Outstanding story and writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“A masterclass in narrative storytelling.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (2001)
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 67%Mixed · 67%Crystal Dynamics2012Adventure · Action · Puzzle
$6.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A story-first Legacy of Kain sequel with superb writing and voice acting, but the Steam port is badly broken and combat and controls are dated. Skip it unless you'll apply community patches.
Great for
Lore fans who want Raziel's story and will tinker with community fixes and controller mapping
Main risk
The port may not run or crash often, and cutscenes can't be skipped, so progress is lost
What players love
Community patches make it playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The mixed reviews are because of bad porting. However game works more or less flawlessly with the easy to install Soulfixer patch”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Excellent voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Magnificent. No, exemplary voice acting. Michael Bell as Raziel, Simon Templeman as Kain.”
Steam review · translated · 11.2 h played ↗
Fun puzzles and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“you will find far fewer block puzzles and instead a large variety of puzzles that use the differences in landscape between spectral and real realms”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Runs well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“This game works out of the box on Steam Deck.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Broken or unplayable PC port
Mentioned in ~4 in 5 negative reviews
“That port is an absolute disgrace. Unplayable and broken.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
No controller support, poor controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“has the most abysmal controller support for the current year.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Unfortunately this game is unplayable and crashes constantly.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Clunky combat and repetitive linear design
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“a massive back and forth between the same path with a few "puzzles"”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Video and display glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the CG videos are in purple and green only, as well as in small 800x900 resolution.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes and distant save points
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“YOU CANNOT SKIP THE CUTSCENES. If SR2 happens to crash, you'll have load your latest save, watch the long cutscenes again”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor1.8 GHz Processor
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
Storage2 GB HD space
OSWindows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor1.8 GHz Processor
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
Storage2 GB HD space
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