Soul Reaver writer and director, and Uncharted’s writer, Amy Hennig, has mentioned that Soul Reaver wasn’t designed as a sequel to Blood Omen in a fantastic retrospective on PS Blog. The game was originally known as The Shifter.

“The protagonist was essentially a fallen angel of death, a reaper of souls hunted by his former brethren, and now driven to expose and destroy the false god they all served.” she revealed.

“The Shifter concept was the genesis of the game that would become Soul Reaver; the core ideas were all there. The hero was an undead creature, able to shift between the spectral and material realms, and glide on the tattered remains of his wing-like coattails.

“We conceived the spirit realm as a twisted, expressionistic version of the physical world. The hero was bent on revenge after being betrayed and cast down by his creator – like Raziel, he was a dark savior figure, chosen to restore balance to a blighted, dystopian world.

“When we were asked to adapt this concept into a sequel to Blood Omen, our challenge was to take all these ideas and merge them creatively into the Legacy of Kain mythos.”

These games are quite fantastic and also have some of the best writing ever seen in videogames, so it would be an incredible thing to see a new Soul Reaver game, or at last HD remakes for the previous ones.

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Amy Hennig, of Naughty Dog may have had a lot of success this gen, but one thing she also did was play a role in the making of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. This is a game that has terrific writing and if you haven’t played it so far, but it on PSN now.

Square Enix is publishing the game on PSN. It is priced at €5.99 / £4.79.

In BLOOD OMEN: LEGACY OF KAIN you play the role of Kain, damned to feast upon the blood of man. Become embroiled in a twisted story as you explore the vast world of Nosgoth, slaughtering over 170 different enemies along the way.

As Kain you’ll get to morph into many ghoulish guises including a bat, wolf and mist, unleashing an arsenal of deadly magic on anyone who gets in your way. With over 100 hours of bloodcurdling gameplay awaiting you, prepare for an epic quest of vengeance that will drag you to the depths of depravity.

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