![]() ![]() After that, her attire consisted of jeans, t-shirt, and a black leather jacket-not only practical, but also quite attractive on her. She can be excused for fighting monsters in an evening gown during the first chapter, since she was at the opera when catastrophe struck. It was like the design team decided to go for the opposite of the PE1 aesthetic, which was an unfortunate choice.Ģ) Aya's costume in the first game is much better. The creatures in PE2 consistently look stupid. ġ) The monsters are much, much cooler looking in the first game. Despite the same title and same lead character, they are really very different games, and both have strengths and weaknesses. Yay! I feel that I have achieved closure.īut which game do I like better? I really cannot decide. (Well, as appropriate as horror and monsters can be for the holidays.) I conquered the Chrysler Building yesterday, and finally saw that alternate ending. After all, it was the season of Christmas, and the game is set during Christmas 1997, so somehow it seemed appropriate. ![]() After tiring of multiple runs through PE2, I decided it was time to revisit PE1. And played it obsessively for a month or so. Nerd that I am, I loved every minute of it.ĭuring the course of Pokémon Quest, I came across a copy of Parasite Eve 2, which came out in 2000, but which I'd never actually played. It was an extensive fetch quest, but not one I could imagine anyone else in my family tackling. So for their birthday and Christmas presents, I hunted many a used game store, tracking down the five games they were missing. My nephews are really into Pokémon, and they wanted to collect every Pokémon game ever made, yes, even the really old GameBoy Color ones. I liked Parasite Eve enough to buy a new copy, but I was so heartbroken at losing all of that hard work that I never tackled the Chrysler Building again.įlash forward to 2009. I was up to about floor 40 or 50 of the Chrysler Building when my apartment complex burned down. Completing the Chrysler Building earns you an alternate ending, plus bragging rights with your gamer friends. ![]() After you complete the game, you can start over in "EX game" mode ("EX" for "extra" or "excruciating" or "exhausting" or whatever you want to call it), which unlocks the Chrysler Building, a 77-floor dungeon of tedium and terror. Back in 1999, I was deeply engrossed in Parasite Eve, a rather awesome horror video game. ![]()
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