Getting Started ... . . 2 Starting Up ....3 Controls ....4 Getting Into the Game .
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USING THE XBOX CONTROLLER USING THE XBOX VIDEO AVOIDING DAMAGE TO THE GAME SYSTEM DISCS OR THE DISC DRIVE 1. Set up your Xbox video game system • Insert only Xbox-compatible discs 1. Insert the Xbox Controller into any Definition A/V Pack. Select Dolby by following the instructions in the controller port of the Xbox console.
MENU CONTROLS COMBAT CONTROLS > Game start: display Title Menu. Lift attack (ground), slam attack (air). In game: Pause/open Pause Menu. Fatal blow (feed Reaver). Special attack (with ; see page 24). < Open/close Status Screen. Slash attack. Shuffle Status Screens. Reaver Spell (hold/release).
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Options – Adjust the in-game • SAVING GAMES OPTIONS TITLE MENU settings. (See page 7 for details.) Bonus Materials – Review and • select Bonus Materials you’ve unlocked by your successes in the game. Dark Chronicle – Replay • storyline cinematics you’ve revealed during your progress through the game.
During his journey, Kain discovered and assailed by the degenerate offspring of his KAIN’S EMPIRE THE PILLARS claimed the Soul Reaver, an ancient soul- former brethren, who had long since devolved Kain concluded with the realization that Vorador devouring blade, and stumbled across — not into monstrous forms.
Cunning and relentless, the vampire Kain battles the Once the greatest of Kain’s vampire lieutenants, Raziel oppressive agents of Fate that seek to destroy is now only a ruined specter of his former glory. Armed him. For centuries, he has ruthlessly pursued a with the wraith-blade of the Soul Reaver, he strives singular ambition —...
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TWO HEROES ARTIFACTS TK USE MANUALLY AIMING TK The game’s plot unfolds through Both Kain and Raziel employ You can manually-aim your TK to target chapters, focusing alternately on Kain Telekinetic force to hurl enemies specific objects and solve puzzles. and Raziel as they pursue their away or shatter obstacles.
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BLOOD-DRINKING MIST FORM SUPERHUMAN LEAP BAT FLIGHT Kain’s ceaseless blood-hunger causes Kain can dissolve briefly into mist to In some areas, Kain can use his Kain can fly rapidly between distant his Health Gauge to drain slowly over pass through permeable barriers (such vampiric strength to leap across locations by transforming into a swarm time, requiring him to feed frequently...
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Shifting from Spectral to Material SPECTRAL AND MATERIAL PHASING THROUGH DEVOURING SOULS REALMS BARRIERS Raziel is a denizen of the Spectral In the Spectral Realm, Raziel can Realm, a shadowy underworld dematerialize to pass through populated by nightmarish creatures permeable barriers like gates and and lost souls.
REAVER CHARGE • Other spells affect Raziel or Kain, enabling them to turn invisible When the Reaver Gauge is full, the temporarily or unleash an flurry Reaver becomes charged and its of extra-dimensional attacks. combat performance is temporarily augmented. The effect varies based on Some Reaver Spells are useful •...
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Primary Goal RESTORING HEALTH BY FEEDING Immediate Task • Blood and Soul Basins can be drained to recover health. Current artifacts in the • MAIN STATUS SCREEN character’s possession. Because they are vampiric creatures, During gameplay, < to open the Status Reaver Enhancements earned.
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TK IN COMBAT FINISHING MOVES COMBAT MODE ATTACK TYPES When an enemy has been reduced to a Single and Combination Attacks vulnerable state (stunned or otherwise to perform single incapacitated), Kain and Raziel can attacks. Create combos by linking feed to recover their health, or finish different button presses in sequence.
There are five types of Special Attacks: SPECIAL ATTACKS COLLECTABLES TELEKINETIC RUNES Devastating Strike A powerful slam attack that bounces the enemy off the ground, setting it up for a follow-up attack. in the attack direction and • simultaneously press Rapid Attack Each Rune enlarges the character’s A vicious flurry of attacks unleashed...
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repels attacks. Indicated by a ring Director Sr. Producer Test Manager COMBAT BARRIERS Amy Hennig Matthew Guzenda – Crystal Dynamics of glowing Runes around the Christopher Bruno affected enemy. You must destroy Lead Programmer Producer Jason Bell Rosaura Sandoval Lead Tester – Crystal Dynamics the shield before you can damage Benny Ventura your opponent.
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Director of Channel & Interactive Marketing APTC – Eidos UK - Eidos US Jonathon Redington Kim Pendleton Test Team – Eidos UK Channel Marketing Coordinator - Eidos US Nuruzzaman Ali Janty Sumimoto Sean Carter Ernest Doku Marketing Illustrations Linus Dominique GlyphX, Inc.
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