[Sutanreyu]

I'm a little disappointed with the texture quality, but I'm really surprised that they actually put in higher res video for the anime bits. :o

[ponpo]

Pretty excited for this as I've never played either of the games.

[Akainu]

Have they avoided showing the cg cutscenes?

[wwm0nkey]

Speaking of these HD ports, what happened to releasing the MGS' solo? I just want PW, but alas.

I am pretty sure that is still planned, they just dont know when they are going to do it. I know Peace Walker would sell like crazy if it was a $15 solo game on PSN/XBLA

[duckroll]

Have they avoiding showing the cg cutscenes?

What CG cutscenes? Maybe my memory is bad but I recall that ZoE and ZoE2 were all realtime cutscenes + anime FMVs.

[jj984jj]

Speaking of these HD ports, what happened to releasing the MGS' solo? I just want PW, but alas.

Was this ever confirmed to happen outside Japan? The MGS2/MGS3 bundle were always a separate release from PW over there.

[Sintoid]

Sixty glorious framesss.......

[Akainu]

What CG cutscenes? Maybe my memory is bad but I recall that ZoE and ZoE2 were all realtime cutscenes + anime FMVs.

Is that so? I thought they were cg in ZoE. I guess I'm just not remembering right.

[sechsterangriff]

- I was wrong about the platforms, it's only coming out on PS3 and 360 in October. I see no Vita announcement at all. Lol.

I'm not seeing any Transfarring logo... Just what it seems the usual CERO rating.

What CG cutscenes? Maybe my memory is bad but I recall that ZoE and ZoE2 were all realtime cutscenes + anime FMVs.

They had CG for ZoE 1.

[StuBurns]

Was this ever confirmed to happen outside Japan? The MGS2/MGS3 bundle were always a separate release from PW over there.

Well, they did announce they would be downloadable on PSN/XBL, maybe that meant as the three bundled, but I assumed it meant individually.

[Konosuke]

It's looking great. Hopefully they can implement AA before the release date. Also, pre-emptive whining about the stupid Classics HD cover. Damn you SCEE, and you're stupid marketing decisions.

[wwm0nkey]

Well, they did announce they would be downloadable on PSN/XBL, maybe that meant as the three bundled, but I assumed it meant individually.

They did mean individually, they really just had no time frame of when. Might be some weird XBL or PSN policy holding them back.

[duckroll]

I'm not seeing any Transfarring logo...

You're right. There is no mention of Transfarring anywhere on the site either, and no mention of a Vita release. Worrying for Vita fans.

They had CG for ZoE 1.

Oh they did? I honestly can't remember. We haven't seen many screens from ZoE1 at all though, the focus is all on ZoE2, so I guess we'll have to wait for E3.

[george_us]

What CG cutscenes? Maybe my memory is bad but I recall that ZoE and ZoE2 were all realtime cutscenes + anime FMVs.

There was some CG in the first ZOE. The second though did have realtime + anime FMVs.

[rvy]

Oh they did? I honestly can't remember. We haven't seen many screens from ZoE1 at all though, the focus is all on ZoE2, so I guess we'll have to wait for E3.

ZOE was all CGI during cutscenes.

[Alligatorjandro]

Any word on the Vita version?

[Defunkled]

Oh man, those screens look glorious. Getting to play these games in 720p and 60 FPS would make my middle school-self lose his mind. Thanks for the updates, duckroll!

[DoctorWho]

Any word on the Vita version?

I thought they mentioned this a few weeks ago. :(

[greenjerk]

G O D D A M N
D A Y O N E !

[jett]

Might as well post the screens from the official site for the new anime opening Sunrise is doing:

So the anime screenshots in the OP are from the original FMVs? That's some impressive upscaling.

[duckroll]

So the anime screenshots in the OP are from the original FMVs? That's some impressive upscaling.

Upscaling can be done very well if you have good source materials and depending on how you go about remastering it, yeah.

[Solidsnakejej]

So the anime screenshots in the OP are from the original FMVs? That's some impressive upscaling.

From what they've said Sunrise is redoing the cutscenes, part of the reason it's taking so long.

[Tunic]

This is great news! Day one for me, I am pretty excited to play ZoE2 since I never got around to it back in the day and with this release it will be perfect.

