/vr/ - Retro Games

Blood Omen is a Zelda-type overhead adventure in which you're a vampire who must drink the blood of his foes (or innocents) to refill health, which constantly depletes because of the hunger. You can also take a few different forms and cast a number of spells. The world is huge, and it's fucking FULL of secrets, many of which enhance your abilities or give you new ones entirely. There are whole cities I've never seen, and I've beaten this game a good few times. The story and the voice acting are top notch.

Soul Reaver is the sequel to Blood Omen and one of my favorite games of all time. It's kind of a 3D platformer puzzle adventure hack'n'slash, I guess? You play an unholy abomination that feeds on souls, and you're on a revenge quest against the player character from the first game. You can shift between the physical plane and the spiritual plane and have different abilities and limitations in each, which makes for some really unique puzzles. Again, great story and some of the best voice acting you'll hear in a vidja game, let alone one from 1997.

Tragically under-appreciated games.