Games released on August 16

Four games that still hold up, from Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver in 1999 to Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth in 2017

  1. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1999

    Turned 27 this year PlayStation

    Raziel, a disfigured and ghostly vampire, moves between the material plane and the spectral one, where he can pass through gates but cannot move a single block.

  2. Dungeon Siege II 2005

    Turned 21 this year

    The sequel to Dungeon Siege leads a party of up to six, one member under your hand and five under your orders, toward a melee, archery or magic style that the levels reward you for sticking to.

  3. Sally Face 2016

    Turned 10 this year

    Sal Fisher, a boy with a prosthetic face, looks into local murders with his friends, in an adventure released in five episodes.

  4. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth 2017

    Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

    Ken Follett's 1989 novel becomes a point and click adventure released in three books between 2017 and 2018, with three main characters to control.

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