Back then, one of my favorite pre-internet activities was to be dropped off at Barnes and Noble, Browse the video game strategy guides, and sketch the monsters and bosses from titles I never played or in some cases never would. I was only fifteen when the game released in North America, and for years, it was one of those titles I could only admire from afar. I could use some cheering up after reviewing the death spiral known as the Silent Hill franchise, and what better than a classic game packed with some of the most magnificently gorgeous monsters in the entire video game medium? Squaresoft's Parasite Eve is almost old enough to drink as I write this, but remains a master monsterpiece of creature design with one dark, disturbing story to match.
