Were demon hunters inspired by Raziel?

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  1. Eat souls
  2. Barely functioning wings that allows only gliding
  3. Face partially missing
  4. Barely any clothes
  5. Edgy as hell

Although Zeratul looks even more similar to Raziel

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Loved that game

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That sounds like Spyro to me.

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spyro isn’t edgy. He is in that one game no one actually played and it’s terrible anyway

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He was in Legacy of Cain : Soul Reaver

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Raziel and Kain were both massively more interesting characters than literally anything in WoW.

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They made spyro edgy in the legend series back in the day, and it pretty much killed the series for awhile until Reignited came out.

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Fun stuff: Michael Bell, who voiced Raziel, also voiced Medivh.

I dunno if Simon Templeman (Kain) has ever done any VO work for wow… he has a very distinct voice.

I personally don’t see the connection, at least looking back at Illidan in WC3.

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Oh man I love that game it were inspire by it? IT WORKED! I never play WoW like I play in Legion! :heart_eyes:
Did PvP and enjoy it like I done it all my WoW life (were normally I stay out of it)
Work my @$$ to minimax my DPS, read on guides and had a even a vet friend help me get the Mage Tower weapon look.

All because I *&%&% LOVE how DH played, look, feel and the rich story there was everywhere (So detail too) with every class, in every Map on that expansion… so sad Legion is over and no more Mage Tower to get for my other Classe, barely made it with my DH. lol :sweat_smile:

Anyway, YEP great game! I love the story too, was very dark and gloomy… it even had a bit of a version of an Old God too now that I remember! :exploding_head:

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Medivh and Kairoz both voiced by him. A conspiracy theory i feel there
2 characters voiced by same person opened portal for orcs into azeroth…

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Another Legacy of Kain game would be very much welcomed by this individual.

However, I don’t think anyone at Blizz would have made that connection, and if they did, then good on yeh for noticing, OP.

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This depressed me.

Man I loved those games and always wanted them to revamp them for today.

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Every day that passes that Soul Reaver isn’t remade is a day I regret having lived through.

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It’s a shame the Nosgoth game was canned. Even if it was only based in the universe and had no real connections to the two story protagonists, it was still a lot of fun.

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I loved soul reaver but I never put 2 and 2 together.

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I’m honestly surprised that was what they decided to do with the IP. Like, really? A team-based arena shooter was all they could come up with?

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Kain refused the sacrifice.

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They have some design similarities, but I dunno if I’d say it was 100% inspired by Wingboy of the 90s.

For one, Demon Hunters don’t have to deal with the endless swarm of block puzzles! Raziel LOVED those.

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I have seen a lot of other characters similar to DHs.

I personally believe that they were inspired by another character from a different game. Raiko from otogi: myth of demons (with maybe a little bit ryu from ninja gaiden thrown in.)

  • Both have a double jump and a glide,
  • both have that fel rush ability,
  • both eat souls,
  • both were warriors raised by a female to fight demons,
  • both were fairly edgy,
  • both require charging for their most powerful abilities,
  • and the fighting style reminds me of raiko’s dw style.