1998 was such a GOAT year for PS1 games.
Ah, I've heard from other gaffers like suppa that it's worth playing. I bought the game for cheap, so I'm already somewhat committed to playing it.
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LttP: Parasite Eve
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1998 was such a GOAT year for PS1 games.
Ah, I've heard from other gaffers like suppa that it's worth playing. I bought the game for cheap, so I'm already somewhat committed to playing it.
Terareflection
Member
The story is definitely pretty good.
The whole thing about connection with the actress through transplant,accident with the scientist in Japan,and strange evolution of mitochondria is actually pretty memorable stuff.
It really did well considering it was made like 18 years ago.
There's a lot to explore here in a remake.
Oh wow, I had forgotten about this game but it was amazing and since I was still a kid at thr time, it scared the shit out of me. Seeing that rat mutate gave me nightmares and forced me to put the game down. I remember spending so much time in the police station since nothing would go wrong there and the music settled my racing heartbeat till the attack in the station.
I wish squaresoft still existed and didn't end up with Enix as it is today. They made so many amazing games during the PS1 generation and made me a blind fan buying anything they released regardless of the reviews.
I wish squaresoft still existed and didn't end up with Enix as it is today. They made so many amazing games during the PS1 generation and made me a blind fan buying anything they released regardless of the reviews.
JadedWriter
Member
What the fuck is that thing. I'm never attempting the Chrysler Building.Dat ultimate being tho.
I kept myself spoiler free and promised myself I'd clear the Chrysler building one day.
That's like the origin of my backlog.
Didn't MGS1 also come out that year?
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Loved this game as a kid. I need to replay it.
Aya Brea is my favorite character of all time. I pay her homage everyday 💕
Aya Brea is my favorite character of all time. I pay her homage everyday 💕
DangerMouse
Member
Out of all Square's games Parasite Eve deserves a reboot.
The Aya Brea Easter egg in the FF7R trailer gives me hope.
Same. Loved seeing that poster.
Agreed, I liked the second but I hugely preferred the RPG style of the first game.
blummer102
Member
Parasite Eve 1 is a masterpiece and something Square will probably never attempt again.
The second game is too survival horror for my tastes; I prefer the RPG feel of the first. Also, the soundtrack was better.
3rd Birthday isn't as bad as people here make it out to be, but the plot is fucking nutters.
The second game is too survival horror for my tastes; I prefer the RPG feel of the first. Also, the soundtrack was better.
3rd Birthday isn't as bad as people here make it out to be, but the plot is fucking nutters.
Alex_Mexico
Member
I bought PE2 day one back in 2000 and hated everything about.
The music sucked.
The setting sucked.
The story sucked.
The RE-wannabe tank controls sucked.
Enemy designed sucked.
The new somehow younger looking and now sexualized Aya Brea sucked (PE1 Aya was never sexualized in-game).
It was a slog and boring as shit. PE1 is the only PE game that exits as far as I'm concerned.
And The 3rd Birthday not only is not a PE game at all, it also doesn't exist.
Talk about mismanagement of a promising franchise.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Saying that PE1's soundtrack is better than PE2 is like comparing the soundtrack of Empire Strikes Back to that of Battlefirld Earth.
I mean listen to the BGM of the desert motel which you spend the majority of the game in. This is it. The only thing you'll hear for hours. And the only piece that will interrupt that boring ass guitar sound is and even worse battle theme.
God, I hate PE2.
http://youtu.be/XJMhgyV1Mjk
NinjamicWZ
Banned
The old ClassicGameRoom review seemed positive on it too. It's what made me pick it up when it finally went on sale on PSN a year or so ago.
The atmosphere in the desert motel is fantastic.Some of the most sublime stuff I have ever experienced in a game.
Its perfectly appropriate,and its not like the first game doesn't have any musical sins of its own.
This was just aggravating to listen to in the longest dungeon of the game.The museum is easily longer and much more frustrating than the daytime dryfield,the only time the soundtrack you mentioned plays.
blummer102
Member
Valid point, but I do think the PE2 soundtrack does a nice job at producing eerie atmosphere. The motel theme is all you hear for a long time, but it does make you feel creeped out, always on the lookout for those freaky camel-looking things. But yeah, even though it was atmospheric, I prefer Yoko Shimomura's songs from the first game. (Everything she does is gold.)
The enemy designs were better,the graphics design was better and much more detailed,the music is equally as good and atmospheric.
The controls were a direct evolution and improvement of the first game.
