Nah..you are definitely not stupid. It's a PC....picky creatures. lol Wrace's patch is hard to find, but it works....very well. I think you can only find it at archive org.

If i got a slightly different configuration or perhaps exotic hardware (very possible) it can sometimes screw up a patch or even a game. My games all are working now, still, with this only exception yet. Because, yes, in theory the SR2 patch https://classicrebirth.com/index.php/soul-reaver-2-soul-fixer/ should work (unless i miss something...) but for me simply for some weird reason no success.

I do not even like to bother with testing because the failure is very big. It will freeze my PC and it will need restart every time, this is just to much to bother with. Currently the only game, out of hundreds, with such a issue.

After investigating the issue one more time i think i miss the Win 10 fixes, which is not part of the Soulfixer. Another important thing is not to use ingame settings (it may not work, just screwing up everything) instead using the ini. If i am correct i simply need to check.

Nah, it did not work so far (Soul Fixer + Ultimate Patch for Win 10) ... stuck in loading screen and gamepad was not becoming restored.

Soul Reaver 1: No time to check now

If I remember correctly "Soul Fixer" uses Direct3D 9, and Windows 10 has problems running games below D3D10, so I think if you activate DirectPlay, everything will be fine. Also make sure you install SR2 in a folder outside of your operating system folders, and launch the game via the shortcut created on your desktop, so install SR2 via the offline installer. Launching games with unofficial patches/mods through Galaxy almost always leads to errors.

Edit: I forgot to say that the "Soul Fixer" (dll) needs to be placed in the game's root directory, that is, in the ".exe" file directory.

Just had a fatal game crash, it was hanging up my entire system, so i had to reboot. Its just a hassle, fixing this game unless i get a bulletproof solution.

The only thing that may certainly work is a custom Voodoo engine or emulator, or a custom patch that is not messy.

Windows 10 is not generally having issues with any of the old Direct X but the game need to support it. I got many games at DX 9 or lesser... they all work. I should have all the required stuff already installed... automatically, else impossible to get houndreds of games at any age working properly.

Besides, i never install any game inside a system folder, in fact i do not install anything there, forbidden.

Look, I have a system here that is a real potato. Windows 7 64-bit, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and Intel HD Graphics, just to give an example. I didn't have any problems with "Soul Fixer", I just downloaded the dll and threw it into the SR2 folder, it worked the first time, perfectly. I'm sure your system is light years ahead of mine, so it's strange that you're experiencing these inconveniences. The only thing to do, if you want of course, will be to contact Gemini REbirth so they can investigate what is happening on your side.

He's this guy here: https://www.gog.com/forum/resident_evil_series/is_resident_evil_3_only_emulated/post18
Apparently.

Well, okay, maybe its not ALWAYS that they take away your old version of the game, but its not the normal way it works. I have games that either have the original version listed as a separate games, or have an installer for the original version as one of the extras that you can download for the game. Also keep in mind that this is not a single game. Its two games together, and not as a bundle. And and they are also running on an entirely different engine. Its not just some updated version.

Dose he have multiple GOG accounts? I swear he has another account unless he just changed the name.

The latest version (i suppose ...) is available there (Link & Installation Section)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3198586110
Scanned, it's virus free.
And yes SR1 is a pain to run under W10+ (one reason it was delisted ...)

Backup your SR1 installation folder (just in case).

It got nothing to do with the systems performance, exactly zero, it is entirely a compatibility issue. A old weak system could offer better compatibility or in other words "my system is just to futuristic for this game".

Perhaps it may run well on my weak Win 10 Notebook with an IGP, totally possible because less "exotic" hardware, so the game is not trying to create some stupid execution causing the system to malfunction because it can not translate it to any command that makes sense. Either it need an emulator or a solid environment able to make the "translation" directly in Windows, which can be difficult. Many users are having issues and many users had to use external "pad programs".

For those wo got it to work, could you name me your detailed spec along with how you was installing it?
Potato is perfect, eben better a old 3dfx Voodoo PC because this game seems nearly untouched and not adapted to a modern OS. I try to run it in Win 7 compatibility mode but currently I can not test it, no power at my home. Some electrician doing stupid things, dunno what.

Besides "Legacy of Kain: Defiance" runs great on my system without any mod. It is just those Soul Reavers being a pain. The engine surely is different.

IIRC , I just played the Soul Reaver games through dgVoodoo.

Someone even told "need to install it on C location else it may freeze". Sorry no... this is Pandoras box full of issues... i can not allow this massively broken game into my collection, not gonna waste my time.

I simply will wait for the Remaster to arrive... hope it will be done well including classic graphics (the same way it has been done on the Tomb Raider Trilogy).

It's been quite a while since I've beaten the original Soul Reaver for PC; right here on GOG no less. At the time, I was fiddling and attempting to get it to work with a controller. For the life of me, I can't recall if I actually beat it with a controller or just with K&M. Either way, I do recall actually completing it out. Used a guide to get all the magic and whatnot... probably like most people who went for that. Old-game development mentality and all that. I swear, games back then were pushing strategy guides and walkthroughs like nothing else.

Really looking forward to this remaster. I've never completed Soul Reaver II, and back in the day went straight for Defiance. This'll be my redemption arc for this fantastic series. Then again, I never completed the original Blood Omen... but I don't beat myself up over that one and nobody should. The game that started it all bears very little in resemblance to the later entries.

Don't Forget about Blood Omen 2. Its not as tied into the main plot as the other games are, but there are certainly ties. It is the weakest of the series, but its still a fun game, and worth playing.

Edit:
Its nothing like the first Blood Omen. They just used the name because you play as Kain.

Blood Omen 2 is the one I actually beat. I wanna say that after Defiance, that was the second LoK game I played.

I'm of the opposite opinion on it. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I recall absolutely loving it. I loved everything about it and the old portrayal of Kain prior to his "ascension". The quasi-steampunk and arcanepunk universe really did it for me at the time. Technical issues aside, I thought that it aged very well too. Sure it has it's flaws, but personally, I'd put it over the first Soul Reaver... I know, very unpopular opinion lol

I think he changed his "name". In fact, he's using a similar avatar here: https://www.youtube.com/@geminirebirth