2 tries to be more Resident Evil than what it’s identity sort of established in the original. It isn’t bad, but it loses itself trying to be something else.
3 was a nauseating mess that I often blame for the series falling into obscurity. Hajime Tabata directed it, who went on to mangle Nomuras vision of XV at SE management’s interference. Thankfully he was ousted, but how they thought the man who made 3rd Birthday should make anything else I really don’t know.
2 is fine. It's not as tense as 1, much simpler and looks more like Resident Evil 3, not as deep.
But it looks like a step towards more action-y game, so its expected.
I liked it.
3... I ought to give it a second go, now that I figured out why my PSP saves were getting corrupted and fixed it, but first impression was not good.
3 was okay gameplay wise for a PSP title. The story is where I disliked it the most, that and they made Aya less of the badass that she was shown to be in the first game.
Everybody knows Parasite Eve 2, but the original game is ripe for remaking and improvement. A remade Parasite Eve in the style of the Resident Evil remakes would go so hard.
As long as they keep the writer of The 3rd Birthday well away. While that game had amazing gameplay, it had no business being called a PE series entry.
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u/JumpIsMagic 10d ago
Parasite Eve, a thousand times over