Its actually a better RPG.There were more weapons to choose from and you actually had control over which mitchondria abilities to develop.
There were no tedious random encounters and forced battles that show their ugly teeth in longer dungeons such as the museum and the sewers in the first game.
How does this look younger than the aya of the first game? If anything she looked older,taller,less elf like and more imposing :
![37365-Parasite_Eve_2_[Disc1of2]_[NTSC-U]-3.jpg](http://199.101.98.242/media/images/37365-Parasite_Eve_2_[Disc1of2]_[NTSC-U]-3.jpg)
alice_kiss_lara
Banned
i sense the 3rd Brithday port is coming to PS4/Xb1 with FF7 demo for $59.99
Alex_Mexico
Member
The rest of your post is a matter of opinion but the controls on PE2 being a direct evolution of the first game is objectively wrong. How the hell is awkward Resident Evil tank controls where you have to pivot to turn left or right a direct evolution from a top down view where up is up and down is down when moving Aya? As if you see now all games with this tank controls after being so revolutionary that no one uses PE1 style anymore.The enemy designs were better,the graphics design was better and much more detailed,the music is equally as good and atmospheric.
The controls were a direct evolution and improvement of the first game.
Its actually a better RPG.There were more weapons to choose from and you actually had control over which mitchondria abilities to develop.
There were no tedious random encounters and forced battles that show their ugly teeth in longer dungeons such as the museum and the sewers in the first game.
How does this look younger than the aya of the first game? If anything she looked older,taller,less elf like and more imposing :
Also Aya not only looks younger, the game outright tells you she does look younger due to some bullshit reason about her mitochondria de-ageing her or some crap.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Is there a synopsis of it anywhere?
Edit: lol, wiki, of course. I might give this a read, sounds really cool.
Dragon1893
Member
Great game. Love the sequel as well.
Never touched the 3rd birthday because of how badly it was received.
I wish SE would go back to this franchise but actually do something decent with it.
Never touched the 3rd birthday because of how badly it was received.
I wish SE would go back to this franchise but actually do something decent with it.
SkylineRKR
Member
PE1 was brilliant, set within 1 real life location. Great X-Mas horror atmosphere.
PE2 was shit. It was an RE rip off.
Third Birthday was a decent PSP TPS, but plot wise the worst game ever.
PE2 was shit. It was an RE rip off.
Third Birthday was a decent PSP TPS, but plot wise the worst game ever.
Novum_Veritas
Member
I never understood why PE 2 is so much more liked than PE1. The monsters looked really goofy in PE2, the tank controls were worse than in any RE game. Also the music wasn't really memorable for me at least.
I really liked both Parasite Eve games. They both did things differently and I liked them for what they were. I'd say I prefer PE1 for it's tone, setting and atmosphere but PE2 was more polished and crafted. Would love another game in the same vein as either of these.
The Third Birthday is a horror show. The only thing I liked about it is the music. So many stupid decisions and stylistic choices.
The Third Birthday is a horror show. The only thing I liked about it is the music. So many stupid decisions and stylistic choices.
This is one of the very best PSX games, along with Final Fantasy VII / VIII, Resident Evil 2 and Castlevania Symphony of the Night. There's not a single year that goes by without me playing this one and Parasite Eve 2.
I'm just patiently waiting for Squeenix to announce a PS4 Parasite Eve. I'll promptly and massively lose my shit when that happens.
I'm just patiently waiting for Squeenix to announce a PS4 Parasite Eve. I'll promptly and massively lose my shit when that happens.
Nothing bullshit about this. Mitochondria are one of the main components of the aging process. Theoretically, evolved mitochondria means more efficient cellular energy production, stronger cells, less mitochondria dying, less aging. The Parasite Eve universe runs with the theory that mitochondria started as cell parasites, and in Aya's words, a youthful host is advantageous.
Kenichi Iwao conceived the Clay Virus and t-Virus in Resident Evil based on the theory of retroviruses being a major contributor to evolution and perhaps even the origin that kickstarted evolution itself. He ran with a similar theory in PE2 and even blended it with Resident Evil's virus, using neo-mitochondria to create perfect DNA for evolution that could then be implanted into a vector retrovirus able to create a designer species when spread.
Basically PE2 does nothing story-wise that isn't laid out by PE1.
Doczu
Member
My personal favorite action-jrpg for the PS1.
