I have reservations about "the new vampire character", let's see were this goes. But the first piece of Legacy of Kain content in 21 years is something to behold and be excited about.
1 year ago | 8
New character already triggers my "author insert" alarm, let's hope it turns out okay. Any progress with a dead franchise is good progress.
1 year ago | 3
Classic game and series. They never finished the story with the elder god vs kain. The melchiah boss fight theme still goes hard even to this day.
1 year ago | 7
AMAZING!!! My favorite game series!!! I will take all of the Legacy of Kain I can get! I hope the series gets a remake on current gen systems!
1 year ago | 14
Listen. Guys. I too have hope of the series returning. But the way the industry works now, vs back then, terrifies me of seeing this return. Theres very few compqnies i trust with a faithful return to form, and i dont think toys for bob does blood and gore.
1 year ago (edited) | 2
If we can't have a game then a novel is the next best thing. I look forward to seeing Raziel's character fleshed out a little more and I hope if this sells well they will give us more for kain in future novels. Show us what lead him to that tavern that night and seeing him actually build his empire and craft his plan to escape the wheel. Hopefully, the new vampire is completely new and not an attempt to reintroduce the character from Nosgoth.
1 year ago | 1
If only then we could get the entire storyline in some kind of comic or book form. But I will gladly take this. Hopefully this is the first step into adapting the entire series into some other media like an animated show or some books etc.
1 year ago | 0
I feel like if this does well it will at least show that the series still has promise and the potential to make a comeback, definitely going to pick it up if I find it
1 year ago | 2
Like hibernating to undergo a state of change, it now emerges with a new gift! I can't wait!
1 year ago | 2
Is this novel even canon to the already established lore ? That's my question ?
1 year ago | 1
They clearly have an idea for a new character for a game and want to try it out to see what people think before committing.
1 year ago | 1
I think the new vampire will be just them introducing someone/s that were supposed to be in the game originally but was cut out. So, more than likely the flow of the story will still make sense.
1 year ago | 2
I hope they will call Daniel Cabuco for some guidance. And also, this new major vampire character must be at least from one of the clans for fitting the SR era. I'm so excited as well apart from this detail. Finally Legacy of Kain is back ! It's my favorite universe. Vae Victis !
1 year ago | 4
Best way to make a new character have them die at the end. Like they find out about something from Kain so he kills them making it look like the humans did it. A safe way to make sure they stick to the time-line.
1 year ago | 5
I asked Joshua Viola, a lead writer of the novel, if the novel accounts for the history altering event of Soul Reaver 2 ending. He said he can't speak about specifics however he said "folks watching my responses are just waiting for any chance to toss me into the Lake of the Dead". I wonder if LOK is being resurrected in such a way that that actions by any character will result in actions opposite to what caused SR2, BO2, Defiance. In other words LOK is being brought back but consider SR2, BO2 and Defiance to be tossed out the window.
1 year ago | 3
CD put out a questionnaire a couple of years ago asking - if they were to make more Legacy of Kain Games, what would we want? I gave a pretty detailed response to their many questions, mostly that it NOT me and MMO, or multiplayer game like the last one we got, and to get the original voice actors back, minus Tony Jay as the elder god of course. RIP.
1 year ago | 1
I really hope this opens the door for new games in the future. But i am very excited tk see a novel.
1 year ago | 0
Strictly Fantasy
A brand new Legacy of Kain Graphic Novel has just been announced!!!
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise will be a collaboration between Crystal Dynamics and Bit Bot Media. The book intends to give us flashbacks to Raziel's human past as a Sarafan Warrior Priest and will also delve into how he became a vampire serving under Kain. Apparently, the aim of the graphic novel is to add Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver mythos while also introducing a new vampire character with close ties to both Raziel and Kain.
While I have my reservations about the "new vampire character" part, this is exciting news for us fans who have been patiently waiting for some proper Legacy of Kain content since Legacy of Kain: Defiance was released back in 2003.
Also, be sure to check out my new Legacy of Kain Lore Video coming out in next few days :)
1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 894