Last month Square Enix registered a trademark for a new product called “Symbiogenesis.” What does that mean? In technical terms it’s “the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism,” but fans of the company’s past output somehow took it to be a hint that the Parasite Eve series was about to have a new entry.
1998 was an interesting year. I was single again. I bought a house, and the PlayStation was bringing out a few games that I really enjoyed playing. One in particular was my absolute favorite console game of all time. Why did I love Parasite Eve so much? I really couldn’t say for sure, but I suspect it appealed to my inner nerd. I’ve never played a game like I played that one. I destroyed every location, killed every creature, and even played through again with the bonus levels; after you win the game the first time. My oldest son begged me for the chance to play the game, but I told him that it was too mature for a 10 year old and kept playing. Every now and again, I would feel the gaze of a couple of pre-adolescents burning into the back of my neck, but I remained undaunted. At least until the PlayStation broke. Then it was back to my PC, while the children whined about getting a new console system.
According to a partial list of updates revealed by Amazon, it looks like the highly regarded PlayStation title Parasite Eve will be released on March 15th.