History YMMV / ParasiteEve2

* CompleteMonster: [[DragonInChief Number 9]] is a psychotic, sapient Golem designed by Neo Ark to keep AMNC subjects under control. [[WasOnceAMan Originally a human]] who personally requested to become a Golem, he paid the scientists to retain his human intelligence and memories after the transformation. Becoming a "Hunter" for Neo Ark, he leads an attack at the Arkopolis Tower that kills many people, sending in AMNC mimics to kill the SWAT team. He later attacks [[PlayerCharacter Aya Brea]]'s partner, Rupert Broderick, in a church, escaping when Aya sees him. Attacking Aya on top of the tower, he sets off a series of explosions that destroy the tower and the people inside. Ordered to use [[EldritchAbomination the Pupa]]'s powers to unleash a virus that would cause every human on Earth to turn into [=AMNCs=], he sends Agent Kyle Madigan to lure Aya to the underground Neo Ark labs, where she frees the young Eve. Afterwards, he kidnaps Eve, [[WouldHurtAChild threatening to kill her]] if Aya tries to stop him. Planning to use Eve's powers to awaken the Pupa from its cocoon and make it stronger, he orders Kyle to kill Aya.

** In-universe, the Stranger [=AMNCs=] can shift from their monstrous forms to a human form, which not only catches Aya completely by surprise but caught an unwary S.W.A.T team with their pants down, leading to their demise. Sadly, in-game this ability is rather under-utilized.

* ContestedSequel: Being a ''massive'' departure from the original in almost every way means that quite a lot of people really hate this game. There's still debates between fans (both those who think it's better than the first, and those who just regard it as a pretty good sequel) and detractors that you can find. (though they tend to call a truce to rag on ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'' sometimes).

* {{Narm}}: A lot of the [=ANMCs=] have really goofy looking faces for such hideous monsters, possibly because they look somewhat human from the transformation.

* ParanoiaFuel: The Stalkers are chameleon-like monsters with an InvisibilityCloak. Unlike other monsters in the game, they can't be seen if they are in a room. You will only know if they are there if you suddenly enter the battle screen to a very loud, unnatural screeching noise.

* GoodBadBugs: If you fire the Javelin and then immediately pause the game the damage formula for whatever ammo you have equipped is used instead of the normal Javelin formula. As it happens riffle rounds are the only ammo you can have equipped without hacking which is fine because the riffle rounds damage combined with the Javelin attack speed is enough to one shot anything that isn't a boss. Just make sure you don't run out of bullets or your attack with drop to 0.

* FollowTheLeader:
** Squaresoft seems to have taken quite a bit more inspiration from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' for this one, resulting in Aya investigating a seemingly abandoned area where an outbreak of man-made monsters is occurring, eventually leading her to a secret underground base run by a powerful group with a lot of money and NoOSHACompliance. Also, SolveTheSoupCans puzzles and tank controls.
** Once you get into the lategame, certain plot points are oddly similar to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' of all things, particularly the hibernating but massively powerful ANMC that will evolve humanity on a global scale when awoken. It's also PoweredByAForsakenChild who has to wear a special suit and is explicitly referred to as its pilot.

* DemonicSpiders: The Golems due to their speed, hard hitting attacks, and high HP. Some of them can even cause Poison or Paralysis on you to boot and in certain areas, you fight more than one Golem at once. Nightmare Mode makes ''every'' encounter demonic spiders due to Aya's massively decreased HP and defense.

* UncannyValley: Most of the [=ANMCs=] in the game are animals with vaguely human-like characteristics. 'Strangers' are Ostrich/Dinosaur-like things that can mimic corpses and 'Chasers' are basically camels with horrifying, polygonal human faces. Their subspecies 'Mad Chasers' fall on their backs and ''start laughing'' when Aya attacks them.

* NarmCharm: No. 9 has several lines which sound bizarrely out of place, but that ends up making him a more memorable and entertaining villain, as well as giving him a feeling of mental instability.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Due to several major gameplay changes[[note]] tank controls with changing camera angles ala ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', no traditional JRPG elements like stats and leveling up, a ''much'' lower base HP stat, and no revival mechanic. [[/note]], the game is considerably much harder than the first game and it's very easy to die if you don't adapt to the controls and learn how to dodge attacks.

* CompleteMonster: [[DragonInChief Number 9]] is a psychotic, sapient Golem designed by Neo Ark to keep AMNC subjects under control. [[WasOnceAMan Originally a human]] who personally requested to become a Golem, he paid the scientists to retain his human intelligence and memories after the transformation. Becoming a "Hunter" for Neo Ark, he leads an attack at the Arkopolis Tower that kills many people, sending in AMNC mimics to kill the SWAT team. He later attacks [[PlayerCharacter Aya Brea]]'s partner, Rupert Broderick, in a church, escaping when Aya sees him. Attacking Aya on top of the tower, he sets off a series of explosions that destroy the tower and the people inside. Ordered to use [[EldritchAbomination the Pupa]]'s powers to unleash a virus that would cause every human on earth to turn into [=AMNCs=], he sends Agent Kyle Madigan to lure Aya to the underground Neo Ark labs, where she frees the young Eve. Afterwards, he kidnaps Eve, [[WouldHurtAChild threatening to kill her]] if Aya tries to stop him. Planning to use Eve's powers to awaken the Pupa from its cocoon and make it stronger, he orders Kyle to kill Aya.

