Parasite Eve Movement Notes (New Game)

"You can start moving after a loading before the screen is fully faded in. Doing this consistently throughout the run will save several minutes. For this you have to know which direction you are going and this will come with time." -Primus

Many screens (~85%) in Parasite Eve act in this way. These notes were created to help in learning, memorization, etc. By making these notes, I found a few optimizations/visual indicators that can help you navigate this game. Weird invisible walls and triggers run amok in PE. In addition, I listed a few dialog/trigger points to look out for, when to menu in a New Game speedrun, optimal Overworld inputs, etc. These notes are to be used in tandem with other resources, though I think I did a decent job looking out for potential movement improvements. Maybe there are a few more fights where movement to initiate them can be improved.

Remember, not EVERY screen in this game allows Aya to move during fadein. You can use these screens as opportunities to menu if you need to. This is used to optimize the menu after Centipede, for example.

As an aside, making these notes made me realize how a TAS (tool-assisted speedrun) would be great for this game, at least in terms of studying EVERY room's movement, fight initiations, optimal trigger spots, etc.


DAY 1

MENU

1. Outside Carnegie UP
2. Carnegie Lobby UP
3. Burnt Theater UP
4. Stage LEFT
5. Backstage RIGHT
6. Dropdown UP
7. Dressing Hall UP
8. Phone Room UP, DOWNLEFT
9. Dressing Hall DOWN (DOWNRIGHT TAP TO AVOID WALL)
10. Melissa's Rm UPLEFT
11. Dressing Hall UPRIGHT
12. Rehearsal Rm UP
13. Rats UP
14. Frog and Rats UP
15. Ghost UPRIGHT
16. Hole in wall (if no Offense+2) RIGHT

MENU

17. Sewer 3 (if no Offense+2) DOWNLEFT
18. Frogs LEFT
19. Alligator UP

END DAY 1

DAY 2

1. Offices UPRIGHT, UP at fadein
2. 1F Hall UP, UPLEFT at shadow
3. Basement Hall DOWNLEFT, LEFT at door
4. Armory UP
5. Basement Hall UPRIGHT
6. 1F Hall (Ben) UPRIGHT
7. Offices DOWNLEFT, LEFT at fadein
8. Chief DOWN
9. Offices UPRIGHT, UP at fadein
10. 1F Hall UP, UPRIGHT at shadow, RIGHT at door
11. Police Lobby DOWN

12. 1 input RIGHT MUSEUM

13. Museum Outside UPLEFT
14.  Museum Lobby Daniel "Thanks" UPRIGHT, aim for left edge of door frame, hit right edge of paper
15. Museum 2F DOWN

16. 1 input LEFT NYPD

17. Police Lobby UPLEFT
18. 1F Hall UP, hit the middle of the door on RIGHT

MENU

19. 1F Hall DOWN
20. Police Lobby DOWNRIGHT

21. Park Entrance Aya "I know" UP
22. Cop Car DOWN, DOWNRIGHT from Chest
23. Zoo Entrance RIGHT
24. Octagon Pool UPRIGHT, UP at first set of Stairs
25. Outside Office UP
26. Office UP, then tap UPRIGHT to get into the office, DOWN after getting key
27. Outside Office DOWNRIGHT, DOWN along faint line
28. Octagon Pool 2 DOWNRIGHT
29. Pillars LEFT, UPLEFT from chest to clear i-wall

MENU

30. Zoo Key UP
31. Ampitheater Path UP, UPRIGHT at snow then UP
32. Ampitheater Entrance UP
33. Ampitheater LEFT
34. Ampitheater Entrance RIGHT, UPRIGHT at sign
35. Stage UPRIGHT
36. Ampitheater Entrance LEFT
37. Ampitheater Path DOWNLEFT
38. Revive Gazebo LEFT
39. Path 1 DOWN, LEFT at first crossroad if no Tool
40. Path 2 (Tool) DOWN LEFT
41. Path 2 (no Tool) LEFT
42. Path 3 LEFT
43. Crow Path DOWNLEFT/LEFT
44. Bridge LEFT
45. Fountain DOWNLEFT
46.Tunnel UP
47. Outside Tunnel UP
48 Phone RIGHT

MENU

49. Worms RIGHT

MENU

50. Carriage UP

END OF DAY 2


DAY 3

1. Bedroom RIGHT
2. Street "There's a gunshop" DOWNLEFT Stutterstep, avoid Maeda, LEFT
3. Gunshop Entrance DOWN
4. Gunshop UPLEFT

