<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Alvion	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malicious	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2010	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
worldwide	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
critical	O
success	O
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
titled	O
Malicious	B-Application
Rebirth	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
new	O
“	O
Rebirth	O
”	O
chapter	O
with	O
new	O
levels	O
,	O
new	O
bosses	O
and	O
new	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
enhanced	O
port	O
,	O
titled	O
Malicious	B-Application
Fallen	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
defeat	O
a	O
dangerous	O
group	O
of	O
enemies	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Keepers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
great	O
evil	O
entity	O
called	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
actual	O
stage	O
progression	O
in	O
Malicious''	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ordering	O
could	O
be	O
important	O
,	O
as	O
defeating	O
a	O
boss	O
gives	O
the	O
character	O
that	O
boss	O
's	O
powers	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
action	B-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
next	O
boss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
perform	O
a	O
healing	O
action	B-Application
at	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
"	O
Aura	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
restore	O
the	O
missing	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
's	O
body	O
(	O
clothes	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
cannot	O
be	O
restored	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
she	O
asks	O
him	O
what	O
form	O
the	O
true	O
bane	O
will	O
take	O
,	O
he	O
only	O
replies	O
with	O
"	O
The	O
Malicious.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Believing	O
the	O
cause	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
,	O
she	O
assembles	O
a	O
great	O
army	O
and	O
departs	O
for	O
the	O
fortress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
elder	O
appears	O
,	O
and	O
informs	O
Ashlelei	O
that	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
they	O
had	O
fought	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
she	O
must	O
return	O
the	O
power	O
she	O
acquired	O
from	O
them	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
might	O
combat	O
the	O
next	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
elders	O
explain	O
to	O
Valeria	O
or	O
Erica	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
exploits	O
of	O
their	O
mother	O
,	O
another	O
Malicious	B-Application
is	O
on	O
the	O
brink	O
of	O
emerging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
bid	O
him	O
or	O
her	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Mantle	O
of	O
Cinders	O
to	O
hunt	O
down	O
those	O
who	O
broke	O
their	O
oaths	O
to	O
the	O
elders	O
,	O
thereby	O
expanding	O
their	O
arsenal	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
or	O
she	O
then	O
fights	O
Galdo	O
,	O
Brann	O
,	O
Carlyle	O
,	O
Travis	O
and	O
Ashlelei	O
in	O
order	O
of	O
player	O
choice	O
,	O
before	O
facing	O
off	O
with	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
by	O
using	O
the	O
elder	O
's	O
Grand	O
Equational	O
Circle	O
to	O
weaken	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
is	O
defeated	O
,	O
the	O
elders	O
explain	O
that	O
more	O
Malicious	B-Application
may	O
inevitably	O
arise	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
their	O
job	O
to	O
minimise	O
the	O
malice	O
of	O
humans	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
postpone	O
or	O
prevent	O
it	O
;	O
a	O
goal	O
which	O
they	O
ultimately	O
fail	O
in	O
repeatedly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
continues	O
in	O
"	O
Malicious	B-Application
Rebirth	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Malicious	B-Application
Fallen	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
contains	O
all	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Malicious	B-Application
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
original	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
IGN	O
's	O
Colin	O
Moriarty	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
5.5/10	O
,	O
which	O
denotes	O
a	O
'	O
mediocre	O
 '	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
