in some ways it might be awesome (combat)
but i thought they had learnt something from the demon baby fight in the first one.......
The 3rd Birthday
Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Dec 22, 2010
The 3rd Birthday revisits the cult 90s favorite Parasite Eve and updates it with more action-orientated gameplay, heavy RPG elements, and a new story.
a mixed bag then.....
I enjoy it. The game is a lot better than Parasite Eve 2. I may be a little biased though, I hated the second because they removed pretty much any sort of RPG mechanics, and they seem to be back in the 3rd Birthday. I am only about an hour in, but I enjoy it.
My only real concerns at the moment is the story isn't as interesting as the 1st Parasite Eve and the controls are alright for a PSP shooter, but not compared to a console game.
While I've decided to pass on it for now, would you say it's worth a bargain bin price of, say, $10 for a fan of the original game, just for shits and giggles or best to avoid it entirely?" @RampageAssassin: I say no. It has no connection to either the book or the two games. Nomura wasn't in control of it, so it turned out shitty. It's just a subpar action game with clothes breaking off. "
It's alright so far. I'm only a few missions in though. Somebody please tell me the enemies become more varied as you get further in the game.
" @SlashseveN303 In this game's case, some of the sum of the parts contain some greatness, some other parts of the sum do not. It just doesn't feel like PE. "It's not meant to be. Should Wikipedia's plot outline be correct, it's basically eschewing all of PE and using the Aya connection on a tangential basis as a way of explaining the events in the story.
my problem with it so far is that there are some annoying spikes in difficulty
plus you some time run around confused as FFFFF SHOT WHAT FACEDESK
also camera... kinda
Hearing that the story was done by the same writers as Crisis Core has really put me off, that was some of the worst stories that's ever been told in a game and from what I hear of this, it's very possibly a contender for absolute worst ever. I also don't know if I could bring myself to play another mediocre third person shooter, especially if there's nothing special holding it together..
Disappointing.
" It's alright so far. I'm only a few missions in though. Somebody please tell me the enemies become more varied as you get further in the game. "An average of about one and a half new species per episode tickle your fancy?
...but yeah, aside from some situational enemies, it's mostly Slackers and Wads. And Beans. If it's any consolation, you'll learn to hate the latter two on anything above Normal.
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