In these older games where the resolution affect the HUD, I personally like to use 720p (or 480p) with integer scaling to 1440p. These games were designed for low resolutions, so it ends up looking pretty great, this also helps a lot with the UI Scaling. You can get integer scaling in many different ways, even through drivers, but the easiest one is by using Lossless Scaling, or a free alternative like MAGPIE.
Dude, you have a big quality for a "recent" channel. It's so incredible how the videos catch my attension like, 100%! Some games should have a video too, like Evil Dead Regeneration, Killzone, Black, Shadow of hte Colossus, Metal Gear Solid and more. Great content. Really! (A hug from Brazil. My english it's half bad, but i'm tryng to not to use the Google Translate...) B R
Nice video, never finished this game before but have already played it a lot. And yeah this is one of, if not the, most comic accurate depiction of Punisher, especially cuz the game was written by Garth Ennis himself, the dude behind the most popular Punisher comics from the 2000's, his depiction is way more grounded and brutal and is basically the source for most other depictions of the character. Good to see you branching out on more obscure games. A Web of Shadows video would be great because most ppl think the best version is the PC one, which it ain't cuz it misses A LOT of effects from the 360 version plus has a lot of z-fighting and broken textures, etc, check some comparisons on UA-cam. Would be nice to see a channel finally calling out on that and a video of yours teaching how to use Xenia.
Thanks! Wow I didn’t know it was that accurate that makes me want to finish the game more. A web of shadows video is definitely coming and I want to make sure I nail it as it’s one of my all time favourites. Thanks for the heads up on the versions, Xenia would be cool to explore on the channel. I played it all the way through recently on the pc port and not only was it lack luster but it crashed and corrupted my save right at the end of the game :((
@@RetroRenew yeah the pc version is totally busted, pretty much no settings, no bloom (and trust me it changes a lot in the presentation, Vulture's wings look totally broken without it, it's pretty much like GTA SA without the sun glare), A LOT of Z-Fighting (textures clipping into each other), broken shadows and textures, washed out colors (mostly because the 360 upped the contrast back then but this game was pretty much made with the 360 in mind so I guess this is the correct artistic intention) and a lot more. There's pretty much no reason to play the PC port over the 360 emulated unless the player prefers M&KB (which this game wasnt meant to be played with and the controls are awful imo) or his PC aint strong enough to emulate the 360 version at 1080p+ at 60fps
As the one who played the pc version in childhood years (apropriate choice for 10 y.o. kid, lol) i ve recently rebeat the game but this time on ps2 and was quite surprised with the vibration in-game gimmick. It is qute useful as it helps to monitor the Punisher's heartbeat during interrogation if hes about to accidently snap and kill his victim. Especially useful with the pistol interrogation, thus i hardly recommend PCSX2 with the controller. Ohhh, and by the way....why not a word about XEMU?
It is very comic accurate. The game is loosely based on the Welcome Back, Frank storyline from 2001 by Garth Ennis who, btw, also wrote the game. This version of The Punisher is more inclined towards his MAX imprint counterpart, which makes him more interesting. One of the best Marvel games to come out of that era (better than SM2 on PS2 and Gamecube IMO, and I'm a Spider-Man fan) and maybe even today? Thanks for the PunisherPlugin info, as I didn't know about it. As always, great video!
I would not recommend using the iso options because that can install some bad anti-piracy software on your machine, that being Securom which was infamous alongside Starforce at the time for ruining computers. The safest bet IS a repack since those not only are drm free, but usually include misc fixes, especially the magi repacks.
Great video, please consider making one for manhunt, it's refreshing to see you bring back to life niche retro games with your suggestions on how to play them in modern hardware.
Lossless Scaling frame generation is absolutely wonderful! I have a beefy system. I use it mainly for emulators and PC games that were poorly optimised or just break if you unlock the frame rate. I've been playing MGS Portable Ops via PPSSPP at 120fps with LSS enabled.
2:50 you'll need to overclock ps2 cpu in emulator settings, it calls ''EE Cycle Rate''. the thing is pcsx2 mimics the performance of actual ps2 console, so if the game lags in ps2, it also will lag in pcsx2. so with overclocking i can play this game at solid 60fps
More best way to play old games (preferably available on actual Steam) like Max Payne 1, 2, Deus Ex 2000, Mafia 1 and 2 classics. PLEASE! Edit: I forgot that Max Payne 1 and 2 it's not available on steam anymore...
