Konami is Taking Its Time With Steel Gear Strong: Grasp Assortment Vol. 2

Steel Gear Strong: Grasp Assortment Vol. 1 launched earlier this 12 months and was met with a number of consternation from followers. Whereas the choice of video games was in fact fairly commendable, the execution of bringing them to trendy {hardware} was lower than optimum. Glitches abounded, framerate points, and even issues like previous watermarks from the earlier Steel Gear compilation left a nasty style in followers’ mouths. Though it was finally patched, Grasp Assortment Vol. 1 stays lower than excellent, and Konami appears to be effectively conscious of it.

Talking on episode two of the Steel Gear – Manufacturing Hotline, collection manufacturing producer Noriaki Okamura stated that Konami plans on taking its time producing Steel Gear Strong: Grasp Assortment Vol. 2 (which is formally in developmnent) with the intention to guarantee it comes out in the very best form. Okamura stated the next:

We’re additionally apprehensive about how Vol. 1 had a reasonably tough launch, with all the problems, so we’re going to do every thing we will to not repeat that, however we simply must ask for everybody to present us time.

Okamura additionally goes on to state that the choice of video games this time round would require a bit extra legwork to provide, as lots of the video games both don’t have already got an HD remaster to work from, or are already in HD and will likely be huge undertakings to port. Steel Gear Strong 4: Weapons of the Patriots is the elephant within the room right here, as that PlayStation 3-era title is probably going going to be the largest beast to handle. Not that it, or another recreation, has been confirmed for Vol. 2. That stated, it, Steel Gear Strong: Ghost Babel, Steel Gear Strong: The Twin Snakes, and lots of different titles dedicated from Vol. 1 can be most welcome sights.

Which video games do you hope Konami remasters from the Steel Gear Strong collection? Do you suppose it’ll assist if the corporate takes its time growing the following quantity of the Grasp Assortment? Share with us under and on-line.

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