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all we need is MGS4 to be released like this with all the files loose like this. heck we already have people adding crouch walking from the 3ds version. and someone is working on bringing back Snake VS Monkey.
That's precisely why I haven't given them any money. If anything, I'll wait for a good sale. As for the emulator thing, a port that is running directly from the PC is probably a lot easier to mod and has way more flexibility. That said, it seems MGS is running from an actual emulator anyways so, we'll see how that turns out. @@karatsukiawildfemboy2326
@@karatsukiawildfemboy2326 The PS2 and PS3 versions are the only ones that actually work on emulation currently. And you cant use an Xbox or Dualsense controller to do certain actions involving pressure sensitivity in those versions. For that you'll need to emulate the Xbox 360 port. This port here has the update controls and an already large selection of mods, both visual and cosmetic. And there's a mod that adds in a crouch walk and run. Or you can just pirate the collection instead of the rom...
Funny story. I thought of emulating this masterpiece and playing it for the first time earlier this year. I did so and completed the virtuous mission. Then I heard about the master collection so I decided to wait for it. The release day comes, I play the game and I sh*t you not, the emulated ps2 version looked better after all the resolution changes through pcsx2
I don't understand how the community does a much better job than these companies. One would assume that they have all the resources in the world, right? Anyway, thanks for the guide legend
I’m gonna lose my shit if Vol 2 has MGS4 and PW in it. I’ve played all of the main entries other than 4 and PW. Hope we’ll finally see MGS4 unshackled from its PS3 chains because even my nearly $1k PC built in 2022 isn’t good enough to emulate MGS4.
@@jawknee4088 nah mgs 4 needs a remaster treatment, well modders could do it too but i guess what i mean is optimized , less resource heavy remaster which fits with art stylre and vibe but also comes with permanent mgo2 support(p2P)
@@jawknee4088until I see MGS4 sitting in my steam library with my own two eyes I have ZERO hope that they port it. Even with the supposed leaks. Better to set myself up for a pleasant surprise than disappointment
Just get the crouch walking mod and no need for MGS DELTA Feeling confident that modders will do a HD project of this one, similar to the RE4 HD project, that would be so nice having all the textures with new versions, looking foward to it!
YES, MGS2 and 3 getting something like the RE4 fan remaster would be perfect and is definitely possible. It would take a lot of effort, but I believe in the modders. Because as it stands, a lot of these mods being used to "remaster" the game currently do not even slightly make the game better. Relying on AI to make upscaled textures is lazy and it makes a lot of the game look way worse even. RE4 had people literally in Spain taking pictures of the original reference pictures to improve it.
I cannot recommend the RPCS3 version anymore because of the amazing work modders have put into this game. As for the missing effects such as Depth of Field, I'm actually glad that it's gone because its implementation was pretty bad IMO, due to the old PS2 days. I can understand why some people want it back in and I'd like to see it back in there for those people. However, running the game in true 4K 60 FPS at all times, and not having to deal with pressure sensitive button shenanigans, brings the modded MC version up as the king.
Agreed 100%. Without mods, though, I was very disappointed. I launched MGS2 and it wasn't even true 16:9 resolution! I had bars on the sides of the screen, albeit small ones. After mods, I must say... as a fan of the series since it's inception, this is the definitive edition for me.
This game needs a quick reload option. What the fuck they were thinking when they expected us to have fun constantly quitting back to the title screen?
What infuriates me the most is MgS2 having a glitch in the Switch version. After your capture in Arsenal Gear. The camera gets stuck there in a way that makes it impossible to see where your character is which. That happened twice to me, in two playthroughs. That never happened to me in the PS2 version.
I haven't tried MGS 1 or 2 on PC yet and the majority of mods released has been for MGS3, there are already some good mods for MGS2 so when I get around to MGS2 I will make a video regarding that game. As for MGS1 its running inside of an emulator so it makes it tricky to mod from what I have read, that being said it should still be possible. Once enough mods addressing the issues for 1 & 2 are out, I will address the former games!
This is fantastic! I'm not mad at Konami, they never said it was going to be a remaster. These games simply weren't available without piracy until the Collection was released. For example there was no way to get MGS1-3 on Xbox or Switch legally, but now there is. So, even if it's just a rerelease I love it. But at the same time, seeing it remastered like this is... pretty good.
Oh okay, they were not available so let’s just be happy with Konami doing a terrible job porting them. Let’s justify lazyness, why not? Moreover they were not gonna be a remaster but surely they shouldn’t have made it even WORSE than before (MGS2 30fps on Switch is absolutely disgusting)
@@davion4777 It's not worse than before, you couldn't even play them at all on the Switch before now. Sure it's a lazy port, but it's better than these games just not existing at all unless you pirated them.
@@cleverman383 as mad as I am at the low quality of the ports I wholeheartedly agree with you my man, this is ultimately much better than nothing and thankfully we have a talented modding community backing MGS. It could have been a lot worse IMO, like the ports straight up crashing and stuff.
@@blackmetalbreadstick I don't know what to say to that. If you don't think it's worth it, and can't afford it, don't buy it? For some of us, its easily worth $50 to have the MGS trilogy exactly as it used to be but running on modern hardware. For some people, it won't be worth it. I don't like Bethesda games, so Starfield isn't worth $70 to me. But some people have played it for hundreds of hours and love it, and even paid an extra $30 ($100 total) to get the game a week early. And to them its completely worth it. But for me, I wouldn't play a game like that unless they paid me to play it, so it's definitely not worth $70 or $100 or even $1 for me. Just educate yourself on what a product is and isn't before buying it, and judge for yourself whether the price is personally worth it for you. I'll absolutely get $50 worth of entertainment out of replaying MGS1-3. Easily. But you might not. And that's okay.
I'm sure Konami could easily just patch this collection to play at 4k on pc and consoles. But we all know they won't. If modders can do it in next to no time, what excuse does Konami have?
