The industrious team of developers behind the PC emulator for the PlayStation 3, RPCS3, has just released footage of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots running in-game. While still a work in progress, the video shows an aged Solid Snake finally making his debut on the PC for the first time in the history of this emulator’s development.
Metal Gear Solid 4 has certainly been one of the most requested games both across RPCS3’s forums, and in the comment sections underneath the videos of each release update. The game finally launched for the first time on the emulator about a month ago, but would go no further than the opening menu.
That we are seeing the first, real, in-game footage so soon after the previous build, and at more than 40FPS sometimes, is seriously a big deal. Metal Gear Solid 4 has proven to be an extremely resistant game to emulate, and has thus far remained the only game in this well-loved franchise that was impossible for PC players to enjoy on their favourite platform.
Now that fact is about to change. The video shows our buddy Snake doing his thing in an extremely glitchy environment on the PC, with the frame rate hovering in the mid-20’s or so. The RPCS3 team have noted, however, that they will soon be able to lift the frame rate not just to 30FPS, but possibly all the way to 60!
This is a long-awaited triumph for fans of PS3 emulation, and it attests to the insane amount of hard work those devs are putting into their emulator. Sure it looks rough, but I must admit that I have seen games looking much worse upon their first launch not just on this emulator, but also on others.
The description of their video suggests that things are looking bright indeed for future improvements surrounding one of Hideo Kojima’s finest (and last) entries into the series. You can download the RPCS3 emulator here (however it is unclear from the video if the latest release has already been made available to the public).
Enjoy!
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Pieter hails all the way from the tip of southern Africa and suffers from serious PC technophilia. Therapists say it is incurable. Now he has to remind himself constantly that gaming doesn’t count as a religion even if DRM is the devil. Thankfully, writing reviews sometimes helps with the worst symptoms.
and in 60fps too! amazing!
about time Konami should release that MGS HD legacy collection for all platforms.
Just one maybe two more years and this emulator will be perfect.
PlayStation ‘exclusive’ Demon’s Souls at 4K/60fps only on PC and now this news.
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or spend 300 on have the best of both worlds instead of being a salty virgin that waits a decade to play a game at 5 fps with visual bugs and artifacts 🙂
hate you new gen gamer kids who didn’t grow up with consoles or experienced Og gaming .
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So much fail in that amusing little rant so please do continue making an utter fool of yourself!
only fool embarrassing himself is you here literally crying and being edgy at every article go out a bit life is too short for this crap. I feel bad for you and how detached from reality you are :'(
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only n**gers like you spend money on a sh**ty a*s limited console with 30fps cap limits and sub 1080p minimal resolution. p**sy a*s b**ch a*s n**ger piece of sh*t fa**ot d*ck licking b**ch.,
Considering the PS5 will be out by the time this PS3 game gets stable, doesn’t seem a huge loss.
lol
I don’t understand why you act like this is some victory, they are just over a decade old ps3 games.
Because this is a really great game and can be much more enjoyable now, since the Master Race™ doesn’t suffer from that disease called hardware limitation like the peasants box!
And what makes you think that the Master Race™ doesn’t have access to the poorest ways of play? We play what we want, cause we don’t have that disease I just told you about!
What a f*cking child.
Thanks, mate!
This is a sh*t
Why not spend your money wisely and make a metal gear collection for all platform,Konami???
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This is huge. For years they couldn’t get past the start screen. I really want to play this game in 4k 60fps with some nice upscale texture packs.
One thing that is super exciting to see apart from being in-game is the framerate…its solid!
What an awesome game this is!
I guess it’s time for to play this masterpiece again.
Nuff said!
finally! =D