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Adjust the background music for that room and then suddenly you feel like the location is somewhat of a safe haven, where you can finally catch a break from the monsters lurking about. The room across from it could have an entirely different color palette, riddled with cobwebs and dust but lacking anything else of note except for a lantern and typewriter. For example, one room may be clean and ornate, bathed in an orange glow with a row of statues located in odd positions - the accompanying soundtrack setting an uncomfortable tone, as if something was hiding and watching the player’s every step. While PE certainly has an identity of its own, it’s worth bringing up this element that I loved about early Resident Evil installments each locale, no matter how significant or insignificant it was, would be visually distinct. Given the significance of the date, I would like to take a closer look at the fantastic game of honor here, the first Parasite Eve.įirst off, Parasite Eve is an excellent exercise in atmosphere, and the game is beautiful for its generation. But we aren’t here to talk about that…for now. Parasite Eve 2 would be the middle-child that everyone forgets about until there is a Christmas party, and The 3rd Birthday would be the troubled one - the child that didn’t receive enough attention or love, and as a result, she started lashing out, breaking all the rules such as having a sensible plot, or likeable characters, or even staying in the same genre as the rest of the franchise.

The one now living in a moderately pleasant middle-class house with a spouse, two kids, and a dog. Parasite Eve would be the golden child, the one everyone likes and who is fairly successful.

#PARASITE EVE EVE SERIES#

The Parasite Eve series would be their children. The quickest and easiest way to describe Parasite Eve is to imagine Resident Evil and Final Fantasy making sweet love to each other. I’ll be talking about the Square Enix games specifically here, so if you haven’t checked out the original novel yet, I recommend you do so. For those unaware, the game is actually a sequel to a novel by Hideaki Sena (of the same name), which was later adapted into a movie. Today marks the 20th anniversary of Square Enix’s survival horror JRPG, Parasite Eve.

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