Great video! I would love a whole video no losless scaling. Also may I ask what your PC specs are? Im just wondering how beefy your rig is, since the stutters in pcsx2.
I've got a 7800x3D with a 3080 and 32gb RAM. Someone in the comments mentioned that switching from Vulkan to say OpenGL might have fixed the stutters so best to try that!
@@yellohammer8571nah, remedy destroy everything they touch. they completely ruined the alan wake series. they should keep their nasty paws off max payne.
Can you please cover Ghost Recon 2: First Contact for the PS2 and GameCube? Make sure you get the version made by Ubisoft Shanghai, Final Assault is a completely different game that would warrant its own video. Looks like everyone running it in widescreen has it anamorphically stretched, which is very ugly
Manhunt on PCSX2 or the PC port itself is good you can’t go wrong with either one as both aren’t censored. Manhunt 2 is better on PC because you don’t have to use codebreaker on PCSX2 to uncensor the game.
can you help me with reshade installation when i try to install it it tells me this game uses direct3D8 and it install but the game don't start until i delete d3d9.dll file that's added by reshade even tho i installed dgvoodoo
@@RetroRenew i'm not hating. they completely destroyed the punisher as a character on that show. they turned him into an emotional social justice warrior who is always on his period and is very emotional.
To remove slowdowns set game to DX11. Sorry man but your videos are full of holes. Its easy to see that you are new to this and already try makes video tutorials to thing you barely understand
thanks for the feedback! It's hard to keep up with everything when making the videos but I'm always trying to improve. I'm not sure why switching renderer ever came to mind, my bad!
In these older games where the resolution affect the HUD, I personally like to use 720p (or 480p) with integer scaling to 1440p. These games were designed for low resolutions, so it ends up looking pretty great, this also helps a lot with the UI Scaling.
You can get integer scaling in many different ways, even through drivers, but the easiest one is by using Lossless Scaling, or a free alternative like MAGPIE.
I've pinned your comment for anyone that wants to try this and fix the UI scaling. Thanks alot for the advice!
Dude, you have a big quality for a "recent" channel. It's so incredible how the videos catch my attension like, 100%! Some games should have a video too, like Evil Dead Regeneration, Killzone, Black, Shadow of hte Colossus, Metal Gear Solid and more. Great content. Really!
(A hug from Brazil. My english it's half bad, but i'm tryng to not to use the Google Translate...) B R
Your English is great don’t worry! Thank you for the kind words and the suggestions as well!!!
This game is the perfect sequel to the 2004 film. Thomas Jane absolutely nails it and is really the only actor who can play Frank Castle.
Nice video, never finished this game before but have already played it a lot.
And yeah this is one of, if not the, most comic accurate depiction of Punisher, especially cuz the game was written by Garth Ennis himself, the dude behind the most popular Punisher comics from the 2000's, his depiction is way more grounded and brutal and is basically the source for most other depictions of the character.
Good to see you branching out on more obscure games. A Web of Shadows video would be great because most ppl think the best version is the PC one, which it ain't cuz it misses A LOT of effects from the 360 version plus has a lot of z-fighting and broken textures, etc, check some comparisons on UA-cam. Would be nice to see a channel finally calling out on that and a video of yours teaching how to use Xenia.
Thanks! Wow I didn’t know it was that accurate that makes me want to finish the game more.
A web of shadows video is definitely coming and I want to make sure I nail it as it’s one of my all time favourites. Thanks for the heads up on the versions, Xenia would be cool to explore on the channel. I played it all the way through recently on the pc port and not only was it lack luster but it crashed and corrupted my save right at the end of the game :((
@@RetroRenew yeah the pc version is totally busted, pretty much no settings, no bloom (and trust me it changes a lot in the presentation, Vulture's wings look totally broken without it, it's pretty much like GTA SA without the sun glare), A LOT of Z-Fighting (textures clipping into each other), broken shadows and textures, washed out colors (mostly because the 360 upped the contrast back then but this game was pretty much made with the 360 in mind so I guess this is the correct artistic intention) and a lot more.
