Posted on: October 20, 2020
cybernet3000
Spiele: 174 Rezensionen: 2
Amazing game, so-so port
I really don't think this game needs any introduction - by now the Metal Gear Solid series and Hideo Kojima are legendary. But honestly this is not the best way to experience this game, although compared to a lot of other console ports from the late 90s and early 2000s it's not terrible. There are lot of little nitpicky things though that eventually add up. A lot of Metal Gear's charm for example is the way it playfully breaks the 4th wall with the player - but very few of those moments transfer to the PC as the PC didn't have memory cards with other Konami save files to be read, didn't have second player ports for controls and you couldn't even be sure the player was using a controller, let alone a controller with force feedback. There were also a lot of rendering tricks that Konami did with the PlayStation hardware that the team working on this port just couldn't figure out how to replicate in DirectX. Most of them are minor but one in particular, the optical camouflage suits, just didn't make the transition the way they should have and that does affect the atmosphere of some of the cutscenes. Again these are all nitpicks and they probably won't ruin the game or the story but I would still say if you can play the original, that's your best option. Of course the original copy is getting harder and harder to play... At this point you either need to get the original discs and emulate them (and who has an optical drive anymore?) or own a PSP or PS3 - PS Vita in some regions but not all. It's not available on the PS4 and Sony hasn't said anything about releasing PS1 classics on the upcoming PS5. So it's probably good that this version is here... even a slightly inferior MGS is better than no MGS if you've never played this game but want to. Also fun fact - the team working on this port could not get the game's music engine to work, so they went to a fan website and downloaded an unofficial MP3 copy of the soundtrack and just chucked that into this port.
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