I'm very glad that konami didn't try to alter the games. We didn't want another metal gear survive scenario. I wanted to play the metal gear solid games I grew up with, especially mgs 2 & 3, _NOT_ altered versions of the games. Just the games of my childhood, unaltered. Considering how awful games preservation is, it's baffling that people want the only available versions of the games to be changed, altered, spoiled versions, instead of just the exact originals as they were when they were released. At the very least, if they were gonna do that, they should have it as an optional setting to have changed ruined graphics, instead of the original graphics. Not have it forced upon people. The MGS collection is like an art museum. And so the kind of idiotic things people want this MGS collection to have is like going up to a Van Gogh painting and complaining about how fuzzy and blurry it looks and that it should be painted over with sharper higher definition versions of the paintings. It's idiotic and it ruins the work of art, and it's the same with games.
I just got mgs3 on sale. I've never finished it before but I think I will this time. I just did the resolution, audio, and title card fixes and its awesome.
Can't say I'm a fan of using AI upscale as it tends to muddy the textures, especially ones with text. Hoping for peeps to do actual fan remasters like RE4 or Majora's Mask later down the line
It does alright for more "organic" shapes like the grass, dirt, etc. But I wish the people doing those kind of things would filter out and remove the ones that legitimately look worse.
It's now obvious that the only reason they released the ports at all wasn't to give gamers the games they were asking for, but to generate hype around MGS in preparation for MGTriangle.
Ha didn't expect to see my ocelot face fix in a vid. But honestly once you go up to 1080 and onwards, that pixally mess on Ocelot's ears becomes so noticeable. Fun fact is I just AI upscaled his original PS2 texture then sized it to the HD collections's res and there ya go. Sadly a lot of textures are like thatm as you can see from the various texture fixes mods others have done.
One of the first mods I saw dude, great stuff! When I saw his ears in the vanilla game I was like what the fuck was that? Wanna personally say thank you for this mod because his ears were extremely distracting during cutscenes!
@@withinuk Oh believe me I know how distracting they were. On 720p res you don't fully notice it. But once you go above that. Man does it stare you in the face. Sadly feels like the upgrading of textures they only focused on most of Big Boss and less on the other characters. I think most blaring ones you would notice is The Boss' face, EVA and BB's injured prison and Ending face textures. But hey small improvements will happen and who knows where we'll be next year. I mean already got crouch walking and sneaking now.
@@Solidcal yep modding is going pretty good for these games, lets keep our fingers crossed for more mods and how things progress. Wouldn't be surprised if we got a full upscale like the original RE4
I own mgs collection on switch and it looks great. What are people complaining about?? These games are 20+ years old. 1080p and 4k didn’t even exist yet. Why would people expect 60fps 4k.
@@Thebabybadass101 I’m playing on switch and it’s amazing. Can’t complain. If you told me in 2001 if I could play mgs2 handheld I would tell you ur crazy.
Havel the Researcher once again produces Nobel worthy meta analysis on why Konami is a shit company holding IP's hostage and how to make best of that situation.
I bet $10000 on that those who made this "port" are the same people who say that emulating the games that are no longer sold, on a platform that is no longer supported in any way = stealing and pirating
Can the original ps2 post processing effects (high quality background depth of field, the entire foreground depth of field layer, high quality blending) be added via moding? Neither the old HD remaster on ps360 nor the new one has those beautiful effects that looked so mind blowing back on ps2.
I am uncertain as a few modders have noted that changing the resolution messes around with the effects that are in the HD collection as they are originally intended for 720p, albeit the HD collection was also missing the OG PS2 effects. It could be possible in the future as modders have already found a way to add crouch walk to the game which is amazing in itself. It could be possible but its something we have to wait for and see, it has taken 3 weeks to get the game up to looking like with mods. I advise keeping an eye on the nexus mods page as new things are constantly popping up.
I would love it if modders did this. Most of the mods being made are just quick and cheap mods for people to make that don't impove the game at all, and many make worse even
Ngl I prefer what this game looks like on PS2, the biggest reason is evident when you look at Volgins uniform in this footage. It looks like a jacket with drawn on flaps and cuffs. Like there’s zero depth. Same thing with his face. When the texture is so high res it just looks like he got his face painted at an amusement park. The blur is such a big part of why this game looked great to people back in the day. Your brain fills in the gaps left by a less defined image. Volgin on PS2 has depth in his uniform and in the scarring on his face. When high res it makes the textures look awful on the models
Very Grateful to the People that make the Mods for MGS3. By Chance, do you think any of the people who create these Mods can find a way to unlock "Duel Mode"?? I can't believe Konami just left it out.
This game is very, very special to me. As we approach the 20th anniversary, im just grateful its accessible to a new generation. Especially looking like this. Kinda makes me misty eyed.
PSA: The nexus pages are currently missing because the master collection nexus page will be separated into 3 games. If you would still like to download the mods in this video I have a "GUIDE" video on my channel which has a GDRIVE with all of these mods in it. You can find this here: ua-cam.com/video/z51na9FqI5U/v-deo.htmlsi=IBgcGZysZDQ82QI9
Amazing how the botched release just killed my enthusiasm to play this. Thankful to the modders once again for saving the day. The fact that they managed to fix this so quickly just shows how little effort the devs put into it.
Game was fun back on PS2, tried playing it again lately and holy shit the opening part took over a fucking hour just to even for you to have control of Snake. I don't have the time now vs when I was little.
A more blatent way to see that they litterally just ported the port to PC is that it litterally have like the HD collection loading bar if you boot up some of the games. I was really happy to play my childhood again on new hardware but they litterally just dropped a piece of garbage on us and I think they litterally were like "Ehh the modders will fix it."
I’ve been a huge fan of mgsv since it came out and thought I’d jump in to mgs3 so I can play as the real big boss but the port is just super hard to enjoy on the series X, I guess my only choices are buy a PC or wait until the remake gets released and I can pay 80-90$ for a game I already bought once
There are key-reseller sites that sell this game for £10 a pop in the UK on PC at least. They actually separated the collection now so you can buy these separately thankfully but this is still £15 for a game this old.
