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Metal Gear Solid 2 HD coming to Nvidia Shield tomorrow [out now]
- Thread starter Jonneh3003
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This port is paid for by NVidia, for sure. Konami isn't spending a dime here. It's also very likely being done by an NVidia-hired dev like Gaslight, who did the Tomb Raider 2013 port.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Lol what?
Does it say "Only on Shield" anywhere? Could this also be on Steam tomorrow?
Jonneh3003
Banned
Could be but right now it's officially only a Shield announcement.
Crazy Diamond
Member
No Steam? Damn, MGS2 and FFXV are my two favorite games, if they had both been given ports on the same day... 🤤
Randomizer
Member
Such a strange announcement and all round decision. Why wouldn't they release it together with MGS3? Why Shield only? Is the NVidia shield still even relevant or being pushed by NVidia?
Maybe a Switch port is in the works since it's basically the same specs.
Maybe a Switch port is in the works since it's basically the same specs.
Jonneh3003
Banned
You need games to make your hardware more appealing, it's possible Nvidia payed for a game that isn't on any other modern platform.
Then again it's also possible that this is one of a few ports in development.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Oh rad, I'll play MGS2 on my NVidia Shield!
Oh. Okay. I guess I'll just keep playing roms and shit on this thing.
Oh. Okay. I guess I'll just keep playing roms and shit on this thing.
I bet you can hack a Switch API to run on a commercial Shield.
This is the same company that released MGS3 on 3DS only, and not any other MGS game on it. Who the fuck knows anymore.
To compile Switch code.... Maybe? To run actual Switch games and the Switch OS? No.
MulderYuffie
Member
Steam when?
pretty done
Member
Nvidia does what Steamdon't
Seriously how is a remaster of one of the GOATs on Nvidia Shield and not Steam rofl Konami/whoever else is involved
Seriously how is a remaster of one of the GOATs on Nvidia Shield and not Steam rofl Konami/whoever else is involved
RowdyReverb
Member
Please oh please
adamantypants
Member
2015: Fuck Konami, I'm never buying their shit again!
2017: Oh sweet, 15 year old game ported to an overgrown tablet, I'll buy that
2017: Oh sweet, 15 year old game ported to an overgrown tablet, I'll buy that
I'd probably buy a PC port
Moneyhats? Moneyhats!
JigglesBunny
Banned
Ya'll realize this thread is about MGS2, not MGS3, right?
ChuChuRocket
Member
So it will come out also on the switch i suppose.
It's hilarious that this is coming out on Nvidia Shield and meanwhile Sony are putting fucking Red Faction 2 onto PS4. Seriously Sony, bring MGS to the PS4 backwards compat thing.
I actually read the thread title as coming to Nintendo Switch and almost had a heart attack. Then I was sad
I actually read the thread title as coming to Nintendo Switch and almost had a heart attack. Then I was sad
It's hilarious that this is coming out on Nvidia Shield and meanwhile Sony are putting fucking Red Faction 2 onto PS4. Seriously Sony, bring MGS to the PS4 backwards compat thing.
I actually read the thread title as coming to Nintendo Switch and almost had a heart attack. Then I was sad
Heck no, I want the HD Remasters of MGS, not the crappy PS2 on PS4.
For me PS2 on PS4 should be for any game that hasn't already got a decent remaster.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Clearly
Hopefully there will be a definitive version released on Steam, but PS2 emulation is getting to be in a pretty good state these days.
Aside from the HUD stretching, (modified) widescreen patches work well.
The teams doing these ports often overlook things or create new bugs that weren't there before, and "remastered" assets often look much worse than the originals. See Bioshock 1 & 2 as examples of that.
That original design was never released outside the US, and I have no interest in buying a tablet and propping it up somewhere to play games with a wireless controller.
Especially with the popularity of the Switch, I could see a new Shield handheld doing much better these days.
But providing hardware for the Switch probably means that they don't want to compete with it.