MENU

5. Gunshop Entrance UP, make sure to tap UPLEFT sticking to wall
6 Street RIGHT, fadein UPRIGHT, weave around Maeda
7. Pharmacy Entrance DOWN, DOWNRIGHT to wall, DOWNRIGHT at Door
8. Pharmacy UP for Revive, DOWN for no Revive
9. Pharmacy Entrance UP, UPLEFT to avoid trash
10. Street UPLEFT, LEFT at fade in, DOWNLEFT at dark corner of cardboard

11. 2 inputs LEFT for Museum
12. 2 inputs LEFT for NYPD

13. Police Lobby after charm UPLEFT
14. 1F Hall LEFT
15. Basement Hall DOWNLEFT
16. Basement Hall UP, UPLEFT into Door
17. Kennel X, UP to feet, turn left to feet, DOWN to exit
18. Basement Hall DOWNRIGHT
19. 1F Hall DOWNRIGHT, fadein, DOWN along wall
20. Office DOWN
21. 1F Hall UP
22. Meeting Room RIGHT

MENU

23. 1F Hall DOWN, clear the corner, RIGHT
24. Alarm Hall DOWNLEFT
25. Spiders LEFT, UPLEFT at shadow, UP at corner
26. Rats and Crow UP
27. Spider and Monster UP

MENU

28. Sheeva Hallway UP
29. After Sheeva UP

END OF DAY 3

DAY 4

1. "Where'd he go anyway?" UPRIGHT
2. Office UPRIGHT, fadein UP
3. 1F Hall UP, at shadow at stairs, UPRIGHT
4. Alarm Hall DOWNLEFT
5. Spiders LEFT, UPLEFT at shadow, UP at corner
6. Rats and Crow UP, UPRIGHT to knob
7. Lab UP

8. 1 input LEFT for Hospital

9. Outside Hospital RIGHT "Thank you, I'll keep it" UP
10. Lobby UP for Tool if needed (Central Park tool? Y/N)
11. 1F Elevators down, right along wall to elevator button
12. Elevator UPRIGHT for buttons
13. Basement Elevators Stutter Step After elevator
14. Triple Door Hall UP, fadein RIGHT
15. Fuse 1 Rm UP, hug the bookcase to avoid fight
16. Triple Door Hall UP, UPRIGHT when clear shadow
17. Blue Light UP
18. Double Doors LEFT
19. Phone UP, exit door on left side
20. Double Doors DOWN
21. Blue Light DOWN
22. Triple Door Hall DOWN
23. Autopsy UPRIGHT
24. Fuse 2 Rm UP, clear mat DOWNLEFT to get into fight
25. Autopsy DOWNLEFT
26. Triple Door Hall X, UP
27. Blue Light UP
28. Double Doors UPRIGHT stutterstep to hit trigger
29. RNG Chest UPLEFT
30. Fuse 3 Rm DOWN

MENU

31. RNG Chest UP
32. Fuse Box mash x on screen transition, UPRIGHT and mash x
33. RNG Chest RIGHT
34. Basement Elevators DOWNRIGHT
35. Elevator UPLEFT
36. 1F Elevators RIGHT
37. Lobby RIGHT
38. Doctor Rm DOWNRIGHT, end fight near the bottom left, "Yes" UPRIGHT then RIGHT
39. Nurse Rm UPRIGHT, end fight at the topleft bed
40. Doctor Rm UPLEFT
41. Lobby DOWN
42. 1F Elevators UPLEFT
43. Valve Hall UP, then LEFT
44. Valve Rm DOWN, aim for handle when exiting
45. Valve Hall DOWN, then DOWNLEFT
46. 1F Elevators UPRIGHT
47. Elevator UPLEFT
48. 13th Hall DOWNLEFT, DOWN fadein
49. Tool Rm LEFT
50. Tub Rm UP
51. Sperm Rm RIGHT

MENU

52. Elevator DOWNLEFT Stutterstep for button
53. Spider LEFT
54. Roof Exit DOWN, then DOWNLEFT

55. Police Lobby UPLEFT
56. 1F Hall DOWN
57. Office X, DOWNLEFT
58. Chief DOWN

END DAY 4

DAY 5

1. 2 inputs LEFT for Chinatown, 4 for Warehouse
(You can also go 4 right for Warehouse)
Micro-uzi/Warehouse

