History VideoGame / ParasiteEve

* TragicMonster: Possibly. [[spoiler: If you reach the very top of the Chrysler Building, you discover the original Eve that is inhabiting the body of Maya, Aya's dead little sister. Naturally, Aya is torn by it all and she steels herself as she prepares to fight [[BonusBoss her own sister]] so that the threat of Eve can be eradicated. Even Eve taunts Aya about her sister before the fight starts.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Eve''': Hmph...You challenge me? A purebred? Just remember...The body belongs to your sister...]]

The game has two sequels, ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'' and ''VideoGame/{{The 3rd Birthday}}''. The series is also available on the PlaystationNetwork. There is also a [[DrinkingGame/ParasiteEve1998 Drinking Game]] available for this game.

* AdultFear: Daniel has to save his son from {{Humanoid|Abomination}} and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in both Days 2 and 3.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Eve's last couple of forms ([[spoiler:and the Ultimate Being's third]]) sport a distinct lack of auxiliary sexual characteristics. Whether to chalk it up to maintaining a rating below Adults Only or to the [=PS1=]'s limited rendering capability is a toss-up.
** Take a closer look at the backside of the 3rd form of the final boss. It looks like a giant ballsack hanging off the base of its phallic tail.

* BoringButPractical: Pistols. While it may be cool to have a submachinegun, rifle, or a ''grenade launcher'' as your primary weapon, the Pistol wins out because it has the quickest aim time (that is, when Aya lifts up her gun and fires). This is the only thing you cannot improve with guns.
** Pistols can become even more powerful when you mod them and/or beef up their stats once you got the items and points to do so, especially after several runs of NewGamePlus. Combine all that on top of their fast AT recharge and you got a weapon that can easily shred enemies with little effort.

* ContinuitySnarl: In regards to the BonusBoss. [[spoiler: After beating Maya, the original Eve, Aya states that her body has returned to normal before she had ever met Eve, meaning her powers were now gone. WordOfGod says this ending is the true ending that leads into the sequel. However, the sequel states that Aya willingly sealed her powers after the Manhattan Blockade Incident so that she wouldn't freak people out. The contradiction could stem from one of two things: Either the developers weren't anticipating a sequel and probably forgot about the events of the second ending from the first game when it came to making the sequel or there was a hiccup in the script's translation.]]

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Eve makes herself known on Christmas Eve.
* IllGirl: Melissa Pierce, the body Mitochondria Eve takes over.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Super Tool Kit can be used to construct one.

** You move the opposite direction from where you point the controller. This is an improvement over the spinning uselessness experienced by the enemies Aya confuses with her powers.

* UselessItem: Lampshaded by Maeda's 'charms', which he hands over to Aya throughout the game. They each fill an item slot but serve no purpose. In the finale, Maeda tries to deliver the EleventhHourSuperpower to Aya, but Daniel holds him back initially, [[CryingWolf assuming it's just more voodoo junk]].

* BagOfSpilling: Aya starts ''PEII'' with all her awesome mitochondrial powers from the first game gone; however, she has a couple of cool new ones, and can gain several more of pretty devastating power.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The NMC Dogmen appear to look like a rather conventional werewolf. Otherwise, they possess no lycanthropic traits.

* HorrorDoesnSettleForSimpleTuesday: Eve makes herself known on Christmas Eve.

* TearsOfBlood: The Statue of Liberty looks like it's crying blood, just before [[spoiler: the reconstituted and nuked cells of the Central Park patrons knock it over]].

In 1998, [[SquareEnix Squaresoft]] released a video game called ''Parasite Eve'', a sequel to [[Literature/ParasiteEve the 1995 novel of the same name]]. It was unique among [[RolePlayingGame RPGs]] available at the time because of its blend of RPG, ActionAdventure and the then still new genre SurvivalHorror.

