honestly, the whole master collection will probably get modded to pristine by the community, they'll fix Konami's half assed job by pure love for this franchise, Bethesda style
I think the resolution mod for mgs3 came out within the first day of release and mgs2 is next. God bless the modding community. Hopefully by time the first discount hits, they'll all have unlocked resolutions and maybe 120fps. At least one can hope lol.
@@xKillZone99Depends on your hardware. MGS3 doesn't emulate well on PCSX2 so you have to have a rig powerful enough for RPCS3. The hardware requirements for the ports are significantly lower
Yeah, I think Capcom had to do that with Resident Evil and change Rebecca Chambers' costume as well for the HD re-release of REmake and Zero in 2014, replacing the red cross with a green cross.
The later ports of Doom I and II were also affected by this too. In the Xbox LIVE Arcade version, PlayStation 3 Classic Complete collection, the BFG Edition versions, and initially the Unity ports all had the red crosses on medical items replaced with a red and white pill icon. The current versions of the Enhanced Unity ports, after many patches and fixes, later replaced the pill icons with green crosses instead.
4:38 i actually noticed that too when playing Tomb Raider 1 remastered version. And the reason is due to Geneva conventions rulings by Red Cross. Basically video games back then werent all picky on this, but the legal issues of using Red Cross is because its meant for emergencies. So thats why you wont likely see them in modern games anymore
I believe the reason for the green Diazepan box is that using that old red cross with a white background actually goes against the updated geniva convention. I remember hearing Among Us got into trouble because of the red on white cross.
I just finished my first playthrough of MGS1. Blurriness was realy pain in the ass, as much as input lag but still playable. I'm happy that the Master Collection really pushed me to get into MGS and I hope there will be more new fans of Metal Gear Series in the way.
input lag?.... hmmm played it on ps5 never noticed input lag... also blurry?... you never played the ps1 version of the game have you?... it was pretty much the same... looks the same that is... thats one of the major problems people seem to have...because we all are graphics whores and want everything nice and pretty.... it is a 25 year old game... just saying... also if you guys expect greatness to come from Konami... well that ship sailed a long time ago...
@playstation3.508 They didn't ruin a thing. What the young idiots don't realise, this is how the game looked and played back in the day. A straight up port with nothing added.
Just finished it on Switch (I wanted a portable MGS) and I had no issues with blurriness or input lag (on Switch!) I managed my expectations and only expected a port of the PSX original, which is exactly what I got
@@1Ocelot Not even just the old games. Even fairly modern games like Stardew Valley had this happen to them, so this is a worldwide thing for all games.
I wonder if the community will find a way to access the emulator used for the Master Collection version to let us change settings. In a perfect world, we'd be able to somehow use Duckstation with the Master Collection version so we get the cool features in a better emulator.
This sounds exactly like the Megaman X collections: some below-average emulation instead of real PC ports, non-mixable language options, wallpapers, and quite nice menus.
Best review of the series i have seen, thank you. By the way the diazepan changed colour to green because the red cross is a copyrighted symbol by the red cross. other games had to change also such as duke nukem
It’s really sad when compared to M2’s (the team that worked on the Master Collection version of MGS1) other works. They usually provide excellent emulation quality.
AFAIK, they're other emulation works such as G-Darius HD and Ray'z Arcade Chronology have been phenomenal, but the PS1 version of G-Darius included in G-Darius HD does seem to share the low resolution issue with this collection.
@@KienPhungThey also made the Castlevania & Contra collections, as well as the Sega Ages line of retro titles, and the arcade games in the Yakuza series.
Thank you for explaining the version difference! It is always important to know which versoin to go for. Hopefully will see more Master Collection content from you in the future!
I think I know the reason for the green Diazepan box. The red cross logo had some copyright issues in the past. It is no longer possible to use it in games. I ve heard this in a video for Resident Evil where Rebecca Chambers First Aid Bag had to be changed
Also as far as ik, if u play this game on duckstation and put some setting to 100% then u can get 60 fps without the game playing faster than its supposed to. Unfortunatey I forgot which setting it was, haven't played the game in a while.
4:37 the reason of diazepam box's cross' color change was to avoid the Red Cross' new policy, if you ask me that is stupid. Even tho its a really small difference now how can medical items on games be even more realistic now?
They couldn't do ANYTHING for it? Like damn what a letdown. You can play the emulated version of each game at much higher resolution and frame rates and with anti-aliasing to get rid of jaggies. So damn lazy Konami.
for MGS1 on PC just play the GOG version (with no blur and keyboard support) but MGS2 and 3 were decent. (even tho MGS2 is also on PC that actually supports keyboard)
In the latest patch (version 1.4) it looks like they added options for nearest-neighbor filtering (set smoothing to off) and pixel-perfect aspect ratio. There's also an option for a CRT scanline filter. It's still a subpar, overpriced product (that's modern-day Konami for you) but at least it looks like they're adding and fixing a few things here and there.
