r/LegacyOfKain Apr 29 '26

AMA We're the LoK: Defiance Remastered art and design team - AMA!

238 Upvotes

Hello to all those of you in Kain's legions!

We're the Defiance Remastered art and design team. You may recognise some of us as old-school LoK fans going back even before the time of Defiance's original release, while others may be familiar to you from the Tomb Raider Remastered projects, or other endeavours.

We joined forces with the amazing engineers at PlayEveryWare as outsourced contractors for the project, and were responsible for the art production, the bonus materials, and many other facets of the remaster.

To celebrate the release of Patch 1.0.7, and acknowledge the wonderful reception from the community overall, we felt it would be cool to run an AMA. From this weekend on, we'll answer any of your questions we can within the parameters of our NDAs and common sense. If we cannot realistically answer a question, we'll let you know why.

Please note: this is not official PR. We're not representing Crystal Dynamics, PlayEveryWare, or anyone beyond ourselves in this capacity.

Our group consists of:

  • Monika Erosova (u/RainaAudron) - Art Director, Audio Lead
  • Dylan Geraghty (u/LordAevum) - Design Director, Localisation Lead
  • Andrew Fradley - Tools & UI Programmer
  • Patrick Johnson - (u/LegitimateSpot1440) - Senior Art Lead
  • Ian Turner - Character Artist
  • Konrad Majewski - Character Artist
  • Mihai Morar (u/Titan5580) - Junior Art Lead
  • Andrew Moon - 3D Artist
  • Ilana Katz - 3D Artist
  • Roland Dankó - 2D Art Lead
  • Clare Raftery - 2D Artist
  • Daniel White - Lead Concept Artist
  • Laura Panìco (u/LauraPanico1987) - Concept Artist
  • Laura Wen - Environment Art Lead

We don't all have Reddit accounts, so whenever an answer is provided, we'll make it clear who it's coming from.

Embrace the dark gift! Have fun!


r/LegacyOfKain May 22 '26

Art New Renders: Petty Noble Kain, the 2 Human Revenant classes, and Raziel's Corpse!

98 Upvotes

Hello all! Here are some more renders that I've updated my ArtStation with. This time it's the human, or "Petty Noble" Kain skin, followed by the Revenants that I did for the game, which were the first ones you face -- the human corpses. The later vampire and Hylden varieties were done by my fellow awesome colleague, Ian Turner. From the Revenant C corpse I made the "loathsome vessel" that Raziel uses to enter the Material Realm with.

https://the_hylden.artstation.com/albums/14954779

Today's list:

  1. Petty Noble Kain
  2. Revenant A
  3. Revenant C
  4. Raziel's Corpse

Much more still to come! Next will be the Scourge of the Circle and the Blood Omen version of Mortanius! Vae Victis!!


r/LegacyOfKain 9h ago

Screenshot Photo Mode Dump (from Defiance Remastered)

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(no ai used for editing)


r/LegacyOfKain 4h ago

Discussion Alright everyone, place your bets. Which one is arriving first?

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Got an email today of the Lost in Cult LoK TTRPG entering final production, and went back to see Bit Bot went radio silent on their Q1 2026 release after they sent out digital soundtracks in October.


r/LegacyOfKain 55m ago

Art Beetlejuice theme with Spectral soundbank (from Soul Reaver)

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Another one of my spectral tracks.

This is the Beetlejuice theme but with the spectral soundfont of Soul Reaver.

I made it with FL Studio using the Soul reaver soundbank provided by Dee Dyne.


r/LegacyOfKain 1d ago

Screenshot Bought it without thinking twice.

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146 Upvotes

r/LegacyOfKain 1d ago

Video Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered | Dark Prophecy Demo

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r/LegacyOfKain 2d ago

Discussion Legacy of Kain has always felt like gaming’s greatest unfinished story...

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Every time I revisit Defiance, it’s clear how close we were to a real ending — the purification, the Elder God losing control, Raziel’s sacrifice reshaping the timeline.

All of it feels like the threshold of a final chapter that never came.I put together a short breakdown exploring the lore threads that were clearly building toward that missing ending -

https://youtu.be/9ZDACdq3dWk

What do you think the final chapter was meant to be? What direction would you have taken things?

More importantly, will it ever happen?


r/LegacyOfKain 3d ago

Fan Project Opinion please

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123 Upvotes

Working on Raziel pre dead vamp form and im struggling with his hands. I'm about to put Volador's hands on him dang it! I need opinions. Does it look too bird claw like or?


r/LegacyOfKain 2d ago

Help! Soul Reaver 1 remastered for Switch throwing the gong stick

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Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance. Just got the Switch version of this game and have finally been able to have a chance to play from start to finish as I only had this game on a demo disk as a kid. Anyways I’m having so much trouble in an area in the Silenced Cathedral, throwing a gong stick in order to use it to hit a bell. I have used the stick to break the glass but cannot get the stick to land in the opening where the bell is so that so I can use the stick to hit the bell. I have tried aiming over and over but the stick never makes it and I have to pick it up and start all over again.


r/LegacyOfKain 3d ago

Discussion If the series were to be remade (not by Bit Bot obviously), what are your casting choices?

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I feel like Jeremy Irons for elder god is a solid pick, but I get stuck on the rest..


r/LegacyOfKain 3d ago

Meme No contradictions at all

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98 Upvotes

r/LegacyOfKain 3d ago

Misc Met Kurt Harland and had an amazing conversation about Soul Reaver and my CD signed!

