Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered

SiliconeraCory Dinkel

9/10

Celebrate Soul Reaver’s 25th Anniversary and experience the epic conflict of Kain and Raziel in original form or with remastered graphics. Includes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver & Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2. PS5 version reviewed. Review copy provided by company for testing purposes.

Press StartJames Berich

8.5/10

The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered brings back two cult classics with great care and attention to detail – sporting enhanced visuals, modern controls and improvements that only improve the pacing of the games. Everything great about these games is still great today. But while some aspects of both games still persist, these remasters are fitting tributes, offering a captivating revisit to Nosgoth that fans have been pining for for years.

Impulse GamerAli Arkani

Before Amy Hennig created one of the most popular PlayStation franchises and became known as the mother of the Uncharted franchise, she was the legend who

Final WeaponMatheus Nascimento

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered successfully revives a classic, bringing its rich narrative, atmospheric world, and engaging gameplay to modern audiences with improved visuals and performance. While it falls short of being a definitive edition due to missing quality-of-life updates and minor technical issues, it remains a worthy tribute to the originals.

CGMagazineKhari Taylor

8/10

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered feels a bit archaic by modern standards, but it still tells a compelling tale of vampires and vengeance that highly entertains while also challenging gamers with brain-wracking environmental puzzles.

Xbox AchievementsJosh Wise

80/100

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered is a great way to play two underserved cult classics, with reams of extra material for the devoted.

Checkpoint GamingCharlie Kelly

7.5/10

The Legacy of Kain games are some of the most quintessential late 90s and early 2000s gaming. In the Soul Reaver pair of games, now remastered in HD glory thanks to Aspyr’s Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered, you control a vampire-turned-wraith known as Raziel who must kill his brothers, conquer his father and escape the underworld. It is broody, dark and dingy and that edge charm is timeless. What isn’t timeless, despite its remastering, is its level design and pacing. Like its...

GameLusterAxel Cushing

7/10

Two great games afflicted by the curse of time, and only the barest effort seemingly expended to get them functional on modern consoles, the remasters of Soul Reaver and its sequel somehow diminish these pieces of gaming history even as they bring them forward for current audiences.

Playstation UniverseGarri Bagdasarov

7/10

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered holds the franchise and its potential future on its back. Its exceptional writing, story, and sound design continue to remain some of the best on there. It's just a shame that more love wasn't put into the quality of life changes it so dearly needs as Aspyr's other remasters.

TechRaptorBlair Bishop

5/10

A worthy remastering of a title completely ravaged to time, with barely functioning combat dragging down an otherwise brilliant example of world-building and narrative.

GameTyrant Christian Slovak

0/10

In 1999 and 2001, we were given the Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1 & 2. The series was praised for its visuals, mechanics, and most importantly - story. While the series was lost to the unforgiving sands of time and we never got a new entry to the series (the series ended in 2003/4 with Defian

Lords of GamingMahmood Ghaffar

Unscored

Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remastered is a double-game package of a cult classic of a bygone era. Despite some antiquated gameplay design, the game is worth the journey to revenge.