CharlesGrey: I remember playing one of the sequels on Gamecube -- was it Blood Omen 2? -- and found it rather disappointing.
Neobr10: Fun fact: Blood Omen 2 was not meant to be Blood Omen 2. Yeah, sounds weird, i know, but Blood Omen 2 was actually built on what remained from a cancelled Dreamcast game called Chakan 2 (a sequel to the original Chakan for the Genesis, and it's obvious that the sequel was cancelled because the Dreamcast died). Instead of building Blood Omen 2 from the ground up, they used assets from Chakan 2, which is why the game doesn't look like a sequel to Blood Omen at all. This is according to the internet, there is no official information on that, but there is indeed evidence that this was exactly what happened. The art design and characters used in Blood Omen 2 match perfectly those found in Chakan 2's project. It couldn't just be a coincidence.
Actually - all seems to imply that the similarities are not an effect of reused assets but because they were made by the same person (Steve Ross) who has a very specific style. Steve Ross said that himself but there are
others who confirm his version.
It is a fact however that Soul Reaver was originally not meant to be a part of Legacy of Kain.
Edit: All this of course doesn't change the fact that BO2 doesn't deserve it's title and is the weakest part of LoK franchise. At least until Nosgoth is released.