![]() Yet again though the game was released on the PS1 and bigger RPG’s didn’t have enough room on the disc to include voice acting. Unless you want to count Eve singing opera music but I think that more qualifies as the music in the game. Voice acting is pretty much nonexistent as well. Background music while walking through an abandoned hall is creepy and the battles had a strangely happy yet sad sounding beat to them. Still this is a PS1 game and anyone buying it should know what they are in for.Īudio in the game is good. In 1998 Parasite Eve was one of the most amazing games there was graphically speaking. That’s not really the fault of the game though. In fact by modern day standards they’re pretty bad. Graphics in Parasite Eve haven’t exactly aged well over the years. Also PE regenerates over time so don’t be shy about using it. The more Aya uses her PE the better she gets with it as well. Also Aya has her special PE (Parasite Energy) which allows her to do special attacks, heal, or raise her stats temporarily in battle. Weapons and armor can have their stats increased through the use of upgrades in the Tune Up menu. Aya isn’t the only thing that can be upgraded in this game though. So let’s just assume that you always attack enemies that are within your bubble.Īs noted the game is an RPG so the main focus of battling is to get experience so that Aya can level up. Well actually you can still attack outside of your bubble but your attack is more likely to fail and even if it does hit you’ll be doing way less damage. If the enemy is in your bubble they are in range. Each weapon has its own bubble grid that forms around Aya letting you know the range of your weapon. Aya has two different types of weapons, melee and ranged. Gameplay in Parasite Eve is a little bit different than what has become the norm for RPG’s. Okay so that may not have sounded down to Earth but I’m trying not to spoil anything here! We’ve seen our first glimpse of Eve and Aya is going to figure out what exactly is going on. Her arms start to grow in length, she begins to float above the ground, and her skin complexion pales. While this is happening, the woman singing on stage begins to transform. We follow Aya Brea, a New York cop who is watching a play when suddenly everyone around her begins to spontaneously combust. Parasite Eve was a much more down to Earth kind of game. It isn’t some kind of fantastical world where heroes are dressed in flamboyant outfits and the antagonist is secretly your father or anything. I know this doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone since it is a Square game but Parasite Eve really went beyond the normal storytelling for Square. The greatest aspect of Parasite Eve though is its story. Sure they’re mad at the game while playing it but they are also having the time of their lives with the challenge. It’s kind of like those people who play Ninja Gaiden 2 on the hardest difficulty. It was the insane difficulty of Parasite Eve that made me love it so. I know I’m ranting about the difficulty of Parasite Eve but I just want to make it clear that I love this game. So this time around I felt it might be different, and boy was I wrong. At first I thought that maybe it’s because I wasn’t as good at games when I was younger. Now I understand that it’s a Survival Horror RPG but holy cow did Square go out of their way to make sure I would struggle for hours just trying to stay alive. Why might you ask is this? Well because this game is so dang freaking hard! Instead of being scared of the creatures themselves in the game I was more scared about losing. This is one of the things that made this game stick out to me as a kid. Still I have a lot of fond memories sitting in front of my TV at night afraid that I wouldn’t be able to beat the next boss. I didn’t end up playing it until I dug it out of a bargain box in 2003 though. Parasite Eve was originally released for the PlayStation back in 1998. ![]() So Parasite Eve just hit the PSN a few months ago and wow was this a blast from my past! I can’t even think of the last time I pulled my PS2 out and sat down to play this game. A Classic Comes To The PlayStation Network
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