Happy Easter everybody! To keep with the festive season, here's a game about a guy coming back from the dead! I didn't expect it to be appropriate in such a way... Check out today's sponsor, War Thunder, to play the game for FREE and collect an exclusive bonus, even if you're already a Veteran player from 6 months ago or more! playwt.link/thunderpsyker So, in an odd way, this was an exciting video to make! It's so radically different from Dawn of War that I was surprised when it got so many recommendations way back in last June. I went into this one blind, and am very excited to cover Soul Reaver as well! BUT, not before talking about Dawn of War mods, or covering the Patron-chosen Vampire: The Masquerade. Both of which are not too far behind this video! Huge shout out to MandaloreGaming for his cameo in this video! kzitem.info If you'd like a hand in deciding what games I cover in the future, or just want to support me making more in the future, please consider joining as a Channel Member, or pledging your support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThunderPsyker
@awesomehpt8938
5 ай бұрын
Maybe one day in TTS kitten will also rise from the dead
@bavettesAstartes
5 ай бұрын
Who else read this in his voice?
@Gruntvc
5 ай бұрын
This game was available digitally on PS3 and can be played on PSP and PS Vita. I'd like to see a remaster for both current consoles and pc.
@henryheavy8044
5 ай бұрын
What do you think of Starship Troopers Terran Command ?
@mintmag8748
4 ай бұрын
What is Windows 96?
@NoobPTFO
5 ай бұрын
Getting jumpscared by Mandalore has left me shaken
@Vahkitauti
5 ай бұрын
Not getting jumpscared by Mandalore has left me shaken, where even was that
@Chromeberd
5 ай бұрын
I swear Mandalore is to youtube video game reviews to what Steve Blum is to literally everything else. Good work as always Kitten.
@zaikolebolsh5724
5 ай бұрын
The Sseth Horde: "mmh how long has it been since you got your last seizure?"
@SomeKindaSpy
5 ай бұрын
That and Gianni.
@atpsoldat6108
5 ай бұрын
People can have their Maxor and Sseth, I much prefer Mandaloregaming.
@KingLich451
5 ай бұрын
for me it is LGR
@mateusfelipecardoso40kview3
5 ай бұрын
The new avgn!
@awesomehpt8938
5 ай бұрын
Congrats on the latest episode of hunter the parenting kitten. It was really good!
@ThunderPsyker
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Slouworker
5 ай бұрын
Shame it ended on a cliffhanger. At the rate the series is going I'm going to die of oldmanitis before it finishes. At least it's good and getting better.
@TheArklyte
5 ай бұрын
Weird question about 40k if you'll allow - have you and crew thought about making a small series on things that inspired WH:FB and 40k and were inspired by them in return(let's avoid the word plagiate in both cases)? Dune and Helldivers are on the peak of popularity for examples and are examples of the former and the latter. Not fully, obviously, but small parts like themes, ideas and designs. @@ThunderPsyker
@spartadragonrider
5 ай бұрын
Seeing a Legacy of Kain reference slipped into Hunter the Parenting would be great
@HollowFlameAlexis
5 ай бұрын
@TheArklyte that kinda stuff is more the Wheelhouse of Snipe and Wib ,maybe you'd have better luck asking them ? Their series "Codex Compliant" has veered off into not quite warhammer stuff a few times thanks to connections like the one you mentioned, after all
@Edrobot7
5 ай бұрын
fun fact, the woman who did the voice of Bubsy in Bubsy 3d also did the voice for the Tyrannid hive mind in DoW 2.
@KingLich451
5 ай бұрын
Lani Minella!
@ThunderPsyker
5 ай бұрын
No kidding!? That's pretty rad
@JL-lg9xs
5 ай бұрын
Bubsy is a tyranid nightmare, got it
@DrWhite
5 ай бұрын
@@KingLich451 Also the voice of a ton of fire emblem characters, Rogue the Bat (in SA2 at least) and fukken Waffle the police dog in Tail Concerto. Lani is an industry legend and deserves way more praise.
