Soul reaver sucks so far, can I skip
Idk how common this opinion is but i dont wanna look through this sub and get spoiled so im just gonna post this. Im not trying to make anybody mad so please just hear me out, but ive got a few hours on soul reaver 1, and the gameplay is frustrating and boring beyond belief.
I played blood omen first and I loved it so much, the music was cool, the story and lore was cool, and kain himself made the game so interesting I couldn't stop playing, yeah the gameplay got kinda annoying but I found myself enjoying it pretty often.
I can see the appeal of soul reaver and I like the story so far, but after beating blood omen I feel like this is an extreme downgrade in atmosphere and even gameplay.
Im in the silenced cathedral with all those spider enemies and Im doing the puzzle where you have to connect the pipes and turn them on. These enemies are so annoying and I have to kill them over and over while im doing each puzzle here.
I have a few questions about this game:
1: Is it ok for me to just watch the cutscenes and skip playing? Im only really interested in kain so far and I've only seen him twice, raziel seems like he'll be cool later but he barely talks during this part of the game and there are barely any cutscenes at this point.
2: should I really just force myself through this game? Im sure the story is great and I'll probably appreciate the whole series more if I just play it but im afraid I'll just burn out if I keep playing
3: are the rest of the games in this series so annoying gameplay wise? I could put up with this much longer if there was more going on with the plot and more dialog, so im wondering if those games have better pacing