Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

 PC
User Score
8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 123 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 107 out of 123
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 123
  3. Negative: 4 out of 123
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  1. Speed4Runs
    Nov 24, 2012
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has an amazing and hard story, merged with great gameplay and soundtracks, which make, of this, another great game in the Legacy of Kain series.
    Somehow, this game makes you so satisfied when you finish the Soul Reaver's "expansion" that you feel very happy and very sorry when you complete the game, because you wanted it to last even more.    … Expand
  2. clem666
    Jan 24, 2021
    5
    I really tried to give this game its chance. Its lore looks awesome, I wanted to hear way more about the charcters and the main story. Even with its age I can't decently call it awful: it is rather closer to be beautiful if you you play it with max graphics nowadays.

    However I could not play more than an hour and a half because the game doesn't give you any clue when you're lost.    I really tried to give this game its chance. Its lore looks awesome, I wanted to hear way more about the charcters and the main story. Even with its age I can't decently call it awful: it is rather closer to be beautiful if you you play it with max graphics nowadays.

    However I could not play more than an hour and a half because the game doesn't give you any clue when you're lost. Controls, even if you can change them, are awful. No one gives you any explaination about your powers and abilities. I guess it is all explained in the first game of 'Legacy of Kain'... Environment is gorgeous but I can't stand when it prevents you to play normally. For example there is an episode when you are stuck in a castle and if you don't know that you can step through some doors by using a special power you remain stuck forever. There is no tutorial, nothing can teach you that you can do that, you're supposed to suck on it with your thumb on your own. I suppose it is how games were played formerly. But that makes impossible to get through the game without hints and solutions.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#65 Best PC Game of 2001
52
#52 Most Discussed PC Game of 2001
55
#55 Most Shared PC Game of 2001

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. IGN
    88
    A delight on the senses...it's pretty damn fun to play.
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  2. Computer Games Magazine
    50
    The team that developed Soul Reaver 2 took an intriguing saga and weighed it down with so much dialogue and so many confusing plot points that even David Lynch would be hard-pressed to wade through it.
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  3. Computer Gaming World
    50
    SR2 might stop you from using monosyllabic words, but I wouldn’t recommend picking it up for an action-packed gaming session. [Mar 2002, p.81]
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