@OverwatchSniper
5 ай бұрын
She voices some babes in the Duke Nukem series (she is the one who talent scouted Jon St. John for the voice of Duke too) and some of the anime girls in Shadow Warrior (the original, though they have them as easter eggs in the reboot series). She's also the Dropship pilot in Starcraft 1 and Adria in Diablo.
@nerdyvids1
5 ай бұрын
Something about your little mascot with the empty Chinese food box on his head is incredibly endearing.
@Gurren813
5 ай бұрын
I like to think Mandalore wasn't sold on the script idea until you told him that bubsy gets hit with a thunderhammer at the end.
@ThunderPsyker
5 ай бұрын
It was originally gonna be Kain casting Blood Shower on the audience, but I ran out of time and thought calling back to the Gex Smash would still work
@sturm9087
5 ай бұрын
Oh thats cool that they got an award for…..MANDALORE?!?!
@turband1
5 ай бұрын
Is so weird hearing Kitten talk about a game made by a company that all my college teachers used to work at lol
@wareforcoin5780
4 ай бұрын
Neat. I love all the games of theirs that I've played. Blood Omen is a really special game, and so is Eternal Darkness. If any of them had anything to do with either of those games, let them know they made legendary games.
@BossEvasion
5 ай бұрын
The Heart of Darkness Reputed to have been ripped from the chest of the greatest vampire to have ever existed, Janos Audron, the Heart of Darkness restores vampiric unlife.
@KingLich451
5 ай бұрын
Ah poor poor Janos...
@hpph7133
5 ай бұрын
"Life is precious"
@khankhomrad8855
5 ай бұрын
Time fades even legend... and the origin of the Soul Reaver has been lost long ago. But its purpose remains - to feed on the souls of any creature it strikes. Kindred, this blade and I.
@arx3516
5 ай бұрын
Ah, the Heart of Darkness! It went from being an health pick up in the first game to be a pivotal element of the story in later titles.
@nadontcare9684
5 ай бұрын
"Rule of thumb, Hassan, you can't kill a vampire."
@cultist1762
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for reviewing the Legacy of Kain games. Our community isn't very large, but we do love this series and love when wider audiences can be shown it. There's no real hope of its return as it was always the middle child of its older brother Gex and its younger sister, Tomb Raider. You'll probably not see this comment, but thank you for helping keep this old Fandom alive by helping to show it.
@LAHFaust
5 ай бұрын
What's that? A channel jumping down the Legacy of Kain rabbit hole? Subscribed.
@myontasm
5 ай бұрын
every time a youtuber covers any of the legacy of kain games, an angel gets his wings (or a vampire loses his). the wheel of fate churns!
@loltank5315
5 ай бұрын
It's always fun seeing Mandalore pop up in other videos. He's such a fun guy, he just comes across as a nice, funny, mostly normal nerd and it's all the better for it.
@JanJansen985
5 ай бұрын
If you dont want that image shttered dont watch his story streams
@loltank5315
5 ай бұрын
@@JanJansen985 I've seen a few of the highlights and I haven't seen anything damning yet.
@JanJansen985
5 ай бұрын
@@loltank5315 guy is unhinged by his own words Also some of the people he keeps company have bad pasts
@thereelpugatlas
5 ай бұрын
@@JanJansen985I know about Shammy's actions, but beyond that I don't know of any bad pasts in Mandy's friend group. Care to elaborate? Unless you mean Viper, which I'm pretty sure Mandy had distanced himself from in the video he did by hiding the eve online ships.
@JanJansen985
5 ай бұрын
@@thereelpugatlas Hbomb
@Jvegas2281
5 ай бұрын
Uncle Sam as the Guardian of STATES This A+ writing is what keeps me coming back to you Thunder
@saibamoe
5 ай бұрын
You just have to finish the rest of the Legacy of Kain series. YOU HAVE TO each game will reward you with some of the best story twists, written dialogue, and top notch voice acting This series is one of the reason, a main one, why I can't super like any new games. Very rarely, do they take the story, writting or voice acting as seriously and professionally made as this series.
