Topic: Recent Retro/Misc Gaming Purchases? (Not PS4/PS5)

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy yeah they were

@mookysam i have 2 GameCubes, i love that little system (in case anyone is wondering i have 2 because in the UK the only way to get The Legend of Zelda collection was as a pack in with a console, yes i brought a second one just to get the Zelda collection)

@RogerRoger Vampire mythology is one of my favourites so the very fact that you got to play as a "Creature of the night" was what first drew me to the series and to my pleasant surprise i found a really fun game with a interesting lead and a intriguing lore and world

i just wish Square Enix would do something with the series because the last time we got to play as Kain and Raziel was as bonus skins in Lara Croft and the Temple of Light (fun fact one of the creators of the series was Amy Hennig of Uncharted Fame so that could explain why it's world was so well thought out)

@RogerRoger the main issue is that not long after the release of Defiance the actor who played The Elder God passed away, i think that's what caused the initial pause and then the Square Enix buy out put the nail in it i think, that kind of game didn't appeal to the Japanese market back then which was the market Square was concentrating on back then and while that's changed in the recent years the Legacy of Kain series just seems to be one of those that they own that fell on the back burner which is a shame

@RogerRoger @FullbringIchigo The problem that came with the Legacy of Kain series was basically too many cooks in the kitchen syndrom. after the original developers (Silicone Knights) went bankrupt Crystal Dynamics got the IP. Soul Reaver was an original game concept created by Amy Hennig that at the last minute Crystal Dynamics executives wanted the game as part of the Legacy of Kain universe as a spin off series. Thus the Soul Reaver series was born.

However another team at Crystal Dynamics lead by Glen Schofield (who later would go on to create the Dead Space series as well as find Sledgehammer Games and create several Call of Duty games) wanted to continue the story of Kain thus Blood Oman 2 was born.

To make matters worst after Blood Oman 2 Crystal Dynamics executives thought hey let's combine both games stories into a sort of reboot of the series and combined both teams to make Defiance. However due to low sales of Defiance and with Hennig leaving for Naughty Dog and Schofield leaving for EA Visceral Crystal Dynamics decided to end the franchise.

Crystal Dynamics have teased numerous times on different occasions on bringing back the series but nothing has become of it and since they are owned by Square, Square probably doesn't see it as a huge success. Although if they went the Tomb Raider route I feel it can be successful especially with how big vampires are nowadays.

@Genrou i actually really like Defiance, yeah it was less a puzzle solving exporathon and more Devil May Cry but it was still a decent game

@FullbringIchigo I never played that one. I played the hell out of the first Legacy of Kain: Blood Oman as it was one of the first PS one games my friend got with his new PS system. Played a bit of Soul Reaver as well but always liked Kain more.

@Genrou if you can find a copy cheap it's well worth a play

Not a purchase (I wish), but this has recently turned up in my local shopping centre 🤘🏽🤘🏽

@KratosMD I just meant Warhammer in general.
I like most of it. Was in to the table top stuff as a kid and some of the games are great, and there are very, many games!

Well I didn't want to overload anyone with a deep history lesson @RogerRoger (My Divinity Original Sin II review in it's current form has a 1000 word background info section 😅).

Though I did have some information about Soul Reaver's background hidden away in the spoiler tagged section as I felt it played a part in some of my gripes

I never took it as criticism @RogerRoger... Though I just read what @Genrou wrote about that events that took place and some of that is incorrect as I read about Soul Reaver's development whilst writing my review and this talk made me go back and re-read it 😅

Silicon Knights made the first game with Crystal Dynamics as publishers. However Crystal Dynamics apparently however held the rights to the game series and it was later settled out of court.

Ha ha that's very true @RogerRoger 😅

Silicon Knights were no saints themselves mind (Though granted this was over 15 years later).

They went defunct in 2014 or so thanks to them trying to sue Epic Games... Only to have been found out that they ripped the unreal engine 3 code and were trying to claim it was their own original code and ended up being counter sued which caused them to collapse.

Not really relevant to Soul Reaver but not everything is as it seems...

I think the rest of what Genrou said is correct more or less? I only really read about Blood Omen and Soul Reaver's development so the others I know nothing about.

I remember reading that Soul Reaver is apparently in some Square Enix Initiative for developers and older Ip's but no-one has come up with an idea for it sadly

@KratosMD the scale of the game is slightly misleading apart from when you encounter the odd regular human.
The Space Marines are generally over 7 foot tall genetically engineered hulks; built to be interfaced with the armour. Of you think less 'guys in suits' to cybernetic killing machines, it makes more sense 😊

@RogerRoger I loved Jedi Knight until it randomly deleted my save file after the bloody invisible boss. It’s a great game though, I’ll go back to it at some point when I stop being traumatised 😂😂

@RogerRoger It was the brothers and it took me ages to kill them so I just wanted to cry in a corner. It’s not that far into the game but there were a few nasty levels beforehand.

I just went and bought myself the 360 version of bully. Really enjoying gta4 at the minute and have max payne 3 to play in a rockstar retro binge! Dont know when I'll get to play them though, life is pretty mad!

Non PS4 games, eh ?

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction PS3
Ratchet & Clank: QForce PS3

@KratosMD Mirror’s Edge is fantastic, I really hope you enjoy your time with it. As you said, it’s a nice change of pace and it’s not too long either.

@KratosMD Second the praise for Mirror's Edge. It's one of the best titles of the 360/PS3 era. Such a unique game with a great visual style and tight level design. I love that it's short enough to be completed in a single sitting.