What the hell went wrong here? For me, this is by far the weakest part of the series.
Why? Well, let's start with the camera. For some unknown reason, they decided to switch from a free 3rd person camera to a fixed camera where you can only adjust the angle, i.e. up, down, left and right...what an absolutely horrible idea. Camera angles are constantly changing back and forth and I never have the slightest idea where I am.
This brings us to the next point, namely the puzzles. Instead of pondering how to solve the puzzle and move on like in the previous games, you're constantly asking yourself "Where the fuck am I supposed to go now, how do I get there and where even am I right now?" :D The samey areas (I don't know how many times I've visited these fucked-up temples) don't make it any easier.
And then the battles....What a boring, monotonous and undemanding piece of crap the combat system is. In the previous game I could at least skip most of the battles (they weren't good there either) but here the game forces me to take almost every fight because otherwise "magic barriers" block my path...and you just hack and slay away, no tactics, nothing.
But the story is what it's all about and it's really cool, right? Well, at first nothing happens for hours except that Raziel and Kain find some paintings and ponder what they could mean...great...when something does happen, the story mostly gets lost in eternal tirades about fate and free will...and I have the feeling that they absolutely had to add a twist and another twist to make it somehow interesting, but it doesn't really fit together anymore.
The story itself is interesting and some areas are really nice (Vorador's mansion for example), some puzzles are ok and hey, boss fights are back (but they're mostly just stupid fighting :/) ....well so I don't know, it was pretty shit unfortunately. AND WHY DO I HAVE TO CHARGE UP THE FUCKING REAVER WITH POWERS AGAIN???? WHAT DID I DO THE WHOLE GAME IN SOUL REAVER 2? GET FUCKED^^ Ok, the ending wasn't bad but did the story make sense now? I have my doubts :D
Why? Well, let's start with the camera. For some unknown reason, they decided to switch from a free 3rd person camera to a fixed camera where you can only adjust the angle, i.e. up, down, left and right...what an absolutely horrible idea. Camera angles are constantly changing back and forth and I never have the slightest idea where I am.
This brings us to the next point, namely the puzzles. Instead of pondering how to solve the puzzle and move on like in the previous games, you're constantly asking yourself "Where the fuck am I supposed to go now, how do I get there and where even am I right now?" :D The samey areas (I don't know how many times I've visited these fucked-up temples) don't make it any easier.
And then the battles....What a boring, monotonous and undemanding piece of crap the combat system is. In the previous game I could at least skip most of the battles (they weren't good there either) but here the game forces me to take almost every fight because otherwise "magic barriers" block my path...and you just hack and slay away, no tactics, nothing.
But the story is what it's all about and it's really cool, right? Well, at first nothing happens for hours except that Raziel and Kain find some paintings and ponder what they could mean...great...when something does happen, the story mostly gets lost in eternal tirades about fate and free will...and I have the feeling that they absolutely had to add a twist and another twist to make it somehow interesting, but it doesn't really fit together anymore.
The story itself is interesting and some areas are really nice (Vorador's mansion for example), some puzzles are ok and hey, boss fights are back (but they're mostly just stupid fighting :/) ....well so I don't know, it was pretty shit unfortunately. AND WHY DO I HAVE TO CHARGE UP THE FUCKING REAVER WITH POWERS AGAIN???? WHAT DID I DO THE WHOLE GAME IN SOUL REAVER 2? GET FUCKED^^ Ok, the ending wasn't bad but did the story make sense now? I have my doubts :D