#PARASITE GAME 8 BIT PSP#

There's a teeny bit of X-Files inspiration here, mashed up with something more action-oriented like Aliens, if you can relate to those references. The existence of cryptid-like beings, infested with the Mitochondria plague introduced in the first game, is now just a given. Without any spoilers, it's at least fair to say that Aya picks up where she left off in the original Parasite Eve, but several years after that game's conclusion. The first hour of Parasite Eve 2 is a good microcosm for what you'll experience over the entire second chapter, before the credits roll. The sights and sounds of Aya Brea are still exciting after so many years, even on the smallest of screens. Reading dialogue dates the game, but so much voice acting from this period was forgettable anyway. The footfalls and opening/closing doors along the way all add to a sense of realism, even when Parasite Eve 2 is so stilted by today's standard for immersive game design. Walking into a room where you'll face off against a creature, you'll often hear the enemy before you see it (or them). What truly sets up the creepy-factor in Parasite Eve 2 are the foreboding musical interludes and incidental sounds. Not a drop of this has been lost in translation, and we'd submit that modern games judged against Parasite Eve 2 actually haven't come that far in this dimension. Virtually another character in Parasite Eve 2, the sound design and music is fantastic. What we notice today is the craftsmanship here and the huge amount of time obviously spent to create such meticulous detail. If you were too young to experience survival-horror classics like the first two Resident Evil games, imagine a design style similar to today's Hidden Object games: Lots of photoshopped, static backgrounds against which you move your 3D character and interact with other 3D characters. The graphics, a decade later, are still impressive in terms of the mood they create as you explore your surroundings. So why revisit a game that's over a decade old? If you experienced the surge of PSOne titles as a late-teen or 20-something in the '90s, it's no surprise that you'll feel nostalgia for Parasite Eve 2.

The platform itself (PSP) is aging, but there are still a wealth of new, flashy titles available.

#PARASITE GAME 8 BIT PSP#

The idea of replaying PlayStation (or PSOne as the new lingo goes) classics on PSP may seem a bit odd to gamers of a certain age.

Parasite game 8 bit