Yeah 3rd birthday was a crappy game to me. I don't like what they did with the story and Aya. Fortunately, that game is only a spiritual successor and with Aya's cameo in the FF7remake trailer, there might be hope for another actual PE game.
I completed the Chrysler Building on my last play through. Definitely gets hard quick. For real, fuck the Cockroach and Queen Bee bosses lol.