Been playing Blood Omen 2, killed Faustus and Marcus.
I know the game is the least popular of the series, but honestly so far I am liking it. The gameplay, despite feeling clunky animation wise, is fun. The combat is actually more enjoyable to me than Soul Reaver 1 and 2. Kain is a badass, especially when using mist to execute stealth kills (not a great stealth mechanism by any means, but still fun). The boss fights are fun though can sometimes drag unnecessarily. But I like how they have different phases, forcing you to change your tactics. The "dark gifts" are fun to use and necessary, unlike the pointless glyphs of SR1. Though the music is average for now, I like how the music changes when blocking and attacking.
I also like the fact that it's centered around a city, it's a nice change of environment. So I assumed that it was going to be a semi-open city, but sadly it wasn't. If there is a reboot, I would like it to be semi-open, something like Arkham City. Also the game is much darker than the Soul Reavers, which is to be expected from a Kain centered game.
Now graphics wise, SR2 seems superior, at least when it comes to character models (Vorador looks meh in BO2). Story wise, I think SR2 will beat it, though I do appreciate the fact that the world doesn't seem empty in BO2. I understand that SR1 was set in a wasteland and SR2 was for the most part set in uninhabited places, but the setting felt empty. In BO2, it actually feels more alive and I like the random conversations between npcs, ranging from hilarious (the geek analyzing a play with his bored gf) to informative (how people and nobles perceive the Sarafan order). In addition to contacts and human allies. For the first time, I feel that humans are not utterly irrelevant.
Story wise, nothing much happened. Though I feel it's abrupt, I would have preferred if we played as Kain before the battle of Meridian, interact with the traitor vampires and receive some foreshadowing (would have been great if they were jealous of the Sarafan brothers that Kain made his lieutenants). Also get to see Kain as the supposed "great general" Umah says he is. For now Kain's leadership skils are relegated to the told and not the shown, which hopefully will change. I find Umah interesting though I hope it wont' be a cheesy ass romance (so unKain like). The Sarafan lord is obviously not human, I wonder what he is.
Oh and Kain's VA is awesome.
Door keeper: "Only night shift workers are allowed in here"
Kain: "I AM the night shift"
