Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

PlayStation

Yony 29 Nov 2022 01:42

so I did it without him attacking me and the achievement didn't unlock...

Vopyr 18 Mar 2024 12:32

I don't know for sure, but apparently telekinetic projectile can help with this achievement, because it disrupts Kaine's attack. The bigger problem will be reaching Kaine in time to hit him.

Ryzu 20 Mar 2024 12:25

Done this twice now and the achievement didn't pop

Evldiomedes 18 Aug 2024 15:23

For anyone interesed in this achievement, it can be done but takes a lot of luck and patience.

1st and 2nd phase should be no issue.
Change to spectral plane if You cant locate Kain quickly.

3rd phase, keep changing planes until You locate him with the reaver projectile as soon as You exit astral planet.

I did it on my 3rd try.

Zombietraine 14 Sep 2024 17:23

So I echo @evldiomedes's strategy here. I'd add some other strats to this...

1. When you start the fight, immediately go into Spectral, it gives you time to get settled and handle the wraiths that are in that realm. You can kill them and leave them as spirits so they don't bother you the rest of the fight.

2. Go into Spectral immediately at the start of phases 2 and 3 (after you hit Kain once) as well to give yourself time to get repositioned.

3. In the first phase if you come out and don't almost immediately see Kain in a second or so of camera rotation, go back into Spectral and try again. It's not worth sitting through that ending cutscene again for a slight chance to hit him. Be as sure as you can that you're going to hit him.

4. In the second phase, you can see Kain's feet on the second level so you'll know where he is. You have a few more second of camera rotation here to try and find him, but if it's more than 2-2.5 seconds, it's too late, just go back into Spectral and try again.

5. In the third phase, it's really about getting lucky I think. Pick a wall and just go into Material, climb the wall and if you don't see him at the top, just go back to Spectral, go back to middle and try that same wall again. Something that I did find that worked somewhat often was if I faked going one direction and then went to the wall I planned to climb. So for instance, you can come out of Spectral, run to the right for about a second, then go back left and climb that wall. It's almost like he positions himself as far as he can from you based on where you're at a second or two after coming our of Spectral.

6. I didn't use the projectile skill at all in this fight. Too much lag and they're too unreliable in my opinion.

Good luck!