It’s been a couple of month since Crystal Dynamics revealed its beloved dark fantasy action-adventures Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 were poised to get the remaster treatment. And now, with the two-game bundle’s December release looming, remaster developer Aspyr has detailed a few of the enhancements the spruce-ups will bring.
All this comes via a post on the PlayStation Blog that’s mostly concerned with showing off the games’ bosses, so you might want to stay clear – and clear of the trailer below – if you’re new to the series or have forgotten everything in the 25-ish years since Soul Reaver 1 launched.
What we also get, though, is confirmation of remodelling, retexturing, and, in at least one case, re-sliming to enhance the original boss roster’s looks, and that’s on top of a “completely redesigned” model for antagonist Kain – necessary to “mitigate textural issues”.
“With the increased polygon count we felt it was important to bring his look a lot closer to the Kain we got to see in the original FMVs, which was a lot more detailed and showed more-or-less what the original intent was for the character,” Aspyr notes. “The original model in SR1 was especially limited so now both games have a Kain that looks consistent between the two titles.”