All went quiet on Game Archives releases for Parasite Eve 1 and 2 following a few Twitter hints a couple of months back indicating that Square Enix has been looking into the project. Today, The 3rd Birthday director Hajime Tabata weighed in again with what seems like near confirmation.
Three indie projects influenced by Parasite Eve are in the works, and a strong reception could motivate Square Enix to bring the series back.
I still replay both games from time to time. Would absolutely love either a reboot, a remaster, or a sequel.
At this point, I would settle for them to release the first game on PSN. Such a wonderful game.
Lol I think I'm one of the few people that liked the second game more than the first. Other than the story, I feel the second game improves on everything that made the first game so good.
The complication is that it is a licensed property, originally a book. Square Enix have the rights to things they designed but not the overall property I believe.
GameSpew's Retro Treasures column looks at Parasite Eve, a cult classic that never quite got the mainstream appreciation it deserved.
Ahead of its time? LOL No. An amazing game? Hell yeah!
By the way, the Real Time blend with Turn based was old by that point. With the Secret of Mana and Star Ocean series coming to mind. And I'm sure there might have been others.
Square Enix suggested they might remaster more games from their storied archives—here are the classics we’d like to see get a new coat of paint.
I would definitely enjoy a Xenogears remaster. Recently finished Legend of Dragoon again (this time with platinum trophy) and would love to dive back into Xenogears with Fei and the rest of the crew.
It needs more than a remaster though, I hope they can turn disc 2 into a full game..
I wonder how they would even handle a xenogears remaster
Would they give it to monolith soft (the original developers) to handle, and more then likely make it a Nintendo exclusive, cue the endless bitching from Sony fans...
Or will they do it themselves, thus not finishing the original story as intended
"... and more then likely make it a Nintendo exclusive"
I would think it'd eventually hit all the platforms much like the Front Mission 1st Remake. That way no one would be 'bitching' regardless of your platform preference lol.
They don't need the original people , they already have the foundation of characters ,world and lore to work off of.
Honestly it's not that big of a game if you really examine it by modern standards , it's how they present everything that makes it seem so grand especially with how epic the story/music is . SE have good writers that could incorporate post release lore of perfect works and such if they ever remade it from the ground up.
Square Enix classics? dont they mean Squaresoft. Square Enix dont make classic games, just games with pretty graphics, no heart & soul, boring & over stuffed with woke Gen Z cockiness.
But while were on the subject i would love too see a remaster of Front Mission 3.
They already announced a Front Mission 3 remake. Doubt they'll also do a remaster.
I will get the remake but i still want a remaster cos with all remakes they lose a lot of the original magic the original game had.
Pretty sure its going to be a remaster of the game, similar to what's been done with the first two games, not a remake.
FF7r is certainly more a remake of FF7 than a remaster for instance.
Now, if they did Gun Hazard remaster...
Yeah they call it a remake like "Front Mission 1st Remake" but I'd consider it more of a remaster as it doesn't change any of the core gameplay but basically just sharpens up the graphics. I think they added a couple of new features also but I still think it's more of a remaster.
Like @Godmars290 suggested, FF7Remake fits the mold of a remake since they 'remade' the game from the ground up, changing the battle system completely, and retelling the story with a lot of different elements added.
But I guess they can call it what they want since they're making it lol.
Exactly. SquareSoft merged with Enix shortly after Final Fantasy X and it has never been the same.
I have Parasite Eve on disc but finding Parasite Eve II that isnt at a high price is difficult.
i also have been trying to find Parasite Eve 2,but like you said it's expensive,i hope they bring it to the PSN.
Like its a done deal. I just hope we get them here in the US PSN.