Thank you, it shouldnt be an issue because at the end of the day you are modifying the same files as the retail/steam copy. I would backup your game data just in case though.
I love the vid , ima get most of these especially the sound one , but I have a quick question , with these mod can I get more than 60 fps ? Probably have 144 hz support?
Thank you and you technically can as there is a framerate unlock mod however its experimental as the game is capped at 60 by default. I am not sure of the effects www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/120
I understand the issues but I just wanted to play my metal gear so for me none of these issues bothered me(could be that I'm on PS5 and didn't care about things like resolution and stuff) but anyway great video❤ lmao
i bought mgs3 on my series x 2 weeks ago (my first mg game) and immediately had no clue what the controls were. i googled it and apparently they wanted me to read a whole ass comic book somewhat explaining the controls. i ended up just googling the controls themselves except not a single fucking website actually knew the next gen console binds. i think im alright now but i literally didnt know how to hold enemies up until around 35 hours into my first save.
Great video, and this introduced me to your channel! Would you know of a mod that can play the Japanese-language dub with the English subtitles (or vice versa)?
Really wonder what happened to Konami, they used to put huge amounts of effort in to everything and now it's completely the bare minimum on anything it's like they are a totally different company.
konami took a page out fo the bethesda book of how things are done....release it on time for your projections and let others will fix your shit for free
I do wonder if Konami made these pc ports half assed cause they knew people would mod it. It's a brilliant if lazy and scummy strategy. Making your games deliberately broken so the community mods it and you profit from it by having others buy your games for the mods kinda like Bethesda. I doubt it but I'm glad we still got mgs3 on PC after all these years.
I saw a video where some guy was... complaining? about how people don't want the games ported or something because they wanted a remaster and that's why people are upset about the collection as opposed to the collection just being legitimately worse than emulation. I'm curious if it's even actually a port and not a repackaged emulator for $50
At this point, companies might as well offer out payments (one off or project based) to let fans make/sort out their games. Applies heavily to Metal Gear (post Kojima being booted out) and SEGA (Sonic games - big example Sonic P-06). These companies in general are garbage regardless of their “legacy” brands they have. They run them into the ground. Parasites. Edit: it’s fair to bash companies when you give them criticism or ways to improve and they spit on you. Konami in its current form is a gambling company - nothing more. Complete waste of society to what they bring. Oh and they treat employees like crap.
Sega does that already, (sonic mania and streets of rage 4) Don't think I would put them at the same level as Konami since they actually started listening to their fans.
@@Vicy5Modapk Please don’t support companies that give you crumbs and then expect to be happy. “In an interview with Famitsu, Iizuka explained that Sonic Mania was not intended to have a physical release; Sega staff requested one, but a retail version would have presented a challenge for the production schedule. After the game launched, fans also expressed interest in a physical version. As a retail release would cost more than the downloadable version, the team added value with new content. Mighty and Ray were included because they were rarely featured in games; to accommodate them, level designs had to be altered. Additionally, the multiplayer mode was updated because of the increased number of selectable characters.” Sonic superstars is not even close to Mania. They don’t give a crap about you. Shareholders know best. If you don’t agree with them YOU are the problem.
@@Jonathan-Shadow All major video game companies are like that unfortunately. Pretty much impossible for console players. Also the mania plus physical release wasn't the best example you could've used, origins physical release would've made more sense since it added far less and was download code only. While superstars is far from perfect, it is at least still better than their previous attempts. Finally, there are people working at these companies that actually give a shit about you. If we vote with our wallets that we want good games instead of garbage mobile microtransaction games, we would get more than crumbs.
@@Vicy5Modapk Im on the fence about superstars. The cost in the UK at release was £55. Really? I mean the choice between sonic frontiers and superstars at £55 is a pretty easy choice. Also the fact that SEGA told them to release frontiers and not “finish it”. Update 1, 2 and 3 should have just been in the game. It’s a good step gameplay wise but it’s all this corporate shittery. It’s becoming impossible to avoid. I used to enjoy games (PS2, N64, Dreamcast, etc). Now I barely make a purchase. Last purchase was RE4 remake (which doesn’t really count as I’ve essentially played the story before) and Sonic Frontiers. That’s the last 3 years.
@@Jonathan-Shadow Superstars isn't worth the money honestly, I'd wait for a sale and I'll agree with you on the updates because if it wasn't for the mods, I would've probably just waited until update 3. Also part of the reason why you might not enjoy games as much might be because you are older and don't have as much time to spend on games.
I know this isn't the real reason, but what if they left the game looking worse than it could because they want the MGS3 remake to run/look significantly better. That way people buy the same game again. By the looks of it, the remake will be a 1 for 1 of the original game but with 4k graphics and some gameplay differences. Just using the Phantom Pain mechanics.
How does it compare to the graphical enhacement from the emulators? Dusckstation and whatever the PS3 emulator is to this mod of the PC? There is reasons to keep the original version to the HD collection and PC version that being the extra content that was removed in the HD and PC version such as the monkey mini game and the dream mini game when Snake is in the cell and probably others I am not remembering.
@@Darkfreed0m np they essentially re-did the nexus page and separated it into 3 games as opposed to it being one game, it will take time for mods to be reuploaded
I partly knew this was gonna happen Konami were gonna be lazy with the porting job BUT because its on PC it will be very easy to mod to fix all the things Konami didn't. So at the very least we can pull a Bethesda and put the game into a much more appealing state...At the cost of treating Konami like Bethesda...Well they asked for it...
Man doing God's work but...imma play ball with Konami cause they don't give us much and when they give us a little imma celebrate it...until we get mgs4 out of ps3
Thanks dude, that's how it is there has to be at least a little bit of interest from the community to show them we want these games on modern platforms. Certain leaks datamined suggest that MGS4 might hit modern platforms but take it with a grain of salt. Fingers crossed though, albeit I wouldn't expect it to be a good port either.
