Aspyr has been responsible for the revival of all sorts of retro titles in 2024 and in case you missed it, it's remastering the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver titles.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered will launch for Switch on 10th December 2024 and a new trailer this week showcases all of the bosses you can expect to encounter. This includes a quick before and after spotlighting the visual enhancements of the remastered version. Keep in mind this is footage of the game running on other platforms.
If you're not familiar with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, it's an action-adventure title that originally launched on the PlayStation and Windows in the late '90s and was developed by the team at Crystal Dynamics (Tomb Raider). It was then followed up with a second game for PlayStation 2 and Windows in 2001.
"Immerse yourself in the legendary clash between Kain and Raziel, now available in both its original form and stunning remastered graphics. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered arrives to Nintendo Switch on Dec. 10."
Aspyr recently announced it would be remastering the PlayStation action title Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles. It's also confirmed Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered is on the way.
Will you be checking out Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered when it launches on Switch? Let us know in the comments.
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Is this also physical or digital only?
I seriously can't wait to play these games. I've been wanting a port for many years. Honestly, I enjoyed them way more than most Zelda games.
I wouldn't be hyped as it's not Nightdive doing this.
Aspyr is known to be lazy using AI upscaling and is why their releases require insane amount of space.
For unknown reasons Aspyr remasters is also buggy, while Nightdive ones isn't.
If popular, I hope they made a third entry for both series: Soul Reaver and Blood Omen.
@Serpenterror not trolling but there is Defiance which is essentially part 3 for both strands of the Legacy of Kain series, if you haven't checked it out it ties everything up nicely from both storylines (there was an abandoned Nosgoth continuation story too, I believe, that has some early concept gameplay on YouTube from memory).
Nitpicking, shouldn't that be "Jedi Power Battles".....?
@Zach777 it is all but a lock that this one will be an LRG. Though other Aspyr projects have later been given general releases a year or so after launch!
Ordered the new Mario Party for Christmas but I feel like this is gonna be the true Christmas gift.
I will be getting these but was hoping for a bit more from the upgrades. I hope the intro is banging
Hoping for a physical as remember playing the demo on OPM demo disc but never got the full game
Looking forward to playing this when I have the time for it - have preordered it physically from my usual retailer here in Italy, fingers crossed that ends up being confirmed!
@Toastmaster well Nightdive are the gold standard for remasters. The Shadowman remaster is one of the greatest most caring remasters ever. its a damn shame Nightdive didnt get a hold of the LoK games for remaster. Aspyr are just a corporation going through the motions. Nightdive are something like artists of remastering
I played one of these games, once. Whatever one it was that released on the Gamecube back in the day. I remember a few vague fleeting images of having to mash a button to drain enemies' blood or lifeforce or whatever and that's literally it. Pretty sure I finished it, but ironically soul was probably the one thing the game lacked for me.
I wanted to pre-order it for switch , but it's not available yet so i pre-ordered on the PS 5. I loved the series.
@smithyo Yeah. Before Nightdive existed, the CEO did upgrade PC games for free. He have a passion for reviving old games.
As a company with a bunch of extra help they can do several remasters at the same time.
Nighdive remasters is how you remember these games, but in reality the originales aged badly and a lot of them had poor frame rate too originally.
Since they now also are doing "GameCube" generation games like "The Thing" anything is possible there now.
It's been so long since I've played soul reaver 1 & 2 on psone that I already forgot all the boss beside kain lol. Also I hope we get the 2D psone legacy of kain game remaster too.
@Toastmaster Nightdive Studios rules, I always like their remaster, I hope someday they're going to remaster other classic games like unreal, american mcgee alice, clive barker's undying and others.
It's such a shame that they didn't have Defiance in there.
@wiiware Unfortunately, American McGee's Alice is owned by EA. They turned American McGee down when he tried so hard to get the third game (Alice Asylum) approved, even after he basically created an instruction manual on how to make it.
He then left the gaming industry altogether after that. They gave the lamest, most generic response too... If you haven't already, look up "Alice Asylum design bible".
Really have no hope for this. This series has been so manhandled and it's not looking great with who is working on the remaster. Not to mention only doing these two games presumably because they're the easiest to port and easiest to cash in on. If the motive was really bringing the series the respect it deserves Blood Omen at a bare minimum would be included.
@TopazLink I still have the first alice game on my pc, playing it feels like you're in this weird macabre children story book, I think it will be really cool if ea and nightdive studio can sort the license out and remaster this game 😃
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