Soul Revenant project update

I apologize for being silent for a few months, but we are back with some new content to show you. Our environmental artist Francesco has  finished the Underworld section of the game and now moved on to modelling the Abyss and the Sanctuary area. These are the current screenshots from the Underworld area (work-in-progress):

 The vortex of souls

Tunnel leading out of the main chamber

In front of the Warp Gate

 The exit to the Underworld

The exit to the Underworld in material realm

Dumahim training chamber

In spectral

On the way to the Sanctuary

Lara Croft and the Faces of Evil

I did a little bit of research on Lara Croft figures recently and the results I found, in some cases, were really amusing. It is amazing how much of bad merchandise is out there but given Lara´s popularity, it is not suprising. What is surprising is the price on some of these items is way too high for the „quality“ of the build and accuracy to Lara herself. This article is just for fun with my descriptions below:

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1. Exhibit no.1 seems to have been sleep deprived for days and the surprised look on her face does not help the impression either. Her ponytail is also very thick and resembles more like another substance. 2/10

2. This statue looks a bit better than no.1, however, the exaggerated features (especially the „neandertal“ brow) look really odd. 3/10
3. This poor figurine has seen its better days for sure. The makers obviously heard nothing of body proportions and her giant shorts and shoulders make her look like she just fell of a cliff and this is her mangled corpse. There are straps on her chests for some reason and she wears a really thick red lipstick on her tiny face. One of the worst entries on this list indeed. 1/10
4. This one is supposed to represent Lara from the movies, so it tries to look more like Angelina Jolie, which I do not think was fully conveyed. 5/10
5. This is quite rare and expensive figure (around 70 dollars). While the body seems faithful and accurate to what she is like in Tomb Raider Anniversary, her face is quite atrocious with giant nostrils and bags under her eyes. 6/10
6. Lara here isn´t too bad, however, her face does seem a bit off and her thick eyebrows and prolonged forehead does not help either. 5/10
7. This Lara has huge eyes and lips resulting in a bit of a grotesque look unfortunately. 4/10
8. Lara here looks quite alright, the only problem is a very long neck and a big „hair bump“ on her head. 7/10
9. This was a set including a crocodile and Lara. Given her vacant look on her face, she does not seem to be too scared of holding crocodile´s mouth open like that. 4/10
10. This Lara from Legend is one of the more expensive ones but it looks really good and worth the money. 10/10
11. Another rendition of Angelina Jolie´s Lara, very bland looking. 4/10
12. This was doubted „voluptous“ in the description, but the look on her face is more offputting if anything else. 5/10
13. This „terminator-look“ Lara is another Angelina Jolie figurine, while a bit more distinct than the other two, the prolonged forehead makes her look like she is balding. 3/10
14. This is a TR3 catsuit Lara. Her chin seems to be a bit too short, but it is not too bad otherwise. 7/10
15. This is TR2 wetsuit Lara and I dare to say one of the best looking ones on the list in terms of being truthful to the in-game renders. Not too expensive as well, I really recommend it! 9/10
16. The new Tomb Raider reboot got its own figures as well and this one has a lot of joints and accessories. It seems to be quite faithful to the game, so another good one to pick up! 8/10
17. Angelina Jolie clones were quite a few and this one does not fall out of the line either. It seems just as bad as the others with a hint of trying to go for realism, which did not really pay off in the end. 4/10
18. Lara even got herself to be a bad bear plush toy, if that´s your kind of thing.
19. Based on Angel of Darkness, this statue seems alright. 7/10
20. This is what happens to Lara when she rolls around in mud too much. The paint job on this figure is very sloppy, there are much better TR 2013 figures out there than this. 4/10
21. Cheap version of no.10, this figure is trying to be faithful to Legend, but not as successfully. She seems to have too much of a make-up on her face and the eyes are quite off as well. 5/10
22. Underworld rendition of Lara is actually quite alright and one of the better cheap ones. 8/10
23. If this is the expression Lara has each time she exercise, then I rather not see it. It´s not one of the worst, but not exactly spectacular either. 4/10
24. This is a very expensive statue released for the Temple of Osiris game and damn, it looks awesome (her hair seems to be a bit too big though). 9/10
25. This is a very big statue and is very expensive. Her face seems alright but it is not quite looking like Lara though. 6/10
26. TR4 Lara from the intro cinematic has her face covered to protect her from sand, but her very strangely shaped chest section takes the attention. 4/10
27. Another Jolie Lara, one of the better ones I´d say. 4/10
28. Angel of Darkness statue, quite large, but not really sure it´s any better than no.19, her jaw line seems to be too wide. 6/10
29. TR3 Lara with a weird tiny nose, not much else to say here really. 5/10
30. This is what would happen when you would try to inflate her head like a baloon... 2/10
31. The only young Lara on this list with her head melted into her neck and with weirdly protruding breasts. 3/10

Bonus points for people who spotted the Lara Croft men´s underwear in the picture. Who would wear it anyway? 

