After playing Resident Evil 2 for the first time, it was weeks before I could turn out the lights without screaming uncontrollably. So, why am I saying this game’s a disappointment, since I seem to like so many of its elements? Simply put, for something that supposedly has so many survival horror elements, this disc couldn’t scare, shock or traumatize me.
It didn’t take me long to find out having guns capable of poisoning foes or setting them on fire made Aya a lot more than eye candy as I watched her decimate entire hordes of creepy crawlies without breaking a sweat. She also learns to customize her equipment, enhancing both her attacking and defensive capabilities. The connection between her and Eve manifests itself in a number of magical abilities that are of great benefit. Since Parasite Eve incorporates action elements into its battle system, Aya’s able to run around monsters and actively try to not only bust a cap in them from behind, but also evade their counterattacks, which can be far easier said than done much of the time.Īya also gains some handy powers as things progress.
After putting a slug into a critter, Aya then temporarily goes on the defensive before being able to attack again. When Aya’s in conflict with a monster, depending on the range of her weapon, she may have to get up close and personal to monsters to effectively attack them.or pick them off from afar. I also found the combat system to be an effective way to meld standard RPG turn-based combat with the more action-oriented survival horror style. And, as an added positive, I found myself getting into the game’s story, which did a decent job of crafting a connection between Aya and Eve. Monsters are suitably grotesque, a positive considering they’re supposed to be really messed-up versions of rats, birds and dinosaurs (Eve’s powers even work their will on the museum’s exhibits). The game is attractively-drawn with a few cinematic scenes that blew me away when I first played it. As Aya heads towards a confrontation with the parasitic Eve, she’ll explore all sorts of locales that seem perfect for a game with survival horror influences, such as the police station that’s her home away from home, a museum, a hospital and assorted sewers. Which leads the player into a number of bizarre situations, as local wildlife mutates into ravenous killing machines - all due to the strange powers emanating from that opera singer, a girl named Eve. Unaffected by these out-of-the-ordinary happenings, Aya ditches her panicking date (who probably won’t be getting any) and starts searching the premises for the cause of all these shenanigans. During the show, some girl on the stage starts singing and *POOF* people start spontaneously combusting and all sorts of crazy shit goes down. I’ve always looked at going to a fancy-shmancy place like an opera house just to (hopefully) get some as a stupid idea and Parasite Eve wastes no time in proving me right. The premise offered much promise as New York City policebabe Aya and some doofus go to the opera on what might be a date. While I wouldn’t call Parasite Eve a particularly bad game, it was quite disappointing, as the survival horror and RPG elements didn’t mesh together as well as I’d hoped, leaving me with a watered-down experience that no number of hotties could completely salvage. I’ve enjoyed a number of survival horror games, love RPGs and REALLY love hot girls. After all, Parasite Eve seemed to offer a winning combination of the survival horror and RPG genres AND featured a hot chick as my protagonist. I remember when I first played this game, I thought I’d be in a near-constant state of heavenly bliss. Yep, I’m taking a trip back in time with Square’s action-oriented RPG, Parasite Eve. On the docket this time is Aya Brea’s first encounter with a bunch of creepy, mutated things that go bump in the night. Gird those loins and start shooting!”"Īnd now we send you to our regularly scheduled episode of Rob’s Retro Rampage.Īloha, dudes and babes (uhhh.those finicky girl-types do read my stuff, don’t they?)! I’m Rob, who some of you may know as Overdrive of the Infinite Studliness, and this is my Retro Rampage, where I pick up an old game I haven’t played in quite some time and tell you exactly why it’s been so long since I’ve touched the damn thing. During this time, the screen freezes and turns gray, essentially screaming, “Hey stupid! You are going to be in a fight. "The main problem is that whenever Aya gets into a fight, the game has to load in the monsters, which takes a couple of seconds.
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