This is kinda sad to see an new M2 production turn out to be mediocre since M2 has a solid reputation of great emulation ports of retro games. The added irony behind it all is that they recently released the Ray'z Arcade Chornology to PC a while ago as well as the G-Darius HD , which two of those games in the former collection (RayStorm and RayCrisis) and the games in the latter collection are emulations of arcade games that are based on PlayStation 1 hardware, and those ports turned out great from word of mouth. I hope that Konami won't leave this collection like this, M2 doesn't to have their good name sullied like this.
It's the most important game of the franchise to need a remaster... The HD collection on PS3 did a good enough job for the previous titles, and even if i'd like a PC native remaster of Twin Snakes, it can be emulated to perfection with Dolphin.
I just got Volume 1 of the Master Collection at launch, on PS4 AND Switch. I got Volume 1 not only for me to Video Capture it for UA-cam, but to give an idea of what the Collection is like. I understand having MGS Integral plus the VR Disc included in the package and VR Missions in the Collection, but I don't understand why the European Special Missions is also included since VR Missions and Special Missions are the EXACT SAME GAMES!? Is there a big difference between the two regional versions!? Here's some differences I found out between Integral VR and VR Missions: -In Integral VR, you have SAVE REPLAY right off the bat while VR Missions doesn't seem to have it. -In Integral VR, you can unlock the Photograph Mode from your Clear Game Data from the Main Campaign. Based on your Rank, you get closer to Naomi's Model. The Best Ranking has you get close to Naomi at 100%. In VR Missions, based on the Completion Percentage you have on the Missions you get closer to Naomi. -In Integral VR, to unlock Mei Ling in Photograph Mode, you have to get BIG BOSS Rank in Extreme Mode. In VR Missions, to unlock Mei Ling, you have to beat every Sneaking Mode Levels at 1st Place. -Only VR Missions has the Staff Credits in the Special Menu, but Integral VR Disc doesn't. Good thing I understand some Japanese, especially for the Metal Gear Solids. Plus a handful of my Subscribers are Japanese. Yeah, I have noticed that the Diazepam/Medicine Box has a green symbol instead of red cross found in the Master Collection Version and that the game doesn't use Analog Control, so there's no pressure sensitively when looking up and down or using the PSG1 Scope... Which was an awesome feature playing the PS1 original MGS with an Analog/DUAL SHOCK Controller. Me too, I wish this Version gave me an option to play MGS1 in HD Resolution at least. For some reason I need to Download the Japanese Pack to play MGS Integral which doesn't make any sense since it only has the English voice overs directly from the American Version! And what's so different with UK English in Volume 1!?
@@stephwn There weren't any patch notes but from what I have experienced from playing with the new update it seems like its the same. Someone said that when they update the game you have to redownload it all so it might have been just one change for 6 gigs sadly :/
4:02 the only defense is the analog controls on PS1 original wasnt all that better. But fair point, they kinda did use digital version of that on analog controls in the master collection
You know, when I first heard about this being released for PC, before they showed anything, I was hoping it would be remastered to modern day standard detail
I mean, Im playing with 4k mods on 60 fps with a crouch mod on pc. The win was always just getting it to pc. pc master collection is the best way to play the first 3 games now.
the issue im having is I wanna share this series with my friends, but they're all pc players, and i dont want them to have to deal with confusing emulating or modding to get a good experience, i really with i could just have a super simple method any of my friends could follow
duckstation is awesome, i love the feature ''perspective correction'' that remove the wobbling textures for all ps1 games and to me that's a huge improvement. thank you for sharing this comparison... i'm sad that ''twin snakes'' is not included (i know for ''trademark'' issues). BTW, there's a mod of twin snakes that has the soundtrack from the ps1 version and it looks fantastic on dolphin emulator, i'm been playing it in my steam deck, highly recommended.
4:37 - It is because the red cross is actually trademarked. They can't use it. The Red Cross is not suing, but occasionally reminds people that it is trademarked. I guess they thought swapping the white with red and vice versa is too close for their liking though green is an odd choice.
Well that bloody sucks about the dialogue and subtitles. I played the hell out of the demo disk when it first came out with the Japanese language and English subtitles and loved it. That actually convinced me to get a PlayStation over the N64 and Goldeneye I was considering. Being able to play the full game in Japanese and subbed would have been awesome. And it wouldn’t have been hard to do either.
The bilinear filtering on the OG PC version's textures wipes out a lot of detail. Yeah it's technically better, but I personally prefer PS1 at 4x resolution with PGXP and a CRT filter for the UI. The Master Collection version just straight blows. PC emulation kicks its ass.
