Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 (Jul 17, 2001 prototype)

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|builddate=Jul 17, 2001 03:55:12
|buildname=Preview
|status=Released, redump needed
|releasedby=Hidden Palace
|filereleasedate=March 20, 2021
|origin_type=DVD-R
|origin_dumpmethod=Memorex MRX-650LE v6 AM61 (PowerISO)
|origin_labels=SR2 Preview
|origin_lot=Project Deluge
|game=Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
|system=PlayStation 2
|genre=Action
|final_builddate={{RegionDate|JP|Jan 9, 2002 }} {{RegionDate|EU|Oct 31, 2001 }} {{RegionDate|US|Oct 13, 2001 }}
|release_date={{RegionDate|JP|Feb 14, 2002 }} {{RegionDate|EU|Oct 31, 2001 }} {{RegionDate|US|Oct 31, 2001 }}
|unreleased=No
}}
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A prototype of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 for the PlayStation 2.
==Notes==

*Debug menu can be enabled by pressing L3
*Debug menu has more options than the final version
*PUSH, MOVIE and DEMO areas listed in the debug menu have been removed from the files
*The game is unfinished:
**Some cutscenes do not end - restarting level from debug menu helps
**Game cannot be finished without using debug menu
***The light forge puzzle is not fully scripted and cannot be completed
***The Sarafan Stronghold's second time streaming chamber cutscene can't be triggered
**Some voiceover cutescenes use audio placeholders
**The underground chamber and reaver forge murals use placeholder art
**The Sarafan Stronghold and Overworld music doesn't play
**Most cutscenes lack proper animation and camera angles, most characters use T-pose
**Janos Audron mural in Sarafan Stronghold only contains the heart-extraction part and has much simpler background
**The Ouroboros chamber is missing Sarafan brothers murals and Raziel statue
*Content not present in the final version of the game
**Between the stronghold and the pillars, there is a cutscene of Raziel encountering two vampires who acknowledge he is not one of them and flee
**Just before the pillars, the cutscene depicts the female vampire encountered earlier being impaled and decapitated by vampire hunters
**The first vampire cutscene uses the untextured male vampire model, which is not present in retail game files
**When in autoface combat mode, the crossed swords icon is shown in the upper-right corner of the screen
*Different titlescreen
*Different Font
*A cheat can be selected from the titlescreen
*Symbols file is present on disc
*Miscellaneous Notes:
**Game is emulatable (in PCSX2): Yes (as of March 17, 2021).
**Game contains dongle protection: No.

==Screenshots==
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File:SR2Preview Titlescreen.png|Early titlescreen featuring Raziel in the moonlight
File:SR2Preview Cheats.png|Cheats menu on the titlescreen
File:SR2Preview Opening.png|Raziel being confronted by Moebius after the end of SR1
File:SR2Preview PauseMenu.png|Pause Menu
File:SR2Preview DebugMenu.png|Debug Menu that can be activated via L3
File:SR2Preview Temp.png
</gallery></center>
==Origin==
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File:PS2 - SR2 Preview.jpeg|Disc front.
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==Files==
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==Acknowledgments==
A huge thanks to Nex for doing the initial research on this prototype! And a huge thanks to the anonymous donor that allowed for this release to happen!
==See also==

*[[News/Project Deluge: PlayStation 2|Project Deluge: PlayStation 2 (Initial Announcement Article) (March 20, 2021)]]
*[https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor Cutting Room Floor (TCRF)]
*[https://archive.org Internet Archive (IA)]
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