The 3rd Birthday - PSP - Full Playthrough (Semi-Blind, Hard Difficulty)
3Tonight is Christmas Eve and the snow should last until morning, but that spectacle will be nothing compared to the apocalyptic event that's about to rock Manhattan.
This is a spliced down version of the playthrough I uploaded in October. I've chopped out all the DNA board sessions and all the lore reading, leaving just the core action. If you'd prefer all that stuff included, the playlist is here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI2o6Uusv62oDVIdqvDeSG_PgKRkwhDdj.
This Parasite Eve spin-off is a rock hard third person shooter. I had to frequently restart some checkpoints, so I've classed this as a semi-blind playthrough, even though there are long stretches of blind gameplay. I've left in a couple of deaths, but you'll see exactly how many times I died in each episode from the results screen at the end.
There are "feats" in the game, but don't expect me to get most of them in a blind hard difficulty playthrough, though I do get some of them. TBH this game was tough enough just to get through the main objectives, so I didn't keep track of the feats list, it's the sort of thing that's best left for a replay after some grinding. Don't expect great grades either, as they require not dying, plus you need to play on the even higher unlockable difficulties to get the best grades, which I obviously couldn't do here, though the grades do improve as the game goes on.
I'm playing the PSN version on a PSTV. I can record PSTV at either 720p at 60 fps or 1080p at 30 fps, as this game runs at 30 fps I went with the 1080 option.
For some reason, Square Enix don't want me showing you the final scene, they've blocked it worldwide on YouTube. I had to put a brightness filter on it to prevent it from getting blocked. It's just a closing scene, all the main story is done by that point, but hopefully you should be able to tell what's happening. I've also muted the ending song for copyright reasons, but you can still hear that in the playlist version.
My original plan to publish this on Xmas Eve was scuppered by some technical issues, but better late than never.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:14 - Episode 0: Sacrifice
00:34:10 - Episode 1: A Brave New World
01:56:25 - Episode 2: The Lost Soul
03:51:59 - Episode 3: Against the World
04:54:10 - Episode 4: The Moment of Truth
06:14:08 - Episode 5: The Counterattack
07:59:46 - The Last Episode: Eternity
08:11:24 - Ending & Credits