I would buy a Switch in a heartbeat if it had an official NVIDIA GameStream or Steam In-Home Streaming app.
I said the same thing about the original Vita with its OLED display - though streaming probably wouldn't have worked as well with it.
It's a huge missed opportunity.
That said, I don't think that it's a particularly good gameplay mechanic anyway. LT to aim and RT to shoot makes more sense.
Aside from the HUD stretching, (modified) widescreen patches work well.
This sort of thing is why I generally prefer to play the original version of games if it's an option, rather than "HD" versions.
The teams doing these ports often overlook things or create new bugs that weren't there before, and "remastered" assets often look much worse than the originals. See Bioshock 1 & 2 as examples of that.
Widely available, but not in a format that most people want to play. It's such a bizarre thing for the games to have only been released on mobile - especially now with the release of Sonic Mania.
I wish that NVIDIA would release an updated Shield handheld.Oh rad, I'll play MGS2 on my NVidia Shield!
http://i.imgur.com/Mur7fdR.png
Oh. Okay. I guess I'll just keep playing roms and shit on this thing.
That original design was never released outside the US, and I have no interest in buying a tablet and propping it up somewhere to play games with a wireless controller.
Especially with the popularity of the Switch, I could see a new Shield handheld doing much better these days.
But providing hardware for the Switch probably means that they don't want to compete with it.
I would buy a Switch in a heartbeat if it had an official NVIDIA GameStream or Steam In-Home Streaming app.
I said the same thing about the original Vita with its OLED display - though streaming probably wouldn't have worked as well with it.
It's a huge missed opportunity.
Was it supported for anything beside shooting? You can always map that to the analog triggers.
That said, I don't think that it's a particularly good gameplay mechanic anyway. LT to aim and RT to shoot makes more sense.
Crazy Diamond
Member
By far the worst way to experience MGS2 to date, including digital graphic novels and YouTube Let's Plays. It was really janky and had graphical issues that I had on every GPU I owned which consisted of invisible enemies.
Naked Snake
Member
What I would give for an MGS collection on Switch.
Did it have controller support?
Crazy Diamond
Member
Can't recall but I think there's a fix for Xbox 360 controller support!
It's pretty bad, but a fan patch does it make more playable.
https://youtu.be/mH2ZVlOLPNI (Skip to about 36 minutes for PC port info.)
Pachinko.
If you want to believe Konami would spend money of their own porting this to the NVidia Shield of all things before the likes of PS4 and XB1, feel free to.
There aren't sales figures for the Shield anywhere, but it doesn't even shows up in set top box market share reports, so they are likely to be very niche. Plus NVidia already has a history of paying for Shield ports.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
The only evidence of this thing even coming out is a friggin' tweet, you're hilariously jumping to conclusions. It's very possible that other ports are coming as well.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Shield/Switch would be the most hilarious platform set and I hope they try for it.
CaptainSlow
Member
Konami, I would buy digital copies of MGS 2, 3, PW HD and pack my HD Collection discs away if you made it backwards compatible on XB1. Figured that would be easier than Shield ports, but I'm not the one making millions from
games.
pachinko
Jonneh3003
Banned
No need for this.
martincrimson87
Banned
Nah, I'll leave those on if I could. Just for comedic purposes, specially Otacon jizzing all over the PS3 in MGS4:
"Look Snake it's a PlayStation 3"
"A PS3 Huh?"
"Yes, you don't have to change disks any more, and it's powered by CELL, so powerful it makes HAL from 2001 a space odyssey look like a retard in comparison"
This while running the game at 1080p 60 FPS maxed with a GTX 1050 at 20% usage would be hilarious.
capylikesgames
Banned
Good to see this game accessible on modern hardware. MGS2 isn't my favorite, but I had a lot of fun with it. Even if Nvidia paid for it, it shows Konami isn't avoidant of the Metal Gear series. Though I almost feel a little bad, because most will see this and ask "will we be seeing this on X platform?", or "what about MGS3?".