@DerPartyCyclops
5 ай бұрын
Not to get parasocial or something, but I've been working back to back shifts 8 days in a row over easter with more to come and seeing my goofy fanart featured at the end cheered me up immensely. Great video man, keep up the great work.
@Nigel222
5 ай бұрын
They should consider making an audiobook to finish the story in this franchise.
@Iymarra
5 ай бұрын
The spirit death screech meme noise made me laugh so much I struggled to breathe, ten out of ten
@pineapplefantastico3079
5 ай бұрын
Wish I knew where that sound was from.
@ThunderPsyker
5 ай бұрын
The original scream is called the 'Howie' scream: Its very long so I spliced the beginning and middle bits together to make what was in the video. Could probably upload that version of the scream somewhere if you want it!
@JaesWasTaken
5 ай бұрын
That's awesome that Mandalore did a cameo in this! I enjoy your takes on games like this and look forward to see more!
@hahahello7519
5 ай бұрын
Soul Reaver 1 was my first LoK game when I was 8 or 9 years old, and I really hated it because it was too "huge" and convoluted for me, I never knew what to do etc. Few years later I fell in love with Blood Omen 2 (which I believe is hated by most of the LoK fans for its terrible/way too easy combat system). After that I searched for Blood Omen 1. It was nearly impossible to set this up on Windows XP because the original game didn't support modern CPUs. I still have nightmare of the game freezing at the start in the tavern, right after the inn keeper tell you to leave. But when I finally was able to play it, it was faszinating and reminded me so much of the classic Zelda games. Thank you for the review!
@CssHDmonster
5 ай бұрын
makes 1 video every 6 months for a few years, now has a sponsor and releases a few a month, what a glow up
@overlorddexter
5 ай бұрын
ThunderPsyker video about Blood Omen? So when do we get Mandalore's cameo? EDIT: FUCKING KNEW IT!
@awesomehpt8938
5 ай бұрын
Kain inflicts pain with a lot of Spain? 🇪🇸 that’s how I explain this game. Or am I insane?
@ToniHyvarinen86
5 ай бұрын
Kain inflicts pain in spain, mostly on plane.
@momon969
5 ай бұрын
Kain is vain, but gained a stain while causing pain in spain.
@Cryoteer
5 ай бұрын
Soul Reaver 2 has without a doubt the best voice acting I have ever experienced. I recommend watching the behind the scenes videos that you can still find on KZitem. A big deal was that they had he actors record together so they could bounce off each other. Every reading is flawless and it's an all-star cast with Michael Bell, Tony Jay, Simon Templeman and Rene Auberjonois.
@andreas4307
5 ай бұрын
I found this game a couple years ago doing a "games like LOZ" search and was recommended Soul Reaver but decided to start at the beginning of the series because the OCD kicked in. I loved it. I find the voice acting and dialog fantastic and it's just beautiful to look at. Very much worth the play especially on PC now. Thanks and Happy Easter.
@sophie3352
5 ай бұрын
He has survived norwich
@HispanicAlucard
5 ай бұрын
Kitten is slowly becoming one of my favorite gaming reviews/retrospective KZitemrs. Also, JESUS CHRIST, MANDO
@cadettklinge6039
5 ай бұрын
Ahhh so thats why Apeboy from H:TP screams Vae Victas in the First Episode before jumping on Door.
@SadisticMonsterMan
Ай бұрын
I bought this one for the PS1 in 1998. It was probably the best $14.99 I've ever spent in the whole 44 years I've been alive. For it's time, it was a master class in cinematic storytelling within a video game. I like that you compared it more to Legend of Zelda rather than most people saying it's like Diablo 2. It's really a good blend of both games with a very dark, gothic story and a very memorable antihero protagonist. There's so much lore and world building in this game that you can honestly lose hours getting swallowed up by this game. Absolutely one to recommend to anyone looking for a great vampire game
@IAmTh3Doom
5 ай бұрын
9:01 That deserves a like.