At 4:30, you showcased the slowdowns that are similar to a PS1. For me, actually, the overclock CPU feature in DuckStation does not actually work on MGS1, in order to maintain 30 FPS during those heavy moments. I went back to RetroArch's Beetle PSX HW for this reason. Can you, or anyone else confirm that DuckStation's overclock feature does nothing on MGS1?
I was playing MGS1 and the slowdowns I saw were in some dramatic effect scenes, like in the begginning the Hind D in the helliport, I think is their way to make slow motion scenes
There's some imperfections on duckstation though, it's not perfect, like wall clipping in that concrete corridor before ocelot fight. I'm replaying it on ps Vita and it's perfect. But widescreen and boosted resolution on DuckS. are nice to have. Ps Vita native emulation has no wobbling pixels either compare to disc version
The health box might be green due to the same reason the classic doom games' health boxes were made green in the 25th anniversary enhanced editions. The reason being that the red-cross owns the trademark or copyright or something to the well, red coloured cross and that symbol is to be reserved specifically for them so it is distinctly identifiable during actual emergencies or something like that, either way it is basically some red-cross related convoluted and imo, nonsensicle issue.
5:50 complaining about Bilinear filtering even though it was a legit option on Sony’s own systems, not happy about that? Get over it. Audio inaccuracies is a nitpick and the rest is begging for a PS1 game to look way less like a PS1 game, bubby, its best ya can it since not everyone wants to set up emulation to play 1 game looking “better” (airquotes) than another version. Ya know what, don’t bother with those other videos since your probably gonna recommend emulation again
If they wanted the original feel of the game fully replicated they would not have used bilinear scaling and had the game run at 240p internally and added a high quality crt-shader like crt-royale running at 4k over the game as an option. Besides this the sound is very important in MGS so I'm baffled as to how they screwed this up. Furthermore, their emulator is so bad that many people are reporting huge input lag compared to duckstation and the original on ps1. Remember, crt tvs had next to 0 ms of input lag, so having a high latency emulator, plus our modern screens (which have huge input lag when used at 30hz btw) plus the slowdowns carried over from ps1 is simply horrendous to say the least. Retroarch and duckstation offer a feature to mitigate input lag a little if you have a powerful cpu btw. So overall I just hope Konami or the fans will fix this game as right now it is not an option for me and many others...
4:40 the red plus sign is actually a trademark of Red Cross, and technically no video game should be using it (just use a red heart symbol, guys). konami was probably just fixing this for legal issues.
Does anyone know if the games in the collection support 16:10 aspect ratio, or if mods add this? Really looking to play this on Steam Deck instead of emulating, even if mods are needed. That was inevitable with Konami
4:44 Its green because it would otherwise violate the Geneva conventions (which everyone mentioning the different colored crosses always fails to mention)
PC master race when they can't inject a 20 year old game with oversaturated image sharpening, battlefield lookin' ass lens flare and eye melting bloom.
The emblem of the Red Cross is protected by international law and national laws. Any use not expressly authorized by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols constitutes misuse of the emblem. The use of these emblems by unauthorized persons is strictly prohibited. Therefore, movie and video game creators often change the color to green to avoid legal problems. If someone wishes to use the emblem of the Red Cross, they must request permission from the International Committee of the Red Cross. The first the '90s Doom game did not face these issues because at the time, the Red Cross was not actively enforcing restrictions on the use of its emblem in video games. However, over time, the game Doom II: Hell on Earth had to make this change. In some console versions of Doom, the red crosses on stim packs, medikits, and berserk packs were changed to pills. This change was due to the fact that the red cross is a symbol protected by the Geneva Convention; the Canadian Red Cross even issued a call to developers to stop using the symbol in games. In theory, developers could face legal action if they misuse it. Thus, in the Unity port of the game Doom, the red medical crosses on the medikits in the original games were altered thanks to the Red Cross stopping people from using said red medical cross in video games, so they were changed to a green cross. P. S. Very good analysis of your video*
At this rate we may as well rely on emulation for playing these games on PC. Konami isn't going to give attention to detail like fans would. For the 40 GB that the master collection is worth, may as well settle for the PS3 version for MGS2 and MGS3. And the PS1 version of MGS1 on Duckstation.
4:00 I checked and consensus seems to agree, this is how it always was, a placebo effect of thinking it had proper analog movement when it didn’t, spoiled by emulators and versions that had Analogue movement
i'm just shocked ! How come they totally ignored the graphics topic on MGS 1999 ? the game look like being playing on Connectix Virtual Game Station (VGS) 24 Years back then
Everything is ok except for MGS - options for widescreen, resolution downsampling and wobble fix would have made a real difference....and it's nothing intensive for any platform to handle (noting I am playing it on switch). Crazy they launched it like this.
