yeah, it isn't an actual third part.

my expectations.. well, they better make this something really badass. several years ago while playing Parasite Eve on my PS1 I had no idea I will be looking at a handheld PE . what's next, Xenogears Happy New 2010 Year on a cell phone?

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I don't know what everyone's problem with PE2's gameplay was. I loved it and wouldn't mind if Third Birthday was similar to either PE1 or PE2

they've butchered the whole rpg part of the game in the second one, that's why many people disliked it. other than that it was a better game than PE1 anyway.

Kyle.

I don't expect much story-wise from this game, I just hope it will be fun to play.

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I wonder what it is that went wrong at Aya's wedding and who would have attacked? All I have seen are screenshots showing an empty church with a shadowed figure in the opened doorway.

will it be like in Kill Bill lol?

I thought there were some relatively scary parts in PE2, like during the desert episode, and in sewers.

that dude with a Star Wars sword was somewhat scary as well.

quote Shuyins Girl

The way I see, The 3rd Birthday is a way for Square Enix to test the market

I don't think so.

why did they wait for 8 years then?

I think we're lucky the bastards are at least releasing this mini-PE .

quote Shuyins Girl

That's like saying "Why did they wait 7 years to announce a sequel to Final Fantasy VII", really.

how 's it the same? they just decided to start milking their old games by that time, and FF7 was the first. but PE series was just forgoten after the second game.

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Parasite Eve probably got lost in the transition from the PS1 to PS2 and in the Square/Enix merger

I hope so..

quote Raijin1999

Bushido Blade was another series lost in transition (more like dumped).

this is wrong actually. Bushido Blade developers (Light Weight studio) left Squaresoft after the second game (kinda like the devs behind the original Medal of Honor left EA) and continued making games under Genki. Kengo - Master of bushido was the spiritual successor for BB.

quote Raijin1999

Orly? Square owned them?

Squaresoft has published their games, they were a development studio under them, like Caivia who made Drakengard or something like that.

quote gobi1975

I think 3rd Birthday IS the remake. But that is my guess.

It is possible that 3rd Birthday is beginning of Parasite Eve game for PS3, like Advent Children was for Final Fantasy 7 sagas which already counted at least two games on PS2 (Dirge of Cerebus) and PSP (Crisis Core).

errr, you mean, the first game in the PE compilation?

and yes, I assume this game will have some similarities to DoC..