Steve Troughton-Smith
Honestly, I'm warming up to the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection on PC. It is real nice to just have these games on Steam, even at 720p. They feel authentic, if anything. I'm sure I'd be a bit miffed if I were a keyboard+mouse player, but I'm not. And perhaps Metal Gear Solid Delta will give me the true, modern FOX engine remaster I'm looking for (though I'd prefer a reimagined MGS1 instead of Snake Eater)
Oct 24, 2023 at 11:14pmIvory for Mac
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithOct 25, 2023
OK seriously though, if hours after release somebody has, for free, built and released a working 4K resolution patch for your brand new game that shipped at 720p, perhaps you could have done better?
Show threadTheEJJ 🇨🇦Oct 25, 2023
@stroughtonsmith can someone knowledgeable in software explain this to me? If someone is able to make patches or mods for these games, does that mean those features and optimizations were always on the table, or are there some cases where the developer’s hands are tied, and it’s the back door nature of the mod that allows these things?
Show threaddumb futureOct 25, 2023

@TheEjj @stroughtonsmith I suspect it was just easier to ship with the OG resolution, which was tested/verified when it was released. The code for enabling 4k was probably simple, but testing/supporting it would've cost $$.

Hopefully someone more knowledgable about the game biz will weigh in, though!

Show threadSeong's 🎄 SeongsOct 25, 2023

@TheEjj @stroughtonsmith Depends on how simple the feature was to implement in the first place.
But I'm guessing since the patches have been out within a day of release, it's just as likely the resolution *could* have been scaled - the developers simply chose not to for... raisins iunno.

The only reason I could think of is artifacts (visual glitches or whatnot) as a result of forcing the resolution scaler up--and MGS2 apparently has some HUD bugs with this patch.

Show threadSeong's 🎄 SeongsOct 25, 2023
@TheEjj @stroughtonsmith Then again, Konami/"Rocket Studio", whoever they are, have the sauce code. They could've fixed those problems as a result of being a console->PC conversion if they'd tried. But... 🤷
Show threadQuarterSwedeOct 25, 2023
@stroughtonsmith Oof. Lol.
Show threadChris Wu 🪐Oct 24, 2023
@stroughtonsmith this is got me wondering how they’re going to handle a certain boss in MGS 2.
Show threadGui SchmittOct 25, 2023
@stroughtonsmith it’s a shame Twin Snakes didn’t get a port - would be a lot more accessible to modern players and feel pretty cohesive next to 2 and 3