Waiting for the PS2 Classics

[Sparth]

Would really want to see the classic's on PC.

[Sparth]

Well, here's the bit to Emulation. It's awesome and I agree to it, though emulation doesn't support mods in the traditional sense and there is documents of mod groups who have had to tear their hair out in a sadistic fashion to even start working with emulation to take the classic games in different directions.

Such as Open Goal, a project dedicated to decompiling the Jak and Daxter Games and recompile them while getting them to run on PC hardware than to jump the hundreds of hoops for emulation.

https://opengoal.dev/

Ontop of that, if the game files from a classic can be pulled apart, dissected and put back together; players could breathe new life into the classic games by creating mods with different types of speed runs, possibly new quests/missions/objectives and polish up the models with new texture's that the old hardware couldn't support.

I'm all for emulation, but when you want to make small or large changes or do something more, a native PC version would be badass and more appropriate to have to work with; that and I looked into what it would take to mod Ratchet: Deadlocked/Gladiator... There is so much that has to be tagged and ID'd, I do not envy the team behind Horizon who make the map and new game mode mods got the thing; there is SOOOO much that goes into it...

https://www.uyatracker.net/
https://discord.gg/horizonps

[Queen HawlSera]

Diposting pertama kali oleh A Mouse Is Fine Too:

I would give a left arm for old PS games and sega Dreamcast games to be on steam.
(There are some Dreamcast games on steam, but not all of them, quick example PowerStone).

Power Stone 2 on PSP was pretty ♥♥♥

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Apocryphox:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Piggy INSOMNIAC 3D:

which is straight up false.half your arguments are statistics and achievements which even ps2 games didnt have. the games dont have viruses if you have brains and download from trusted sites, doesnt take a lot of computing power at all, no one has gotten in trouble for emulating games besides nintendo being cucks

So then we don't need the classics on steam, boys. You heard him. Download an emo-lator and let's go.

yes you dont need classics on steam, remakes and remasters are not ports from the ps2. do you want to play a ps2 game or a remake of a ps2 game? next time dont spread false information about emulators that might dissuade someone from trying it and experiencing all their childhood games that they otherwise would have never gotten to experience again

[Duckilous]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Apocryphox:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Merlinjamin:

Use an emulator, works like a charm in most cases!

Except the fact that emulators needs a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of performance

That only applies to emulators of 7th gen and above consoles such as the Switch, Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360. Legacy consoles like PS2, GameCube/Wii, Xbox and especially older ones like GBA, PS1, N64, SNES, NES, GBC, etc., don't require a demanding PC to run on.

don't have achievements

Who cares?
People back then didn't care about some stupid fluff that tells you that you did a thing.
If anyone really wants achievements for old games, that's where the integration of Retro Achievements[retroachievements.org] comes in.

don't have any statistics

Who in this world cares about this other than you? Some games back then come with their own statistics so emulators don't necessarily need to count everything you do in a game.
If you want a playtime counter, some emulators do provide just that.

needs tweaks for most games which needs time and patience

That sums up for every old PC game out there. Even some modern PC games still require tweaking to fix issues like stuttering and crashing. Tweaking things isn't exclusive to emulators.
The beauty of console games is that you don't need to do all that and thus, emulators of consoles would just let you play the games with no problems, especially the old ones.

do usually only work with illegal copies of video games

That's heavily false.
Emulators have the capacity to run games straight from the disc in your PC.
Dumping your own copies of games for personal use is legal and it's precisely how it's even possible to get console games in a PC file format that emulators can read in the first place.

from sites which are mostly known for viruses

Then don't be an ♥♥♥♥♥ by going to sites that are known for having viruses...

don't have the ability to use mods.

There's plenty of ROM hacks for many old games, especially ones for Mario and Sonic.
Translation and texture/sprite hacks are like the common types of old-school modding.
Even model replacements and gameplay mods are possible for emulated modern games.

I guess something more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ would be better here.

Of course having a native PC port is significantly better because that means the system requirements will be less demanding for newer games and there won't be any inaccurate glitches which are the real issues of emulation while all you have are just disingenuous statements about emulators. Or "emo-lators" in your words which is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ childish.
You shouldn't undermine emulators like that, they're very important for the preservation and accessibility of old games that companies don't care too much about.

[CB]

Diposting pertama kali oleh HazoVigi:

Up your arsenal was my favourite game back then and I would buy it day one if it would realese on steam.

Seriously, give us the classics. Anyone know if they're rumoured to be ported to steam as well or if it's just this one.

[TMW001]

Twisted metal
Ratchet
Jak
Sly
Killzone
Resistance
Ape Escape

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Twisted metal
Ratchet
Jak
Sly
Killzone
Resistance
Ape Escape

resistance series was the best

[Zunnoab #931]

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Diposting pertama kali oleh HazoVigi:

Up your arsenal was my favourite game back then and I would buy it day one if it would realese on steam.

Seriously, give us the classics. Anyone know if they're rumoured to be ported to steam as well or if it's just this one.

They seem to only be doing fairly recent hits, sadly. Money talks, so hopefully this one does very well.

I always think back to when asked in an interview if another Chrono series game was in the works, the person from Square Enix being interviewed laughed and said buy the DS port of Chrono Trigger if you want to prove it will sell, or something along those lines. Sad, but true.

Poor Sly Cooper left on a cliffhanger because Sony refused to fund the planned DLC due to poor sales of the fourth game...