When i was a kid i had a bootleg JAP version (yeah... been there, done that) and i just played the game without knowing the story. I just made the story up from any bits and pieces here and there. When i finally got my hands on a genuine US version i was shocked how on spot my story was with the game (minor details about transplants, midichlorians etc were off, but whatever).
All the Parasite Energy attacks were tested out for effects and transcribed on paper (these "signs" do this and these do nothing important). So it was a lot of trial and error for me.
Tight gameplay, very good pacing, fantastic music and 1st class Square 90's CGI.
I've replayed it on the PSP, and now with PS1 emulation on the 3DS i'm preparing myself for another run. Hopefully i'll finish the new game+ dungeon this time...
The sequel wasn't bad. But it surely wasn't what i wanted... At least this one came out in Europe, so that's good... i think.
Never played 3rd Birthday. Is it good?
When i was a kid i had a bootleg JAP version (yeah... been there, done that) and i just played the game without knowing the story. I just made the story up from any bits and pieces here and there. When i finally got my hands on a genuine US version i was shocked how on spot my story was with the game (minor details about transplants, midichlorians etc were off, but whatever).
All the Parasite Energy attacks were tested out for effects and transcribed on paper (these "signs" do this and these do nothing important). So it was a lot of trial and error for me.
Tight gameplay, very good pacing, fantastic music and 1st class Square 90's CGI.
I've replayed it on the PSP, and now with PS1 emulation on the 3DS i'm preparing myself for another run. Hopefully i'll finish the new game+ dungeon this time...
The sequel wasn't bad. But it surely wasn't what i wanted... At least this one came out in Europe, so that's good... i think.
Never played 3rd Birthday. Is it good?
In my top 5 games, I usually go back and play it every year or so. Still got my imported US copy because it was never released in EU, yet PE2 was. Love abusing tools/super tools and just making some overpowered pistol.
I was ready to just start hurling abuse for even suggesting that there is a bad song in the game, but then I clicked your link and was like "yeah, can't really argue with that" Song just looping and looping, stage was huge and on my first play through I was lost so it kept getting worse for me lol.
PE2 I didn't really enjoy that much, only finished it the once, I remember the final boss giving me a lot of trouble but I have been meaning to give it another go, just never got around to it.
Played 3rd Birthday for 10 mins, really disappointing.
Such a shame what they did to Aya, bad ass NYPD rookie cop in PE1, fighting in a mini skirt and cowboy boots in PE2, then we all know what they did for 3rd Birthday. Remember reading this before the game was out and thought really? That's what were doing? Announcing shower scenes? One rare good female character, all gone to crap. I was impressed how in PE1, you actually went on a date with a guy in the beginning, not optional romance like they do nowadays, just set in stone in the game. I actually don't know if any other game does that, playable female character going on a simple date.
I was ready to just start hurling abuse for even suggesting that there is a bad song in the game, but then I clicked your link and was like "yeah, can't really argue with that" Song just looping and looping, stage was huge and on my first play through I was lost so it kept getting worse for me lol.
PE2 I didn't really enjoy that much, only finished it the once, I remember the final boss giving me a lot of trouble but I have been meaning to give it another go, just never got around to it.
Played 3rd Birthday for 10 mins, really disappointing.
Such a shame what they did to Aya, bad ass NYPD rookie cop in PE1, fighting in a mini skirt and cowboy boots in PE2, then we all know what they did for 3rd Birthday. Remember reading this before the game was out and thought really? That's what were doing? Announcing shower scenes? One rare good female character, all gone to crap. I was impressed how in PE1, you actually went on a date with a guy in the beginning, not optional romance like they do nowadays, just set in stone in the game. I actually don't know if any other game does that, playable female character going on a simple date.
vainglorious
Member
Dat ultimate being tho.
I kept myself spoiler free and promised myself I'd clear the Chrysler building one day.
That's like the origin of my backlog.
Um. The Ultimate Being is scary as fuck. He has a giant ball sack behind his legs and that tail thing is super phallic and is totally a penis.
Sumio Mondo
Member
One of Square's best games in an era where they could do very little wrong. Would love to see Square make a similar game someday.
It was nice to see Nomura tap into his H.P. Lovecraft influence for this game (he was the enemy designer too, not just character designer, after all). I honestly think the whole game is Nomura's best work. PE2 had great character design too.
It was nice to see Nomura tap into his H.P. Lovecraft influence for this game (he was the enemy designer too, not just character designer, after all). I honestly think the whole game is Nomura's best work. PE2 had great character design too.
Gunslinger
Member
parasite eve is the Dino crisis of square enix. Very good series that always gets forgotten by their companies.
