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Games where an emulated console version outclasses the PC port? (kbin.run)
submitted 4 months ago by Eggyhead@kbin.run to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I’m putting a lot of my old games on my steam deck by buying their PC ports whenever they go on sale.

It got me wondering, is anyone aware of games where it’s actually better to run the console version through an emulator than play the native PC version?

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[–] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i vaguely recall the retail box version of silent hill 2 or 3 for PC being not all that amazing, and later emulating the Ps2 version was a better option, not to mention the easiest option since both games for PC are not common finds. then again the PC I played Silent hill 2 on wasn’t all that beefy at the time.

maybe any games that originally were for console ported to PC with Denuvo hit this criteria. interesting question!

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Silent Hill 2 is a special case. They lost the source code and original asset library for the game, so it's a remake using assets ripped from the PS2 release copy.

A very, very poorly done and buggy remake that was also underfunded and rushed out the door.

[–] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks for jogging my memory! I completely forgot about that core fact 😓.