Unplayable Darkness

[Absynth16]

Lots of people seem to be having the same problem with the game being too dark. Most people start to see it around the silenced cathedral, some have ran into the issue earlier. Once this happens there's no way to get it back to a visible state even after rebooting. This needs to be fixed, it's unplayable.

[Vi]

Would be kinda funny if the day night cycle actually used the system clock as seed, explaining the total disparity between user experiences around the world - a few days ago it was fine for me, now total darkness again LOL

[Kaloyan]

It happened to me too on PS5. I tried to push through but it's super annoying. This definitely can't be the intended behavior for a day/night cycle, it's obviously a bug.
Will wait for a patch before continuing.

[KaiausderKiste]

Everything was going well until I entered the citadel of pitch black.

Man, this remaster lookd really good until I could not see anything anymore.

[XxalvinxX]

I had to mass use swift to spectral realm then back so i could see where i was going

Some parts were sooo darn dark

So frustating had to find portal so i could switf to material realm becase i couldnt see earlier before going to spectral realm

[Coleco_84]

While this issue is present in SR2, SR1 becomes literally unplayable when you reach the cathedral.

[FalsePeak_]

Originally posted by Absynth16:

Lots of people seem to be having the same problem with the game being too dark. Most people start to see it around the silenced cathedral, some have ran into the issue earlier. Once this happens there's no way to get it back to a visible state even after rebooting. This needs to be fixed, it's unplayable.

I found a fix while streaming and i simply changed my monitors color space to RGB range full, from limited and i can see in the cathedral now. i hope this helps others enjoy the game HELLLLL YEAHHH

[Garrett]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387026129

My game at the cathedral

[Master Blaster]

If this is such a widespread issue and its been over a week and they still haven't fix or even addressed it, Id say give the option to disable it in options, I'm very close to just asking for a refund at this point because the game is pretty much unplayable in spots for me.

[Neal]

Originally posted by Master Blaster:

If this is such a widespread issue and its been over a week and they still haven't fix or even addressed it, Id say give the option to disable it in options, I'm very close to just asking for a refund at this point because the game is pretty much unplayable in spots for me.

Couldn't have said it better myself

[HobbesDotEXE]

Just here to boost.

One rig can load the same save, on my preferred rig it suddenly became so dark I couldn't progress the game farther. Im just mad because I was having fun until then and now I just have to hope the Devs view it as enough of a problem to do something about

[Neal]

Originally posted by Garrett:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387026129

My game at the cathedral

I just bought a new monitor! I bought this little fella:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YGZL8XF

I just got done setting the monitor to how I like it and decided that I should look at some of the pics of the darkness bug. And although wow, this monitor is amazing, the game still looks too dark and the background is just a black void behind Raziel. While true I can make out a little more detail in the foreground than on my laptop's screen, it's clearly not supposed to be a black wall behind Raziel.

This game is broken

[Jack]

I never had the problem described here with Soul Reaver 1 so I wonder if when you finish the Silenced Cathedral while it’s dark it makes the game permanently darker… or something weird thing like that, and that is why not everyone is having this issue. However, I ended up on this thread because I just started Soul Reaver 2 a few days ago and the game seems too dark. It’s not unplayable dark, but it doesn’t seem right to me. Especially not for a remaster. I haven’t played the original game since it came out so I don’t remember if the original version was this dark, but I’m thinking about booting it up to find out.

[KrZ]

Has dev/publisher acknowledged the issue yet?

[NoldoCelu]

Originally posted by KrZ:

Has dev/publisher acknowledged the issue yet?

They've been silent as far as I know. There is an update coming early next year to add the names of backers and such, if nothing else. So it's not like there isn't going to be any further updates.

[SoulReaver]

https://www.nexusmods.com/legacyofkainsoulreaver1and2remastered/mods/5?tab=description

Would highly recommend this mod. It literally turned the silent cathedral from being darkness simulator to normal i should say. Followed the guys instructions and made sure to have a mapped key so when cutscenes come on I can turn off the effect.