Rated PG13, because I'm perverted.
In addition to inspiring deep, philosophical soul-searching (so we can understand just what the hell is going on), there are also several conclusions we can draw from Soul Reaver and it's characters (keep in mind, I'm NOT a religious fanatic, I'm just really into the Occult. I'm actually only religious to the point that I believe that there is a Divine presence, be it God, Buddah, Allah, The Goddess, or a little bit of each. I'm very open-minded):
~ Raziel is SO supposed to be the embodiment of an angel. I mean, why else would he 1) get wings (even if they are bat wings, it's still visually suggestive of an angelic presence); 2) be the ONLY guy in the game not to be named after a fallen angel or a Biblical bad guy (Raziel is named after an archangel, and quite a high-ranking one, at that); and 3) be ressurected as the Elder's "ANGEL OF DEATH" (yes, the Elder does call him that)?
~ Kain and Raziel represent (on a Biblical basis, mind you) God and Satan, only in reverse: Kain being the bad guy and Raziel being the, er, not-AS- bad-but-still-not-totally-good guy. It makes sense, really, if you're into the Occult like I am.
~ Raziel is hot, pure and simple. He's a vampiric sex symbol. I love bad boys... It'd be better if he didn't rot after the first five minutes of the game, though. Then I could stare at him clad in skintight leather. Oh yeah.
~ This game is begging my best friend Brandon and me to make it a movie when we get rich enough to buy the copyright, take care of sets and special effects, hire some schmucks to obey our every command...
~ I have way too much time on my hands.
~ Ariel is damn creepy and kinda useless. The makers put her in there so the game didn't seem sexist, I bet you.
~ Soul Reaver is way too cool to ever be considered sexist by anyone in their right mind.
~ The game would be freakin' hillarious if they substituted the dialogue they've got for the lines my big bro Steven and I improvise when we play it together.
~ Raziel says "I am destroyed" once he checks out his rotting glory because he realizes that he'll never, ever get laid again looking like that.
~ In relation to the above musing, if you look too closely at Raziel, like I tend to, you'll notice that the water in the Abyss didn't just take his skin, his organs, and his jaw. It also took his....er....you know what I'm talking about.... It's just as well though: looking the way he does now, it's not like he'd get a chance in hell to use it anyway. (Well, if he could find some really, really, really, REALLY desperate dead chick...)
These are, unfortunately, the only random musings that came to my mind. Soon I may have more musings, or more questions. Loveya, and gimme reviews!
In addition to inspiring deep, philosophical soul-searching (so we can understand just what the hell is going on), there are also several conclusions we can draw from Soul Reaver and it's characters (keep in mind, I'm NOT a religious fanatic, I'm just really into the Occult. I'm actually only religious to the point that I believe that there is a Divine presence, be it God, Buddah, Allah, The Goddess, or a little bit of each. I'm very open-minded):
~ Raziel is SO supposed to be the embodiment of an angel. I mean, why else would he 1) get wings (even if they are bat wings, it's still visually suggestive of an angelic presence); 2) be the ONLY guy in the game not to be named after a fallen angel or a Biblical bad guy (Raziel is named after an archangel, and quite a high-ranking one, at that); and 3) be ressurected as the Elder's "ANGEL OF DEATH" (yes, the Elder does call him that)?
~ Kain and Raziel represent (on a Biblical basis, mind you) God and Satan, only in reverse: Kain being the bad guy and Raziel being the, er, not-AS- bad-but-still-not-totally-good guy. It makes sense, really, if you're into the Occult like I am.
~ Raziel is hot, pure and simple. He's a vampiric sex symbol. I love bad boys... It'd be better if he didn't rot after the first five minutes of the game, though. Then I could stare at him clad in skintight leather. Oh yeah.
~ This game is begging my best friend Brandon and me to make it a movie when we get rich enough to buy the copyright, take care of sets and special effects, hire some schmucks to obey our every command...
~ I have way too much time on my hands.
~ Ariel is damn creepy and kinda useless. The makers put her in there so the game didn't seem sexist, I bet you.
~ Soul Reaver is way too cool to ever be considered sexist by anyone in their right mind.
~ The game would be freakin' hillarious if they substituted the dialogue they've got for the lines my big bro Steven and I improvise when we play it together.
~ Raziel says "I am destroyed" once he checks out his rotting glory because he realizes that he'll never, ever get laid again looking like that.
~ In relation to the above musing, if you look too closely at Raziel, like I tend to, you'll notice that the water in the Abyss didn't just take his skin, his organs, and his jaw. It also took his....er....you know what I'm talking about.... It's just as well though: looking the way he does now, it's not like he'd get a chance in hell to use it anyway. (Well, if he could find some really, really, really, REALLY desperate dead chick...)
These are, unfortunately, the only random musings that came to my mind. Soon I may have more musings, or more questions. Loveya, and gimme reviews!