There's pretty much no reason to play the PC port over the 360 emulated unless the player prefers M&KB (which this game wasnt meant to be played with and the controls are awful imo) or his PC aint strong enough to emulate the 360 version at 1080p+ at 60fps
One of the best games ive ever played (on xbox). Absolute fond memories of this
As the one who played the pc version in childhood years (apropriate choice for 10 y.o. kid, lol) i ve recently rebeat the game but this time on ps2 and was quite surprised with the vibration in-game gimmick. It is qute useful as it helps to monitor the Punisher's heartbeat during interrogation if hes about to accidently snap and kill his victim. Especially useful with the pistol interrogation, thus i hardly recommend PCSX2 with the controller. Ohhh, and by the way....why not a word about XEMU?
Thanks for this! I've been on a Punisher kick lately, and I've always been meaning to play this ever since I first heard about the game
Oh interesting.
I remember reading about this back when it came out.
They were comparing it to Max Payne a lot.
Never got around to playing it.
It is very comic accurate. The game is loosely based on the Welcome Back, Frank storyline from 2001 by Garth Ennis who, btw, also wrote the game. This version of The Punisher is more inclined towards his MAX imprint counterpart, which makes him more interesting. One of the best Marvel games to come out of that era (better than SM2 on PS2 and Gamecube IMO, and I'm a Spider-Man fan) and maybe even today? Thanks for the PunisherPlugin info, as I didn't know about it. As always, great video!
Thanks! I recently read Punisher MAX up to Kitchen Irish after making the video :)
this channel is a real treat! concise and informative 👍🏽
hopefully you’ll cover the Getaway duology in the future 👀
I can’t wait to cover those games!! Not played the second one yet
I played this about 5 years back on PC when the patch that uncensored the executions. It ran great.
This man is out here doing the Lord's work for these classics.
great vid! played this game recently its such a gem and a great punisher experience for fans of the comics
I would not recommend using the iso options because that can install some bad anti-piracy software on your machine, that being Securom which was infamous alongside Starforce at the time for ruining computers. The safest bet IS a repack since those not only are drm free, but usually include misc fixes, especially the magi repacks.
can someone confirm? Retro Renew?
Great video, please consider making one for manhunt, it's refreshing to see you bring back to life niche retro games with your suggestions on how to play them in modern hardware.
I feel slightly happier. Thanks, mate.
DUDE! THIS IS AMAZING! Oh my gosh...
I'm impressed by the quality of editing that your videos have. How did you do those effects in the intro? It looks amazing
Just photoshop and after effects! Mainly bashing loads of different images together
I swear you deserve at least a million subs, please keep this series of Best way to play❤️
I love the community I’ve already made this early on and can’t wait to expand, it’s so nice to see yours and everyone else’s amazing support
Lossless Scaling frame generation is absolutely wonderful! I have a beefy system. I use it mainly for emulators and PC games that were poorly optimised or just break if you unlock the frame rate. I've been playing MGS Portable Ops via PPSSPP at 120fps with LSS enabled.
thanks for this been looking for definitive way to play this game
can you do next best way to play area 51 on pc next
another banger dropped
My friend, next up you should do:
Godfather games
Scarface World is Yours
0:43 in here you can see the texture bug on building in PC version, this building is fine in PS2
Please do a exclusive episode based on frame generation tech for old 30/60fps games! ;)
Really like the thumbnail on this one.
Now we need a "Best way to play Manhunt" 💀
2:50 you'll need to overclock ps2 cpu in emulator settings, it calls ''EE Cycle Rate''. the thing is pcsx2 mimics the performance of actual ps2 console, so if the game lags in ps2, it also will lag in pcsx2. so with overclocking i can play this game at solid 60fps
So turn on overclock?
How much?
I had the same problem with slowdowns
@@TonyMontana-ys5xz try 130% or 180% see what's work better for you, i used 180%
Can you please make the best way to play Assassin's Creed 2 in 2025 on pc.
Scarface must be the perfect follow up to the GTA games :)
This game makes me feel badass. Now I can do it in HD 🙂
More best way to play old games (preferably available on actual Steam) like Max Payne 1, 2, Deus Ex 2000, Mafia 1 and 2 classics. PLEASE!
