VA-11 Hall-A developers are doing what Square Enix won't: making a spiritual successor to cult classic JRPG Parasite Eve
Jul. 21, 2024And the first trailer absolutely slaps
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The developers behind VA-11 Hall-A just dropped a trailer for their next game that looks to be a spiritual successor to the Parasite Eve series, and it absolutely slaps.
Square Soft’s experimental era spawned so many gems at the turn of the century, both in and out of the Final Fantasy series, and chief among them was 1998’s Parasite Eve, a cult classic that mixed survival horror elements with turn-based RPG combat. Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi served as its producer, while Kingdom Hearts' composer Yoko Shimomura was behind the decks, a combo that made Parasite Eve destined for greatness, but after releasing one sequel, the publisher largely forgot about the series.
Sukeban Games hasn’t, though. The studio behind the “booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life” VA-11 Hall-A, which enjoys an Overwhelmingly Positive rating onSteam, announced their next game .45 Parabellum Bloodhound a couple weeks ago and just released a new trailer down below. It perfectly recaptures the grunge-ish aesthetic from early-2000s Japanese media and its PSX blockiness has me fawning.
Oh, and that thumping soundtrack? What’s not to love? No release date yet for this one, sadly.
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