Damn, I really want a decent way to play 2&3 on Deck. Given the lazy ports, I’m tempted to wait for some updates to fix things and then find alternative methods of obtaining these.
I mean you just have to wait for every game these days. Because virtually every publisher is just dumping broken games and then fixing them later, if ever (looking at your Starfield). I don’t even try new games anymore. Just wait a few months and see what they’re like then.
Bethesda’s got a rocky history for sure, but I don’t think Starfield is the best candidate for an “if ever” qualifier since it just came out, especially considering people are calling it the least buggy launch they’ve had.
I mean it’s been several months at this point. Modders fixed a bunch of their broken shit in a matter of days.
It’s been not even two months. Modders are going to have different priorities and incentives than a company will, not the least of which is a QA pipeline.
At this point, I trust Valve to get this game working on Proton inside of a few months. Emulating games like these that are multi-disc with all sorts of fourth wall breaking, I’d rather take the collection at the expense of resolution and PS1 graphical options.
Yes I’m sure Valve will get Proton working, but regardless of the current Linux compatibility, these are lazy ports by Konami and they don’t justify the price tag.
They’re the same ports that Bluepoint put out last console generation before Sony bought them, and those ports were good enough for me. In all likelihood, Bluepoint is under no obligation to assist any further, and the fact that these ports are working exactly as well as that last collection did for everyone outside of Linux is more than I was expecting out of Konami. Compared to the previous PC releases of MGS1 and 2, or going through the hassle of emulating these things, I’ll still take the collection of some of my favorite games ever, once Proton is working anyway. Especially of interest to me is if Volume 2 includes MGS4, because that would be the first time it’s been free from PS3, and emulation for it still isn’t great.
They were very good ports for the PS3 and 360. But Konami have just taken that and popped them on the marketplace without much in the way of work to make them suitable for PC players. Sure, it’s great to finally have them available on PC, but if you’re gonna put such little work in, the price they’re asking isn’t justified.
Konami
Konami couldn’t even get the classic Castlevania collection working right on Proton out of the box (though they did eventually fix it). They can’t even get these PS1/PS2 games running at 60 FPS on the Switch, or even fitting completely on the cart. What the heck are they doing?
Curious if Proton-GE would solve these problems since they sound related-ish to video playback?
Edit: Seems to actually be crashing when the game first loads the 3D engine according to other comments. Still haven’t seen feedback on GE yet
GE-Proton does not help.
