I sketched those sometime in 2010 for a LoK meme that used to go around DA back then (I slapped some colour on the middle one kinda recently, though). Hahah, I miss those games :)
- Kain -
“To know the future, Raziel - to see its paths and streams tracing out into the infinite…
As a man, I could never have contained such forbidden truths.
But each of us is so much more than we once were.
Do you not feel with all your soul how we have become like gods?
And as such, are we not indivisible? As long as a single one of us stands, we are legion…”
Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever going to get away from these games.
Lemme ‘splain.
I first played SR1 when I was just a wee 10-11 year old, way back in the faraway time of 2001. I know it sounds dorky and even childish but I feel like it was actually very formative for me in terms of how it shaped my interests as an adolescent. It certainly gave me taste for a certain kind of game and got me into fandom.
Now, at 23, I’m still playing these games. There’s large time gaps in between my replays but sometimes I find I genuinely miss the characters, which feels strange to say out loud. But yes, I miss Raz and Kain occasionally and I have to do a replay. Maybe it’s a nostalgia thing? LoK reminds me of my childhood? I don’t know. I just wonder if I’m still going to be playing when I’m 50. Sometimes I wonder if that’s a good thing or not.
It’s similar for me too. I can’t replay the games anymore (no patch from thelostworlds.net works on my laptop for some damned reason, plus I really have close to no time for playing video games these days), but I still find myself searching for cutscenes and let’s plays of the series every few months, despite the fact that I really don’t have to because I remember most of the dialogue by heart.
Legacy of Kain was a huge part of my early teenage years and had a massive impact on my young impressionable mind; it probably was one of the first complex stories I got invested in, and certainly the very first one that gave me a number of conflicting emotions. With so many good memories connected to it I think the series will always hold a special place in my heart, no matter how silly it sounds.
Oh look, another E3 with no confirmation of any of those Legacy of Kain reboot/remake/sequel rumors that crop up every year.
I warned you about rumors, bro.
I told you, dog.
