Parasite Eve 1998

Is it still worth playing?

Square's 1998 role playing game for the PlayStation, a sequel to Hideaki Sena's novel Parasite Eve and the first of the video game series. Over a six day span in 1997, New York City police officer Aya Brea tries to stop Eve, a woman who plans to destroy the human race through spontaneous human combustion. Movement on the world map, which is a map of Manhattan, is limited to specific destinations. Enemies appear and attack on the same screen where you move Aya around, with no separate battle screen, and combat is real time and can be paused. On each turn you can attack, use Parasite Energy, use items or escape. Exploration and fighting still feel joined, because combat continues on the screen where you walk.