Ngl it was a disappointing port, but one thing I'll say for the ps4 collection is that in mgs2 I can actually see when Raiden is swimming because the PS2 version was just a murky blur.
I use the less extreme preset with the tint, I also set the MGSHDFIX resolution to 4K. I recommend just downloading all of the presets and putting them in your folder that way you can see which one looks best for you and your monitor.
@@jaya_surya_a5118 was it an issue with the controller not being picked up? I dont know if I will cover 3the GOG version of the game as I am holding out for the decompilation of the MGS1 master collection emulator.
@withinuk mgs 1 gog doesn't detect controller I guess...but mgs2 substance does....try that out.....I used joy 2 key to play that mgs1..it'd working flawless...and graphics is amazing comparing to master collection or emulator
The collection has MG1 and 2, MGS, MGS2, and MGS3 for $60. The individual packs have MG1 and 2 + MGS for $20, MGS2 for $20, and MGS3 for $20. So it's the same price, and you also get the bonus stuff like the graphic novels and the FC/NES versions of Metal Gear and Snakes Revenge with the full collection.
honestly my biggest complaint about MGS3 is the player's movement and shooting mechanics, after playing MGS4 and V everything older than them feels like a huge downgrade, especially the lack of crouch/ADS walking and shoulder aim, but that would require a complete rewrite of the game's code i assume.
of course, it's not something that could be added, and it would also mess with the balancing of the game, it's built around not being able to crouch walk or move while sighted in.
I wouldn't mind modding the game to fix it. Asking for a game, especially ports, to be properly optimized and not broken is a LOT to ask for these days. Especially on PC If a game is broken and/or horribly optimized, there's a 99% chance it's NEVER going to get fixed The only real issue with MGS3 is that it requires 22W to maintain a solid 60fps on Steam Deck/OLED. Unless mods can optimize this game, I'm not even gonna touch it. This game shouldn't even pull more than 7W. It should easily last at least 8h on OLED, not fcn 2h while sounding like a mini Jet engine Sekiro only requires 17W-18W average to maintain 60fps at MAXIMUM SETTINGS. MGS5 was just under 12W average! Why is MGS3 more demanding than modern AAAs and open worlds?! Ah, PC gaming..
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If you have enjoyed this video please consider supporting the modders which have worked very hard to make all of this possible, without them this video would not exist and we would be left with an inadequate version of this masterpiece. The links to all of the mods used are in the description, so if this video helped you in any way or improved your enjoyment of the game, please show them support and subscribe to their UA-cam channels, follow their platforms and give them some love!
The crashing issue with the SLOP AI texture upscale has been resolved!
UPDATE 11/11
Latest version of MGSHDFix should now address the texture buffer patch timing. You can disregard the 11/9 update below.
www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/14?tab=posts
ngl this is exactly why I was excited about this release. I knew Konami would fuck it up, but the mod community always has us covered.
literally my same reaction to seeing a pc port
all we need is MGS4 to be released like this with all the files loose like this. heck we already have people adding crouch walking from the 3ds version. and someone is working on bringing back Snake VS Monkey.
But at that point why bother giving them the money when you can get way better quality out of the box with an emulator
That's precisely why I haven't given them any money. If anything, I'll wait for a good sale.
As for the emulator thing, a port that is running directly from the PC is probably a lot easier to mod and has way more flexibility. That said, it seems MGS is running from an actual emulator anyways so, we'll see how that turns out.
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@@karatsukiawildfemboy2326 The PS2 and PS3 versions are the only ones that actually work on emulation currently. And you cant use an Xbox or Dualsense controller to do certain actions involving pressure sensitivity in those versions. For that you'll need to emulate the Xbox 360 port.
This port here has the update controls and an already large selection of mods, both visual and cosmetic. And there's a mod that adds in a crouch walk and run.
Or you can just pirate the collection instead of the rom...
I love the fact you used Snake Eater Abstract Camouflage song in your video. A true fan...
One of my favourite games of all time man, I've ben playing it since I was a kid
Funny story. I thought of emulating this masterpiece and playing it for the first time earlier this year. I did so and completed the virtuous mission. Then I heard about the master collection so I decided to wait for it. The release day comes, I play the game and I sh*t you not, the emulated ps2 version looked better after all the resolution changes through pcsx2
and you can quicksave anywhere on emulator !
also quick load savestates like on PS5@@faradiaulia5560
@@faradiaulia5560 Thats gay
@@JanfeyNah you never know if something happens and you leave it mid action or in mid conversation you can comeback in the exact spot
@@leandrovidela5290 then just continue from last save
Absolutely awesome video man. The modders have kept MGSV's heart beating so im glad that fact will stay true with MGS2 and 3
I don't understand how the community does a much better job than these companies. One would assume that they have all the resources in the world, right? Anyway, thanks for the guide legend
Just praying for a mod to address mouse support, such a shit port
Because you buy their games and then happily do their jobs for them.
Because they care about the games they love moreso than any game company
Ita coz they know people will do it for em look at sh2 enhanced edition
Just look at bethesda all their games get modders to make the games playable
Peace Walker on PC, the mods would absolutely slap for Vol.2.
Eat that shit up with coop.
lol so basically Konami split the hd collection in to two parts and get to sell it for full price each, fuk em
I’m gonna lose my shit if Vol 2 has MGS4 and PW in it. I’ve played all of the main entries other than 4 and PW. Hope we’ll finally see MGS4 unshackled from its PS3 chains because even my nearly $1k PC built in 2022 isn’t good enough to emulate MGS4.
@@jawknee4088 nah mgs 4 needs a remaster treatment, well modders could do it too but i guess what i mean is optimized , less resource heavy remaster which fits with art stylre and vibe but also comes with permanent mgo2 support(p2P)
@@jawknee4088until I see MGS4 sitting in my steam library with my own two eyes I have ZERO hope that they port it. Even with the supposed leaks.
