Square Enix is synonymous with fantastic role-playing games, thanks to series like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Kingdom Hearts. But very few games are lucky enough to enjoy that kind of longevity. Over the years, the company has released plenty of games that had enormous potential, but for one reason or another, didn't turn into a long-running franchise or are nearly impossible to play today.

Here are a handful of Square Enix RPGs that deserve a comeback, whether it's simply a port for modern hardware, an attentive remaster, or a full-on remake. These games may not have been forgotten by fans, but all of them have suffered a bit of neglect from the developer-publisher, for one reason or another.

Long before Insomniac's take on Peter Parker "really made you feel like Spider-Man," Parasite Eve had Manhattan. Set in December 1997, the game follows police detective Aya Brea as she tracks a mutant entity called Eve in locations like the Natural History Museum, Central Park, Chinatown, the Chrysler Building, and Carnegie Hall. Eve has an unusual power — she can cause the mitochondria in people's cells to "awaken," leading them to spontaneously combust. The story is a sequel to Hideaki Sena's popular novel of the same name and part of a worldwide late-'90s surge in popularity for Japanese horror. It was built on a modified version of the Final Fantasy 7 engine, and was described by contemporary critics as a mash-up of that game and Resident Evil.

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