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Zone of the Enders HD Collection

I skipped ZOE1 because of middling reviews, and also because of how short it was.

I still own a copy of 2, like the game quite a bit- it could really use an HD upgrade though.

I'll buy at 19.99 or less
 
You gotta be shitting me! Why did they take that stuff out?

I think the Guy Savage nightmare in MGS3 was removed because it was ran on an engine separate from MGS3 and would have required too much extra work to get working properly.

The rain stuff is ridiculous....especially in one scene where a character specifically mentions the rain but there isnt any on the screen. The splash effect is there but the rain itself isnt. It looks so dumb.
 
I cannot wait to revisit ZoE2 even though I play it almost every other year. ZoE1 though? Not so much lol, mainly because some parts of the game truly annoy me.
 
ZOE2 is the greatest J-Mech game ever made. Pure bliss. What an incredible game.

It's not even close

but it is a fun game. Both of them are

Hopefully the ports fix alot of the framerate issues from the originals.(well, mostly 2)
 
I thought ZoE 1 was okay. I honestly thought ZoE 2 was a waste of potential though. The combat system was amazing but there wasn't enough of it. Too much stupid bullshit like escort missions and other weird tasks.
 
I thought ZoE 1 was okay. I honestly thought ZoE 2 was a waste of potential though. The combat system was amazing but there wasn't enough of it. Too much stupid bullshit like escort missions and other weird tasks.

I just wish less encounters in the game were designed around mashing sword.

Especially with all the secondary weapons being so much better this time around.

The anubis fight was so boring
 
I just wish less encounters in the game were designed around mashing sword.

Especially with all the secondary weapons being so much better this time around.

The anubis fight was so boring
Which one?

If you want the game to be more than just mashing the standard attack, check out the hard mode. It's no joke, the raptors will eat you alive.
 
Will replay them on Vita.
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I thought ZoE 1 was okay. I honestly thought ZoE 2 was a waste of potential though. The combat system was amazing but there wasn't enough of it. Too much stupid bullshit like escort missions and other weird tasks.
Yeah, I actually agree. The fight with
AI Nephtys
is such a pain in the ass to complete. I also hate the missions where you protect civilians. Still, the bosses are fantastic (for the most part), and when the core combat gameplay is present it's awesome.
 
Old ZoE2 cutscene (screenshot posted by Kojima many months ago)


jZSWL.jpg


Looks fine to me.
 
MGS HD collection is not missing any effects. Feel like I have to say that before people spread more fud.

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I have the ps3 and 360 version of those games, too.
 
MGS HD collection is not missing any effects. Feel like I have to say that before people spread more fud.

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I have the ps3 and 360 version of those games, too.
The only missing effect I saw was the bridge rain scene. Not a big deal.

PS3 version here. Totally recommend the MGSHD collection after playing through MGS2 and MGS3.
 
MGS HD collection is not missing any effects. Feel like I have to say that before people spread more fud.

Yeah, I played through the whole thing too and nothing was missing graphics effect-wise.

Looking forward to ZOE collection though I've never played either.
 
I cant even imagine the big battle of two running with a solid framerate.

I wouldn't care either way though. The game is amazing.

Yeah, I cannot wait to play that stage with a frame rate higher than the 5 or so frames it runs at now. Assuming it's fixed of course.

I distinctly remember someone posting a picture of a huge tattoo on their back of the ZOE logo. Is that a gaffer? Curious how that thing is holding up.
 
MGS HD collection is not missing any effects. Feel like I have to say that before people spread more fud.

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I have the ps3 and 360 version of those games, too.

It's not "fud" at all. It's true that not everyone will experience the missing effects/glitches, but a lot of people have. I didn't get any of the reported glitches when I played through MGS2 HD, but when I played MGS3 HD I was missing the 'rain' and got a lot of Volgin slowdown.

You can look at some of the reported issues here (It's Google Translated but you'll get the gist of it. Scroll down to the Strange Encounters section).
 
MGS HD collection is not missing any effects. Feel like I have to say that before people spread more fud.

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I have the ps3 and 360 version of those games, too.