@twobit96
5 ай бұрын
And now that I have consumed the new thunderpsyker content, I slumber once more while I wait for him to create more content.. assuming he stops getting into contact with grandma, just put the luigi board down and leave her alone, she's staying there specifically because of you
@wareforcoin5780
4 ай бұрын
Blood Omen is my favorite in a series I really love. I don't know if I can narrow down to just one favorite game of all time, but if I was to be isolated from every other game forever except Blood Omen, I wouldn't have a bad time. I love it so much. I could spend hours just wandering around looking at stuff.
@DethKnightKrieg
5 ай бұрын
Dungeon keeper would be such a great video idea.
@Iymarra
5 ай бұрын
It is payday.
@fmfm7722
3 ай бұрын
Finally a retrospective/review with actual effort going into to the writing. You deserve way more followers
@KingLich451
5 ай бұрын
The rain on Kain, stays mainly on the Pain...fully Spain.
@ConscriptDavid
5 ай бұрын
This was a great episode of the Secret Hunters, even if it more a retrospective than a hunt of Secrets. I hope next your do a retrospective on Bublafeast's Big Break, that is a game well worth the coverage!
@Starwar111ITA
5 ай бұрын
Man I heard you sunk your teeth into Ace Combat, are we going to get a retrospective on the series one day?
@hensarita
3 ай бұрын
Yes! Legacy of Kain gets some well needed recognition! Good show!
@yofyo
5 ай бұрын
you still got it man, thanks for the nostalgia trip
@NoobPTFO
5 ай бұрын
Banished Gex to the void corner and a new ThunderPsyker video? This truly is an Easter miracle!
@Lajos_Kelemen
5 ай бұрын
Crimson Skies mentioned!
@dusksentry5836
5 ай бұрын
Finally. The day has come. Where a popular-enough youtuber begins to acknowledge this franchise' existence and bumps it slightly closer to popular knowledge
@sexualyeti7023
5 ай бұрын
It has been so long, but I am still saddened by Tony Jay's passing. The guy had the most powerful voice.
@khankhomrad8855
5 ай бұрын
Time fades even legend, and the origin of the Soul Reaver series has been lost long ago. But its purpose remains - to have awesome voice acting.
@CaydeVT
5 ай бұрын
LETS GO!!! I grew up playing Defiance I loved that one so much
@SimDante
5 ай бұрын
I need more Legacy of Kain games reviewed by you. This video is amazing!
@pendantblade6361
5 ай бұрын
I will always jump to a new review from Thunder Psyker.
@lostsanityreturned
5 ай бұрын
Gotta say... dungeon keeper 1 is something special, I am jealous of you being able to experience it fresh.
@cpttyson
5 ай бұрын
Must say, i've been liking your original Dawn of War. But you're getting ever better by the day ! Can't wait to see your growth !
@ISAF_Ace
5 ай бұрын
Amazing job, being a youngun, I'd never heard of this until now
@timalice-2833
5 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved blood omen, even with the excessive load times on ps1. A remaster of this without the load times, among other things, would be amazing
@XDapologist
5 ай бұрын
The voice acting and writing on this series is unmatched. Whish it made a comeback.
@JuanGonzalezD
5 ай бұрын
Ozar Midrashim slaps. That’s all I remember from the entire series. Also, phenomenal video!
@ConscriptDavid
5 ай бұрын
Wait, what. why the fuck is a there thing in the Game series named after a Collection of Jewish Talmudic Legends? :O
@xiriusthesoulwatcher3955
5 ай бұрын
@@ConscriptDavid Mostly because of deeplore shit, related to gnosticism and the demiurge probably, which is a huge part of the Soul Reaver story and general Legacy of Kain lore. Also because thats the name of one track from the OST, which is really fucking cool.
@khankhomrad8855
5 ай бұрын
Performed by Information Society, no less.