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Information Society is currently touring here in Brazil and is playing in my town today and I got to hang out a little with kurt and the guys, and he shared a lot of memories and curiosities about the development of Soul Reaver 1&2 and their soundtracks and other stuff.

Curiously enough, he did mention that he only played both games form start to finish with this remaster when they were released, before that he only played a few random levels and sections. he also wrote some lines on elder god talking about killing kain and being twisted up.

he loved and was so excited when saw my ost CD and it made me so happy to see him sharing the love and affection he still has to this games and everything around them.


r/LegacyOfKain 4d ago

Misc Wonderful new pieces! Just ignore the bug man…

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Can’t thank u/Empty-Quarter-4109 for the amazing busts of Janos and Vorador. I would prefer to display them a little better but I’m limited in my display spaces thus LoK and Perfect Cell need to share the space.

I’ve posted them before but under Janos is an art piece of “the heart of darkness” as if it’s in a Sarafan museum lol and my life size Reaver I finished myself. The print came from etsy from someone in the UK so I sadly don’t know anything about i the file for the print! Sorry :,)


r/LegacyOfKain 3d ago

Discussion Kain and Vorador's relationship.

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When I first played Soul Reaver 1 many many years ago and saw the intro I noticed that Kain had an earring which was in fact the ring Vorador gave him in Blood Omen 1 for when a fledgling Kain would encounter Malak for the second time. I always believed that Kain wore the ring as a memento from his once mentor. After all until young Kain met vorador he believed vampirism was a curse. Vorador put the idea that vampires were dark gods in Kain's head. Which before Defiance was the reason for his refusal to sacrifice himself. So Blood Omen 2 which I kind of like due to seeing more of Kain and Simon Templemans performance as him. But I will admit that game brought many inconsistencies like Vorador's resurrection and him and Kain's conflict with one another. Now my knowledge of the series is from the games and old LOK websites like Nosgothic Ream and Lost Worlds. But has there been any info either from interviews or comics that explain how Kain and Vorador came to have such animosity towards each other?


r/LegacyOfKain 3d ago

Discussion About Blood Omen 2

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So I've completed BO1, SR1, SR2, and Defiance. I've heard, for years, that BO2 is kinda subpar comparatively.

That said....goodness. I was not ready. The dialogue, especially Kain's, is just so awful compared to the rest of the serious. He acts like a 15 year old edgelord and it's just so bad. It's like going from a filet mignon from a Michelin rated restaurant and comparing it to some well done flank steak.

Is this game really necessary to complete for Story purposes? Like...does it STRONGLY affect the entire story from the other 4 games? Or is it just kinda a side story that explains a little bit between BO1 and SR1?

Like....do I really need to endure this writing in order to have a better understanding? Or does it change little, relatively speaking?

I would happily buy a Blood Omen collection remaster...but just to show support for LoK/SR in general.


r/LegacyOfKain 4d ago

Art Alien (1979) with Spectral soundbank (from Soul Reaver)

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Another one of my spectral tracks.

Here are the main tracks of Alien (1979) but with the spectral soundfont of Soul Reaver.

I made it with FL Studio using the Soul reaver soundbank provided by Dee Dyne.

The 2 first ones were made totally from scratch but it's mainly ambient.


r/LegacyOfKain 4d ago

Help! Easiest game on ps5

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Hello! I'm gonna start legacy of kain series on ps5. Which game is the easiest?


r/LegacyOfKain 5d ago

Meme It's out civic duty...

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161 Upvotes

Fr, Thief fans... I'm so, so sorry...


r/LegacyOfKain 4d ago

Discussion Soul Reaver 2 Gameplay

21 Upvotes

This is my second time beating the game, i really love how the plot unfolds in this one, but I’d forgotten how tedious the gameplay was; combat feels sluggish, enemies seem to have homing attacks even when you dodge, and there are mandatory fights required to progress that feel like absolute hell, i think i enjoyed Soul Reaver 1 combat more.


r/LegacyOfKain 5d ago

Fan Project Finished up the lord

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Fun project that is now done


r/LegacyOfKain 5d ago

Discussion Ewwww, stay away from thief, bitbot 😡

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108 Upvotes

Argh, this pop up on my Facebook feed. If you see it, comment and warn the others.


r/LegacyOfKain 5d ago

Art Super Metroid with Spectral soundbank (from Soul Reaver)

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Another one of my spectral tracks.

Here are Super Metroid tracks but with the spectral soundfont of Soul Reaver.

I made it with FL Studio using the Soul reaver soundbank provided by Dee Dyne.


r/LegacyOfKain 6d ago

Misc Over a year late from estimated delivery, how many are actually getting their Bit Bot Media pledges

39 Upvotes

Not that I'm enthusiastic to be given this junk graphic novel, I would prefer a full refund, but after paying a lot to this campaign and getting burned badly, they can at least give me my damned junk I ordered after two years since paying. I wondered if many others have been getting their stuff, because it sounds that they are extremely slow at best, if delivering at all.


r/LegacyOfKain 6d ago

Screenshot Full picture #7

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Vampires drink blood #Sarafan

Viking (Alex)

https://youtu.be/uRW7DJBUn6U?is=1A3WJWAROUmu0O9Z