Better to set myself up for a pleasant surprise than disappointment
Just get the crouch walking mod and no need for MGS DELTA
Feeling confident that modders will do a HD project of this one, similar to the RE4 HD project, that would be so nice having all the textures with new versions, looking foward to it!
YES, MGS2 and 3 getting something like the RE4 fan remaster would be perfect and is definitely possible. It would take a lot of effort, but I believe in the modders. Because as it stands, a lot of these mods being used to "remaster" the game currently do not even slightly make the game better. Relying on AI to make upscaled textures is lazy and it makes a lot of the game look way worse even. RE4 had people literally in Spain taking pictures of the original reference pictures to improve it.
Great video man. Thanks for including my reshade preset in your video. I look forward to the modding future of this game.
Thank you, no problem its a great preset!
I cannot recommend the RPCS3 version anymore because of the amazing work modders have put into this game. As for the missing effects such as Depth of Field, I'm actually glad that it's gone because its implementation was pretty bad IMO, due to the old PS2 days. I can understand why some people want it back in and I'd like to see it back in there for those people.
However, running the game in true 4K 60 FPS at all times, and not having to deal with pressure sensitive button shenanigans, brings the modded MC version up as the king.
Agreed 100%. Without mods, though, I was very disappointed. I launched MGS2 and it wasn't even true 16:9 resolution! I had bars on the sides of the screen, albeit small ones. After mods, I must say... as a fan of the series since it's inception, this is the definitive edition for me.
This game needs a quick reload option. What the fuck they were thinking when they expected us to have fun constantly quitting back to the title screen?
I mean, you could just get good at the game and not have to constantly reload your saves lol
God bless the algorithm for showing me this video in recommended, I was looking for a guide like that since yesterday.
What infuriates me the most is MgS2 having a glitch in the Switch version. After your capture in Arsenal Gear. The camera gets stuck there in a way that makes it impossible to see where your character is which. That happened twice to me, in two playthroughs. That never happened to me in the PS2 version.
The mod community always comes through. Now to wait until this collection goes on a crazy steam sale.
Thank you. I hope you can do a follow up for MGS 1 & 2 as well. I'll try this when I have more time on my hands.
I haven't tried MGS 1 or 2 on PC yet and the majority of mods released has been for MGS3, there are already some good mods for MGS2 so when I get around to MGS2 I will make a video regarding that game. As for MGS1 its running inside of an emulator so it makes it tricky to mod from what I have read, that being said it should still be possible. Once enough mods addressing the issues for 1 & 2 are out, I will address the former games!
The MGS 2 video is up on my channel now!
@@withinuk thank you, I'll check it out!
Thanks to your Modded version of MGS3, I was able to grab it immediately from Steam and finished it. One of the best games in history.
This is fantastic! I'm not mad at Konami, they never said it was going to be a remaster. These games simply weren't available without piracy until the Collection was released. For example there was no way to get MGS1-3 on Xbox or Switch legally, but now there is. So, even if it's just a rerelease I love it. But at the same time, seeing it remastered like this is... pretty good.
Oh okay, they were not available so let’s just be happy with Konami doing a terrible job porting them. Let’s justify lazyness, why not?
Moreover they were not gonna be a remaster but surely they shouldn’t have made it even WORSE than before (MGS2 30fps on Switch is absolutely disgusting)
@@davion4777 It's not worse than before, you couldn't even play them at all on the Switch before now. Sure it's a lazy port, but it's better than these games just not existing at all unless you pirated them.
@@cleverman383 as mad as I am at the low quality of the ports I wholeheartedly agree with you my man, this is ultimately much better than nothing and thankfully we have a talented modding community backing MGS. It could have been a lot worse IMO, like the ports straight up crashing and stuff.
dude it's $50 fucking dollars
@@blackmetalbreadstick I don't know what to say to that. If you don't think it's worth it, and can't afford it, don't buy it? For some of us, its easily worth $50 to have the MGS trilogy exactly as it used to be but running on modern hardware. For some people, it won't be worth it.
I don't like Bethesda games, so Starfield isn't worth $70 to me. But some people have played it for hundreds of hours and love it, and even paid an extra $30 ($100 total) to get the game a week early. And to them its completely worth it. But for me, I wouldn't play a game like that unless they paid me to play it, so it's definitely not worth $70 or $100 or even $1 for me.
Just educate yourself on what a product is and isn't before buying it, and judge for yourself whether the price is personally worth it for you. I'll absolutely get $50 worth of entertainment out of replaying MGS1-3. Easily. But you might not. And that's okay.
I'm sure Konami could easily just patch this collection to play at 4k on pc and consoles. But we all know they won't. If modders can do it in next to no time, what excuse does Konami have?
I'm very glad that konami didn't try to alter the games. We didn't want another metal gear survive scenario. I wanted to play the metal gear solid games I grew up with, especially mgs 2 & 3, _NOT_ altered versions of the games. Just the games of my childhood, unaltered.
Considering how awful games preservation is, it's baffling that people want the only available versions of the games to be changed, altered, spoiled versions, instead of just the exact originals as they were when they were released. At the very least, if they were gonna do that, they should have it as an optional setting to have changed ruined graphics, instead of the original graphics. Not have it forced upon people.
The MGS collection is like an art museum. And so the kind of idiotic things people want this MGS collection to have is like going up to a Van Gogh painting and complaining about how fuzzy and blurry it looks and that it should be painted over with sharper higher definition versions of the paintings. It's idiotic and it ruins the work of art, and it's the same with games.
I agree with you. I don't want the games altered in any way at all. Just a little bump in the resolution would have been nice as an option.
I just got mgs3 on sale. I've never finished it before but I think I will this time. I just did the resolution, audio, and title card fixes and its awesome.
Can't say I'm a fan of using AI upscale as it tends to muddy the textures, especially ones with text. Hoping for peeps to do actual fan remasters like RE4 or Majora's Mask later down the line
It does alright for more "organic" shapes like the grass, dirt, etc. But I wish the people doing those kind of things would filter out and remove the ones that legitimately look worse.
