Over 25 years after the primary Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver launched, Crystal Dynamics has introduced a remaster package deal amassing the primary and second video games within the collection. The HD ports are the work of Aspyr, the studio answerable for the well-received remasters of the first three Tomb Raider video games. The package deal was unveiled at Sony’s State of Play yesterday, however they’ve now been confirmed for PC.
Till just lately the unique variations of those video games had been obtainable on Steam; they’ve since been eliminated, presumably to get replaced by their modernised variations. The trailer beneath reveals what to anticipate: each video games nonetheless look very very similar to late ’90s 3D motion video games, although they’re going to get pleasure from sharper textures, smoother framerates, and upgraded fashions and visible results.
Additions will embrace a photograph mode, an “upgraded digicam” and new management choices. These video games launched for the unique PlayStation at a time when analog sticks weren’t tremendous in style, so the brand new controls and digicam might be very welcome certainly, although I bear in mind discovering them fairly playable with a mouse and keyboard. There’s additionally a brand new in-game map and compass. I am unsure if this can show controversial or not, however these video games had been principally large 3D labyrinths, to a larger extent than, say, the Tomb Raider collection.
The remasters hit Steam and Epic Video games Retailer on December 10, in addition to all of the consoles. For those who by no means performed the Soul Reaver video games and wish to know what the fuss is all about, this retrospective piece by Rick Lane is an intensive and pleasant learn.