2. Warehouse UPRIGHT to avoid wall, RIGHT to PPK, LEFT UPLEFT for Tool

MENU

3. 2 inputs RIGHT for Chinatown

4. Chinatown Entrance UP
5. Cats UP
6. Snakes and Cats UP
7. Maeda UP
8. Sewer 1 LEFT
9. Bats LEFT
10. Tunnel 1 DOWN
11. Bats and Snakes DOWN
12. Tunnel 2 DOWN
13. Ladder DOWNLEFT, aim for middle-right of ladder
14. Sewer Cutscene RIGHT
15. Pipe Rm UPRIGHT
16. Pump Rm DOWN, left at fadein
17. Rubble RIGHT, DOWNRIGHT to opposite climb, RIGHT at climb
18. Subway Door UP
19. Rail LEFT, climb above the first pillar
20. Platform UP, if you pick up Med 3, be careful of invis wall as you go left
21. Mole RIGHT

MENU

22. Centipede UPRIGHT
23. After Centipede UP
24. Bridge UP
25. Disc 2 UPRIGHT, RIGHT at fadein to hit crook of cop's arm
26. Bridge DOWN

MENU

27. Centipede DOWNLEFT
28. Mole LEFT
29. Platform DOWNRIGHT, DOWN after climbing
30. Subway Exit DOWN, DOWNRIGHT at fadein to avoid chest

31. 4 inputs RIGHT for Museum

32. Museum Entrance UPLEFT, aim for middle of double doors
33. Lobby UP until light square, UPLEFT to face Klamp
34. Rain Forest UP
35. Posters UP
36. Scorpion LEFT
37. Boat DOWNLEFT
38. Soldiers UP
39. Heads LEFT
40. Soldiers DOWN
41. Shiny Rocks UPLEFT
42. Broken Rail UPRIGHT, aim for middle of door
43. Fire Escape RIGHT, UPRIGHT to ladder
44. 3rd Floor UPLEFT
45. Skeleton DOWNRIGHT
46. Evolution DOWN
47. Spiral DOWN
48. Pteradactyl RIGHT
49. Big Blue Hall DOWNRIGHT
50. Long Neck DOWN
51. 3F Elevator DOWN, aim for midright of double doors
52. Locked UPLEFT, UP on left edge of yellow rug
53. Dropdown X, RIGHT, get right of first statue, X
54. Broken Window DOWNRIGHT, aim for above midline of door
55. 2F Elevator UPRIGHT (faster fight start then RIGHT)
56. Tent UP, go RIGHT at middle top pt to get tool
57. Security Hall UPLEFT
58. Red Carpet UPLEFT
59. Security Door UP
60. Security Rm X, UP
61. Secret Elevator RIGHT
62. Storage RIGHT
63. Secret Elevator RIGHT
64. Security Rm UP
65. Security Door DOWN
66. Red Carpet RIGHT
67. Security Hall DOWNRIGHT
68. Tent DOWN
69. 2F Elevator DOWNRIGHT
70. 2F Elevator LEFT, DOWNLEFT at floor's square corner
71. Broken Window LEFT
72. Klamp Door UPLEFT
73. Fighting Dinos UPRIGHT

MENU

74. Triceratops UPLEFT, DOWN along rail
75. T-Rex DOWN after chests

MENU

76. T-REX DOWNLEFT
77. Lobby RIGHT
78. 2F Elevator DOWNLEFT
79. Broken Window LEFT
80. Klamp Door UPLEFT
81. Fighting Dinos UPRIGHT
82. Triceratops UPLEFT
83. Final Moblings DOWN

MENU

84. Eve's Door UPLEFT

85. Liberty Island UP

END OF DAY 5

DAY 6

1. Cruiser UPLEFT
2. Map "I'll take the things that're in your way..." hand animation, Circle, X, X Circle, Circle, X
Officer is two taps to the item menu

Ultimate Being Chase

3. Cruiser LEFT Stutterstep
4. Map LEFT
5. T Hallway 1 UP, LEFT at Intersection
6. Pipes Hallway UP
7. Stairwell 1 DOWN
8. T Hallway 2 RIGHT, UP at Intersection
9. Hell's Kitchen DOWN
10. Red Hall 1 DOWN
11. Red Hall 2 DOWN
12. Stairwell 2 DOWN, DOWNRIGHT into doorway
13. GG         LEFT

Congratulations, you move like a bad ass cop whose running speed is a light jog.