Soul Reaver Alpha - Enemies, bosses and NPCs

[@thalianox2492]

This single game has more variety in vampires than all movie and games combined in the past 10 years. XD

[@darksteelyurius]

I wish that this game would be remade (not reimagined or anything like that) just given a graphical facelift. This game and Blood Omen

[@andresbautista9519]

Corrosive_Edge Yes and no, some things in the combat will feel bulky in the actual times. Obviously the controls have to improve, the difficulty of the IA , maybe the number of enemies on screen, the variety of enemies (like the ones from the alpha), the animations and maybe the size of the levels, cause you can finish the game in 2 hours

[@llVIU]

knowing 2020, game designer managers can't keep their flimy fingers in their pockets, look at what happened to gothic THQ. Or look at the latest 3 terminator movies. They all want to ''remake'' it with their own version, and their versions are always the same shit... men with too much testostorone, graphics extremely shiny and bright, screen cluttered with all sorts of foliage and dirt, no gameplay or story and tons of DLC to buy just to play the game.

[@destructivedaz]

@@llVIU dead sun springs to mind......

[@llVIU]

@@destructivedaz exactly

[@zion6680]

Oh god I forgot the lighthouse demo has Raziel doing thug kung-fu while unnarmed xD

[@blackenedwritings]

Melchiah's design is pure body horror. I love it.

[@Will-q3l6y]

21:01 Seeing the two versions of Turel (Defiance and SR1) comparated in the same picture is something priceless!! Excelent video as usual you did another fantastic job!!

[@RainaAudron]

Thank you so much! :)

[@MCPunk55]

Well, for stability sake, they had to reduce the graphic quality. PCs were not the bee's knees back then like they are now. If this game got a remastered version, which it absolutely deserves, it would be the video game equivalent of the best porno ever produced.

[@deltaomega2136]

It's probably unintentional, but the idea Raziel doesn't know how to use the human flamethrower and crossbow and so just clubs people with them is kinda funny.

[@RainaAudron]

Loool, haha! xD But yeah, they did not have time to implement more animations so it was easier to make these weapons disappear upon death.

[@Heron11177]

Maybe he couldn't use the trigger because he has claws and not fingers

[@RainaAudron]

@@Heron11177 he can still bend those, though.

[@lyfeofded479]

Would've been Hella if he could just chuck the flamethrower at them and it exploded

[@Hyperion-5744]

The dumahim definitely went through the most changes. As always good video raina. Also i posted some pictures of my soul reaver demo in my community posts.

[@sriden]

Thanks to all the team for this insane work on the Alpha demos. Long live Raina!

[@Sercil00]

6:40 I like all these alternate animations, like Raziel's stun animation and his attacks. They're like an insect's, maybe a mantis. Less human.

[@dbzkater999]

I love this Lost Content series you guys are making, thanks for all the effort and content!

[@BabyTossinBandit]

I've just recently discovered this series, never thought I would find such interest in a comparison of alpha versions vs retail for a mostly forgotten gem of a game. But here I am. Cheers.

[@ClaireRyanMamboCat]

For some reason I thought the Dumahim were based on snakes, learning they're supposed to be bugs is...hmm...interesting.

[@BinarySecond]

I'm guessing the texture changes are due to storage constraints of the systems. Both on disk and on board memory.

[@matheuscastro8791]

Yeah, I was thinking the same.

[@llVIU]

yeah, imagine that, a game that looks like THIS required ''too much performance from computers'' at the time. Sheesh.

[@michaelburke7978]

How I would've loved to battle Turel in SR1...

[@ARMIV4]

You've just answered my prayers with this!

[@ARMIV4]

And also the human male at 15:31 reminds me of Vargskelethor and now I cannot unsee this.

[@Brandelwyn]

Your userpic is awesome. Can I by any chance get its authors name?

[@TheRunningComedian]

I really wish soul reaver would have been released as a 2 disc game.

[@jabroniyumerale6204]

Lol, so regarding Dumahim, "Nosgoth" devs actually knew what they were doing?

[@cpt.raziel6981]

Sluaghs... I find them really creepy, especially with their hissing sound, I hate to hear it when I just warp into a spectral realm

[@kaysi6605]

Amazing videos, and great childhood memory that is coming back to me :)

[@strictlyfantasy]

Awesome video! Always like seeing another KZbinr uploading new Soul Reaver content. Keep up the good work.

[@silentspearo6226]

I love you for making this years after the game came out. I still regularly come back to the series to see what ppl are still talking about it. 🤝☺️ the music is so nostalgic too

[@MadamFoogie]

Fascinating!! I'm so glad I subscribed to you all those years ago. Who knew you'd uncover such an amazing wealth of knowledge!

[@RainaAudron]

Thanks for sticking around! :)

[@vladpandur1274]

Seeing the Vampire Hunter models in such clear detail, they kinda resemble some of the Sarafan enemies in Blood Omen 2.

[@heretyk_1337]

4:37 WAZZZAAAAAP?! 20:05 I wanna speak with the manager! That was stronger, than me... I am going, i am. I will exit on my own... No need for security...

