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I remember playing the Squaresoft RPG Parasite Eve and enjoying it despite how silly the mitochondria-oriented premise seemed. It would be amusing if it turns o
by krustyburger 5y ago
I remember playing the Squaresoft RPG Parasite Eve and enjoying it despite how silly the mitochondria-oriented premise seemed. It would be amusing if it turns out that mitochondria are indeed hugely powerful in determining human outcomes.
- alashley 5y agoGreat game, I never finished it, but I've always hoped to find something nearly as far-fetched ever since I played it.
- falsaberN1 5y agoCan't wait to become a karate angel. The game (and the Japanese novel of the same name it was based on) mostly went by pseudoscience but it was interesting. Then the game added a bit more fire and stuff. And then very weird sequels that aren't apropos to this discussion. Er, anyway. Imagine the publicity if it turns out to retroactively have some scientific basis though. Need to check if the author is still alive nowadays.
- serf 5y ago>Then the game added a bit more fire and stuff. the 97 movie version of the novel 'Parasite Eve' had tons of fire, too. Pyrokinesis was a major thing in the movie (and in the game); maybe the game wanted to portray a similar visual continuity to the movie? The New York setting of the game was a lot more interesting than the back-woods Japan 'BioLab' style setting of the movie.
- falsaberN1 5y agoI think it was less pyrokinesis and more "ordering the mitochondria on everyone nearby to overload and cause spontaneous combustion". The intro is a whole theater's worth of people combusting when the mitochondria on the antagonist "awaken" in presence of the protagonist. It's based on the book (and referenced by the scientist character, Maeda, as "the case in Japan") but it's a lot more actiony and flashy with all sorts of mutated animals and orange goo.