Is it good?

1 is okay I guess.

not really but the writing is engaging

>>712659123 (OP)
1 is kino if you didnt play it before.

>>712659123 (OP)
The gameplay is never great. It ranges from bleh to OK. A lot of people say SR1 is the best but it has some of the most tedious grating gameplay sequences in the genre.
The story and voice acting are god tier, better than 99.9% of games. That's what you play LoK for. The story peaks in the sequel.

For me
SR2 > BO1 >SR1 > Defiance >>>>>>> BO2

The gameplay isn't as bad as people make it out to be in this series. You have to be able to appreciate the world, the writing and the acting to really like the games. SR1 does have some good puzzles though.

>>712659123 (OP)
Only the voice acting/story/world building.
The games themselves are genuinely mediocre. They need a remake sort of like MGS Delta, where they keep all the original voices intact, but actually make a fun game (for LoK, not MGS)

they play like normal PS1/PS2 action games, which is not a style of gameplay compatible with anyone under the age of 30, more or less, so I don't think you'd enjoy them

The gameplay and game design are at odds with themselves.

>game has collectibles to increase your health
>however, the Reaver only comes out when at full health, so one hit and its gone but it's needed for certain parts so you want to have it out at all times
>the health upgrades are only for the material world

>>712659123 (OP)
No. Watch the cutscenes on youtube then go play 2 but only if you like a puzzle heavy adventure game with subpar combat that you'll be railroaded into engaging with, otherwise watch the cutscenes for that too, the main, arguably sole, appeal of these games is the story & dialog.

>>712661918
>>the health upgrades are only for the material world
That's intentional because itd make refilling your health take that much longer if you end up dying in an area with no enemies or ambient souls to vacuum up to get back to the physical world.

No gameplay aged like shit.

>>712659123 (OP)
its good, definitely more for the story and voice acting then gameplay...dont bother with the collectibles and spells theyre kinda unneeded

The gameplay is shit even by the standards of the time it released. It was an OoT clone with very shallow combat, a terrible map and poor platforming. That being said the acting and writing is some of the best in gaming history, and it has good puzzles. It's worth playing if you like a good narrative. But definitely start with Blood Omen 1 if you're willing to give the series a try.

>>712659123 (OP)
If you never played the originals, they're amazing games. The remaster is pretty good since the drawing distance is better and you can switch between old and new graphics with a button press

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>>712659123 (OP)
Great atmosphere. The navigation and puzzles were weirdly awful. I was just a kid when I played it but I remember how hard it was to navigate all the identical winding corridors with that incredibly tiny FOV. Revisited it as an adult thinking it'd make sense now, nope, still the same.
There's some weirdly player-hostile puzzle decisions. Take the cathedral part before Zephon - in one of the final parts before you ascend you have to activate three bellows per room, two rooms. Except in one room you only need to activate two, the left and right one, not the middle one. There is nothing logical about this and nothing in the game tells you about this, you're just supposed to figure it out by wondering WTF is wrong and why the mechanism isn't working, so you randomly just change the bellows hoping that'll help. Random stuff like that, player-hostile without having an actual reason or artistic intent beyond timewasting.

I love it when they go the extra mile of adding an entire menu of art and cut content

I would say the original game alone is fine but honestly it was a fucking terrible port and I'm glad it has an actual decent way to play it on pc finally

>>712659123 (OP)
first game is incredible, the second suffers greatly from being far too linear but the puzzles are ok.

>>712664940
i like the puzzles of the second game way better but yeah the exploration lost an entire dimension

>>712664940
I preferred Soul Reaver 2. The diversions in 1 are unnecessary and not really useful at all. Beter writing/dialog too. I do get that the path between the stronghold to Vorador's hideout is just a trek though.

>>712659123 (OP)
If Soul Reaver was a woman she'd have a 9/10 body but is a 5/10 in bed

>>712664694
Is that Turel?

>>712666954
Yes, they added his smojestack level and boss room, including the cut dialogue. Sadly, he's unfinished and barely attacks or does anything, amd if you attack him, he laughs like Dumah

>>712659123 (OP)
The first game is overall good.
Story continues to be good in 2 but the game part sucks.

>>712659123 (OP)
The only "good" LoK game is the first Blood Omen, Soul Reaver 1 is ok and Defiance is decent at best, Soul Reaver 2 is honestly pretty meh and Blood Omen 2 is a fucking crime against humanity.
Now, if we're talking about the story, characters and narration they're all amazing EXCEPT Blood Omen 2, that game is shit even in those points.

>>712668043
the game part already sucked in 1