Hey, great video! I have heard some people talking about input lag in this version of MGS1, but you didn't mention it here, would you say it's pretty minor or nonexistent? I've been meaning to boot up my PS2 and DuckStation to compare.
I still have the Mgs1 for pc that I bought in the late 90's/ early 00's and it has been the version I've played the most, looks like thats what I'll be sticking with. Its kinda sad that that haven't updated it atleast a little graphically 😢
It's still nice to finally have the damn game on steam, we all waited for years for Konami to release the MGS games on current platforms. Even though duckstation which i used recently to play MGS1 last year is the best way, the official game packs helps people that have no idea on how to emulate and configure pc settings right are able to just pick up the controller and just play without worries. Hopefully they do patch it with updates later and it's gonna be nice with vol. 2 collection coming later which is most likely gonna contain MGS4, can't wait. 💧🐍💢 LIQUIIIIIIIID!!!!!!
4:44 fun fact, the red cross isn't public domain and its use is governed by the International Committee of the Red Cross. using it unauthorized is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, which is likely why it's been removed for the rerelease. edit: whoops, someone beat me to it.
honestly, the whole master collection will probably get modded to pristine by the community, they'll fix Konami's half assed job by pure love for this franchise, Bethesda style
I think the resolution mod for mgs3 came out within the first day of release and mgs2 is next. God bless the modding community. Hopefully by time the first discount hits, they'll all have unlocked resolutions and maybe 120fps. At least one can hope lol.
@@RustyShackleford-wp3woaren't the physics for the games tied to the FPS?.
Already a mod being developed with a workaround, but yes gamespeed is tied to fps@@TMWSTW-hy5ph
still easier to just use emulation
@@xKillZone99Depends on your hardware. MGS3 doesn't emulate well on PCSX2 so you have to have a rig powerful enough for RPCS3. The hardware requirements for the ports are significantly lower
The red cross to green cross is a modern thing. The Red Cross organization is pretty strict with usage of that symbol nowadays.
Interesting to know!
Yeah, I think Capcom had to do that with Resident Evil and change Rebecca Chambers' costume as well for the HD re-release of REmake and Zero in 2014, replacing the red cross with a green cross.
The later ports of Doom I and II were also affected by this too. In the Xbox LIVE Arcade version, PlayStation 3 Classic Complete collection, the BFG Edition versions, and initially the Unity ports all had the red crosses on medical items replaced with a red and white pill icon. The current versions of the Enhanced Unity ports, after many patches and fixes, later replaced the pill icons with green crosses instead.
Yeah I hate that the Red Cross has a bug up their ass about something in video games. It is super lame
They're bitchin about it more then a decade now. Surprised ppl didn't know about that
4:38 i actually noticed that too when playing Tomb Raider 1 remastered version. And the reason is due to Geneva conventions rulings by Red Cross. Basically video games back then werent all picky on this, but the legal issues of using Red Cross is because its meant for emergencies. So thats why you wont likely see them in modern games anymore
I believe the reason for the green Diazepan box is that using that old red cross with a white background actually goes against the updated geniva convention. I remember hearing Among Us got into trouble because of the red on white cross.
I just finished my first playthrough of MGS1. Blurriness was realy pain in the ass, as much as input lag but still playable.
I'm happy that the Master Collection really pushed me to get into MGS and I hope there will be more new fans of Metal Gear Series in the way.
Makes me sad people haven’t played these games though in their best forms. I played it on PS1 when it first came out and I loved it as a kid.
welcome to the club of this amazing franchise
input lag?.... hmmm played it on ps5 never noticed input lag... also blurry?... you never played the ps1 version of the game have you?... it was pretty much the same... looks the same that is... thats one of the major problems people seem to have...because we all are graphics whores and want everything nice and pretty.... it is a 25 year old game... just saying... also if you guys expect greatness to come from Konami... well that ship sailed a long time ago...
@playstation3.508 They didn't ruin a thing. What the young idiots don't realise, this is how the game looked and played back in the day. A straight up port with nothing added.
Just finished it on Switch (I wanted a portable MGS) and I had no issues with blurriness or input lag (on Switch!) I managed my expectations and only expected a port of the PSX original, which is exactly what I got
Excellent review! Everyone was talking about the console versions and I was desperately searching for the PC one. Thanks for really helping!
4:40 The International Committee of the Red Cross got their panties in a twist over "misuse" of red crosses so they are purged from all old games now.
Wow, that is so stupid lol. Thanks for the info!
@@1Ocelot all the improvement budget went there apparently xD
@@1Ocelot Not even just the old games. Even fairly modern games like Stardew Valley had this happen to them, so this is a worldwide thing for all games.
2:50 Of course, best scene to check graphic
The "asspect" ratio
She thicc
Based
@@jaegerm4429they made her skinny in mgs4😔 thick ass gone
More or less what I expected. Thanks for going in depth as always!
