I think I saw it. Is it the level, where you get the family crest?
Raziel gets betrayed by Kain, and gets KOed and thrown into the Abyss, then he gets "saved" by Elder God, becomes the "Harvester of Souls/Angel of Death, then the pain he took was receded[and he was healed]. It is your fate to kill The Lord of Vampires Kain. Raziel was "higher" than Kain.
Kratos gets betrayed by Zeus and killed by Zeus[weakened], he gets sent to Hades, and his saved by Gaia/Titans, Gaia heals you, and now it is your fate to kill[and change your fate]Zeus--King of Olympus/King of Gods. Zeus was afraid of Kratos, and he[Kratos]was worshipped as "their" God.
Coincidence?
Yes because his soul is actually under his control 100% the same as most vampire entities, the diffrence between Raziel dieing however and Kain, is that Kain would become a vampire wraith in the spectoral plane, wheras Raziel already is a special type of wraith and is capable of making his soul material again, therefore re-creating his physical form.
So yes, if you blow him up, slice him in half, disintegrate him etc, he will return.
Originally posted by Burning thought
tbh now ime not sure either can beat the other, although Sephiroth is just as vulerable to TK as anyone else.But you said Raziel may not soul rip in this combat.
Raziel has many powers, he can go invisible, blind Kratos with the light reaver and use his elemental reavers to burn, freeze etc the god of war.
When using the typical power of the wraith blade he could quite easily just impale Kratos and take his soul right off the bat. Or he could just TK Kratos about the place.
Well, Kratos could blind Raziel with the head of helios, petrify him with the medusa,euryales head, and could defeat him with the power of hope,destroy him with rages, throw the blades of olympus and if he escapes he could use his blades of exile and use the claws of hades to rip his soul apart!etc...
And dont forget hes got boots of hermes to keep up with him.
He lost his power to take souls. He should be allowed any and all abilities at thise stage considering Gow 3 boost. I want the exact weight/strength of Cronos or at least a rough estimate, how much does the Empire state building weigh which was the equivalant apprently to Cronos in size, obviously Cronos could weigh less as he is not made of steel and other building materials. Then from the perhaps we can find out the PSI of Cronos' slap on Kratos.