Disclaimer: All the pictures are from Ebay listings and belong to their respective owners.

Nosgothic Realm reborn

After many years of waiting, Nosgothic Realm finally got its visual and structural update it needed. The new site was designed from scratch by its owner, Tenaya. She ported over all the fanart and fanfinction and even included a new section for Nosgoth. There are some amusing things to be discovered as well. For starters, I recommend looking at the Blood Omen 2 page.

You might also wonder what happened to the old forums hosted on Yuku. Unfortunately, they have been taken over by CyborReaver and closed to all members for unspecified reasons. Therefore, the current link will take you to the facebook group instead, until Nosgothic Realm will find a suitable host for its new forums.

UPDATE: The new forums are now found here. The old forums are now archived on the old site.

Soul Reaver reforged by Man at Arms

We have all been patiently been awaiting this day and today the legendary blade Soul Reaver was reforged by Man at Arms. Look at the spectacular process of forging piece of metal into a fully functional replica. My only gripe with it is the inaccurate face structure (mostly eyes and nose), wrong placement of the guards and lack of any details and spirals curling the wrong way on the hilt. All in all, it is still a great looking blade and huge thanks to the guys who made it!

Final result:

Compare it with Michael Craughwell´s version:

Or this version, by Omega Artworks:

Livebyhonor´s sword:

Blood Omen The Complete Soundtrack

Hello LOK OST lovers!

In collaboration with TheClayKinderSurprise, we bring you the full soundtrack for BO1 ripped directly from the game (including opening and closing cutscenes). This soundtrack includes both PC and PS versions of certain tracks as well. Enjoy!

UPDATE: Music extracted using the latest Blood Pill. More info in the read me file!

Download BO OST OGG
Download BO OST FLAC

Paul Lukather died (1926-2014)

In the unfortunate news, I have found out that our beloved and talented voice actor, Paul Lukather,  died last year in October, aged 88. He did some of the most incredible voices in the gaming industry, voicing the vampire Vorador in all five Legacy of Kain games. Some of you might remember he also voiced the President in Metal Gear Solid 2. Nevertheless, he will be greatly missed.

Powerslave Ex (Exhumed) released on PC!

Night Dive Studios just posted on their facebook page that the PlayStation version of Powerslave/Exhumed has been fully ported over to the pc. I have tried it and it runs great with lots of new possibilities such as chossing between gamepad/keyboard+mouse and featuring updated graphic options. I highly recommend this game to anybody who likes exploring and action mixed together with fighting aliens in Egypt. What´s there not to like? Huge thanks goes to Samuel "Kaiser" Villarreal who worked hard to make this project happen.

Download and more info here!

UPDATE: The download links have been taken down. It seems that Kaiser ran into some possible copyright issues and we are awaiting further notice.

Soul Reaver Soundtrack v6

Hello!

Here is a re-worked sixth version of the Soul Reaver Soundtrack. I have drastically reduced its size (only 800MB now), while the quality was kept intact. This time it is only in Ogg Vorbis format, as the FLAC version was redundant because the source files do not reach such high bitrates. There are also numerous small fixes present (renamed several tracks, track length unified further - more in the Read Me file). I hope you´ll enjoy this latest and more compact rendition of the awesome SR1 soundtrack!

Download: SR1-OST1-v6-OGG Mega link

NOTE: Please download the latest version 7.

Soul Reaver 2 Soundtrack PS2 version *UPDATE*

Hello there fellow LOK OST lovers!

Today I finally bring you a complete soundtrack from Soul Reaver 2 entirely recorded from the PS2 version, which has better sound than the pc version. I have reorganized the tracklist a little, removed some tracks, which were redundant, and also exported it in a more compact size (400MB), while still remaining high in quality. Use 7zip to open the first part and it will automatically extract everything. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!



Update: I have since discovered a new track which is found on the US version of the Air Forge demo and included it in the latest link below.

NEW UPDATE HERE

Rahabim in Nosgoth!

Today I was playing around in a private match and was exploring the maps. I´ve accidentaly dive bombed into the sea in Freeport as Sentinel and when I went back to the armory, I saw this:

Maybe it has to do something with  poissons d'avril...

Looking for an animator to help with Soul Revenant!

The SoulRev team is looking to hire an animator skillfull in Blender/Unity. We are a dedicated team, which works for free and would like to find a new member, who is passionate about the Legacy of Kain world (not an absolute requirement, but reviewing and assessing the original material is necessary) and has enough time to dedicate to our project (starting immediately, but work is flexible). If you are interested or have anybody to recommend, please send me a message via my blog or at my email address ancientvampire(at)centrum.sk. Thanks a lot!