Kain refused the sacrifice now you must make him pay!
Now, thousands of years later, Kain is the king and he has his generals. All are vampires and constantly evolve. Raziel, the most faithful of them all grows wings before the master. Kain, in a jelous rage, casts Raziel to a pit of death and let's him fall to his death. Raziel, on the other hand, doesn't die, but is made alive by a elder spirit that takes him to the same world thousands of years after his banishment, with only one mission: to kill Kain.
The game presents a sort of Tomb Raider meets melee and even more platforming. The boasts great graphics and an epic soundtrack. Soul Reaver was ported over the Dreamcast from a Playstation game, but with great graphical blessing: sharper textures, higher resolution and less fog.
The controls are responsive and make fine use of all the buttons. For the puzzles, you'll need to work a bit, since they are related to Raziel's physical strength. You still retain your vampiric needs, so you'll need to suck blood to live. You can glide your way in the levels and even strike enemies with your claws. Since you are a living-dead-thing, you'll constantly travel between the spirit world and the physical spectrum, since each world has differences. And you don't really die, if you are beaten in physical, you go to the spirit world, then you'll need to charge up and go back through a portal.
I can easily recommend this for its crazy story and just because is a darn fun game to play. Enjoy this and try to play the sequels. Unfortunately the sequels fall short of expectation, so just play them with an open mind and to follow the story.
Thanks for reading!