Twisted

The Twisted are creatures spawned from the Babel which appears in New York City during The 3rd Birthday and are the central enemies in the game. When spawned, they travel through space-time distortions that appear whenever Aya tries to Overdive into the past.

While most Twisted possess strong defense, they have weaknesses Aya Brea can exploit which enables her to "Overdive Kill" them. During her missions, it can be noticed that the Twisted mainly targets and attack the person she has Overdive into, alluding to the fact that the Twisted has a strong connection with her and the Overdive ability.

Origin

While the Twisted are known to be spawn of the Babel, it can also be seen that normal humans could be transformed into the Twisted. Particularly the Twisted "Mudflap" which steals SWAT members and transforms them to "Slackers". Another example is the former CTI Member, Augustus Vassel; which according to his CTI log, was abducted by a Slacker and when he returned, was already a Slacker as well. He was the Slacker used during Battle Simulations in the CTI Headquarters.

Aya also witnesses how Emily Jefferson, Gabrielle Monsigny and Kyle Madigan transform into giant Twisted during their encounters in the -Past Overdive- events. However, their transformation can be considered a special case as Hyde Bohr later explains that these three people have entered the state of being the "High Ones" which are another species apart from the Twisted.

End game, Hyde Borh reveals to Eve (who was in Aya's body) that the Twisted were born from the shattered fragments of the real Aya Brea's consciousness, which was destroyed during "Time Zero". The Twisted can be interpreted as an unstable yet "evil" incarnations of Aya's lost consciousness in time space.

List

Regular enemies

• Slacker
• Wad
• Stinker
• Snatcher
• Bean
• Roller
• Rover
• Detector
• Worm
• Mudflap
• Reaper
• Spitter (only in Chapter 4)

Bosses

• Helix
• Emily Jefferson
• Queen
• Gabrielle Monsigny
• Kyle Madigan
• Hyde Bohr

Trivia

• The Reaper Twisted was the first Twisted shown to the world. It was featured during a trailer when Aya was resting in a snow-covered alley and it spawned out of thin air a few feet away from her. As Aya stood and began firing it flew towards her and raised a large claw before striking downward, ending the trailer.
• The Twisted also seem to have some human intelligence, for example when Mudflaps mutate humans into Slackers. There is a possibility that some Slackers found within the game are really humans who have mutated from the Mudflaps or the Queen that sends them into a different timezone. The Twisted also seem to have co-ordinated attack within the game proving some human intelligence.
• Many of the Twisted (Stalker, Strinker and Beans most strikingly) seem to be extremely similar to enemies encountered in the original Parasite Eve. Random coincidence does not seem probable.

Gallery

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Slacker

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Spitter

Wad

Mudflap

Snatcher

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Rover

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Worm

Bean

Reaper

Roller

Queen