzles, often involving blocks or manipulation of different devices. One common theme is "light puzzles" where Raziel must reflect light, using mirrored objects, so that they touch switches or objects which require activation.

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Alternate Titles

"ソウルリーバー2" -- Japanese Spelling.

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User Reviews

Dramatically improves upon the original, but loses quite a bit in the way...	Zovni (8842)
Continue Raziel's journey into the deep secrets of Nosgoth's history... when perfection gets even better.	Dr. Von Katze (558)
An amazing piece of game with stunning graphics...	Eldarwen Taralom (3)
A narrow, one way alley, but it's great to play and there are no block puzzles!	Julian Bender (11)	unrated

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The Press Says

UOL Jogos	Dec 09, 2002		100
IGN	Dec 07, 2001	8.8 out of 10	88
ActionTrip	Dec 07, 2001	87 out of 100	87
PC Zone	Dec 25, 2001	8.6 out of 10	86
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Jan, 2002	84 out of 100	84
GameSpy	Feb 15, 2002	81 out of 100	81
GameSpot	Dec 03, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 10, 2002	16 out of 20	80
PC Gamer	Mar, 2002	79 out of 100	79
Just Adventure	Jan, 2002	B-	67

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Trivia

Without giving too much away to those who haven't played it, players of Soul Reaver 2 will probably get a lot more out of it if they're familiar with the original Legacy of Kain game, Blood Omen first. The game references specific events and areas from there.

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