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Parasite Eve

Genres
RPGHorror
Developer
Square
North America September 9, 1998 Square
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Parasite Eve review HG exclusive

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. During this time, the screen freezes and turns gray, essentially screaming, “Hey stupid! You are going to be in a fight. Gird those loins and start…

Rob Hamilton · October 5, 2006

Parasite Eve review

After a while the battles can get long and tedious, but fortunately it has enough gruesome FMV cutscenes to leave you gasping for more. The game doesn't have many extras; it's pretty straightforward.

James Gordon

Parasite Eve review HG exclusive

Particularly nice in the opening scene is a pan across the Statue of Liberty — rendered so beautifully, yet bearing a disturbingly sad look upon its face... the setting is so quiet and calm that you just know something horrible is going to happen.

Zigfried · 7 comments

Parasite Eve review

The whole time Aya scours a given area, she'll need to be on her guard because... well, scratch that. Even if she's on her guard, she'll still discover the joy of random encounters. Now, don't get me wrong. I like unexpected opportunities to shoot down creatures of the night as…

Jason Venter

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Parasite Eve review HG exclusive

It's the night before Christmas, and the visage of the Statue of Liberty is solemn. A panning camera slides briefly across the New York cityscape, but pauses to contemplate this peculiarity. A sparse snow is falling, and Liberty's lips are puckered in a pout, her head tilted…

dogma · January 8, 2005

Parasite Eve review

Overview: Scare factor: 8 Fun factor: 9 Replay value: 9 Graphics: 10 Sound: 10 Overall: 9 I got this game when it was first released back when it was $75, I think it was one of the first days of its release. Now you can pick it up for $20 I believe. Quite a find for the price…

jill · January 2, 2003

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