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[Cyberpunkd]

So I had a chance to get the Soul Reaver Remaster for 4€ on Steam + Bloodlines 2 got me in the mood, but before I launched it I made a mistake or reading that you need to play Blood Omen to get a lot of things right.

Key site, 2.5€, GOG key bought.

I have to say as someone that plays 100% on the Steam Deck - getting this to run was an absolute bitch, the controls are incredibly unintuitive and the GOG version by default is gimped at 30 FPS.

Fortunately I am very stubborn and have 30 years+ of experience of tinkering with shit. So after 1-2 hours of Perplexity + Reddit research I got it to play at 60 FPS with remastered movies and controller support aka Verok's patch.

I am shocked at how good this game is, holy fuck.

 

[Luc2010]

Yep, the acting and story for this game is top notch. Ignore the graphics and go for the story and atmosphere. There was a fan based mod that was in the works using Unreal engine. They even had a demo and was pretty freaking sweet, but the main guy fell off the face of the earth. So, no further development had progressed.

 

[Griffon]

For

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Do share ste setup. I did get the GOG running, but quickly got annoyed by controls and 30fps.

 

[kremiso]

milestone
i still remember entire cuts of ingame dialogues

 

[RagnarokIV]

No game matches the atmosphere of this one. It's so bleak and depressing.
I've only completed it maybe 3 times total in my life but inbetween those playtbroughs I regularly think of the game, its characters and such.
As you get to the end, even Kain has seen enough.

It's why evidence points to the 'good' ending was going to be canon until Silicon Knights lost the IP.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Game gets pretty repetitive, but still worth it. Among my first batch of PS1 game..... Hey Victus! Or whatever he'd yell.

I remember an old game mag or the game box saying it had 100,000 screens of gaming. LOL. I dont think it even has 1,000.

 

[Luc2010]

Game gets pretty repetitive, but still worth it. Among my first batch of PS1 game..... Hey Victus! Or whatever he'd yell.

I remember an old game mag or the game box saying it had 100,000 screens of gaming. LOL. I dont think it even has 1,000.

It was Vae Victus. Means Woe to the Vanquished.

 

[spookyfish]

Simon Templeman is still alive.

Just sayin', remake-hungry developers.

 

[Labadal]

Best game in the LoK series.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Do share ste setup. I did get the GOG running, but quickly got annoyed by controls and 30fps.

Give me 2 hours, need to put kids to bed and the process is not easy .

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

hmm, I thought I had that on steam, but didn't. Getting it on gog. Such a good game, played it years ago on dos pc. Don't have the disks anymore.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Do share ste setup. I did get the GOG running, but quickly got annoyed by controls and 30fps.

It's easy. Just download Veroks patch and install it.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/veroks-gl-wrapper-patch

All info you need is on the page. Patch notes and installing.

 

[rm082e]

One of my favorite PS1 games. Coming from the 16-bit era where it was all chip tunes and text, hearing well acted full audio with a solid story was a real leap forward. And the game play was great on top of that.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

It's easy. Just download Veroks patch and install it.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/veroks-gl-wrapper-patch

All info you need is on the page. Patch notes and installing.

Yes, unless he is playing on the Steam Deck.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

One of my favorite PS1 games.

Same here, I was hooked from the off. The VA, the macabre setting, the music. Just excellent all round!

"What, no mug of ale for a weary traveler"

I still say this in pubs to this day

 

[Killer8]

Started playing the other night in prep for the Soul Reaver remasters. Atmosphere is on another level and I missed when games like this and the first God of Wars were unashamedly very raw and brutal and took their own material seriously. If they tried to make this today zoomers would say it's cringe.

 

[Celine]

Great game, bought the Legacy of Kain Collection for Evercade just for it.

 

[CGNoire]

Started playing the other night in prep for the Soul Reaver remasters. Atmosphere is on another level and I missed when games like this and the first God of Wars were unashamedly very raw and brutal and took their own material seriously. If they tried to make this today zoomers would say it's cringe.

This so much. I miss the more serious era aswell. Alot of devs are just cowards now and are too afraid of being called cringe or try hard by there zoomillenial peers. Sad

 

[Lord Panda]

I bought a PS1 for this game way back when.

Enjoy OP, Blood Omen is a lot of fun.