* BagOfSpilling: An interesting inversion between the first and second games. Aya starts PEII with all her awesome mitochondrial powers from the first game gone; however, she has a couple of cool new ones, and can gain several more of pretty devastating power.
** This is Justified [[spoiler:if you complete the Chrysler building, as at the end after dealing with [[OneWingedAngel Truebred Eve,]] with the help of [[DeadLittleSister Maya,]] Eve's mitochondria are purged at the expense of all of Aya's Parasite Energy powers. According to the game developers, this is the canon ending.]]

* ItsUpToYou: Justified. As Aya is the only person unaffected by Eve's aura (which causes everybody else to burst into flame), the military gives her the task of [[spoiler:[[NukeEm personally delivering a tactical nuclear warhead]] to Liberty Island, where Eve is giving birth]]. This doesn't stop them from sending a [[RedShirtArmy squadron of helicopter gunships]] to [[TakingTheBullet Take The Bullet]] from the random combustions that await as Aya closes the gap toward her destination, though.

* MilitariesAreUseless: Averted: after the Central Park crowd is melted down into genetic sludge, it becomes clear that Eve is a PersonOfMassDestruction and the U.S. Navy blockades off New York City from the outside world. They launch an airstrike to try to kill Eve, which only fails due to Eve melting the pilots. When the genetic sludge becomes a giant monstrosity that takes over Ellis Island, the Navy receives authorization from the White House to use a tactical nuclear warhead on Eve, and they immediately put together an operation to recover Aya and send her to launch the missile as she's the only one who's immune to Eve's immolation abilities.

* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. A single rookie cop and some scattered, frightened civilians say they saw a woman turn into a monster and light everyone on fire, and all the cop's co-workers start searching Manhattan for the monster. The same rookie cop says she saw the monster turn another group of people into a pile of orange goo, and Manhattan is immediately evacuated.

** Subverted with an item actually called "junk." It does nothing but take up space while you have it, but collecting enough junk is the way to get one of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity+1 guns]].

* WithThisHerring: Averted: at the beginning of the game, Aya's on a date at the opera and has her badge and gun, which as an NYPD officer she would be required to carry even when off-duty. The next day, when Captain Baker assigns her to the case, the first thing he does is to give her a permit that authorizes her to take an M16 rifle out of the police armory which is in the words of the armorer, "the most powerful gun I can allow you to have."

* DisappointingLastLevel: Day 6 starts with a multi-stage boss, which, while impressive, is no match for the SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity that immediately precedes it. Defeating it leads to a chase through the maze-like interior of a ship which, while certainly tense, requires no wrong moves whatsoever through the unmarked tunnels, with the slightest mistake or deviation being punished with a OneHitKO. And [[spoiler: failing to realize one has to activate the boiler along the way]] just makes the chase {{Unwinnable}}. Also, you'll have to re-fight the final boss and sit through unskippable cutscenes and dialogue first each time you try.

* ByTheBookCop: Given the trifecta of being a survival horror game, set in New York City, and with most of the characters as police officers, it's a little shocking that ''none'' of them are cowardly, corrupt, or incompetent.

* MilitariesAreUseless: Averted: after the Central Park crowd is melted down into genetic sludge, it becomes clear that Eve is a PersonOfMassDestruction and the U.S. Navy blockades off New York City from the outside world. They launch an airstrike to try to kill Eve, but it fails due to Eve melting the pilots. When the genetic sludge becomes a giant monstrosity that takes over Ellis Island, the Navy receives authorization from the White House to use a tactical nuclear warhead on Eve, and they immediately put together an operation to recover Aya and send her to launch the missile as she's the only one who's immune to Eve's immolation abilities.

* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. A single rookie cop says she saw a woman turn into a monster and light everyone on fire, and all her co-workers start searching Manhattan for the monster. The same rookie cop says she saw the monster turn another group of people into a pile of orange goo, and Manhattan is immediately evacuated.

* AtTheOperaTonight: The audience shall [[IncendiaryExponent burst into flames]]! And later, it'll [[ImMelting melt]] and merge into a giant blob.