• Tag Archives Parasite Eve
  • Parasite Eve II (PlayStation)

    https://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/706066439799488512/asobi-station-parasite-eve-ii-ps1-1999-square

    Parasite Eve II is an action RPG / survival horror game produce by Squaresoft for the PlayStation. It was released in 1999 and is of course the sequel to parasite Eve. While it still has some role playing elements, Parasite Eve II has less of those than the original and is more like traditional survival horror games like Resident Evil.

    The control system is typical of such games, at least early on, using tank controls which presents movement from a player perspective rather than a camera perspective. Speaking of which, the player doesn’t really have any control over the camera in this game. The player does have more freedom of movement in this game vs. its predecessor creating a little more of an open world feel, however you are normally only seeing one room at a time so action generally takes place in a confined area. Another difference from the original is that combat is in real-time. In the original there was a time bar that dictated order of actions.

    Parasite Eve II is set three years after the events of the first game. The main character and your avatar, Aya Brea, now works for the FBI as part of something called the Mitochondrial Investigation and Suppression Team. Anyway, the plot involves more Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures, cyborgs, corruption in the FBI and so-forth. Aya has special abilities governed by “parasite energy”. However, these abilities were locked and now she has to rediscover them in Parasite Eve II.

    Parasite Eve II was worked on by the same developers as the original so there is some continuity there. The story was directed and written by the same person that wrote and directed Resident Evil (Kenichi Iwano). This game generally got positive reviews and if you are a fan of survival horror then I would say it is definitely one you should try. You can always track down an original copy and it was also released as part of the Square Millennium Collection in 2000 and as part of the PSone Books line (Japan only) in 2002. Parasite Eve II was also released on the North American PlayStation Network in 2011. Emulation is always an option as well. Personally, I still like my games in physical form.


  • Parasite Eve (PlayStation)

    Parasite Eve (PlayStation)

    Square’s first Mature-rated game that blended Japanese RPG and survival horror elements.

    http://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/167409922486/rpgsitenet-parasite-eve-was-out-today-in-america

    Parasite Eve is a survival horror game released for the PlayStation by SquareSoft in 1998. It functioned as a sequel to a Japanese novel of the same name. Parasite Eve was SquareSoft’s first mature rated game and also their first major collaboration with American game developers. In Japan, Parasite Eve was part of the J-Horror phenomenon that included movies such as The Ring.

    The game is set in New York City and starts with an NYPD rookie attending an opera. Everyone except the NYPD rookie and the actress on stage spontaneously combusts. The actress mutates into a beast, runs to the sewers and calls herself Eve. The rest is up to you, the player, as the NYPD rookie Aya Brea.

    The game had very good graphics and cinematics for the time. Complaints included long load times and a storyline that was too linear. Still, like most SquareSoft titles it is a quality game and worth playing if you are a fan of the genre.

    Two sequels have been released, Parasite Eve II in 1999, also for the PlayStation and The 3rd Birthday in 2010 for the PlayStation Portable though this game is more of a spinoff than a true sequel. Parasite Eve and Parasite Eve II were also re-released in high definition via the PlayStation Network in 2011.





  • Parasite Eve II (PS1)

    Parasite Eve II was out in America in 2000. While more survival horror than RPG, it still features mitochondria.

    http://darth-azrael.tumblr.com/post/153173952330/rpgsitenet-parasite-eve-ii-was-out-in-america