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 (9114)
Continue Raziel's journey into the deep secrets of Nosgoth's history... when perfection gets even better.	Schadenfreude (578)
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
GameGenie	2001		100
IGN	Dec 07, 2001	8.8 out of 10	88
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
PC Games (Germany)	Dec 15, 2001	80 out of 100	80
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Dec 04, 2001	78 out of 100	78
GameStar (Germany)	Dec 05, 2001	76 out of 100	76
Just Adventure	Jan, 2002	B-	67

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Trivia

The Water, Earth and Spirit Elemental Reavers were meant to be included in this game, they were not finished in time.Their symbols can be seen in the Elder God's Chamber along with Fire, Air, Light and Darkness.

Apparently, the Spirit Reaver was meant to have a Hookshot-like ability.

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This entry was contributed by Unicorn B. Lynx

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