@puffythedestroyer8878
5 ай бұрын
@@xiriusthesoulwatcher3955 it’s actually from the information society album “Don’t be afraid”. A friend of Kurt Harland’s brought it to the office at CD. The lead writer of Soul Reaver immediately wanted to hire the composer the second after she listened to the whole song. The rest is history.
@xiriusthesoulwatcher3955
5 ай бұрын
@@puffythedestroyer8878 I am aware. I was talking about the implicit meaning of the theme within the series' context
@burnttoast26
5 ай бұрын
Always fun seeing Mandy in other videos
@aUt0bAhN89
5 ай бұрын
I hope we get gex one day. Most glorious agent the world has seen
@andyhawley8344
26 күн бұрын
Probably my favourite game of all time. The graphics haven't aged well but show me a 30 year old game where they have! What makes Blood Omen awesome is the rich, involved story. Its amazing!
@WckD135
5 ай бұрын
My favorite tts voice actor reviewing my favorite game 🎉 now that you've played it too I can ask you: ape boy shouting vae victis in the tunnels was a legacy of kain reference?
@diamondmetal3062
3 ай бұрын
I kinda love the concept of this game. It thrusts you into the role of a monster and puts you on a slippery slope to straight up villainy by making the evil acts almost necessary, as opposed to games like Fallout or Fable where good and evil boil down to either being a saint or the spawn of Satan, with little difference beyond cosmetics, if even that.
@bigles025
5 ай бұрын
you mentioned having thralls, technically, there is a semi close aproximate...for the shrines that take your health for resources, you can posses a human and bring them to the shrine, it kills them and you get goodies for free...not as cool as having thralls, but cool interaction
@JanJansen985
3 ай бұрын
20 mins is barely enough time for this game This game is very wild
@CBeavr
5 ай бұрын
17:58 oh so THAT'S what apeboy was refencing...
@exkiller27
5 ай бұрын
Kitten Lives, Stomp Stomp!
@Uacher
5 ай бұрын
I knew there would be a Mandalore cameo somewhere.
@neofluxmachina
Ай бұрын
this is my favourite blood omen review
@agamemnonofmycenae5258
5 ай бұрын
Gigachad Vorador. Well, that's one way to describe Gigachad!
@everothnyesh9340
5 ай бұрын
Kitten! You have been greatly missed!
@voxlknight2155
2 ай бұрын
A Limmy show reference? Very based. Now I challenge everybody to go amd watch it. After watching it, you will never have trouble understand Scottish people ever again, considering you'll have to rewatch every scene ten million times to understand what they said. After a while of that, your brain is rewired and you start understanding even the most incomprehensible gibberish. It great.
@Grav3staR
5 ай бұрын
Fun fact that villager thats hamming it up is Tony Jay, who is also Mortanius, and in later games in the series the old one that revives Raziel
@hpph7133
5 ай бұрын
I have memories of being a young teen watching my friend play this on his Playstation. My family was nintendo only so i never got it on the psx buuuuut in a few short years i found a discount rack with the PC version and happily played the hell out of it. The lore twists and turns and evolves and seems like a good story but even if no sequels ever happened, i still loved this game more. Funny how vampires evolve to lose fingers and be closer to a mutant ninja turtle. I also agree that the songs end way too early as Nupraptor's dungeon's theme complete with Ariel the guardian pf balance foretelling Kain's future voice sample was something. The lore is dense already and much could be skipped or missed. Tony Jay's voice acting was superb, even when he hammed it up as the villager but i thought it hilarious that he made no attempt to make Mortarian different from William the Just. Also i think this game was when i began to notice and pay attention to developer names significantly because other silicon knight games were fun to me like their robot wars game
@Zero_01084
5 ай бұрын
This series made me a Lifelong fan of Simon Templeman and Michael Bell, and deepened my appreciation of Tony Jay. If you can find a version you can play, Soul Reaver 2 has some of my favorite moments of game performance.