I wonder if the community will find a way to access the emulator used for the Master Collection version to let us change settings.
In a perfect world, we'd be able to somehow use Duckstation with the Master Collection version so we get the cool features in a better emulator.
Actually, in a perfect world, Konami and Kojima are still good friends and we are getting MGS 7 now in 2023, but I got it 😂
@@lucasdiasguitarrista in a perfect world Kojima would have make mgs2 as his last mgs game, still developing new ips with konami
@@lucasdiasguitarrista But this is not a perfect where. {slowly zooms into camera]
who cares, just buy the collection and support the series
Buying the collection would encourage Konami to continue releasing more half-assed ports and remasters@@MGrey-qb5xz
This sounds exactly like the Megaman X collections: some below-average emulation instead of real PC ports, non-mixable language options, wallpapers, and quite nice menus.
MGS 1 deserves a proper HD version.
what would HD add to the game? if anything it would just take away from what it is
@@RequiemOfSoloyour wrong the remake the made for the GameCube was amazing msg 1
@Adrian-ug5sd you're*
The MGS2 port makes this high pitch chirp when utilizing the quick select option and it’s driving my ears crazy
0:38 can you we talk about amazing this UI is.
Love the MGS3 one
Best review of the series i have seen, thank you.
By the way the diazepan changed colour to green because the red cross is a copyrighted symbol by the red cross. other games had to change also such as duke nukem
It’s really sad when compared to M2’s (the team that worked on the Master Collection version of MGS1) other works.
They usually provide excellent emulation quality.
M2 worked on this?! I suppose it would be in the credits for the collection.
AFAIK, they're other emulation works such as G-Darius HD and Ray'z Arcade Chronology have been phenomenal, but the PS1 version of G-Darius included in G-Darius HD does seem to share the low resolution issue with this collection.
@@KienPhungThey also made the Castlevania & Contra collections, as well as the Sega Ages line of retro titles, and the arcade games in the Yakuza series.
@@Just_normal_youtube_channel Well I knew about those too, but their contribution to the MGS Master Collection was news to me.
M2 did not work on this.
Thank you for the technical review. Please keep these coming, very useful information.
god bless duck station
Nice summary!
Thank you very much for this well done collection of points.
I'm already looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
bought it anyway, mostly because I'm hoping for a volume 2 that releases mgs4 from ps3 jail
The ass-pect ratio joke was excellent
Thank you for explaining the version difference! It is always important to know which versoin to go for. Hopefully will see more Master Collection content from you in the future!
Getting excited for the modding community!
Hoping for MGS1 reskin.
Did anyone notice any audio popping through the game? Jim houseman code. Also was right speaker only. Thanks for mentioning the codec sound changes.
I think I know the reason for the green Diazepan box. The red cross logo had some copyright issues in the past. It is no longer possible to use it in games. I ve heard this in a video for Resident Evil where Rebecca Chambers First Aid Bag had to be changed
The asspect ratio tho... I'm dying
This is the best advertisement for Duckstation lol
This remaster was a good advertisement for DuckStation cause I just got that instead and it is sucha upgrade
I wonder if the Diazepam box cross was changed to green in case they get in trouble over the British Red Cross organisation
Also as far as ik, if u play this game on duckstation and put some setting to 100% then u can get 60 fps without the game playing faster than its supposed to. Unfortunatey I forgot which setting it was, haven't played the game in a while.
4:37 the reason of diazepam box's cross' color change was to avoid the Red Cross' new policy, if you ask me that is stupid. Even tho its a really small difference now how can medical items on games be even more realistic now?
They couldn't do ANYTHING for it? Like damn what a letdown. You can play the emulated version of each game at much higher resolution and frame rates and with anti-aliasing to get rid of jaggies. So damn lazy Konami.
Good review, looking forward to see MGS 2 and MGS 3 MC Edition on your channel.
for MGS1 on PC just play the GOG version (with no blur and keyboard support) but MGS2 and 3 were decent. (even tho MGS2 is also on PC that actually supports keyboard)
In the latest patch (version 1.4) it looks like they added options for nearest-neighbor filtering (set smoothing to off) and pixel-perfect aspect ratio. There's also an option for a CRT scanline filter. It's still a subpar, overpriced product (that's modern-day Konami for you) but at least it looks like they're adding and fixing a few things here and there.
If they're expecting me to buy a collection like this, then I expect some QoL improvements.
This is kinda sad to see an new M2 production turn out to be mediocre since M2 has a solid reputation of great emulation ports of retro games. The added irony behind it all is that they recently released the Ray'z Arcade Chornology to PC a while ago as well as the G-Darius HD , which two of those games in the former collection (RayStorm and RayCrisis) and the games in the latter collection are emulations of arcade games that are based on PlayStation 1 hardware, and those ports turned out great from word of mouth. I hope that Konami won't leave this collection like this, M2 doesn't to have their good name sullied like this.
