

Not only does Eve seem surprised that Aya was not affected, but she also makes the cryptic comment that Aya’s “cells are trying to communicate” with her own. As the the lead actress, a young woman named Melissa, sings her “aria of sorrow”, cast and audience members alike begin to spontaneously combust! The theater quickly becomes a flood of panicked citizens attempting to flee the inferno, many still bursting into flames as they run! And yes… that was a Castlevania reference back there.Īya confronts Melissa, now referring to herself as “Eve”.

The evening’s performance is about a young prince’s forbidden romance with a woman accused of witchcraft. Why did she even ask to come here? She’s not a fan of the opera! Even before entering the opera house, things just feel “off” to Aya.

In Square’s Parasite Eve, an aspiring actress becomes an angel of death when the mitochondria (structures within the cells of organisms that converts oxygen to energy) in her body decide to take control, replicate, grant her superhuman powers, and determine that it’s time to take over the world! Set during the Christmas season of 1997, the player takes the role of young New York City detective Aya Brea, who must stop the woman from succeeding in her sinister plans, while also discovering that she’s more connected to the case and the assailant than she could have ever imagined.Īs the story opens, Aya is being escorted to the opera on Christmas Eve by her nameless date. We really aren’t here to talk about them anyway. However, let’s just forget about the novel and the film for a little while. A manga adaptation of the game, entitled Parasite Eve DIVA, was released in 1998. The novel was also adapted into a film in Japan in 1997. The game may be considered a sequel to Hideaki Sena’s novel of the same name, which was released in Japan in 1995. The game hit US shores later that year on September 9th. Parasite Eve is an action role-playing game with survival horror elements that was released by Square Co., creators of the acclaimed Final Fantasy series, to the original Sony Playstation game console on March 28th, 1998.
