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| MGS1: PC vs PSX; Which is better? | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 1 2008, 07:43 PM (119 Views) | |
| GraySnake182 | Jul 1 2008, 07:43 PM Post #1 |
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Does anyone have a preference between the PSX version of Metal Gear Solid and the ultra-rare PC version? Personally, I can't see the PC having an adequate control scheme for MGS without having some sort of gaming peripheral added, but I've also never played the PC version of the game. I didn't even know it existed until today, so I ordered it on eBay, and now I'm hoping it will be a suitable replacement for my PSX version which only plays up until the first cutscene ends. |
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| FearHeldDear | Jul 1 2008, 09:51 PM Post #2 |
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Never played the PC version, although a friend of mine has a copy of it. I'd have to get a peripheral controller to play it though, I wouldn't be able to stand playing a game like MGS with a keyboard and mouse. |
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| GraySnake182 | Jul 1 2008, 09:54 PM Post #3 |
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I can't even imagine the mouse/keyboard control layout. It must be so awkward. |
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"Everything has its beginning. But it doesn't start at one. It starts long before that - in chaos. The world is born - from zero. The moment zero becomes one is the moment the world springs to life. One becomes two, two becomes 10, 10 becomes 100. Taking it all back to one solves nothing. So long as zero remains, one will eventually grow to 100 again." - Spoiler: click to toggle Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots[/big]
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| Bellrim | Jul 1 2008, 11:15 PM Post #4 |
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I had it on my laptop a while ago and mapped everthing onto the keyboard - was far from ideal. I played mgs2 on my pc with an xbox controller a while back and that seemed to work ok. There were some annoying little nags tho - like you couldn't release the aim button slowly to exit first person mode, you HAD to fire the weapon. Probs not a problem in mgs1 tho. |
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| GraySnake182 | Jul 1 2008, 11:22 PM Post #5 |
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Where did you find it? Was it a torrent, or the actual disc? I'm curious, because my PSX copy of MGS1 doesn't work anymore, and I was thinking of tracking down the PC version as an alternative. |
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"Everything has its beginning. But it doesn't start at one. It starts long before that - in chaos. The world is born - from zero. The moment zero becomes one is the moment the world springs to life. One becomes two, two becomes 10, 10 becomes 100. Taking it all back to one solves nothing. So long as zero remains, one will eventually grow to 100 again." - Spoiler: click to toggle Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots[/big]
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| krypton_ls | Jul 2 2008, 05:39 PM Post #6 |
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A few things to bear in mind, and to answer your queries... - You cannot beat the PSX version for originality; whilst it's a whole new experience on the PC, (and btw, I think there's a bit in it somewhere that doesn't work right...) and looks better, you can give it a full playthrough on the PC using the inputs that a PC has for a full experience. - If you want to be snazzy, get a PS to USB adaptor, (dirt cheap on eBay) and use your controller to play it on your PC. - Also, go to eBay to pick up an original PS copy of the game to relive the awesomeness of MGS1 on the console it was first made for.  And as an added note, I have a fully sealed and brand new copy of MGS1 on PC in the original big box-sized package that PC games used to come in. |
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| OuterJaccob | Jul 3 2008, 02:49 PM Post #7 |
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I really like the PC version, but as Bellrim said, you need to seriously get the control configuration sorted, I never play it anymore since I wouldn't want to risk damaging the disc. It comes with all the VR missions by the way. |
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| solidfox | Jul 4 2008, 07:00 AM Post #8 |
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I find that MGS is a LOT easier to play on the keyboard...don't know why. Ever play MGS4 on a keyboard as well? Opens up a whole new world of controls. But, I still prefer MGS on the psx a lot more, I've had to many problems with the PC. |
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| SolidSnake52 | Jul 4 2008, 01:38 PM Post #9 |
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I prefer it on the good old PSX
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| Sybris | Jul 6 2008, 08:45 PM Post #10 |
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PSX, PC = too buggy. |
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| r0b | Jul 6 2008, 10:04 PM Post #11 |
 
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i prefered the PC version without a doubt. But back in the day when my old computer would run it with no problems. It was a lot faster and better graphics. The keyboard wasn't hard to master at all, but i did later buy a PC controller. Plus with PC you can take screenshots, use them as sigs/wallpapers, record video and sound. That's why i love PC games as opposed to console. |
   
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| Sybris | Jul 6 2008, 10:07 PM Post #12 |
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Have you got MGS to work on a 'modern' PC? If so, teach me! 
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| krypton_ls | Jul 7 2008, 09:05 AM Post #13 |
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XP: Yes, and apparently Vista has some huge problems with it, so I won't comment on a definitive yes or no for Vista, mainly as I don't actually own any machine with the OS installed... even though I have a real copy knocking around. 
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| Mealing | Jul 7 2008, 01:25 PM Post #14 |
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PC version works fine and dandy for me. I'd imagine you can pick it up pretty cheap, and there's a demo version of the game as well if you search on google. |
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