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Seeing how the same team was responsible for all three games, though I'm unsure about the script writers and directors, it's no wonder there are *some* similarities. Bot how close the relation was? We can never know unless we break into the developers' heads.

I'd say all it betrays is lack of creativity on Square's part and their infatuation with the female fallen angel as antagonist trope. The reason why the settings are somewhat similar is due to the popularity of the modern/near-future setting during the PSX era. Up till 1995, video games were dominated by fantasy or quasi-fantasy worlds, especially when it came to RPG's, but Sony marketed the console at young adults who preferred more "mature" settings, and so developers obliged. Notice how even traditional fantasy RPG's for the PSX contained steampunk elements. I guess fantasy was kind of overplayed at that point and people were tired of it.

As for science being the root of all evil? Well, that's what the public attitude towards it was back then. People were wary of cloning, GMO, lab-created diseases, and so on. Same with anti-corporatism and anti-/alter-globalist or environmentalist movements. It was all reflected in RPG plots, so it's no wonder some of them might seem similar.

Parasite Eve is based on a book, by the way, though I know little to nothing about it.

Yup, same sentiments here. It's too ambitious a game in scope to work out with essentially no budget to speak of. You've set out to achieve a SNES-quality title with a motley team of teleworkers working pro bono in their spare time. Unless there's a prototype and not just a bunch of mockups I myself could produce over a weekend, I wouldn't throw any money at this. It just screams vaporware, no offense. I should know, I've been through this myself (though no money was involved, thankfully).

BTW, TFT, next time you're up for a kickstarter, hit me up and I'll throw together a few high-quality screens for your page, seems people flock to these like moths to a flame. Bait and switch? Who cares! 8)

Classy, FF Girl!

I pity the fool who works with you.