[@whitehaireddevil1]

My biggest wishes are for someone to remake Soul Reaver 1 with original ending, bosses, abilities. Also remake Blood Omen 1 and after that a prequel game set in the dawn of Kain’s vampiric empire where you set about conquering the rest of Nosgoth. You could play Kain or lieutenant Raziel

[@BlazeEx9]

how odd that some of the early dumahim's armor looks a bit like BO2's Kain's own, prolly just a coincidence though. As always superb job guys!

[@bdawgschnarr6623]

Somone needs too rebuild this version of the game and make it work and completable

[@alejandragaete3044]

No, you can't glue red eyes to everyone to solve your problems, but apparently it was a great resourse here...

[@matheuscastro8791]

I wonder if someone can mod the PC version of the game to feature this more detailed versions of the characters, now that we have access to them.

[@laharl2k]

of course the pc has no such limitations as the ps1 or DC but it all depends on the engine, and whether its hardcoded for the textures to be a fixed size or not. The same goes for the polygon count fo the models. Im quite sure you could get higher res textures into the game but im not sure they could be "HD", and the same for the models. Notice how they only changed the textures while the models are the same across all the versions

[@matheuscastro8791]

@@laharl2k Yeah, it sure will be hard for someone to make a HD mod, but at least these alpha textures, since the retail version is very blurry. I would be already a happy man with just that

[@heretyk_1337]

Gimmie cut content mod, and i`d happy... Textures are nice and all, but if i were to make a choice... Unless of course we can geth BOTH- i am greedy bastard after all :)

[@matheuscastro8791]

@@heretyk_1337 A cut content mod would be awesome, but very unlikely since it's all unfinished. All these cut content videos were only possible via debug menus because of the instability. But yeah, it would be very cool if someone could make it

[@curtischapple4984]

Love this interesting seris thanks alot :D bloopers are adorable

[@zenicehero9154]

You guys are doing an amazing work, keep it up going this will result the Ultimate Soul Reaver Experience game YES!

[@madcat789]

I like to think that the Turel of the Alpha is what Turel _used_ to look like before he was brought to the future.

[@BLADE0106]

6:40 WAIT WHAT? Did the alpha version has another combat animation?

[@RainaAudron]

That´s the footage from a build which had the fight while walking in the Lighthouse demo (also seen in Sanctus Christus trailer). The alpha builds have the same locked in place animation as the retail, unfortunately.

[@Samm0th]

Absolutely amazing!

[@regginshunter1635]

i love Soul Reaver.....

[@ignacioruzr]

love from Chile Raina We love u

[@llVIU]

pretty well made video, interesting that they were ''cutting down'' content by reducing graphics of models

[@ricardolujan4791]

Awesome work, you guys!!!!!

[@artemisarrow179]

We need a Legacy of Kain re-release

[@MCPunk55]

I'd love a lot more lore on the spectral creatures... all two of them.

[@ofagionardgym]

Viendo la postura de Turel no suena raro que el concepto evolucionara a un cuadrupedo

[@soulreaver1983]

Awesome channel! 😎👍

[@RainaAudron]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@soulreaver1983]

@@RainaAudron Your welcome dude!☺ will you be doing any more legacy of kain videos in the future?

[@RainaAudron]

@@soulreaver1983 Yes, I am working on a new one for a few weeks now! :) Might take a couple more as it is a lot of ground to cover!

[@soulreaver1983]

@@RainaAudron Cool i look forward to watching them! Thanks for keeping the spirit of the legacy of Kain series alive dude! I hope you have an awesome day!👍

[@RainaAudron]

@@soulreaver1983 Thank you again! (I am a woman, btw! :D)

[@darkarpatron]

I so wish we could've gotten animations for Turel. I'm so curious as to how he would've moved and attacked. Would he have had a telekinetic projectile attack like his spawn or would he have been purely melee? Seeing a model like that move would be amazing.

[@RainaAudron]

Oh, but we do thanks to Kevin´s findings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKPLfH2Ibadkf7s

[@darkarpatron]

@@RainaAudron Say what?! Holy shit you are a LEGEND dude!

[@federicobarreri7639]

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[@manicman5961]

It's hard to tell but.. I think the 'spiked nose' of the dumahim vampire is in fact, the tongue partly sticking out, and can see it more clearly on one image where attacking, and one where being hit with it kinda being like a tongue sticking out. Might be wrong but compare it to a side shot of the Durmahim vampire attacking with it's tongue, it's coming from the same kinda place, and the same shape and colour.. and the two 'pre-alpha' versions... I think they are in fact the SAME design.. the details are just a bit blurred in low res newsprint photos.. Never liked the adult Turelim as they just look like a blurry mess.. when looking at the texture files, I can see what they were getting at but.. still think the fledglings have much better detail and design

[@dizzirablackrose]

Seeing the skull in the Melchiahim section triggered a memory for me of that being in the final game. Was it just part of the demo?

[@RainaAudron]

What do you mean? Can you write the time index?

[@dizzirablackrose]

@@RainaAudron 7:36 I swear I remember this in the final version, but I think it was just in the Demo.

