Konami

Konami? That’s Not How SteamOS Works…

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I’m not sure what compelled Konami to make this announcement; other than maybe other developers prepping their games to be Steam Deck friendly… But they released an announcement the other day about the Castlevania Advance Collection stating the following:

Before purchasing this software, please be advised that it cannot be played on Steam Deck as it does not support SteamOS.

For the record, it does run under Linux/SteamOS just fine with Proton. It’s quite evident that Konami has no idea how Proton works under SteamOS/Linux. Hell, they didn’t even bother to try testing it themselves with a Linux distro, or ask a third party to verify that it works. Also, out of all of the games they’ve released on Steam, why did Konami choose the Castlevania Advance Collection? Quite a few of their other games have been verified to run on the Steam Deck (the Metal Gear games being among them) and they just randomly choose to post an announcement about a game that doesn’t work on Steam Deck… even though it does?

I haven’t played much of it myself, but I can verify that it runs under Manjaro on my Linux powered Surface Pro, which is very similar to current SteamOS. It would have almost made sense if they posted an announcement about a more resource demanding game not working on SteamOS. It would still have been wrong, but at least Konami would have been aiming a little higher, a little more graphically demanding.

Sometimes if you don’t know about how something works, it’s best not to say anything at all.

Silent Hill 4: The Room Appears On GOG

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Konami seems to still be on a kick releasing older titles on GOG, like Silent Hill 4: The Room. I didn’t know there was a Silent Hill game on PC, but then again I wasn’t aware of the first two Metal Gear Solid games having a PC presence either until a few years ago. I heard this particular Silent Hill title is one of the Black Sheep in the series. Still, might have to consider checking it out if only for the lulz.

OMG Metal Gear! Is On GOG

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Dummy Blocc

Metal Gear Solids 1 2 and classic Metal Gear were released on GOG today, so if anyone wants to get a digital copy it appears to be available. From what I’ve read it isn’t a remaster, just the original PC releases. I’m not sure if they have been patched or not, but if needed I do know of a fan made MGS2 patch. Still, it would be nice to have a remastered edition just like Capcom did with their games. Konami is just letting Fox Engine is go to waste on pachinko machine animations…

I’m going to wait and see if it releases on Steam, if push comes to shove I’ll buy it on GOG. I’m getting them one way or the other.

MGS1 And MGS2 Are Being Re-Released On PC!

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I did a double take when going through my RSS feed this morning. After all these years the PC versions of MGS1 and MGS2 will finally reappear, along with other older classic titles from Konami’s catalog.

This ‘re-release’ is in all likelihood intended to make older Konami games playable on next-gen consoles. Given the somewhat limited backwards compatibility of the PS5, we can expect this practice of re-releasing to become more commonplace, and hopefully PC gamers can also reap the benefits!

The first PC releases for both games were pretty buggy (though thanks to a fan patch improves the port immensely). The cutscenes in MGS1 were broken, and MGS2 had some graphical issues when running vanilla. It would also be nice to have more modern resolutions, the highest resolution I could achieve in MGS1’s PC port to go was 1024×768 with no patches or tweaks like I can find for MGS2. Perhaps in the future we might even see MGS3 and 4 officially come to PC! Think of the possibilities!

I wonder what modding would be like, if at all.

Konami Is Building Gaming PC’s?

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I shit you not:

In a nutshell: Konami, the one-time video gaming giant behind the likes of Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid, has entered the PC manufacturing business. Konami Amusements, a subsidiary of Konami Holdings Corporation, is now accepting orders for the first three Arespear gaming PCs.

I guess my only remaining question would be if they come with a free pachinko game?

So I checked out a bit of Metal Gear Survive

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Took a quick look at Metal Gear Survive’s Beta. I haven’t really played much other than to check out the interface. Similar to MGSV you can make your own character (with the option of playing a female this time as seen above) and play a bit in a private virtual practice area. I don’t know if I’ll play much more tomorrow, so not sure if I can provide a fair impression on the rest of the game. Plus, considering Metal Gear Survive will be $30 with microtransactions it’s really too soon to say. I may get it at some point but probably during a sale. I have a backlog to make love to until then. :melon: