This review is adressed towards version 1.03, which is the final version posted on this site.
After playing a WIP game that is pretty much following the path of this game, a side scroller zombie rape game, I got the itch to play the original game which gave birth to this type of side-scroller, Parasite in City.
And I have to say, even after all of this years, it holds up quite well.. let me tell you why
.- Art is quite beautiful, animations are pretty good as well. Very nicely done pixel art overall, enemies are nicely done as well. Playable character is quite attractive herself, no complaints whatsoever in this regard, game over CG's are super nice and what's better, they're animated too. It's quite clear how passionate the developer of this game was in regards to this, only complaint.. or, let's just say, downside to this is that the sex scenes tend to be quite short
.- Sound effects are rather nice as well, the only one I'm not all that fond of is the sort of squishy sound for when she's being fucked, it's a bit off putting.. and in the gallery (or well, rather called, omake.. I never exactly understood why they're separated. Omake is pretty much for the sex animations, while the gallery focuses solely on the game-over CG's) it can get a little glitchy as well which makes it a bit bothersome.. but overall pretty decent SFX, especially the gun ones.
.- Story is.. a bit lackluster to be honest, you pretty much wake up in your apartment one day only to find that suddenly there's zombies everywhere and you're trying to escape.. the ending was a bit better in terms of lore, but to be honest.. there isn't really much more than that, it is very simple.
.- Lastly, here comes the part where I had the most trouble.. the balancing of this game. I have quite honestly forgotten how absolutely unforgiving this game can be, especially in the last stage. Stage 2 is the start of the unforgiveness but it's tolerable as you can block enemies with the boxes that are scattered around the map and they can never chase you down until the final part of Stage 2 where a horde of enemies will come after you.. Stage 3, in comparison.. is a fucking nightmare
Not only do the enemies are able to.. clumsily, yet still capable of, vaulting over the boxes to put pressure over you, but there's also the fact that.. depending on which difficulty (I started on normal myself then had to switch to easy because my god), the enemies will take so many bullets to finally die, to be specific.. six for the female and male zombie, unless you're shooting them with the pistol, in which case it's three (not the fat male one, the lanky one, the fat male one takes even more bullets to kill). Pair this to the fact that, as you progress, these face huggers will make your life a living nightmare.. Yes, you can kill them relatively easy, but when you get to this worm-face type of enemy, which will NON-STOP SPAM the shit out of them while you're trying to advance forward and kill other enemies that are standing on your way.. it gets really annoying and irritating, borderline rage inducing.
To boot, the female hitbox works a little weirdly and kicks are not the greatest tool against her (when it's more than one).
The only way to give yourself a little room to breathe and be able to do something in these final stages is if you decide to play it on easy.. or unless you're a hardcore player and you want to torture yourself XD.
In conclussion, very good game while at the same time being very unforgiving and sometimes confusing, the first stage mostly where it feels like a maze and you don't exactly have a map to somewhat orientate yourself.