[@wareforcoin5780]

@@dizzirablackrose That was in the game! I know it was. I'm 100% sure of this. I remember it too. Edit: I'm digging out my copy of Soul Reaver just to prove it to myself

[@dizzirablackrose]

@@wareforcoin5780 let me know if it is! I don't have my copy in my possession anymore, unfortunately :(

[@Samm0th]

@@dizzirablackrose that giant skull it's the Nuprator's ruins, that area is playable on the retail version of the game; here you can find the Stone Glyph :)

[@phillbaska]

any reason by they dropped the detail in the retail? guessing this was a psx hardware resource limitation?

[@RainaAudron]

Yes, memory and video memory was very limited on PS1. Dev units also may have slightly higher specs so then it needs to be adjusted to run properly on the retail console as well.

[@patrykmadrzejewski8069]

Wow, I didn't know there are Aphas in this game :)

[@carolinamejia4097]

Oh my gosh Zephon (boss) can sucking to Raziel’s health coil decease! 😱 and he can pick up human too!! That very interesting about different npcs and enemies too. 👍🏼

[@alejandragaete3044]

I imagine the amount of memory storage they used to keep Zephon the most horrible possible being..

[@karljohan2300]

its actually a bit weird that they had such problemswith dumahims of all vampires

[@-Banoffee]

Shows how well they nailed it with the release version that we all think that.

[@silentspearo6226]

💯

[@AvatarRaziel92]

What with the PSX? are resuloutions like DC? Or im the only one playing it on PSX xD

[@Heron11177]

I think PlayStation had a lower resolution in most cases, compared to Dreamcast I only played PC and DC versions

[@eleky]

👏☺💐

[@MCcreedLP]

How do you extracted those models and files?

[@RainaAudron]

You need Soul Spiral and Model Ex, both are on the Lost Worlds.

[@FirestormDDash]

I really wonder if most of this content is from data breaches and these just sat on some file dumps in the dark web people are finally just digging up.

[@MsULTIMATEMAX]

Are you using any Raziel Skin?

[@RainaAudron]

What do you mean?

[@Lyendith]

"Sluagh" > "Slawww"… English spelling never ceases to puzzle me. XD

[@bazlmoon]

As someone once said: "English isn't a language - it's three languages wearing a trenchcoat and pretending to be one" ;)

[@raziel4435]

Well in the game the Elder god clearly pronounces it slew ah, so I think it’s this guys pronunciation which is off as he pronounces quite a few other words weirdly as well.

[@bazlmoon]

@@raziel4435 I think you'll find he's English English so would naturally pronounce words differently to an American standard

[@raziel4435]

bazlmoon I’m English and some of his pronunciations are weird.

[@bazlmoon]

Well that's weird. I'm pretty sure Estuary English is the dominant form of English in the South East. The features are pretty clear. I'd have thought most people in the UK were pretty familiar with it.

[@RealRyanSecord]

NPCs are real.

[@patrykmadrzejewski8069]

Alphas Sorry XD

[@Coreisus]

Yknow how there's this time before recorded history? Now hear mr out on this,.... What if Blood Omen is at the very far end of the Downfall timeline of Legend of Zelda?

[@Coreisus]

What if the Hylden are corrupted Hylian?

[@alexreilly6121]

There are still 2 things that P me off about SR....One, how did Raz, a CLAN LORD for oooh, millenia? not know how to inflict fatal damage to a vampire without outside assistance? Srsly, this is someone for whom it should be almost as easy as it is to impale a vampire without a thought or a weapon.. Second. the Turelim...WHY OH WHY SUCH WEAK EFFING SOULS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANOFAIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA And as a PS it's still interesting that Raz in SR never cottoned on that he was a vampire wraith, even after the cutscene that showed the wraiths had done exactly as raz had...Adapting their souls to spectralness and goin round eating the souls of others. In the first game, that shoulda put a bit of a crimp on Raz's blind acceptance of needing to cowtow to the EG at every turn, even tho the EG itself even pointed out that he had no control over either raz or any wraiths coming back.

[@RainaAudron]

There is a reason why you can´t kill vampires with your bare hands - as Raziel explains in the cutscene when he first sees the Dumahim - any wounds inflicted upon the necromantic vampires heal almost instantly, so you need to inflict a fatal blow. He can´t impale with his hands as then he would be stuck with his arm inside vampire, taking it out would instantly revive it. Not sure what do you mean about the Turelim - do you mean that their souls restore the same health amount as others? I am not sure what do you mean that Raziel didn´t know he was a wraith? EG tells him by the soul well that he is a devourer of souls.

[@alexreilly6121]

@@RainaAudron Yes, mortal, I have a brain too. What I was saying is about my dubiousness that in over 1000 fucking years, raz never got strong or powerful enough to literally stick his hand in an enemys chest and rip out their heart. but doooooo go on, your springing so quickly to the defense of pisstakes you must work for blizzard

[@dizzirablackrose]

@@alexreilly6121 Jesus Christ, calm down. Just clarify what you're saying, that's all.