How many games have you encountered in your lifetime that feature a stunning operatic performance followed up by the spontaneous combustion of every member of the audience?

Unless you’ve got access to a treasure trove of titles that have never been released, your answer should have been one -- Parasite Eve, an exercise in survival horror similar to the Resident Evil experience. As Aya Brea, players were tasked with keeping Mitochondria Eve, a woman whose sentient mitochondria had taken over her very being, from destroying the human race with her fantastic powers.

After completing the first game, my mind had been officially blown. Topics had been discussed in it which my young mind had never even begun to fathom. Having enjoyed Resident Evil prior, as well as the "typical" PS1 games that were bought for children my age, Parasite Eve was a completely new experience for me. So imagine my excitement when my father brought home a sealed copy of the sequel to one of my favorite PlayStation games ever.

Parasite Eve II continues where Parasite Eve left off. However, rather than chasing down Eve and the minions she had left behind, Aya faces a new threat: NMCs, or Neo-Mitochondrial creatures. Rather than a lowly cop, Aya has hit the big time, having been promoted to the FBI. As head of MIST (Mitochondrial Investigation and Suppression Team), she’s been dispatched to Los Angeles to conduct an investigation and sighting of the terrifying new creatures. You feel a complete metamorphosis from scared and confused Aya Brea to confident, ass-kicking Aya who’s on a mission and nothing can stop her.