As Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver turns 20, let's remember why it was brilliant

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver turned 20 years old on the 16th August 2019.

Crystal Dynamics' influential PSone, PC and, later, Dreamcast classic was one of the best single-player adventure games on Sony's console, and is credited with influencing the genre and its subsequent standouts, such as Uncharted.

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was praised for its story, characters, world design, evocative atmosphere and the mechanic of shifting between two world states, which at the time was hugely impressive.

Read more