Soul Reaver 2 100% Walkthrough Longplay | No Damage

[@madcat789]

Whenever Raziel talked of the save points as landmarks, I always imagined that whenever I shut the Playstation off, he would return to that marker and rest.

[@wareforcoin5780]

This makes me smile. Raziel deserves a little rest, although he probably just spends the entire time mourning his clan, or something. Poor Raziel.

[@classynella337]

Do raziel and vorador like each other

[@el_benja]

Raziel is resting for the rest of the eternity inside the serpentine sword as the Reaver’s spirit.

[@skgoth555]

O m😊​@@wareforcoin5780

[@xebatansis]

As a kid I always liked the sound that Raziel' s claws make on the stone ground.

[@nostalgiaurges]

Very smooth and enjoyable playthrough. The game is truly a masterpiece, brilliant, majestic. Thank you!

[@vzdwhyvdh]

30:41 Truly on of the best parts of this game's story.

[@hamorigreen1697]

*in gaming history

[@bjornironsides6474]

I playing this series now, just finished ps1, now on this one with a ps2 hooked up to plasma tv and component. Feels so good holding a copy that’s truly owned physical media!

[@nessesseda]

I binged Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver two in the last 48h. Thank you for these great walkthroughs. SR1 was my third ever Playstaion game, after Blood Omen 2 and Jak and Dexter. Much nostalgia for me, much skill from you! I will now watch your playthrough of BL2, though that is the game I finished most times myself. Also, can't wait for when you do a LoK:Defiance walkthrough. Instant sub btw! Praise the algorithm!

[@Katanalein]

Thank you so much for the kind words! 😊 That’s awesome that you binged Soul Reaver and Soul Reaver 2 in just 48 hours! I’m glad the walkthroughs helped you relive those memories. It’s amazing how these games stick with us. It sounds like you’ve got a solid history with the Legacy of Kain series-Blood Omen 2 and Jak & Daxter are both classics too! Speaking of which, I actually did a walkthrough for Jak and Daxter years ago-so feel free to check it out if you’re ever in the mood for more nostalgia. I'm happy to hear you’re diving into the BO2 playthrough next, and I’ll definitely be working on a LoK: Defiance walkthrough in the future. Keep an eye out for it! Thanks for the sub, and I really appreciate the support! 🙌 Good luck, and take your time!

[@blackskyirregular9876]

Man, whoever wrote the dialogue for this series was a master. It's damn-near shakespearean, sometimes. Thanks for the playthrough, dude!

[@keithpeterson3805]

Not gonna lie I just finished the ending to number one and as a kid I thought it was wild but if I was playing it as a new game now and had unknown wait time in the sequel I would’ve been proper pissed off 🤣 literally a massive cliff hanger with 0 satisfaction. 1/10 writing

[@BonnieGruesome]

Amy Hennig, who also worked on Uncharted

[@blackskyirregular9876]

@@BonnieGruesome That lady is fuckin' awesome - she was responsible for the first 'The Last of Us' too.

[@josskujoh401]

Now that the remaster is out, i am so excited to see you play it and also do a no hit gameplay!

[@Katanalein]

I did a livestream of Soul Reaver 1 last Friday, and Defiance is next on my list for a walkthrough. I haven’t played it in ages, though, so I have no idea if a no-damage run is even possible there. We’ll see! 😊

[@razorbulan]

From 1:52:19 the Game becomes very HARD

[@Katanalein]

You're absolutely right-it gets significantly harder at that point! That’s when Raziel encounters the first demons, which are much tougher and require more strategic combat compared to earlier enemies. It’s especially challenging because they can follow you into the spectral realm, making it harder to find a safe moment to recover or plan your next move. Definitely a major difficulty spike!

[@patrick-cw5px]

Man i miss the times when i was a kid, i managed to complete the whole game blind without guides or the internet it took me almost 1 year to figure out everything 😅 , in the end i was extremly satisfied.

[@nythmair]

by the way, I love your gameplay style, exactly the same as mine - avoiding all unnecessary fights 🧡 the Sarafans are like "Die fiend!" and you're like "yeah, whatever, bye" 😂

[@Katanalein]

Normally (in other games) I always fight all enemies, but in Soul Reaver there is usually just no reason to do so. You don't get anything for the fights and the melee system isn't necessarily the best 🙈

[@gadwaboy21]

Can’t wait for the HD remasters! I preordered as soon as they were announced

[@Threesnap]

Man, out of all the remasters that have been made.. why hasn't LOK been one of them

[@5r3t5n0m]

Nice dodged of sarafan and fire demons. Not sure how difficult it is, but they look frame perfect.