It's now obvious that the only reason they released the ports at all wasn't to give gamers the games they were asking for, but to generate hype around MGS in preparation for MGTriangle.
Ha didn't expect to see my ocelot face fix in a vid. But honestly once you go up to 1080 and onwards, that pixally mess on Ocelot's ears becomes so noticeable. Fun fact is I just AI upscaled his original PS2 texture then sized it to the HD collections's res and there ya go. Sadly a lot of textures are like thatm as you can see from the various texture fixes mods others have done.
One of the first mods I saw dude, great stuff! When I saw his ears in the vanilla game I was like what the fuck was that? Wanna personally say thank you for this mod because his ears were extremely distracting during cutscenes!
@@withinuk Oh believe me I know how distracting they were. On 720p res you don't fully notice it. But once you go above that. Man does it stare you in the face. Sadly feels like the upgrading of textures they only focused on most of Big Boss and less on the other characters. I think most blaring ones you would notice is The Boss' face, EVA and BB's injured prison and Ending face textures. But hey small improvements will happen and who knows where we'll be next year. I mean already got crouch walking and sneaking now.
@@Solidcal yep modding is going pretty good for these games, lets keep our fingers crossed for more mods and how things progress. Wouldn't be surprised if we got a full upscale like the original RE4
great quality video, surprised you only got 15 subs! keep them coming man
Thank you
This is why I knew this wouldn't be a flop of a remaster. I had so many MGSV mods I was confident the modders would save it.
Killer7 soundtrack at the beginning: so lit
luv de k7 overpass in the intro
awesome vid
I own mgs collection on switch and it looks great. What are people complaining about?? These games are 20+ years old. 1080p and 4k didn’t even exist yet. Why would people expect 60fps 4k.
Game runs at 60fps on a ps3 bruh… it’s just laziness
@@Thebabybadass101 I’m playing on switch and it’s amazing. Can’t complain. If you told me in 2001 if I could play mgs2 handheld I would tell you ur crazy.
There are plenty of PS2 era ports that do have 4k60fps though. Like psychonauts
Excellent Video! You should consider doing the same video for mgs2.
MGS2 video is live now!
Hey, my childhood in 10x the resolution
Who made that BANGER Snake Eater Remix?
Stop I have PTSD with ice barrage
This looks so good man konami didn't deserve one penny from that master collection.
Havel the Researcher once again produces Nobel worthy meta analysis on why Konami is a shit company holding IP's hostage and how to make best of that situation.
Who is Havel the researcher and what analysis are you talking about?
@@spyrochrisgaming Havel is a side-alias I go by that's known to my friends.
I bet $10000 on that those who made this "port" are the same people who say that emulating the games that are no longer sold, on a platform that is no longer supported in any way = stealing and pirating
This was to be expected. For which I don't regret playing the ps2 version via emulation on my phone a few months ago.
Did you beat this game using touchscreen controls or did you hook up a controller to your phone? If it’s the former, I’m very impressed 😮
@@jawknee4088 I'll have to disappoint you cause I used a Razer Kishi 😅
same, but i played it on the display of my microwave
I think the reason Konami didn't update the ports is because they are working on MGSΔ which looks great by the trailers
this song goes hard no lie they did a good job
Can the original ps2 post processing effects (high quality background depth of field, the entire foreground depth of field layer, high quality blending) be added via moding?
Neither the old HD remaster on ps360 nor the new one has those beautiful effects that looked so mind blowing back on ps2.
I am uncertain as a few modders have noted that changing the resolution messes around with the effects that are in the HD collection as they are originally intended for 720p, albeit the HD collection was also missing the OG PS2 effects. It could be possible in the future as modders have already found a way to add crouch walk to the game which is amazing in itself. It could be possible but its something we have to wait for and see, it has taken 3 weeks to get the game up to looking like with mods. I advise keeping an eye on the nexus mods page as new things are constantly popping up.
I would love it if modders did this. Most of the mods being made are just quick and cheap mods for people to make that don't impove the game at all, and many make worse even
This is a great breakdown
Ngl I prefer what this game looks like on PS2, the biggest reason is evident when you look at Volgins uniform in this footage. It looks like a jacket with drawn on flaps and cuffs. Like there’s zero depth. Same thing with his face. When the texture is so high res it just looks like he got his face painted at an amusement park. The blur is such a big part of why this game looked great to people back in the day. Your brain fills in the gaps left by a less defined image. Volgin on PS2 has depth in his uniform and in the scarring on his face. When high res it makes the textures look awful on the models
Very Grateful to the People that make the Mods for MGS3.
By Chance, do you think any of the people who create these Mods can find a way to unlock "Duel Mode"?? I can't believe Konami just left it out.
crazy work thanks
This game is very, very special to me. As we approach the 20th anniversary, im just grateful its accessible to a new generation. Especially looking like this. Kinda makes me misty eyed.
God bless you , thank god that the PC controls are good.
With mods it looks how I though it looked when I was younger
thanks garcian great video!!
PSA:
The nexus pages are currently missing because the master collection nexus page will be separated into 3 games. If you would still like to download the mods in this video I have a "GUIDE" video on my channel which has a GDRIVE with all of these mods in it.
You can find this here:
ua-cam.com/video/z51na9FqI5U/v-deo.htmlsi=IBgcGZysZDQ82QI9
Doing god's work mate
Legend for uploading in 1440p too
Is that overpass track from killer7 at the start??? Is it OST or just a rip with voices removed by AI? I was searching for this track for eternity
It is the overpass track, unfortunately its just a RIP from the soundtrack
Amazing how the botched release just killed my enthusiasm to play this. Thankful to the modders once again for saving the day. The fact that they managed to fix this so quickly just shows how little effort the devs put into it.