@rarestpepe3815
5 ай бұрын
This game was my Childhood.
@Shaderaygun
5 ай бұрын
I played this for the first time last year and was also pleasantly surprised. I kind of wish they made more Kain games in this style and with more of the gothic tone it presents.
@booradley6832
5 ай бұрын
They (Silicon Knights) wanted to. But, the publisher (Crystal Dynamics) quite literally decided to steal the IP once they saw how incredibly successful and built up it was. They then proceeded to absolutely shred any integrity that it had left slowly over time. I know Amy Henning has a good reputation but she's kind of a massive scumbag.
@Nightbanekaizer
4 күн бұрын
I'm late but I'm very surprised you covered this game. Cheers mate!
@reu852
5 ай бұрын
kitten y Legacy of Kain no puedo pedir nada mejor, espero que termines la saga completa
@jakeshepherd7046
5 ай бұрын
Babe wakeup, new ThunderPsyker video just dropped.
@librarian5657
5 ай бұрын
Magnificent performance my subject, now go forth and liberate the souls of your accursed brethren.
@krodmandoon3479
5 ай бұрын
I love this game and the only things I'd want changed in a remaster are balance issues regarding certain spells and weapons, cleaner graphics (NOT completely redone and reinterpreted, I'm looking at you bluepoint), tighter controls, and maybe speed things up by a small percentage.
@donradkos6655
5 ай бұрын
Vae Victis! The phrase is latin for "Woe to the conquered"
@awesomehpt8938
5 ай бұрын
28 years later? This is a vampire game not a zombie game lol
@SWGMurcielago
5 ай бұрын
oh my god it lives also please do the rest of the series too
@ksturdevant10
5 ай бұрын
I miss these games sooo much! I would love a remake!
@VileMenthol
5 ай бұрын
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS, can't wait to see you hit soul reaver 2 & Defiance! glad to see you're doing well!
@lukedufaur5368
5 ай бұрын
These rhyming verses... such poetry!
@cburger4life144
5 ай бұрын
Yesss! Mark V armor ftw! I don’t care if it’s nostalgia, I love it
@altejoh
5 ай бұрын
The rain in spain falls mainly on the kain
@TheMandalp
5 ай бұрын
kitten lives*stomp**stomp* always nice to see videos of you.
@coldbastard6859
5 ай бұрын
Can't wait for the Soul Reaver 1. 2 and Defiance reviews.
@matthewboan616
5 ай бұрын
Holy crap, hey guys dads back! Was worried you would disappear after all the uploads youve given us!
@personfrmperson
5 ай бұрын
wondering about that guy's progress with the dawn of war 2 retribution restoration mod, he might not have enough time to get it out before psyker's review. That would suck, cut content is always so eerie and cool, its kinda like space marines finding relics lost to their chapter.
@samfire3067
5 ай бұрын
Nice work son in law. PS:only discovered that You are kitten from tts and hunting The parenting early This week.
@Khalith
5 ай бұрын
His quality was a little off in this, but Simon Templeman hit his stride as Kain by the next game. I can’t imagine the franchise with anyone else voicing him.
@DwarfElvishDiplomacy
5 ай бұрын
Oh no mandie found your editing tool
@SomeKindaSpy
5 ай бұрын
Fine, I'll say it: C&C video when??? jkjk, but no i love your reviews/retrospectives. They're comfy, entertaining, and nostalgic.
@VinticoreGaming
5 ай бұрын
Thank you kitten, this was lovely!
@thespacemarine247
5 ай бұрын
It's my moneh, my gaem. 15:12
@ivansolodyankin6820
5 ай бұрын
Swaping Thunder was a very good joke, i laughed hard.
@somethingdifferent1910
5 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed seeing this kind of content in this channel
@hpph7133
5 ай бұрын
Oh one more - you didn't play dungeon keeper?! Oh you must! You'll dig some of the soundtracks if you enjoyed Legacy of Kain and other hopelessly 90s osts.
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