Not to mention their fantastic Virtua Racing remaster.
knowing konami, i feel like they were given a tight deadline resulting to this
cause they only worked on some of the games, not the overall package
am i crazy for thinking the ability to increase the resolution to 4k is the last thing i’d care about in a ps1 game 😂
hope we get an mgs4 port
It's the most important game of the franchise to need a remaster... The HD collection on PS3 did a good enough job for the previous titles, and even if i'd like a PC native remaster of Twin Snakes, it can be emulated to perfection with Dolphin.
Me too
on duckstation you don have trophies to show your progress
I just got Volume 1 of the Master Collection at launch, on PS4 AND Switch. I got Volume 1 not only for me to Video Capture it for UA-cam, but to give an idea of what the Collection is like.
I understand having MGS Integral plus the VR Disc included in the package and VR Missions in the Collection, but I don't understand why the European Special Missions is also included since VR Missions and Special Missions are the EXACT SAME GAMES!? Is there a big difference between the two regional versions!?
Here's some differences I found out between Integral VR and VR Missions:
-In Integral VR, you have SAVE REPLAY right off the bat while VR Missions doesn't seem to have it.
-In Integral VR, you can unlock the Photograph Mode from your Clear Game Data from the Main Campaign. Based on your Rank, you get closer to Naomi's Model. The Best Ranking has you get close to Naomi at 100%.
In VR Missions, based on the Completion Percentage you have on the Missions you get closer to Naomi.
-In Integral VR, to unlock Mei Ling in Photograph Mode, you have to get BIG BOSS Rank in Extreme Mode.
In VR Missions, to unlock Mei Ling, you have to beat every Sneaking Mode Levels at 1st Place.
-Only VR Missions has the Staff Credits in the Special Menu, but Integral VR Disc doesn't.
Good thing I understand some Japanese, especially for the Metal Gear Solids. Plus a handful of my Subscribers are Japanese.
Yeah, I have noticed that the Diazepam/Medicine Box has a green symbol instead of red cross found in the Master Collection Version and that the game doesn't use Analog Control, so there's no pressure sensitively when looking up and down or using the PSG1 Scope... Which was an awesome feature playing the PS1 original MGS with an Analog/DUAL SHOCK Controller.
Me too, I wish this Version gave me an option to play MGS1 in HD Resolution at least.
For some reason I need to Download the Japanese Pack to play MGS Integral which doesn't make any sense since it only has the English voice overs directly from the American Version! And what's so different with UK English in Volume 1!?
lol no one is doing that bro
@@MGrey-qb5xz Doing what?
@@ElricSowrd all those stupid unlocks, people will barely play the shitty game once
@@MGrey-qb5xz Which game do you mean?
@@ElricSowrd might be your mom, hard to say
Capcom shows how this shit should be done over and over but yet here we are.
Just got a 6 GB update so I hope they took all these complaints into account.
did they?
Did they brother. Please respond if you can
@@stephwn There weren't any patch notes but from what I have experienced from playing with the new update it seems like its the same. Someone said that when they update the game you have to redownload it all so it might have been just one change for 6 gigs sadly :/
2:11 That’s because it is on some kind of PS1 emulator (M2 made this run alongside the NES games on its own emulator in this collection)
4:02 the only defense is the analog controls on PS1 original wasnt all that better. But fair point, they kinda did use digital version of that on analog controls in the master collection
You know, when I first heard about this being released for PC, before they showed anything, I was hoping it would be remastered to modern day standard detail
I mean, Im playing with 4k mods on 60 fps with a crouch mod on pc. The win was always just getting it to pc. pc master collection is the best way to play the first 3 games now.
the issue im having is I wanna share this series with my friends, but they're all pc players, and i dont want them to have to deal with confusing emulating or modding to get a good experience, i really with i could just have a super simple method any of my friends could follow
duckstation is awesome, i love the feature ''perspective correction'' that remove the wobbling textures for all ps1 games and to me that's a huge improvement. thank you for sharing this comparison... i'm sad that ''twin snakes'' is not included (i know for ''trademark'' issues). BTW, there's a mod of twin snakes that has the soundtrack from the ps1 version and it looks fantastic on dolphin emulator, i'm been playing it in my steam deck, highly recommended.
How did you change controller port 1 to port 2 for psycho mantis boss fight?
2:50 The PAR of the NTSC release is 10:7 & not 4:3 which makes it right on the Steam version.
4:37 - It is because the red cross is actually trademarked. They can't use it.
The Red Cross is not suing, but occasionally reminds people that it is trademarked.
I guess they thought swapping the white with red and vice versa is too close for their liking though green is an odd choice.
