This review says Soul Reaver 1 has a game-ruining bug and that there isn't a PC settings menu

[Doctor TacoChocolate]

https://gamescout.co.uk/2024/12/legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-1-2-remastered-review-oops-they-did-it-again/

[₦₣Đ]

The guy who wrote that is a moron. Even though some of his complaints are just. I read halfway through and stopped. He yammers on blah blah. The devs have been listening to the fans so far. I am sure there will be patches in the future if needed.

[Nokele]

Originally posted by ₦₣Đ:

The guy who wrote that is a moron. Even though some of his complaints are just. I read halfway through and stopped. He yammers on blah blah. The devs have been listening to the fans so far. I am sure there will be patches in the future if needed.

Right :)

[Tundrahunt]

The rewiever dude Andrew Farrell is the member of illusive "modern audience"... of course. So don't take his whining too seriously.

[Uarerxi]

Clearly this guy had never played them before the remaster, or he wouldn't sound like such a jackass!

[Metal Bay G2]

Wow, that's one of the few negative reviews that I've seen about the remasters, and it isn't even an interesting one.

[Nokele]

Originally posted by Metal Bay G2:

Wow, that's one of the few negative reviews that I've seen about the remasters, and it isn't even an interesting one.

Wait until the younger ones wake up. Problem these days is that games with a deep story and lore automatically get less good reviews as an fast paced shooter or casual cozy game.

[Aspohsingoes]

Lmao you can this guy never played the original you can tell he’s just on the ban wagon someone report his review smh

[Ezir]

What a bozo, the reviewer missed his calling, should be a clown in the circus to entertain audience.

[thegroze]

While the day/night cycle "bug" can be easily attributed to the fact the reviewer spends most of the time in the spectral realm (where time is supposed to stand still, hence why those roughly 7 minutes to change from day to night or vice-versa would actually never advance), the fact the PC port lacks any sort of video settings is worrying. I don't own any sort of gaming rig, and I just assumed that I would be able to lower the resolution to something like 720p if the game struggled to run on my machine, now I'm finding out I won't even be able to do that? Not to mention a bunch of other basic video options, like anti-aliasing and stuff like that, even though I guess I can try to use my GPU program for that. If this is true, it's an actual cause for concern, way more valid than flooding discussion forums with anti-woke/anti-DEI crap about changing a freaking statue or a character model (just play the games using the original graphics, problem solved).

Hopefully, the reviewer got a pre-launch build, and the actual public PC version will have graphics options, right now that's what I'm hoping was the case. If it isn't the case, here's to hoping Aspyr fixes that with a post-release patch sooner rather than later. I guess I'll see it for myself when the GOG version becomes available, which according to the game card countdown is 13 hours from now, a bit later than here on Steam.

[Biggus Dickus®]

Originally posted by thegroze:

While the day/night cycle "bug" can be easily attributed to the fact the reviewer spends most of the time in the spectral realm (where time is supposed to stand still, hence why those roughly 7 minutes to change from day to night or vice-versa would actually never advance), the fact the PC port lacks any sort of video settings is worrying. I don't own any sort of gaming rig, and I just assumed that I would be able to lower the resolution to something like 720p if the game struggled to run on my machine, now I'm finding out I won't even be able to do that? Not to mention a bunch of other basic video options, like anti-aliasing and stuff like that, even though I guess I can try to use my GPU program for that. If this is true, it's an actual cause for concern, way more valid than flooding discussion forums with anti-woke/anti-DEI crap about changing a freaking statue or a character model (just play the games using the original graphics, problem solved).

Hopefully, the reviewer got a pre-launch build, and the actual public PC version will have graphics options, right now that's what I'm hoping was the case. If it isn't the case, here's to hoping Aspyr fixes that with a post-release patch sooner rather than later. I guess I'll see it for myself when the GOG version becomes available, which according to the game card countdown is 13 hours from now, a bit later than here on Steam.

If it's anything like the Tomb Raider remasters the game will simply use the desktop resolution. So if you want to use 720p, switch your desktop to 720p before playing.

[thegroze]

Originally posted by Biggus Dickus®:

If it's anything like the Tomb Raider remasters the game will simply use the desktop resolution. So if you want to use 720p, switch your desktop to 720p before playing.

Thanks so much for the heads-up.

Kind of a lame solution, but at least it's something, I guess. Just hoping it won't actually come to that. Pretty baffling that such a lauded remaster, such as Tomb Raider I-II-III doesn't have any semblance of video options but people decide to complain about some "censorhip" instead, but... OK? It seems like all the "valid concerns" are all directed at pretty "invalid", irrelevant stuff, all the while actual issues get ignored.

[Acidicus]

I really wouldn't worry about a review of a guy that can write something like this:

"The level design is fairly dull, the combat is incredibly simple, and the gameplay too often revolves around box puzzles. There are so many boxes to push in the first game that I started groaning whenever I saw another one. That coupled with the game’s weird, somewhat useless save system made for an experience that I certainly didn’t relish."[/b]

[thunda]

Everything he said in that quote is literally true. Without the voice acting and story this whole franchise wouldnt be a thing

[CHRIZZ]

His opinion about the game is bs, I agree. Unfortunately he ist right about the night bug. It happened to me too. Since the death of Melchiah it's pitch black and hasn't changed since then. I can't progress any further in the Cathedral because of it. What a bummer. 🥺

[Acidicus]

Originally posted by CHRIZZ_TwitchDE:

His opinion about the game is bs, I agree. Unfortunately he ist right about the night bug. It happened to me too. Since the death of Melchiah it's pitch black and hasn't changed since then. I can't progress any further in the Cathedral because of it. What a bummer. 🥺

What platform are you playing the game on? You realize that we can see that you don't own the game on Steam, right?