[Slermy]

They need to enable mipmapping or the game will be aliasing mess, some AA would be nice as well.

This is the first thing I noticed. It would make a huge difference.

Also, glad to see they're re-releasing the Anubis OST. It's so good. I already own a copy from back in the day, but more people should have the opportunity to buy it.

[Chacranajxy]

Fantastic.

I love when a company gives me the opportunity to be optimistic!

[duckroll]

From what they've said Sunrise is redoing the cutscenes, part of the reason it's taking so long.

No. Sunrise is doing a new opening. The existing FMVs are remastered via upscaling. The ZoE2 FMVs were produced by GONZO anyway, not Sunrise.

[Aizu_Itsuko]

I'm a little disappointed with the texture quality, but I'm really surprised that they actually put in higher res video for the anime bits. :o

They are two PS2 games filled with action that rely heavily on tons of transparencies and post-processing effects not textures. In fact they seem to aim to have a clean, stylized look when it comes to texturing and shading which works great for the series.

What disappoints me is the poor image quality, something that could have suited these games nicely. 60fps on the other hand is fantastic news.

[Callibretto]

man I really want the vita version to come out on the same day as the PS3 version, releasing them separately like that is just tempting me to double dip on both version :(

[Nightz]

My pants. They are wet.

[FlashbladeGAF]

the wait just got more painful, but at least now I can start the countdown

[Ridley327]

They could definitely do with some AA, but being 720p and 60 fps is more important.

I'm still amused at them not showing a single shot of ZOE1's CG. They were sooooooooo bad in 2001 and I imagine age hasn't improved them one bit.

[Fudgepuppy]

So will the premium package be released on Xbox or only PS3?

OT: Looks fucking amazing.

[Ponn01]

man I really want the vita version to come out on the same day as the PS3 version, releasing them separately like that is just tempting me to double dip on both version :(

Konami hopes you will.

[Kafel]

not a single word about the Vita version ?

a little "later" maybe ?

[Ridley327]

not a single word about the Vita version ? a little "later" maybe ?

Given how long its taken for this to come out on more powerful systems, I imagine that it's going to be some time before anything is shown off for the Vita version.

[Gully State]

So is US release going to be 2013 then?

[gregor7777]

Gameplay screens looks like absolute ass. Crazy jaggies.

[Ridley327]

So is US release going to be 2013 then?

I imagine that they'll end up being released with a couple of weeks of each. Konami did not care that MGS HD Collection was released on the same day as MW3, so we may end up seeing a repeat of that scenario!

[.GqueB.]

I must confess I preferred ZoE1 to ZoE2.

YOU'RE A LOOSE CANON!!!

[Z3M0G]

Oh they did? I honestly can't remember. We haven't seen many screens from ZoE1 at all though, the focus is all on ZoE2, so I guess we'll have to wait for E3.

The ZoE1 FMVs are going to look really bad compared to the rest of the package... there's a reason they are focusing on ZoE2 here.

[Urban Scholar]

drooling at that vic viper fight in 720p. hnnnggghhh

[MrDanger88]

360 too? Nice

[AlStrong]

Shame they couldn't be bothered to add in some FXAA, though.

I don't know how close they are to the 16.67ms limit or how good the porting was done, but FXAA would be an extra millisecond or so. I also don't really see the 360's tiling being much of an issue for this game at least, but who knows...

[Sallokin]

Man I really can't wait for this. I really hope they release that limited edition in the states, I also really want that metal cell phone case that Kojima has been showing on his twitter. Just take my money, Kojima.

[KTallguy]

Man, I was worried but I guess there are a lot of games that I want to play this year.

[Ridley327]

The ZoE1 FMVs are going to look really bad compared to the rest of the package... there's a reason they are focusing on ZoE2 here.

It's been my secret hope since this was announced that they silently replaced the FMV for ZOE1 with something else. Even title cards announcing what's going on in those cutscenes would be an improvement.

[Akainu]

Seems like my memory is just fine. Those scenes were horrible. If they were in game they might of had a excuse. I hope they redo those.

[ll_l_x_l_ll]

i have a question. is this game coming to ps vita?

[BruceLeeRoy]

Is the Vita version coming out Day and date with console versions.

[Akainu]

i have a question. is this game coming to ps vita?

Wasn't it revealed at a vita event like last year?