Human enemies exist only in the material world, and include mercenaries, demon hunters, and the Sarafan, a monastic order of vampire hunters other material creatures include dogs, thralls, and mutants. The game's combat consists of a hack and slash system, entailing the use of combinations of attacks before executing a finishing move. To sustain his strength and travel between the planes, he must devour souls this is typically accomplished by defeating enemies. Raziel retains most of the powers he possessed in the previous game, such as the abilities to glide, climb walls, fire bolts of telekinetic energy, and swim. Save points enable players to record their progress and continue their game.
If Raziel runs out of health in the material world, he is shunted into the spectral realm, and if killed in this plane, he returns to the nearest checkpoint. Raziel's health slowly regenerates in the spectral world, whereas it gradually depletes in the material realm. In the spectral realm, the player cannot manipulate objects and weapons, and water is insubstantial. The material realm represents the physical, living world, whereas the spectral realm is a warped mirror of this environment. Gameplay, which is based on the original Soul Reaver, prompts the player to shift between two planes of existence-the material and spectral realms-to progress. The player controls Raziel, a ghostly "ex-vampire", from a third-person perspective. Soul Reaver 2 is a single-player action-adventure game. Its developers felt the final product fell short of their ambitions, but it performed well commercially, and was included on Sony's "Greatest Hits" list. Critics praised the game for its involved storyline, visuals and puzzles, but criticized it for lacking replay value and ending without a definite resolution. Hoping to deliver a more story-focused, cinematic experience than Soul Reaver, Crystal Dynamics researched time travel fiction, theology, and the works of Joseph Campbell when creating Soul Reaver 2's narrative. Traveling through history, he gradually exposes the truth behind his own past and destiny.
Though Raziel initially seeks to exact revenge on Kain, his murderer and former master, this objective is superseded by a higher quest for knowledge.
The game continues the adventures of the vampire-turned-wraith Raziel, the protagonist of Soul Reaver. Soul Reaver 2 was followed by two sequels, Blood Omen 2 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance, in 20. Originally developed as a PlayStation and Dreamcast project, it was reworked into a PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows title in early production, and was released in 2001. It is a sequel to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and the third game in the Legacy of Kain series. Soul Reaver 2 is an action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive.
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