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[Video Games] Parasite Eve
ok i know that not every body is all that happy with Square at this this point. seem I guess people seem to think it started going down hill either at or just after FF7. but i did think this title was rather enjoyalbe as was its sequel PE2 which some people see as a RE cop-off but its actually not that much. anyway i'd like to hear people's POSITIVE thoughts on it. and Trigger yes i know square needs to get off there asses and get CronoBreak done ASAP.
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A very cool game that I never finished. Love the atmosphere and its really different take on the RPG genre. I remember being blown away by its CGI when I first saw it, but it probably looks dated now. Hmmmm, you've made me want to hunt it out and finish it! :)
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in b4 FF7 fanboy shitstorm just because you mentioned Square.
It's been a long time since I played PE, or any PSX game for that matter.
I keep hearing it get mentioned EVERYWHERE and it pisses me off to not have access to it.
Also, they never even started on Chrono Break, and I'd rather have them not make a new Chrono game. God knows what kind of Nomura faggotry they'd shove in there to make it appeal to 15 year old goth kids with each character sporting at LEAST 15 belts and or zippers on their outfit.
It's been a long time since I played PE, or any PSX game for that matter.
I keep hearing it get mentioned EVERYWHERE and it pisses me off to not have access to it.
Also, they never even started on Chrono Break, and I'd rather have them not make a new Chrono game. God knows what kind of Nomura faggotry they'd shove in there to make it appeal to 15 year old goth kids with each character sporting at LEAST 15 belts and or zippers on their outfit.
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Zkh wrote:God knows what kind of Nomura faggotry they'd shove in there to make it appeal to 15 year old goth kids with each character sporting at LEAST 15 belts and or zippers on their outfit.
15 belts and zippers? BAH, not enough. The ENTIRE OUTFIT should always be an amalgam of belts and zippers. NEEDS MORE NOMURA
As for Parasite Eve; I passed it up a couple years ago and I regret it now. Ah, back when Square was good...
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Square was great around '98, as was most videogames. PSX is my favorite era.
But Parasite Eve is an exception. I played 10-15 hours of it before I quit. Hated it.
But Parasite Eve is an exception. I played 10-15 hours of it before I quit. Hated it.
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Xenogears, Chrono series, Secret of Mana, Einhander, Parasite Eve from the sounds of it, Bahamut Lagoon, Radical Dreamers, Super Mario RPG, Vagrant Story...lotsa non FF Square stuff.
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The second disc, it's WALL OF TEXT: THE GAME, but other than that, it's an incredible game.
Oh, and how could I forget Live A Live?
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Zkh wrote:I wanted to play Xenogears but I watched some videos and it looks like
WALL OF TEXT: THE GAME
No there are frustrating jumping puzzles as well.
I would like to play Parasite Eve one day although it's pretty low on my list of "PSX games to buy on ebay before their price becomes insane" list.
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ThroneofDravaris wrote:No there are frustrating jumping puzzles as well.
Oh god, the sewer. With the jumping over the drains and having Rico forced on you and the boss it was horrible D:
Did you actually like Xenogears, Dravaris? I had always assumed you were a fan what with the Grahf avatar and everything
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Huh. I thought Xenogears had one of the best battle systems i've seen in an RPG, personally. I had a lot of fun playing it, in Gear and out of Gear. Only real complaint was the second disc, but it can't be helped.
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The foot battles were pretty good, even though was pretty much no stratagy involved. The Gear battles were similar, although not nearly as cool as the foot battles.
What bothered me was the overall gameplay rather than specific problems with the battle system. Dungeons were often ridiculously long, which wouldn't have been so bad were in not for the high random encounter rate which often threw random high-HP enemies at you. The fairly low-end graphics of the time also meant that most rooms looked the same so it was pretty easy to get completely lost (GRR NORTUNE SEWERS ToD SMASH) Then there were the half-baked platforming elements. Platform jumping in the Tower of Babel has to be one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever experienced in a JRPG. The mini-games were also pretty annoying at times, like that one were you have to walk/jump around a room at random in order to activate a whole load of keystones or something.