Yo whats the version of snake eater used in the video showcase, the sax absolutely rocked
5:51 Snake Eater (Abstract Camouflage Version)
Amazing work! Is support for pressure sensitive control enabled yet?
if you you're playing on joystick, at least on Steam, press L3 button. it's a "emulated" pressure sensitive button
thank you so much
Okay dude. You got my subscribe.
i hope someone adds the 3rd person aiming camera and non pressure based cqc from the 3ds version
they just added crouch walking
cant wait for the modders to become the developers of this game themselves
and I cant wait for the modders to make an RTX mod for this game
Game was fun back on PS2, tried playing it again lately and holy shit the opening part took over a fucking hour just to even for you to have control of Snake. I don't have the time now vs when I was little.
fans know that metal gear games are 50% movie lmao
Man i love this game so much
Crouch walking mod
You're pretty good.
A more blatent way to see that they litterally just ported the port to PC is that it litterally have like the HD collection loading bar if you boot up some of the games. I was really happy to play my childhood again on new hardware but they litterally just dropped a piece of garbage on us and I think they litterally were like "Ehh the modders will fix it."
I’ve been a huge fan of mgsv since it came out and thought I’d jump in to mgs3 so I can play as the real big boss but the port is just super hard to enjoy on the series X, I guess my only choices are buy a PC or wait until the remake gets released and I can pay 80-90$ for a game I already bought once
There are key-reseller sites that sell this game for £10 a pop in the UK on PC at least. They actually separated the collection now so you can buy these separately thankfully but this is still £15 for a game this old.
Great video!!! i was wondering can i run mods if i downloaded the game form places like Fitgirl? Thanks!
Thank you, it shouldnt be an issue because at the end of the day you are modifying the same files as the retail/steam copy. I would backup your game data just in case though.
I love the vid , ima get most of these especially the sound one , but I have a quick question , with these mod can I get more than 60 fps ? Probably have 144 hz support?
Thank you and you technically can as there is a framerate unlock mod however its experimental as the game is capped at 60 by default. I am not sure of the effects www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/120
I understand the issues but I just wanted to play my metal gear so for me none of these issues bothered me(could be that I'm on PS5 and didn't care about things like resolution and stuff) but anyway great video❤ lmao
4:06 I imported the Japanese version and there was no option to do JP audio w/ ENG subs. MGSV had that. Why didn't this one?
i bought mgs3 on my series x 2 weeks ago (my first mg game) and immediately had no clue what the controls were. i googled it and apparently they wanted me to read a whole ass comic book somewhat explaining the controls. i ended up just googling the controls themselves except not a single fucking website actually knew the next gen console binds. i think im alright now but i literally didnt know how to hold enemies up until around 35 hours into my first save.
Great video, and this introduced me to your channel!
Would you know of a mod that can play the Japanese-language dub with the English subtitles (or vice versa)?
Thank you! I believe there was one for MGS2 www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidmastercollection/mods/36 i dont think there is one for MGS3 currently.
Seeing what could have been is honestly heart wrenching lol. Konami is a joke of its former self these days.
Really wonder what happened to Konami, they used to put huge amounts of effort in to everything and now it's completely the bare minimum on anything it's like they are a totally different company.
It's so sad to see Konami being so tonedeaf and clueless. Great effort here =)
konami took a page out fo the bethesda book of how things are done....release it on time for your projections and let others will fix your shit for free
11:06 this looks much better with hdfix mod.
Will you bring out a tutorial video on how to install mods etc?
Its live on the channel
I do wonder if Konami made these pc ports half assed cause they knew people would mod it. It's a brilliant if lazy and scummy strategy. Making your games deliberately broken so the community mods it and you profit from it by having others buy your games for the mods kinda like Bethesda. I doubt it but I'm glad we still got mgs3 on PC after all these years.
I saw a video where some guy was... complaining? about how people don't want the games ported or something because they wanted a remaster and that's why people are upset about the collection as opposed to the collection just being legitimately worse than emulation. I'm curious if it's even actually a port and not a repackaged emulator for $50
Konami is like Adobe, it's ok to just pirate their trash... i mean software.
absolutely bunker guide™
At this point, companies might as well offer out payments (one off or project based) to let fans make/sort out their games. Applies heavily to Metal Gear (post Kojima being booted out) and SEGA (Sonic games - big example Sonic P-06). These companies in general are garbage regardless of their “legacy” brands they have. They run them into the ground. Parasites.
Edit: it’s fair to bash companies when you give them criticism or ways to improve and they spit on you. Konami in its current form is a gambling company - nothing more. Complete waste of society to what they bring. Oh and they treat employees like crap.
Sega does that already, (sonic mania and streets of rage 4) Don't think I would put them at the same level as Konami since they actually started listening to their fans.
@@Vicy5Modapk Please don’t support companies that give you crumbs and then expect to be happy.
“In an interview with Famitsu, Iizuka explained that Sonic Mania was not intended to have a physical release; Sega staff requested one, but a retail version would have presented a challenge for the production schedule. After the game launched, fans also expressed interest in a physical version. As a retail release would cost more than the downloadable version, the team added value with new content. Mighty and Ray were included because they were rarely featured in games; to accommodate them, level designs had to be altered. Additionally, the multiplayer mode was updated because of the increased number of selectable characters.”
Sonic superstars is not even close to Mania. They don’t give a crap about you. Shareholders know best. If you don’t agree with them YOU are the problem.
@@Jonathan-Shadow All major video game companies are like that unfortunately. Pretty much impossible for console players. Also the mania plus physical release wasn't the best example you could've used, origins physical release would've made more sense since it added far less and was download code only. While superstars is far from perfect, it is at least still better than their previous attempts. Finally, there are people working at these companies that actually give a shit about you. If we vote with our wallets that we want good games instead of garbage mobile microtransaction games, we would get more than crumbs.
@@Vicy5Modapk Im on the fence about superstars. The cost in the UK at release was £55. Really? I mean the choice between sonic frontiers and superstars at £55 is a pretty easy choice. Also the fact that SEGA told them to release frontiers and not “finish it”. Update 1, 2 and 3 should have just been in the game. It’s a good step gameplay wise but it’s all this corporate shittery. It’s becoming impossible to avoid.