Don't fully buy that I'm afraid, wasn't Kyle in a jumper and jeans in the desert? I don't see a special forces member dressing up in a skirt and cowboy boots, unless it's to show some skin, and with the shower scene also in the game, that's what I'm led to believe.
3th birthday was not a bad game, just a disaster for parasite eve series... Unlike dino crisis 3 was really bad in general...
They just kill their series, which is pretty sad because they are wasted potential..
FlashbladeGAF
Member
PE1 was a unique and innovative RPG.
PE2 was a RE clone.
For those of us who love fresh takes on turn based battles, PE1 had everything from the gameplay, music and story.
I have no idea why they didn't just continue to improve on what they had, like most sequels do. It wasn't broken, but they tried to "fix" it, and now we are left with Aya Brea's clothes taking damage.
Novum_Veritas
Member
I think Square didn't know what to do after PE1, they were pretty clueless to go in which direction.
3rd Birthday was an abomination, and an insult to people which have played PE1 and PE2.
The constant moaning and the damage taken cut up clothes were just the tip of the iceberg in 3rd Birthday.
This is true. I felt like 3rd Birthday was actually a good game that took a giant crap on the Parasite Eve series. Also had great looking cutscenes.
BuckRobotron
Member
Both PE1 and PE2 are favorites, though I tend to replay PE2 more. The second might essentially be called one of my favorite old-school Resident Evils. I even love how it has an Einhander pinball machine in the desert bar, Einhander being another all-time PS1 favorite.
The first is more unique in design and always nice to revisit. Played twice through on PS1 and just bought the dl on PSP/Vita last week. Did the whole deal including Chrysler building on my primary PS1 file...that is a tedious one-time only affair though. PE2 I've gone through several times.
I also somewhat like the PSP game in terms of gameplay, played thoroughly at release. Although revisiting it recently reminded me the powers are less fantastic and admittedly I moved on fairly quickly.
The first is more unique in design and always nice to revisit. Played twice through on PS1 and just bought the dl on PSP/Vita last week. Did the whole deal including Chrysler building on my primary PS1 file...that is a tedious one-time only affair though. PE2 I've gone through several times.
I also somewhat like the PSP game in terms of gameplay, played thoroughly at release. Although revisiting it recently reminded me the powers are less fantastic and admittedly I moved on fairly quickly.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
Banned
As a mature 12 year old, I named my character Silky. Silky Brea.
My future is not in comedy.
My future is not in comedy.
I never actually played this game myself, but I remember watching a friend play it back in the day just when he got to the part with the dog...
Holy shit.
Imagine seeing that at age 7 or so. I had to go back years later and watch the rest of the boss intros on Youtube and wow, they are pretty all brutal for a PS1 game.
Holy shit.
Imagine seeing that at age 7 or so. I had to go back years later and watch the rest of the boss intros on Youtube and wow, they are pretty all brutal for a PS1 game.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
Banned
I think we're probably about the same age.
The rat stretching out, the eyes melting, the dog grotesquely transforming, the people burning...
Man, I loved it.
Man, I loved it.
lol, I was taking Bio AP at the time, blew my mind a game would even mention mitochondria and ATP.
Danlord
Member
My save files
Current beast of a weapon
My upgrades are;
Current Armor
Upgrades are;
Last time playing, I remember that virtually every boss was done in one or two rounds except for the final boss. Every random enemy is done easily since I get double burst, which sprays, 2 commands so essentially 2 rounds of 3 bullets which spray across the entire range of enemies; I beasted that game.
Yes, all thanks to the Super Tool Kit.
So many fun memories of this game.
Current beast of a weapon
My upgrades are;
- Rate of Fire: 3 --- Burst: Spray Multiple Targets
- Enter 2 Commands.--- Percentage Increase
- Quickdraw: First Attack. --- Counterattack Enemy
- Add Tranquiliser to Bullets --- N/A
Current Armor
Upgrades are;
- Increase Max HP --- Uses Medicine when HP is low
- Increases Attack Power --- Resist Confusion
- Resist Stiffness --- Resist Poison
- Blank --- N/A
Last time playing, I remember that virtually every boss was done in one or two rounds except for the final boss. Every random enemy is done easily since I get double burst, which sprays, 2 commands so essentially 2 rounds of 3 bullets which spray across the entire range of enemies; I beasted that game.
Yes, all thanks to the Super Tool Kit.
So many fun memories of this game.