Thread 11897247 - /vr/

Anonymous
7/26/2025, 7:22:19 PM No.11897247
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I can't get into it, bros. Just got the Soul Reaver blade and the game just feels like an absolute chore to play. I love the setting, I love the story, I love the designs, but actually playing it is not enjoyable at all so far.
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 7:24:37 PM No.11897252
>>11897247 (OP)
I bought into the zelda clone design. each vampire brother having their own domain leading to a quasi horror boss battle was neat enough for me to get through the drab gameplay.
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 7:25:57 PM No.11897257
>>11897252
>zelda clone
it's a metroidvania, what the hell are you o about?
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 7:40:41 PM No.11897292
>>11897257
zelda's a top-down metroidvania
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 7:47:28 PM No.11897306
>>11897247 (OP)
>I just can't get into it
So fuck off and play something you like, fag.
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 7:54:58 PM No.11897330
>>11897306
I did, but I still think it's a shame
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 8:27:03 PM No.11897389
>>11897247 (OP)
If you didn't like Soul Reaver 1's gameplay then I doubt you'll enjoy the rest of the series (because SR1 probably has the best gameplay in the series)
>Blood Omen 1 is a 2D Zelda but you get overpowered so fast that barely anything in the game can be considered a challenge (plus there is not enough side content to my tastes)
>Soul Reaver 2 is a "movie" / "cutscene" game that probably paved the way for modern movie games you see on PS consoles - the story and cutscenes are fantastic, but the combat is barely there and it's more about solving puzzles, watchng cutscenes, getting new Reavers to unlock new doors and then the cycle repeats (you know even game itself knows it, which is why it gives up at the end and gives you a free pass)
>Blood Omen 2 actually has pretty interesting combat (and hit-or-miss boss fights) but it barely feels like LoK's gameplay (plus the story is a "what if" so people don't bother with it)
>Defiance is a linear level-segmented game that tried to be a very simple clone of DMC1 and feels like a bit upgraded version of Soul Reaver 2 but nowhere near as good as Soul Reaver 1's gameplay (especially since there's no side content in Defiance, just a few secrets with stat items per level and that's it)
If you can't handle the gameplay - be sure to at least watch all the cutscenes from BO1, SR1, SR2 and Defiance (the story, characters and voice acting are the reason people cared about the series)
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 8:50:52 PM No.11897445
Legacy of Kain - Soul Reaver (Eidos Interactive) [NTSC-U]
Gameplay is unironically pretty good. All they had to do was to improve a little, and it could have been a gameplay masterpiece instead of a story masterpiece.
Also play the DC version instead of t he PS1 version. The extra FPS helps a lot with the platforming
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 8:54:19 PM No.11897456
>>11897445
Are there actually over 100 cutscenes in Soul Reaver or is this just some punched up advertising?
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 8:57:53 PM No.11897459
I played this game once but the overworld was so bland and dark I legitimately couldn't tell where I was going half the time. Everything looked the same.
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 9:01:12 PM No.11897468
>>11897456
There is certainly 100 camera pans where you lose control
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 9:19:34 PM No.11897494
>>11897459
Not enough green hill zone for you?
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 9:21:31 PM No.11897498
>>11897494
Maybe they could have dialed back the fucking muddy ass colors just a little bit, yeah
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 9:23:21 PM No.11897506
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>>11897498
Sorry but what do you expect a wasteland to look like?
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 9:24:06 PM No.11897508
>>11897445
I'm playing the remaster on PC
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 9:50:38 PM No.11897548
>>11897506
Even this picture has more depth and color than the game. Tbf probably didn't help I was playing it on a small washed out TV screen but it's still abysmal to look at.
>What do you expect a wasteland to look like?
Plenty of post apocalyptic type games with much more interesting use of color and light.
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 10:12:02 PM No.11897583
>>11897247 (OP)
>I love the setting, I love the story, I love the designs, but actually playing it is not enjoyable at all so far.
Every Silent Hill game ever created. Just pretend it's Silent Hill.
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 10:14:01 PM No.11897589
>>11897583
I actually beat SH 1+2 though
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 10:33:06 PM No.11897615
>>11897247 (OP)
1 is fun. 2 is annoying with all the goddamn swimming you have to do. Just run past everything in 2. There’s never any threats in the water either. One of the last puzzles is kind of annoying until you figure it out. the blood will put out your torch while gliding
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 10:40:16 PM No.11897630
Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1_2 Remastered_20241211091036
>>11897247 (OP)
>Just got the Soul Reaver blade
Enjoy the cathedral block puzzles (I never understood the hate, they're baby puzzles)
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:41:14 PM No.11897783
>>11897247 (OP)
I'm trying to push my way through it right now. It is a little bland feels like it's missing something . Maybe extra magic attacks, NPCs in the world , more puzzles. Kinda just feels like you are some guy stuck in a canyon . Maybe it will get better.

It has the serious factor and th cool factor. It's just missing a bit of fun
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Anonymous
7/27/2025, 12:42:52 AM No.11897892
>>11897783
it's one of the more prominent examples of a blatantly unfinished game making it to release. they had get it out in just 18 months. entire last fourth of the game was scrapped and they had to fill up empty space they had reserved for more ambitions gimmicks with block puzzles.
Anonymous
7/27/2025, 1:55:56 AM No.11898009
>>11897247 (OP)
It's a boring game where all the environments looked the same with gray and dullness. Blood omen 2 was even way more fun killing techniques