I used to enjoy games (PS2, N64, Dreamcast, etc). Now I barely make a purchase. Last purchase was RE4 remake (which doesn’t really count as I’ve essentially played the story before) and Sonic Frontiers. That’s the last 3 years.
@@Jonathan-Shadow Superstars isn't worth the money honestly, I'd wait for a sale and I'll agree with you on the updates because if it wasn't for the mods, I would've probably just waited until update 3. Also part of the reason why you might not enjoy games as much might be because you are older and don't have as much time to spend on games.
I know this isn't the real reason, but what if they left the game looking worse than it could because they want the MGS3 remake to run/look significantly better. That way people buy the same game again. By the looks of it, the remake will be a 1 for 1 of the original game but with 4k graphics and some gameplay differences. Just using the Phantom Pain mechanics.
So I'm going to pirate this game and paid the modders for their dedication to make this game better instead
How does it compare to the graphical enhacement from the emulators? Dusckstation and whatever the PS3 emulator is to this mod of the PC? There is reasons to keep the original version to the HD collection and PC version that being the extra content that was removed in the HD and PC version such as the monkey mini game and the dream mini game when Snake is in the cell and probably others I am not remembering.
Nexus Nuked the Mods for some reason. There is a new section for MGS3 master collection, but with just a few less useful mods.
they are being reuploaded check my guide for MGS3 there is gdrive zip that has a bunch of mods some of which are from this video.
@@withinuk Ah, Thanks man 👍
@@Darkfreed0m np they essentially re-did the nexus page and separated it into 3 games as opposed to it being one game, it will take time for mods to be reuploaded
I partly knew this was gonna happen Konami were gonna be lazy with the porting job BUT because its on PC it will be very easy to mod to fix all the things Konami didn't. So at the very least we can pull a Bethesda and put the game into a much more appealing state...At the cost of treating Konami like Bethesda...Well they asked for it...
Man doing God's work but...imma play ball with Konami cause they don't give us much and when they give us a little imma celebrate it...until we get mgs4 out of ps3
Thanks dude, that's how it is there has to be at least a little bit of interest from the community to show them we want these games on modern platforms. Certain leaks datamined suggest that MGS4 might hit modern platforms but take it with a grain of salt. Fingers crossed though, albeit I wouldn't expect it to be a good port either.
And this is why sometimes pirating isnt a bad thing
Ngl it was a disappointing port, but one thing I'll say for the ps4 collection is that in mgs2 I can actually see when Raiden is swimming because the PS2 version was just a murky blur.
The snake eater remix is super dope Where can I find this song
I'd rather just upscale the emulated PS2 versions. I prefer higher resolution video output without the upscaled textures.
Any hope of modding in normal mapping a la the 3DS release?
Need modders to add the MGS3DS/Peace Walker crouch walk and third person aiming
Crouch walk mod is out for MGS3 in Nexusmod
We need twin snakes in vol 2! Dont call it master collection and not include these real shit lol
Did you use the Less extreme reshade with or without the Green tint?
I use the less extreme preset with the tint, I also set the MGSHDFIX resolution to 4K. I recommend just downloading all of the presets and putting them in your folder that way you can see which one looks best for you and your monitor.
Is there any video about remastering mgs1 integral?
I will be making one soon, currently waiting for the emulator to be decompiled.
@@withinuk I played gog integral...that resolution was fascinating compared to master collection....the only problem was controller...
@@jaya_surya_a5118 was it an issue with the controller not being picked up? I dont know if I will cover 3the GOG version of the game as I am holding out for the decompilation of the MGS1 master collection emulator.
@withinuk mgs 1 gog doesn't detect controller I guess...but mgs2 substance does....try that out.....I used joy 2 key to play that mgs1..it'd working flawless...and graphics is amazing comparing to master collection or emulator
@@jaya_surya_a5118 it could maybe detect controller if you add it as a non-steam game and use steam controller emulation that way
I am I missing something or is the collection a bit more expensive than buying them all separately?
The collection has MG1 and 2, MGS, MGS2, and MGS3 for $60. The individual packs have MG1 and 2 + MGS for $20, MGS2 for $20, and MGS3 for $20. So it's the same price, and you also get the bonus stuff like the graphic novels and the FC/NES versions of Metal Gear and Snakes Revenge with the full collection.
the one real issue is the ontrols i had to remap my key board and use 16.000 dpi on my mouse or my mouse had a dead zone
why is every nexus link i click on dead? Is it just me or anyone else?
No it's me too. No clue
honestly my biggest complaint about MGS3 is the player's movement and shooting mechanics, after playing MGS4 and V everything older than them feels like a huge downgrade, especially the lack of crouch/ADS walking and shoulder aim, but that would require a complete rewrite of the game's code i assume.
of course, it's not something that could be added, and it would also mess with the balancing of the game, it's built around not being able to crouch walk or move while sighted in.
@@karambiatosThere a crouch walk mod for MGS3 (master collection version) now.
@@lokashmajhi3754Lol, just mod everything and make a new game at this point
or you can just emulate it which is pretty damn good
I wouldn't mind modding the game to fix it. Asking for a game, especially ports, to be properly optimized and not broken is a LOT to ask for these days. Especially on PC
If a game is broken and/or horribly optimized, there's a 99% chance it's NEVER going to get fixed
The only real issue with MGS3 is that it requires 22W to maintain a solid 60fps on Steam Deck/OLED. Unless mods can optimize this game, I'm not even gonna touch it. This game shouldn't even pull more than 7W. It should easily last at least 8h on OLED, not fcn 2h while sounding like a mini Jet engine
Sekiro only requires 17W-18W average to maintain 60fps at MAXIMUM SETTINGS. MGS5 was just under 12W average! Why is MGS3 more demanding than modern AAAs and open worlds?! Ah, PC gaming..