During a time when Lara Croft’s boobs were getting bigger with each new Tomb Raider entry, it’s fantastic time see a female lead who is smartly dressed and every bit as kickass as the men (although seeing her pull a gun from her evening dress in the opening CG scene is still an incredible moment). She’s resourceful, smart and tough as nails plus it’s just coincidental that she’s a woman. Part of the success of Parasite Eve is thanks to its lead character Aya, who stands tall among gaming protagonists. It can be grotesque at points too, but that just helps to add to its charm. It centres on the idea of Mitochondria, evolved cells passed down by female hosts and although the game gets a little lost in the technobabble of it at times, it provides a compelling central idea to keep the story moving forward. The story is rooted in the Japanese novel Parasite Eve albeit this is a sequel story that you can go into without having read the book. Eve’s rampage through New York City at Christmas is an absolute thrill from start to finish and the game never lets up the pacing as you head from location to location desperately trying to stop the destruction. She discovers that Eve was once Melissa, a drug-taking starlet and as she uncovers more about the situation, it reveals some uncomfortable ties to Aya’s own past. The subsequent journey follows Aya as she battles this being calling itself “Eve”, who posses abilities far beyond that of any human. Things take a rapid turn as when the singer starts performing, the crowd begin spontaneously combusting but Aya remains strangely unaffected. On Christmas Eve, tough New York cop Aya Brea decides to let herself relax and goes on a date to the opera.
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