Inspiration is nothing without making something more, something consistent and unique, something also going further, adding to the eternal conversation of human culture and creation. Caligari, and his wraith form borrows from Vishnu, classical vampires and zombies as well as adding a variety of unique details such as the reversed Razielim symbol prolonging the black tears, or the two spines) but becoming fantastical visions and cultural icons in their own right. Raziel and the Spectral Realm alone are already aesthetical victories, both heavily influenced by the weirdest ideas (Raziel's vampire physionomy comes from Cesare in The Cabinet of Dr. Soul Reaver takes an incredible quantity of ancient, classical, modern and contemporary influences, too many to list them all here it takes Gnosticism, hindu myths it takes the Paradise Lost poetry, Piranesi's etchings of imaginary prisons, Judaic, Christian, Islamic inspiration it takes contemporary inspirations such as German Expressionism, Vampire the Masquerade, Necroscope, Atlantis fishmen and Xenomorphs and it weaves them all into its own unique mythology, also incorporating it into its very gameplay with the multiple clans and territories. This is a post-apocalyptic steampunk arabic/ancient-civilizations-inspired post-medieval-fantasy organic horror gnostic multiple-planes-of-existence universe with a parallel spectral ecosystem. The first quality is the originality and sheer strength of the setting. So what makes it so special? Why, but why exactly is Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver such a masterpiece?ĭERELICT NOSGOTH: ORIGINALITY AND INSPIRATION
It was the second title in the story-focused Legacy of Kain series, and according to a number of reviewers and passionate spirits, "may have been the most overly ambitious game ever". In 1999 came out a promising, inspiring video game, bound to become a legend on Sony's Playstation.
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