Then there was the second disk which managed to make Xenogears one of the most linear games out there by throwing you into 3 boss battles in succession with the infamous "we will now describe to you all the dungeons and plot elements we couldn't put in the game before we ran out of money" cutscenes in between, followed by a couple of short dungeons and then more of the same thing afterwards.
Playing Xenogears could be somewhat of a pain sometimes. OF COURSE THIS IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC.
What bothered me was the overall gameplay rather than specific problems with the battle system. Dungeons were often ridiculously long, which wouldn't have been so bad were in not for the high random encounter rate which often threw random high-HP enemies at you. The fairly low-end graphics of the time also meant that most rooms looked the same so it was pretty easy to get completely lost (GRR NORTUNE SEWERS ToD SMASH) Then there were the half-baked platforming elements. Platform jumping in the Tower of Babel has to be one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever experienced in a JRPG. The mini-games were also pretty annoying at times, like that one were you have to walk/jump around a room at random in order to activate a whole load of keystones or something.
Then there was the second disk which managed to make Xenogears one of the most linear games out there by throwing you into 3 boss battles in succession with the infamous "we will now describe to you all the dungeons and plot elements we couldn't put in the game before we ran out of money" cutscenes in between, followed by a couple of short dungeons and then more of the same thing afterwards.
Playing Xenogears could be somewhat of a pain sometimes. OF COURSE THIS IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC.
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exactly so hopefully some one who has played the game will come along or else i'm just gonna have this locked.ThroneofDravaris wrote:OF COURSE THIS IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC.
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I liked Parasite Eve. Fun game, even though Aya's legs were way too long. I, too, remember being impressed by the CG at the time. Back when I was coming off "squashed-sprite consoles', FMVs were cooooooool. And rats and German shepherds mutating into icky monsters -- you just can't beat that, really. (Is it just me, or did Sheeva take some cues from The Thing?)
I believe I sucked enough at the game that I eventually resorted to using that Game Shark gizmo to beat it before we had to return PE to Blockbuster. (Doh.) We own a used copy now, but I haven't had the urge to play it yet.
The Ultimate Being gave me the FUCKING CREEPS. That music played a big part -- damn you, Shimomura. But the first form was seriously disturbing (in all its FMV-rendered glory). The third one had a massive scrotum hanging off its ass, and I was never sure why. The last form looked kind of like FF8's Quetzalcoatl, except gooey and yucky. The part where you have to escape the ship and avoid getting touched by it -- ugh, chills down the spine. Chills down the spine, man.
And the ending made no sense. Never did see the "other" ending... The Chrysler Building, or whatever, was simply too painful to endure.
BTW: people melting into orangey goo. Eve should have sung "Komm, susser Tod" at Central Park.
I believe I sucked enough at the game that I eventually resorted to using that Game Shark gizmo to beat it before we had to return PE to Blockbuster. (Doh.) We own a used copy now, but I haven't had the urge to play it yet.
The Ultimate Being gave me the FUCKING CREEPS. That music played a big part -- damn you, Shimomura. But the first form was seriously disturbing (in all its FMV-rendered glory). The third one had a massive scrotum hanging off its ass, and I was never sure why. The last form looked kind of like FF8's Quetzalcoatl, except gooey and yucky. The part where you have to escape the ship and avoid getting touched by it -- ugh, chills down the spine. Chills down the spine, man.
And the ending made no sense. Never did see the "other" ending... The Chrysler Building, or whatever, was simply too painful to endure.
BTW: people melting into orangey goo. Eve should have sung "Komm, susser Tod" at Central Park.
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yeah i noticed it had a lot of things in common with eva. espcialy in Parasite Eve 2 with a organization deticated to the Evolution of the Human race by artificial means.
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Kaminoyouni wrote:yeah i noticed it had a lot of things in common with eva. espcialy in Parasite Eve 2 with a organization deticated to the Evolution of the Human race by artificial means.
The orange goo is the only NGE-similarity I recall in the original. Never played the sequel, although such organizations are a relatively generic fictional device.
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it did have a lot to do with making clones of Aya(though she had no clue this was going on). the sneaky double(or even triple) agent Kyle is much like Kaji. A giant pupa like thing reminds one of lilith on the cross. then again you said you never played the sequal, i guess the best you could do is find videos on youtube or dailymotion of gameplay and/or story.
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