[@Katanalein]

Thank you! It was not so hard after I learned the attack patterns. :)

[@5r3t5n0m]

@@Katanalein good reaction on melee attack dodges tho.

[@BulbaGames]

Binge worthy :D cant wait

[@skapkof7313]

Great!!! I can't wait to see Defiance 100% with no damage

[@zachboardman736]

Damn, I didn't realise the game is so short. I remember as a kid, it was way longer 😂

[@Katanalein]

It's a lot longer if you have no guide and no idea where you have to go and how to solve the puzzles 😉 I also skipped most fights 😉

[@kocayine4854]

Thank you for the walkthrough, i waited so long for you to do it it was really fun to watch !

[@Katanalein]

Unfortunately it took me much more time than I originally thought. Thanks for your patience and I'm glad you liked it!

[@MagicalMaster]

I never noticed this before, but your health slowly returns in the spectral realm. It makes a fun comparison. One world slowly destroys you unless you're fully healthy. The other slowly restores you, and when fully healthy you can go to the other realm.

[@papapapa16]

Raziel belongs to the spectral realm. He is the only wraith (or being for that matter) capable of shifting.

[@Savrollo]

@@papapapa16 Melchiah and Dumah can also shift into the spectral realm and do damage and Zephon can only do so for a few moments only. It is noteworthy to notice Melchiah is the weakest among Kane's vampiric sons as his soul can barely held his corporeal body, which makes me belief that due to the lack of strong attachment to his body, he can shift into the spectral realm at will and that is how he learned how to shift through gates in the spectral realm. On the other hand, Dumah is the strongest among all siblings and got impaled for who know how many centuries so he might have learn how to grasp the spectral realm at will but was unable to return to his body due to its impalement, so there's that.

[@papapapa16]

@@Savrollo Dumah cannot shift, he functioned like any other vampire corpse found in the game. Melchiah existed partially in the spirit world. Raziel was the only wraith that could shift, but only because the Elder allowed it.

[@KINGhotaru11]

So smooth

[@deltaomega2136]

16:40 The only thing that can alter history, being wielded by the one being unbound by fate with true free will. This is probably the first time in Moebius' life he genuinely has no idea what's going to happen next.

[@bjornironsides6474]

A remake of this world with skill upgrades, powerful magic attacks, and things to find…oh boy would it be glorious. Tony jays voice… my goodness. They’re all so good!

[@elpogio4890]

At least we got a remaster coming in like 2 months.

[@Godssilentarmyofficial]

To bad we're only getting an upcalling remaster

[@bjornironsides6474]

@@elpogio4890 I’m happy it’s finally getting some attention. I’m hoping it launches it into a ff7 type-treatment remake or a new game finishing the story.

[@gadwaboy21]

Thanks, I finally got past the dark forge after all these years.

[@Katanalein]

Awesome 😎 I'm always happy to help 😊

[@gadwaboy21]

@@Katanalein I spoke too soon. The door to exit the dark forge glitched. Dark reaver won’t unlock it. Neither does the regular reaver. And when I leave the area. The lock disappears completely and I am stuck inside. 😣

[@Katanalein]

@@gadwaboy21 Oh, that's annoying, which version are you playing?

[@gadwaboy21]

@@Katanalein ps2 version. But I figured it out. I just went into the spectral realm and came back into the material realm and unlocked the door. I just got past the light forge. I never gotten this far. Last time I played this was when I was 12 lol I’m 32 now

[@Katanalein]

I'm glad that you somehow made it further! It's never too late to finish this great game 😁

[@akh769]

Can't wait for the remastered release on December 13th 🎉

[@JayzBeerz]

10 December!

[@theecrazyoldgamer8770]

loving the game play by the way = )

[@HardcoreBadassnellonatorz]

Raziel is hard-core frickinawesome

[@rikybj0276]

thank you for doing this

[@tylereftoda4590]

I hope they remake this someday

[@VintageGameRoom]

Hello!!! Remasters announced!

[@tylereftoda4590]

@VintageGameRoom I know I am so happy. Can't wait to play it soon

[@kyrtuck]

I got lost in the underwater caverns, everything was so indistinct.

[@nythmair]

Awesome! 😍 n00b question: are the textures available to download? 🥺🥺

[@Katanalein]

Unfortunately, there are still a few issues here. 1. I have not yet received legal permission from Crystal Dynamics to publish them at all. 2. I currently use the same large texture for each level of detail. So for far away objects I use the same big texture as when you stand directly in front of it. This leads to the total size of the over 19k textures being 45GB 🙈

[@nythmair]

@Katanalein whoa, I didn't know user mods have to be legally approved by the original publisher :-( that sucks... :| as for the second, size does not matter for me, pun intended xDD anyway, I am looking forward to it and I hope someday it will be possible to download. Game looks really awesome 🤩Great job!

