For our first (and only?) holiday episode, we look at Squaresoft's foray into the horror genre, Parasite Eve! Lamont and Adrian talk about having a nice time at the opera, untangle the connection between the game and its original source material, struggle to comprehend the junk science nessecary to understanding the game's plot and do a deep dive into the evolution (heh) of Square's approach to battle systems. Is there a direct line between Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? Does posing the question itself automatically answer the question? You tell me!
Notes and References:
Parasite Eve (Novel)
https://a.co/d/20GK6ba
Parasite Eve (Film)
https://archive.org/details/ParasiteEve
We forgot to mention directily in the podcast, but big shout out to I Finished a Video Game for their exhaustive (as much is available on the internet anyway) research:
https://youtu.be/feCqT1S5pxI?si=J-dkAwJyPc4vzRfp
The shot of the sewers we kept mentioning:
And, of course... Ghostbusters 2:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.36a9f72d-a523-0e10-9741-fe2e7a3a121c?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb
