
Check it TWICE to get a key that unlocks some useful gear in the Shelter.
After you reach the church at the top of the tower there's a locked emergency exit, I believe it's behind the podium or altar. When the stealth golems are appearing and disappearing all around you, if you turn music off and sound up a bit you can hear a buzzing sound when it's the real guy, holograms don't leave a sound. Like the first game, attack abilities are wholly useless because you can deal more damage over a fixed amount of time and energy will save you from having to horde healing items. The best spells are metabolize, healing, lifedrain (really, really good because enemies love swarming you), and antibody. At the beginning of each chapter be sure to check her trunk for magically reappearing stuff. Aya also keeps progressively better equipment in the trunk of her car. Try to score high at the shooting range early game and you'll get some helpful items. Enemies can react differently to sound or movement. Some enemies can be crippled (blown off shield) if you happen to hit them when they are in certain animations. Some enemies have certain weaknesses to ammo types even if that ammo is weak. Also the area of effect attack spells are still good against certain enemies, or to clear out a room quickly if you can spare the MP/items in the late game. Doing this will really help stretch out healing items. Whenever you get a new spell it raises and refills your MP. #Parasite eve ending upgrade
Don't buy spells/upgrades immediately, save the points and upgrade spells when you're out of MP after a battle, and heal fully (using the heal spell) first if possible. There's a few ways things can turn out, some of which are very interesting. If you're going to play more than once, don't use a guide.
One requires you to beat a boss in a certain time, another has you returning to an area you'd never think about visiting and the window of time they give you is small.
Like most Japanese multi-ending video games it requires you to do a laundry list of arbitrary and easily missed actions or else you miss the chance.
Refer to a FAQ if you want the best ending (and it's also the most rewarding ending). Brush up on your annoying PS1-gen Survival Horror control scheme skills, it's surprisingly hard. Other than the story, there's not much tying it to Parasite Eve 1.