What's old is new again or so the saying goes. While some fashion styles were better off dead and buried, some games never grow old in spirit. Speaking at their pre-E3 press conference earlier today, Konami has stated its intentions to release high definition remakes of titles from the Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders franchises. Better yet the both collections will not just be showing up on PS3, as expected, but are also coming to Xbox 360.
The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will consist of high-definition updates of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, previously a PSP exclusive. Sadly the collection doesn't include the original Metal Gear Solid or the highly coveted Gamecube remake Twin Snakes. The collection is currently scheduled for release in November.
The Zone of the Enders HD Collection, another series from the mind of Hideo Kojima, collects the original Zone of the Enders and its sequel Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner. The Z.O.E Collection is scheduled for a 2012 release.
Konami promises that gamers can expect more than mere ports and instead the original games are being ""optimised and rebuilt" for the collections. Players can also expect redrawn 2D art, effects and fonts, new user interfaces, trophies/achievements and improved audio quality. The MGS Collection will also add force feedback and right analog for Peace Walker.
The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will also debut a new game-transferring initiative from Konami dubbed "Transfarring". The new program will allow players to transfers save states between the PS3 MGS Collection and the PSP version of Peace Walker. Hideo Kojima, Konami vice president and MGS mastermind, hopes to expand the technology to PlayStation 2 games between the PS3 and NGP, and later intends to incorporate the technology in all new games.
Greatest game of all last gen, finally available this gen. Only two games this gen top it: Mario Galaxy and Portal (ok, 4 games). And even then it's too close to call.
MGS3 is the best game in the Metal Gear Series, it totally outdoes MGS1.
Only pre-requisite: It better be MGS3 Subsistence.
Eh. I already have it on PS2 in Snake Eater and Subsistence form. Will gladly double dip again, its the kind of game that playing anywhere and at home in HD will be most welcome. Very few games are as endlessly playable as MGS3 these days.
Candy, where did you hear the news of the hd remakes of Silent Hill 2 and 3? Silent Hill 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and a hd version is the greatest piece of gaming news I've heard in a while. Part 3 is great too!!!
Lastly, buried within the Silent Hill: Downpour section of the conference was a brief mention of the Silent Hill Collection, which puts remastered versions of Silent Hill 2 and 3 together into one package. No details of any kind were given beyond the list of games and their HD capabilities, so hopefully we'll get more info on that come E3.
I never got into the SH games much at the time so here's my chance to remedy that.
SH2 was one of the first games I bought for the PS2 but I never finished it. Playing at night, home alone with the lights out and surround sound scared the shit out of me.
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Lastly, buried within the Silent Hill: Downpour section of the conference was a brief mention of the Silent Hill Collection, which puts remastered versions of Silent Hill 2 and 3 together into one package. No details of any kind were given beyond the list of games and their HD capabilities, so hopefully we'll get more info on that come E3.
I never got into the SH games much at the time so here's my chance to remedy that.
BTW MGS3 will be GOTG yet again. Bank on it.
We never did find out properly what the 2005 GOTY was. We had to vote RE4 to stop WoW cheating its way to victory.
I preferred MSG3 if not just for the awesome cut scenes moulding the story together but also the surprise twists (Multipath ending on the plane with Ocelot was sweet) and character introductions.
RE4, although good, was where it started going less survival horror and more arcadey. Definitely disjointed from its original roots.
selfish wrote:Being a massive fanboy and trying to hide it is Lestat's worst bottleneck.