It's a shame that this happens to be the the of the series. The story is still very interesting and eludes to a larger conspiracy that we will never see fully play out. Additionally, I find it a shame gameplay wise that this is what followed up Soul Reaver 2, which had the free camera and iconic weapon animations I recall from when I played the demo disk with SR1 on it. I do think the combat went in a slightly better direction overall, but the camera just made it feel terrible at times. I also felt a little more apprehensive about playing as Raziel compared to Kain, as Kain was more streamlined in his abilities (namely requiring Raziel to shift to pass through bars), which is appropriate from a gameplay standpoint, but the transitions take much longer now coming back to the physical realm. I could complain about these things in a 20 year old game, but I did really enjoy the story and I find it unfortunate we'll never see an ending.

It's a shame that this happens to be the the of the series. The story is still very interesting and eludes to a larger conspiracy that we will never see fully play out. Additionally, I find it a shame gameplay wise that this is what followed up Soul Reaver 2, which had the free camera and iconic weapon animations I recall from when I played the demo disk with SR1 on it. I do think the combat went in a slightly better direction overall, but the camera just made it feel terrible at times. I also felt a little more apprehensive about playing as Raziel compared to Kain, as Kain was more streamlined in his abilities (namely requiring Raziel to shift to pass through bars), which is appropriate from a gameplay standpoint, but the transitions take much longer now coming back to the physical realm. I could complain about these things in a 20 year old game, but I did really enjoy the story and I find it unfortunate we'll never see an ending.