[@Katanalein]

@@nythmair That always depends on the mod, since I used the original textures it would not be legal to re-publish them. Even the unauthorized change itself would actually already be a violation of copyright 🤔🙈 But many modders of course do not care about such legal things... 😉 We'll see if I can publish them, one way or another 🤔 But recently the soul fixer patch for the PC version came out, I think this is now the best version of the game.

[@HardcoreBadassnellonatorz]

​@@Katanalein do raziel and vorador actually don't like each other

[@Katanalein]

@@HardcoreBadassnellonatorz 🤔 They probably don't know exactly what to think of each other.

[@adammohammed2185]

Thanks

[@josephsalim9638]

Amy Hennig, the director of LOK Series, is theGOAT. She needs to come back and finish because Kain needs to kill off the Elder God and restore order in Nosgoth.

[@toffeem944]

thank youvfor theis

[@lukastruchly8594]

We are so back by the way ,,remake is on our doorstep

[@elpogio4890]

Remaster*

[@Sercil00]

That must have turned the final bossfights into the hardest part of the game by far. Even though ironically, you can't even die at that part.

[@Katanalein]

I think that was the intention of the developers. So that Raziel has to slaughter his way through here like a berserker regardless of any hits.

[@bryanredcross5252]

Can we please get a new entry in The Legacy of Kain series A remake at the least

[@zion6680]

Dunno if you know this, but you can actually crouch horizontal attacks and there's even a few lesser known crouching attacks in the game. Probably could have made it a little more fun to mess around with.

[@Katanalein]

It's true that I could have used it, but I didn't find the combat system that good. Maybe it was the input lag from the emulator, but I didn't always feel 100% in control of Raziel. Of course, it could also be that I'm spoiled by modern games 😉 So my priority was more to make sure I didn't get hit 😂

[@zion6680]

@@Katanalein Yeah you still did a great job even though the constant life drain of the game makes it less important. Still pretty impressive. I'm planning a challenge to see how many stealth kills I can get in the original Soul Reaver inspired by this lol

[@TheSuperLumberjack]

Great! :-) Did you upscale the cinematics? It looks more detailed and smooth! A.I. upscale? ^_^

[@Katanalein]

Yes, I used an AI to increase the framerate and upscale the cinematics to 4K ☺

[@TheSuperLumberjack]

@@Katanalein Great! 😉 Thanks for your answer! 🙂

[@idontcare9885]

Alas, I am here for the continuation of Soul Reaver, what will happen to Raziel as he steps into the portal? What is Kain masterplan? What new enemy and territory will he encounter.. I shall watch this with an eager heart, how will this amazing story unfolds 🥰 Let's begin.

[@idontcare9885]

I have finally completed this let's play !! AHH the plot twist ! The sense of cliffhanger !! This series is so great ! I love it !! I thought Kain was turning evi after Blood omen, but I beginning to like him more and more !! AHH !! Finally we know why was Malik was late in saving them 😂😂 damn Mobius !! I can't wait to continue the next series. The Soul Reaver 2 is done, time to embark on a new journey to Blood Omen 2.

[@theecrazyoldgamer8770]

what video capture device did you use to capture your gameplay if I may ask?

[@Katanalein]

@@theecrazyoldgamer8770 I think I used Shadowplay 😊

[@theecrazyoldgamer8770]

@@Katanalein cool ty. & I forgot to ask witch upscaler did you use?

[@Katanalein]

@@theecrazyoldgamer8770 I was using products from Topaz to upscale the textures and the cinematics.

[@kevinordonez256]

I can feel the disappointment at 2:43:45 :(

[@rikybj0276]

the game looks better than usual or is it me? are you using sime textures? looks like the ps2 version but enhanced

[@Katanalein]

I used an AI to upscale all the textures. I also use the same high resolution texture for every LoD distance.

[@rikybj0276]

@@Katanalein ooooooh interesting! what's lod?

