What went wrong?

What went wrong?

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nothing, its a legit fun game

Everything.

this

AND this.

It was a fun game, but a terrible PE game.

It shouldn't have had the PE name slapped on it.

Just call it something else. PE2 was already totally not RE: The game.

>let's make a parasite eve game
>where you don't play as Aya Brea and instead some 12 year old girl who is shit at everything, inhabiting Aya's body, without Mitochondria powers
>also more rushed and with more cut content than the average souls game

Where do you see Parasite Eve slapped on it? it's the third birthday

>Parsite Eve: Michael Bay Edition

S-Shut it you know what I meant. Make it a new IP entirety.

They lost the rights to the novel and decided to try making a new game anyway. They then decided that the key to good storytelling was to have as many twists as possible, and that the number of twists was more important than all other factors combined.

It's a fairly good TPS, though.

I keep hearing about this.

I know nothing about Parasite Eve or Third Birthday. Can someone do like a tl;dr about why it sucks and what is different?

play the PE games, then play 3rdBD.

I can't even handle Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Fear Effect, or whatever else so I'm not sure if I can handle Parasite Eve.

Gameplay-wise, the Third Birthday is entertaining enough, with some interesting ideas that aren't taken all the way and a few bizarre balance decisions dragging the thing down.

As a story, it's nothing short of absurd. Plot points are raised and discarded within minutes of each other, events that don't actually happen due them not having the budget to make them work are still referenced and relied upon by the plot, the script has been visibly rewritten in nearly every chapter and this isn't even getting into the game's attempts at following up Parasite Eve.

Let me give you an example.

Remember Metroid Other M?

SAMUS AIN'T GOT SHIT ON HOW BADLY THEY CRAPPED OVER AYA! Shit!

I can't play scary games for shit and still managed to finish PE. Game is fantastic.

It was released on one of the shittiest console ever created.

It ruined a strong independent female so naturally Sup Forums being the SJW's that they are dislike it.

So, why did Square Enix not expand on the actual role playing elements of the original Parasite Eve?

Aya is barely in the game.

This isn't the Henkaku thread.

I thought this was Lightning for a second

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Remember when Tetsuo Nomura didn't over design his characters

This. It seems like companies dumped long awaited sequels or reboots to this system just so they could have an excuse to why the franchises are dead. Capcom did it with the Mega Man and Darkstalker franchises.

>just so they could have an excuse to why the franchises are dead
*Just so they could test the waters without committing to a large, proper wager on a questionable property.

ftfy

Alright, so imagine it's been almost 10 years since the last game in the series and like many of Square's IP's you think they've just forgotten about it. Then they announce a sequel and say it's testing the waters for a PE3.

So eventually the day arrives and you play it and the story is an absolute fucking mess and it just shits all over all of the pre-established characters including killing off the main character except maybe not but we'll never know because they will probably never make another.

The game itself was fun actually, it just shit all over the series and made sure it stays dead.

What prevented them from using the name Parasite Eve? I heard (might be wrong) that it was a licensing issue, but doesn't Square own it anyway?

The author of the original book. iirc, square didn't even try to offer him a proposition. The rights are with him.

It's based on a book so probably not.