I am glad they added Widescreen update, but they yet havent done it on MSX ports of Metal Gear 1 and Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake
They added high resolution support for MGS1 in the master collection with the MGSM2Fix mod now!
Well that bloody sucks about the dialogue and subtitles. I played the hell out of the demo disk when it first came out with the Japanese language and English subtitles and loved it. That actually convinced me to get a PlayStation over the N64 and Goldeneye I was considering. Being able to play the full game in Japanese and subbed would have been awesome. And it wouldn’t have been hard to do either.
The bilinear filtering on the OG PC version's textures wipes out a lot of detail. Yeah it's technically better, but I personally prefer PS1 at 4x resolution with PGXP and a CRT filter for the UI. The Master Collection version just straight blows. PC emulation kicks its ass.
At 4:30, you showcased the slowdowns that are similar to a PS1. For me, actually, the overclock CPU feature in DuckStation does not actually work on MGS1, in order to maintain 30 FPS during those heavy moments. I went back to RetroArch's Beetle PSX HW for this reason.
Can you, or anyone else confirm that DuckStation's overclock feature does nothing on MGS1?
I was playing MGS1 and the slowdowns I saw were in some dramatic effect scenes, like in the begginning the Hind D in the helliport, I think is their way to make slow motion scenes
Not sure if I missed it but did you mention that Duckstation's "Geometry Correction" feature? One of my favorite things about duckyS
There's some imperfections on duckstation though, it's not perfect, like wall clipping in that concrete corridor before ocelot fight. I'm replaying it on ps Vita and it's perfect. But widescreen and boosted resolution on DuckS. are nice to have. Ps Vita native emulation has no wobbling pixels either compare to disc version
@@olevet75 oh that interesting, thanks for sharing. I never had a Sony handheld but did emulate peace walker, never tried ported ps1 games
The health box might be green due to the same reason the classic doom games' health boxes were made green in the 25th anniversary enhanced editions. The reason being that the red-cross owns the trademark or copyright or something to the well, red coloured cross and that symbol is to be reserved specifically for them so it is distinctly identifiable during actual emergencies or something like that, either way it is basically some red-cross related convoluted and imo, nonsensicle issue.
4:37 - look for the geneva conventions, games cant use the red cross.
Is there a movement to get analogue movement in MGS1?
5:50 complaining about Bilinear filtering even though it was a legit option on Sony’s own systems, not happy about that? Get over it. Audio inaccuracies is a nitpick and the rest is begging for a PS1 game to look way less like a PS1 game, bubby, its best ya can it since not everyone wants to set up emulation to play 1 game looking “better” (airquotes) than another version. Ya know what, don’t bother with those other videos since your probably gonna recommend emulation again
Great job, dude.
Bravo !
Pirates/emulators win with every game release and rerelease.
That's right. PC players who are going to pay for this collection would be out of their mind.
mods, just wait some months or weeks
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>still relying on the community to fix and preserve their games
nothing has changed
@@Spillow-C Not worth it
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honestly, I’m just happy just to play Metal Gear again!! Since I do not have the systems or the games.
Bro really just said the game the game is bad because they made a faithful PlayStation port instead screw it all up by trying to remake it.
If they wanted the original feel of the game fully replicated they would not have used bilinear scaling and had the game run at 240p internally and added a high quality crt-shader like crt-royale running at 4k over the game as an option. Besides this the sound is very important in MGS so I'm baffled as to how they screwed this up.
Furthermore, their emulator is so bad that many people are reporting huge input lag compared to duckstation and the original on ps1. Remember, crt tvs had next to 0 ms of input lag, so having a high latency emulator, plus our modern screens (which have huge input lag when used at 30hz btw) plus the slowdowns carried over from ps1 is simply horrendous to say the least. Retroarch and duckstation offer a feature to mitigate input lag a little if you have a powerful cpu btw. So overall I just hope Konami or the fans will fix this game as right now it is not an option for me and many others...
4:40 the red plus sign is actually a trademark of Red Cross, and technically no video game should be using it (just use a red heart symbol, guys). konami was probably just fixing this for legal issues.
I didn't worry about any of that, and just enjoyed the game. I recommend it.
Did MGS2 and MGS3 play nicely?
@Jason-ot6jv I'm still messing with the first one. Trying to improve my stats. I'm sure that I'm going to enjoy it, though.
@@LearningTheStixx Ah ok enjoy!
The Twin Snakes for the Gamecube is still the best version
3:03 I just wanted to say that's how the cutscene plays on the PS1. The one on the left looks like it was on an emulator.
Does anyone know if the games in the collection support 16:10 aspect ratio, or if mods add this? Really looking to play this on Steam Deck instead of emulating, even if mods are needed. That was inevitable with Konami
I'm not sure how it is today, but on release day MGS2 and 3 didn't work on Steam Deck, but MGS1 plays fine I believe
u can emulate on steam deck too though
I experienced slowdowns in the entrance of snowfield entrance and when used stun grenades in the communucation tower. On PS5 though.