Edit: I forgot that Max Payne 1 and 2 it's not available on steam anymore...
3:20 there's codebreaker code for ps2 to uncensored the game, also works on emulator too
Great video! I would love a whole video no losless scaling. Also may I ask what your PC specs are? Im just wondering how beefy your rig is, since the stutters in pcsx2.
I've got a 7800x3D with a 3080 and 32gb RAM. Someone in the comments mentioned that switching from Vulkan to say OpenGL might have fixed the stutters so best to try that!
Can you make best way to play metal gear solid 2 and metal gear solid 3?
Can you make the best way to play max Payne 1 and 2 in PC?
Probably best to wait until when Remedy announces their remakes, that'll be a good time to cover both games.
Don't cover both in 1 video. Instead Make 2 videos for each game
Honestly why not just play it like everyone else unless it’s not your first time
simple, pc payne evolution mod for max payne 2
@@yellohammer8571nah, remedy destroy everything they touch. they completely ruined the alan wake series. they should keep their nasty paws off max payne.
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Hey, enjoy your content a lot, nice to have you here! Thanks for the support
@ thanks! I’ve been wanting to cover The Punisher so this guide is really useful haha
What's interesting is that there is no video on the best way to play Split/Second on PC.
You can make the hud larger using forced resolution with dgvoodoo
You can set the resolution to 720p and then use lossless scaling to upscale that to your monitor resolution, thats probably the best way
Can you make video’s about the resident evil series 🙏🏼
Video on Lossless Scaling would be great.
It's on its way, 30th january 3pm gmt :)
I think i might give this game a go ,well thats if im able to get it on google drive i guess 😂
Great video! what about controller support for pc?
It should work, my bad for not trying it out! Thanks for enjoying the vid!
@@RetroRenew thanks for express reply. i will try it out and let you know.
Bro it will be very helpful if found something for 1:41 prince of Persia series ,,, like game support wide screen
Can you please cover Ghost Recon 2: First Contact for the PS2 and GameCube? Make sure you get the version made by Ubisoft Shanghai, Final Assault is a completely different game that would warrant its own video. Looks like everyone running it in widescreen has it anamorphically stretched, which is very ugly
can you make the best way to play manhunt 1 and 2 on pc?
Manhunt on PCSX2 or the PC port itself is good you can’t go wrong with either one as both aren’t censored. Manhunt 2 is better on PC because you don’t have to use codebreaker on PCSX2 to uncensor the game.
finished a playthrough last year.
Please do Manhunt 1 and 2?
can you make a video about the best way to play scarface the video game
i got the punisher for pc on google drive
Followed each instruction but I'm not getting any sound in game :(
do x-men origins wolverine game next please.
Can you make the best way to play red dead revolver?
The Getaway and Dead to Rights.
whats about total overdoes
can you help me with reshade installation when i try to install it it tells me this game uses direct3D8 and it install but the game don't start until i delete d3d9.dll file that's added by reshade even tho i installed dgvoodoo
great
How do you get the game files for the pc version?
Cover Some Racing Games...
Do saints row 1 and 2
Bro please make videos about max payne 1 and 2
great game
Version PC best 🌠
PS2 version lag in gameplay for intro music lag
If you know you know😏
ua-cam.com/video/RtM-DBY0KGk/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TeaserPlay
This link shows someone who made graphics mods for The Punisher.
do hard time. the original 2007 game by mdickie
Please do nfs the run
imagine thinking the netflix punisher show is good. you have a very low bar for shows huh. nvm you prefer mouse and keyboard. that explains a lot.
We all enjoy different things, no need to hate
@@RetroRenew i'm not hating. they completely destroyed the punisher as a character on that show. they turned him into an emotional social justice warrior who is always on his period and is very emotional.
@@dannyd4339🤓
Stop promoting loseless scaling please, fake frame looks trash
It’s great!
To remove slowdowns set game to DX11. Sorry man but your videos are full of holes. Its easy to see that you are new to this and already try makes video tutorials to thing you barely understand
thanks for the feedback! It's hard to keep up with everything when making the videos but I'm always trying to improve. I'm not sure why switching renderer ever came to mind, my bad!
(Increasing the aspect ratio for The Punisher in PC)
The HUD: "Adios!" 👋 🤏
mafia 2002!