Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

A adição de um mapa resolveria 90% dos problemas que eu tenho com esse jogo. É desnecessariamente confuso e quase impossível de progredir de forma natural.

Combate, movimentação, câmera e puzzles (os devs gostavam muito de empurrar blocos, pelo visto) também não me agradaram tanto, mas poderia superá-los se eu não fosse obrigado a olhar um detonado a cada 20 minutos.

Alguns bons aspectos- como a ambientação, narrativa, dublagem, o esquema de trocar entre os reinos material e espiritual e o design semi-aberto cuja progressão depende das habilidades adquiridas - caem por terra diante da indisposição em guiar o jogador de forma mais eficaz.

OLD REVIEW

Didn’t age that well and most of the mechanics are really clunky (most of the time you feel like the actual antagonist of the game is the camera). Some of the puzzles are a slog, especially all the cube moving you will be doing. During the platforming segments be ready for some pretty bullshit falls due to the slippery movement and the ledge grabbing which works “randomly” to put it nicely. The combat is pretty much nonexistent and the enemies are there more to annoy you than to pose a threat.
The PC version of the game also runs at a locked 30 fps which is pretty annoying and probably can be fixed with mods but I didn’t bother.

If you look past all the minor issues though you have a pretty nice action-adventure platformer with a great post-apocalyptic atmosphere and a neatly interconnected metroidvania style world done in a similar way to what the first Dark Souls game did years later.

Just be sure to get some map of the game online or have fun walking around pointlessly for hours.

I played this game last year after hearing so much about it, I finally bought it and expected a classic gem with a captivating story. And instead I got a somewhat open action game with a lot of ambition, but pretty stale combat, a cliffhanger ending, and somewhat confusing design and puzzles. Soul Reaver I often heard was compared to Metroid, where you get new powers that help you travel to different parts of the map and help you solve new puzzles. That's basically the game going from area to area with your new powers and navigating your way through puzzles and enemy fights. I mean the puzzles in this are the main focus and they are a mixed bag. Some of the puzzles are good and really get you thinking, others are either numbingly easy and time consuming like moving blocks into place, or overly complex and require trial and error. That's the main problem with this game, the only good thing about it is inconsistent. The combat is pretty awful and is clunky and awkward. Did I mention the camera is atrocious to and moves all over the place and is hard to keep in place and its easily one of the worst cameras I've experienced in a game, and a game that revolves around precise platforming this will lead to many frustrating moments. The game is really not challenging either its practically impossible to die since when you actually lose all your life you go into spirit form and have a chance to suck in more souls to restore yourself back. I didn't die a single time in this game, and I wasn't even good at it and was constantly getting hit by the enemies. The only difficulty moment in this game is the final boss and that's because you have to know where he is and reach his location exactly as he spawns, and this fight is quite frustrating and done poorly. I mean that's about it, the story is alright and has somewhat cool concept, some of the puzzles are decent, and there is some cool design occasionally. But on the other hand you are battling with inconsistent and frustrating platforming, a horrible camera, a bad combat system, a game that is too easy for its own good, somewhat complex level design that doesn't always make it easy to find where you have to go, and a cliffhanger ending that forces you to get the sequel to see the conclusion. Did I also mention the graphics are pretty bad looking and haven't aged well at all. I just wanted to like this more and if I could like a game based on the concept alone this would be a great game, but instead its mediocre at best and has more frustration and blandness behind it than anything that drew me in.