* {{Tearjerker}}: If you take too long in the fight against the Burner boss, [[spoiler: Mr. Douglas' dog Flint dies]]. [[YouBastard It was your fault, because you took too long killing that thing.]]

* ContestedSequel: Being a ''massive'' departure from the original in almost every way means that quite a lot of people really hate this game. There's still debates between fans and detractors that go on (though they tend to call a truce to rag on ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'' sometimes).

* ContestedSequel: Being a ''massive'' departure from the original in almost every way means that quite a lot of people really hate this game. There's still debates between fans and detractors that go on (though they tend to call a truce to rag on ''[[VideoGame/The3rdBirthday]]'' sometimes).

* ContestedSequel: Being a ''massive'' departure from the original in almost every way means that quite a lot of people really hate this game.

* CompleteMonster: [[DragonInChief Number 9]] is a psychotic, sentient Golem designed by Neo Ark to keep AMNC subjects under control. [[WasOnceAMan Originally a human]] who personally requested to become a Golem, he paid the scientists to retain his human intelligence and memories after the transformation. Becoming a "Hunter" for Neo Ark, he leads an attack at the Arkopolis Tower that kills many people, sending in AMNC mimics to kill the SWAT team. He later attacks [[PlayerCharacter Aya Brea]]'s partner, Rupert Broderick, in a church, escaping when Aya sees him. Attacking Aya on top of the tower, he sets off a series of explosions that destroy the tower and the people inside. Ordered to use [[EldritchAbomination the Pupa]]'s powers to unleash a virus that would cause every human on earth to turn into [=AMNCs=], he sends Agent Kyle Madigan to lure Aya to the underground Neo Ark labs, where she frees the young Eve. Afterwards, he kidnaps Eve, [[WouldHurtAChild threatening to kill her]] if Aya tries to stop him. Planning to use Eve's powers to awaken the Pupa from its cocoon and make it stronger, he orders Kyle to kill Aya.

* FakeDifficulty: Square tried to make ''II'' more like the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games, but with [[CameraScrew worse camera angles]] and an absolute lack of a quick, 180-degree turn. Many cheap shots and deaths will ensue. The original game generally favored more isometric viewpoints that, what a surprise, showed most of a room without any awkward and abrupt angle transitions.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The sheer amount of attention to detail found throughout each level design of the game is stunning, and just like the previous game, the beautiful graphics still hold up today.

** In-universe, the Stranger AMNCs can shift from their monstrous forms to a human form, which not only catches Aya completely by surprise but caught an unwary S.W.A.T team with their pants down, leading to their demise. Sadly, in-game this ability is rather under-utilized.

* FollowTheLeader: After doing its own thing in the first ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' game, Squaresoft decided to ape ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' for this one, resulting in Aya investigating a seemingly abandoned area where an outbreak of man-made monsters is occurring, eventually leading her to a secret underground base run by a powerful group with a lot of money and NoOSHACompliance. Also, SolveTheSoupCans puzzles and tank controls.

* FollowTheLeader: After doing its own thing in the first ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' game, Squaresoft decided to ape ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' for this one, resulting in Aya investigating a seemingly abandoned area where an outbreak of man made monsters is occurring, eventually leading her to a secret underground base run by a powerful group with a lot of money and NoOSHACompliance. Also, SolveTheSoupCans puzzles and tank controls.

* GeniusBonus: If you actually know what "Neoteny" means, a bit more of what the cult is trying to do makes sense. Well, as much sense as the intentions of a cult usually make. Neoteny is a term referring to an "adult" lifeform, showing traits from a younger form (the classic example being the axolotl; a species of salamander which retains the fins and gills which most other species of salamander lose after growing out of their larval stage). So basically, the cult is trying to "revert" humanity into more primitive forms in order to "reboot" humanities evolutionary process (somewhat ironic, given some researchers argue that a lot of the traits that set humans apart from other primates are neotenous).

* NarmCharm: No. 9 has several lines which sound bizarrely out of place, but that ends up making him a more memorable and entertaining villain, as well as gives him a feel of mental instability.

** In-universe, the Stranger AMNC's can shift from their monstrous forms to a human form, which not only catches Aya completely by surprise, but caught an unwary S.W.A.T team with their pants down, leading to their demise. Sadly, in-game this ability is rather under-utilized.