Embarrassing.
4:44 Its green because it would otherwise violate the Geneva conventions (which everyone mentioning the different colored crosses always fails to mention)
nothing a few mods can't fix, I'm happy to say reshade works with mgs2 while other emulated versions don't work well with reshade
PC master race when they can't inject a 20 year old game with oversaturated image sharpening, battlefield lookin' ass lens flare and eye melting bloom.
@@Edward3Nigma Konami dick rider confirmed
Modders do what video game company don't.
The emblem of the Red Cross is protected by international law and national laws. Any use not expressly authorized by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols constitutes misuse of the emblem. The use of these emblems by unauthorized persons is strictly prohibited. Therefore, movie and video game creators often change the color to green to avoid legal problems. If someone wishes to use the emblem of the Red Cross, they must request permission from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The first the '90s Doom game did not face these issues because at the time, the Red Cross was not actively enforcing restrictions on the use of its emblem in video games. However, over time, the game Doom II: Hell on Earth had to make this change. In some console versions of Doom, the red crosses on stim packs, medikits, and berserk packs were changed to pills. This change was due to the fact that the red cross is a symbol protected by the Geneva Convention; the Canadian Red Cross even issued a call to developers to stop using the symbol in games. In theory, developers could face legal action if they misuse it. Thus, in the Unity port of the game Doom, the red medical crosses on the medikits in the original games were altered thanks to the Red Cross stopping people from using said red medical cross in video games, so they were changed to a green cross.
P. S. Very good analysis of your video*
At this rate we may as well rely on emulation for playing these games on PC. Konami isn't going to give attention to detail like fans would. For the 40 GB that the master collection is worth, may as well settle for the PS3 version for MGS2 and MGS3. And the PS1 version of MGS1 on Duckstation.
for some reason when using duckstation, widescreen hack doesnt work with MGS1 for me . does anyone know the correct settings for MGS1 (NTSC) ??
Curious about mgs2 and 3, they always ran horribly on emulators and had tons of visual bugs, at least in my experience.
The Diazepam box has a green logo likely due to copyright reasons, if im not mistaken you cant have red crosses in video games anymore
Omg I noticed the audio thing on the codec last night
2:54 the ASS pect ratio you say?
I think a year ago they announced that they will take msg 2 from gog. This was my call to buy msg 1 and 2 on gog and on the og ps1 and 2
On the Steam version, if you look at the updates they did for it they address all of this.
Didn’t integer get released outside of Japan?
They still don't give you the Silenced MP5 😢
It's not in "very easy" in Integral? I've read confirmation that it is present there as intended.
So what is controls mapping for PC?!
Thank you for this information. I was worried the game would be handled horribly, and it looks like it was.
4:00 I checked and consensus seems to agree, this is how it always was, a placebo effect of thinking it had proper analog movement when it didn’t, spoiled by emulators and versions that had Analogue movement
i'm just shocked ! How come they totally ignored the graphics topic on MGS 1999 ? the game look like being playing on Connectix Virtual Game Station (VGS) 24 Years back then
So what your saying is I might as well just emulate it
Wait… the original pc version had 360 degrees control?
Everything is ok except for MGS - options for widescreen, resolution downsampling and wobble fix would have made a real difference....and it's nothing intensive for any platform to handle (noting I am playing it on switch). Crazy they launched it like this.
Hey, great video! I have heard some people talking about input lag in this version of MGS1, but you didn't mention it here, would you say it's pretty minor or nonexistent? I've been meaning to boot up my PS2 and DuckStation to compare.
Funny how they used bilinear filtering to get a "better" image but also locked the game to 240p
I still have the Mgs1 for pc that I bought in the late 90's/ early 00's and it has been the version I've played the most, looks like thats what I'll be sticking with. Its kinda sad that that haven't updated it atleast a little graphically 😢
It's still nice to finally have the damn game on steam, we all waited for years for Konami to release the MGS games on current platforms. Even though duckstation which i used recently to play MGS1 last year is the best way, the official game packs helps people that have no idea on how to emulate and configure pc settings right are able to just pick up the controller and just play without worries. Hopefully they do patch it with updates later and it's gonna be nice with vol. 2 collection coming later which is most likely gonna contain MGS4, can't wait.
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4:44 fun fact, the red cross isn't public domain and its use is governed by the International Committee of the Red Cross. using it unauthorized is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, which is likely why it's been removed for the rerelease.
edit: whoops, someone beat me to it.
Great video as always, would you be interested in making a video about PSP Metal Gear Games like Portable ops, Portable Ops Plus and both Ac!d games?
My master collection is unplayable! Bad controller interface and no settings menu to fix it! MGS2 and MGS3 crashes