Who cares about the effects - is it actually missing a MGS3 scene or anything else that's important? I was thinking of buying it this week, but if it has things cut out, I won't.

Can't wait for the ZOE collection, though I already have both games.
 
Who cares about the effects - is it actually missing a MGS3 scene or anything else that's important? I was thinking of buying it this week, but if it has things cut out, I won't.

Can't wait for the ZOE collection, though I already have both games.

No I don't think it's missing anything noteworthy. Your mileage may vary though, because some people really put a lot of value in something like the "Guy Savage" dream, which is cut.

There may be other things I don't remember, but I simply wanted to play the main course of these games in HD and in 3's case, better FPS. In that regard the collection is great.
 
missed out on the first 2. cant wait, looks fun.

What I really need is an Art Book. A thick as fuck ZOE Art Book.
 
ZoE1 is fine. Like a barebones 2, which still sounds fun. Never got the hate. I hope there is a cool Limited Edition for it as well. A ZoE art book and throw in a HD version of the OVA and I'm set.
 
ZoE1 is fine. Like a barebones 2, which still sounds fun. Never got the hate. I hope there is a cool Limited Edition for it as well. A ZoE art book and throw in a HD version of the OVA and I'm set.
It was made in 2001, so it's probably going to be uuuuuuuuugly in HD.
 
Boo, I hoped we got some real news this time, those shots from the intro are quite old...
 
Which one?

If you want the game to be more than just mashing the standard attack, check out the hard mode. It's no joke, the raptors will eat you alive.

One where all you have is zero shift and sword

I'll check hard out when I eventually pick the collection up.
 
You shut your filthy mouth.

Joke asides, 2 is really the best anime-mech game out there.
The best anime-mech game you can buy in English in a non-Japanese store, maybe. Some pretty heavy qualifiers, but people who really know their stuff about mech games are not limited by such things.

Even so, ZoE2 is still one of my favourite video games.
 
I'm hoping they're basing this version off of the Special Edition of ZOE 2, from what I hear it was an improvement in many ways. Do we have a release date for this yet?
 
Who cares about the effects - is it actually missing a MGS3 scene or anything else that's important? I was thinking of buying it this week, but if it has things cut out, I won't.
The disappearance of rain and some other minor effects seems to be random, with people saying they show up on one playthrough and are gone the next.

The only cut scene is the Snake's Nightmare easter egg, where (in MGS3) if you save, quit, and come back while
Snake is imprisoned
, you'll enter the game in a nightmare, wholly different from anything in Snake Eater, violently chopping up enemies action-game style until you wake up. The easter egg was presumably cut because it's part of a cancelled Konami game and thus runs on a different engine, which wouldn't be cost-efficient to port over just for one easter egg. Other than that, everything's intact.
 
It will feel good to buy this and support development of future ZOE games.

Feels bad because it feels like a ZOE3 should already exist and be on the collection.

Although maybe the added time will help the game. On top of the improved technology that will help make a theoretical ZOE3 that much more spectacular, perhaps by the time it gets developed Kojima will realize they are perfect action games and he needs to keep his hand out of writing story.
 
Can't wait, purely for ZOE2. That game in widescreen with a solid framerate and no slowdown = SEX.


Also, wow, I had no idea that Guy Savage dream sequence existed. Crazy! So you had to quit after saving at a certain point, re-load into the game and that would cause you to experience the dream sequence? Did different dreams happen at different places?

This is reminding me a little of Clyde/Shadow's dreams in FFVI.
 
Can't wait, purely for ZOE2. That game in widescreen with a solid framerate and no slowdown = SEX.


Also, wow, I had no idea that Guy Savage dream sequence existed. Crazy! So you had to quit after saving at a certain point, re-load into the game and that would cause you to experience the dream sequence? Did different dreams happen at different places?

This is reminding me a little of Clyde/Shadow's dreams in FFVI.

i had no idea it existed either. kojima is so bizarre ha.
 
I remember trying the first Zone of Enders out at my friend who had bought his copy to get the MGS2 demo. I didn't get it, but I didn't play it more than 10 or so minutes. I may pick this collection up, but not sure for which platform.
 
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