[@Katanalein]

@@rikybj0276 Level of Detail Games often use a low resolution texture in the distance. In Soul Reaver 2 I had a lot of 4x4, 8x8, 16x16,etc. textures which are only loaded when they are far away to save memory. If you get close the maximum texture size can be up to 512x512. So I took this highest resolution texture upscaled it to 3072x3072 (you can find an example high res texture here: abload.de/img/fb242d8c9aebd343-b8fdlaf0j.png ) and also replaced all the small ones. So I never get a low resolution texture. Of course it now needs much more memory but with modern hardware this isn't an issue 😊

[@rikybj0276]

@@Katanalein omg wow! thank you for explaining and for your patience

[@jhutfre4855]

@@Katanalein Truly, the video does look perfect.

[@danielgatford7686]

Really really wish these ames would et remastard they deserve that chance I think they would smash if you kept the story as its a story driven game but how stunning and gothic you could make this game like soft bloodborn style add some collectibles and boom

[@SiCkMiNiMaLsTyLe]

I thought SR2 was 100% playable, but I was just in the Dark Forge when the sound glitched and it became a distorted mess, like something out of Silent Hill 2... I had to quit... Any solutions?

[@Katanalein]

I haven't had any problems while playing SR2. Which version are you playing?

[@SiCkMiNiMaLsTyLe]

@@Katanalein PS2 Pal on PCSX2. Eu 2.0 bios... Work fine for the first hour or so, even switching back and forth to the spectral realm. I gotta speedrun the game... can't play it normally. Cause after a while the sound gets "crispy" and the next time I switch to spectral it glitches out. Sometimes in the material realm the sound is still fine but in the spectral it's broken. Of course in the main menu and the bonus material it does a glitched sound and then it stays muted...

[@Katanalein]

@@SiCkMiNiMaLsTyLe 🤔That's really weird I haven't heard of such problems. I was playing the NTSC version in PCSX2.

[@SiCkMiNiMaLsTyLe]

@@Katanalein Must've been that version of the emu, cause when I tried again, 10 nightlies later, I could go back and forth the spectral realm no problem, with the music remaining solid. Mb it has to do with when enemies kill you and send you to spectral? Cause the times it glitched for me I had been dispatched to spectral, and the next time I would shift the music would glitch... Or mb it just has a slight chance to glitch no matter what and what nightly ver...

[@alexoman7161]

can you make your texture pack downloadable? and how did you set up the emulator graphics settings?

[@Katanalein]

Since these are modified original textures, I first have to take care of the copyright and licensing before I can publish it. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly how to do this, the developer has not responded yet. The emulator settings are mostly the recommended defaut values with 4K resolution.

[@Cohac]

So you're planning to Blood Omen 2 and Defiance as well, right?

[@Katanalein]

Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately, my channel is just a hobby, and I don't have as much time to record videos as I'd like. I'd love to record Blood Omen 2 and Defiance, but it's not possible at the moment for these reasons. With more support and engagement, I hope to produce content more frequently in the future. I appreciate your understanding!

[@Zabijaka87]

Now when I saw gameplay with those improved texures I am kinda discouraged to play any further :/

[@Kardan-2295]

Can i play it with mouse and keyboard?

[@Katanalein]

Yes, the PC version is playable with M&K, but I played with the controller because the game was originally developed for it and I find it easier to play action adventure games like this 😊

[@heartless0n3]

i would like to see a remastered version of these games but any modern game company would just ruin it. After all Ruining games would be the most important thing to a modern company. After all we aren't catering to fans we want to attract people that don't care about the game at all.

[@Katanalein]

A remake would be really awesome, but only if they stick very closely to the original. Ideally like the Spyro trilogy or Medievil where you could basically switch between the original and the remake and see how close you are. So mainly bring it up to a current level technically and in terms of gameplay (modern camera) and simply adopt all the audio from the original 1:1 like Medievil. Anything else, especially with too much creative freedom, could end in disaster. 🙈

[@heartless0n3]

@@Katanalein they would more than likely do what they did to ff7 sadly but o boy do i agree with you

[@nordicpaws2423]

You get to find out soon!

[@bjornironsides6474]

I’d do aerial…

[@danlurted2522]

Like

[@oscarrosalestoledo8384]

PC versión?

[@Katanalein]

PCSX2 emulator

[@oscarrosalestoledo8384]

@Katanalein wow, remastered graphics, where can i download it.

[@Katanalein]

If I were you, I would wait for the official remaster, which will be released on December 10th. 😊

[@oscarrosalestoledo8384]

​@@Katanaleinyes, I preorder it 2 months ago.

[@Katanalein]

Awesome, this franchise needs every support it can get 😁

[@keithpeterson3805]

The air forge is so poo 🤣 without this guide I would smash my tv

[@saturaanathema1635]

NO

[@Luchitou959]

2.13.50

[@saturaanathema1635]

ZZZZO

[@Katanalein]

🤔