Author Topic: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)  (Read 1703 times)

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So, I decided I would spoil myself because I am not entirely warm to the idea of buying a PSP just to play The 3rd Birthday.

-----WARNING SPOILERS TO FOLLOW----

The 3rd Birthday is the 3rd game in the Parasite Eve game series and I was extremely excited when it was announced.

I recently watched a playthrough in Japanese on Justin.TV.

I don't understand Japanese, but unless there is a huge twist that I couldn't understand (Timeline in the game changed 5 or 6 times I believe) I think Square just killed Aya Brea as the ending to The 3rd Birthday. If this is true I am actually quite pissed. This shouldn't really affect me, but after growing up with Parasite Eve 1 being one of my favorite games... just to see the ending of the 3rd game kill her off would piss me off quite a bit.

So if anyone understands japanese and would like to shed some light on what happenned at the ending you can watch the final video of the playthrough here:

http://www.justin.tv/asami85/b/276245364

If anyone could do it as a favor to me that would be wonderful as well because if what I am seeing is true then I am severely pissed now...

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2010, 08:19:07 am »
They've been wanting to make the Parasite Eve a new, full-on franchise, so if they are killing her it is probably either temporary or more of an ambiguous death. :)

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2010, 12:57:12 pm »
I honestly hope it's not at all.

I was really hoping the 3rd Birthday would close it out maybe. Kyle and Aya live happily ever after, Eve turns out fine so on and so forth.

Oh well I feel like Square is just trying to ruin series at this point.

Seriously... she is the main focal point especially with her Mitochondrial power and to just kill her off would be really shitty.

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2010, 04:51:08 am »
I have a lot of thought about T3B.

-I have finished 5 chapters of the game and i will tell you this is not a Parasite Eve game and it is not even a Parasite Eve 3 to begin with.

-If you are only care about story or expect deep experience then i am sorry, this is by far the lowest story and scenario i have ever encounter from SQEX. This is coming from me, who say KHBBS is GOTY2010 and TWEWY is GOTY2008, i am by no mean a blind hater.

-The whole scenario is done by Motomu Toriayama, he fuck it all up, to me the story feels like every bizarre scenario from (PE2,MGS2,SO3.Xenogears,Xenoblade,...) meld together but done by Toriyama who can't write halfway-decent dialog to save his life .

-On the other hand, action is fun, shooting/evading(parry similar to 3rd strike) mechanics are great, bosses are great, there are some pretty nice set pieces in the stages, and the music is killer and customization is solid similar to Materia and SMT demon fusing combined together but not as wide as KHBBS in terms of skills and magic, the enemies are quit good with patterns similar to Onimusha's enemies, the tone/atmosphere feels like PE even if it changes once you advance in the game and the game mechanics outshine on high level play and new plus .

- I will tell you from now on, This is just a good action game starring Aya Bera Lol, if you are hoping for half-decent Parasite Eve or RPG or even passable scenario, then you are setting yourself up for disappointment. If the scenario wasn't bizarre then i would recommend it.

- To say SQEX ruined/killed Aya Brea/PE, it's a bit of an understatement to call. it is just the scenario is utter garbage in T3B as whole.

-If you are a passionate fan, here are both producer and director: http://twitter.com/3rd_birthday, tell them Toriyama's scenario is BS get a good writer,  I really wish they ditch all the character/drama aspects completely, and just make more action packed to link the stages. Players and Aya fans would probably appreciate it more.

I will try to answer any question.
« Last Edit: December 26, 2010, 05:31:53 am by ShinGundam »

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2010, 04:52:48 am »
They've been wanting to make the Parasite Eve a new, full-on franchise, so if they are killing her it is probably either temporary or more of an ambiguous death. :)
The truth :/

Edit: Looks like the director taking feedback :>
« Last Edit: December 27, 2010, 06:37:52 am by ShinGundam »

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2010, 12:37:12 am »
Any news on this matter?

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2010, 10:18:26 am »
Any news on this matter?
You mean the director? so far nothing beyond that he welcome feedback. he is generally open for suggestion.
PE fans were frustrated with the story more or less like PE2.
New comers felt like they didn't know enough about anything.
FF fans took this as a chance to criticize faults of Toriyama's writing in FF and praise Nojima.

Currently i am replaying both PE2 and T3B, both share the same flaws regard scenario except people took this as a chance to shit on
Toriyama, people don't want him to lead any of SQEX projects.


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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2011, 08:03:42 pm »
No at the time I meant Aya. Check your inbox I replied to your earlier one.

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2011, 10:37:39 pm »
I have finished 5 chapters of the game and i will tell you this is not a Parasite Eve game and it is not even a Parasite Eve 3 to begin with.

Yeah, when I've heard people talk about 3rd Birthday they usually try to state, regardless of opinion of the game, that it isn't Parasite Eve 3...from what I've seen I can't disagree...idk why they chose to slap "Kinda Parasite Eve" on this, but I guess even FF had it's own wacky spin-offs here and there....

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Re: I think Square is just trying to piss me off now... (Parasite Eve 3)
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2011, 11:52:19 pm »
I have finished 5 chapters of the game and i will tell you this is not a Parasite Eve game and it is not even a Parasite Eve 3 to begin with.

Yeah, when I've heard people talk about 3rd Birthday they usually try to state, regardless of opinion of the game, that it isn't Parasite Eve 3...from what I've seen I can't disagree...idk why they chose to slap "Kinda Parasite Eve" on this, but I guess even FF had it's own wacky spin-offs here and there....
FF in much much much better situation than PE. An FF title is an adventure set in an entirely new world with no connection to previous entries , they make spin-off for example like Versus XIII to let unique elements shine like being realtime and based on real world locations like Venice and Tokyo. On the other hand, PE cast tied with real world calender which mean you need to deal with timeline changes that is parallel to our world. Making "Parasite Eve 3" will only lead to some kind of cloning both Aya and Eve just to deal with timeline (PE2) thought T3B isn't better they almost want her to be immortal.

In my opinion, It is what it is, but let the sequel more grounded to reality than pushing the sci-fi and fantasy aspects "less Mindf*ck please"  and i want "world map" make it an adventure in real world and it will be game of forever...