MH Oldschool

Gamers! Dundorma won the last poll, as it should. This time I wanted to ask: what do you consider to be the best way to play old MH? Emulator, or hardware? Do you prefer being able to upscale, or the original appearance of the game? Do you enjoy the freedom of emulators, or the accuracy of hardware? Discuss below!

Is the floating point in the room with us right now?

Emulator, cuz I cannot afford a network adaptor ;w;
Also due to the fact that is easy to use, have access to improvement like upscaling and just be able to play on my sick ass IPS monitor :3.

AmyRoxwell wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:26 am Emulator, cuz I cannot afford a network adaptor ;w;
Also due to the fact that is easy to use, have access to improvement like upscaling and just be able to play on my sick ass IPS monitor :3.

If money for the network adaptor is the only thing holding you back, doesn't that mean, that you'd rather play on hardware? :D

And I'd argue that increasing the internal resolution is a huge downgrade for PS2 MH, since that lets you see all the models and textures not meant to be seen that clearly ^^'

Seki wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:31 am

AmyRoxwell wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:26 am Emulator, cuz I cannot afford a network adaptor ;w;
Also due to the fact that is easy to use, have access to improvement like upscaling and just be able to play on my sick ass IPS monitor :3.

If money for the network adaptor is the only thing holding you back, doesn't that mean, that you'd rather play on hardware?

And I'd argue that increasing the internal resolution is a huge downgrade for PS2 MH, since that lets you see all the models and textures not meant to be seen that clearly ^^'

Nope, cuz I love playing on emu, it doesnt have any more lag than my ps2 led tv setup, it looks cleaner for my poor vision and just looks pretty :3

I like both ways, but I prefer to play on emulators, because I like it to play old games with newer controllers, e.g. we've all got used to the (PSP) claw, but being able to play the Portable Series with a PS5 Controller is just awesome [and a larger screen]. The save games/states on an emulator are also easier/faster to access and I wrote a bash script to synchronize all my emulator save games with my server, so I can easily switch between laptop (portable method) and stationary PC whenever I want to. (And I don't have a perfectly working PS2 controller anymore, lol).

But hardware is nostalgia. <3

For MH specifically, I do prefer emulation these days for the ease and comfort of it. I think there's a much stronger argument for playing on hardware if you're talking about the PS2 versus PC, but PSP versus PC not so much.

Draculestia wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:11 am For MH specifically, I do prefer emulation these days for the ease and comfort of it. I think there's a much stronger argument for playing on hardware if you're talking about the PS2 versus PC, but PSP versus PC not so much.

I don't agree with this at all I think the PSP games loose way more of their charm and importance in their design decisions if you play them on emulator, although I am thinking of emulator as in on your PC because I'd imagine it's not that bad to emulate the PSP games on your phone. With the Console games you'd sit down and play a session regardless if you're on PC or PS2 (or Wii)

i love hardware like my pc and ps2 they keep me warm like in the winter but in the summer im like no! no hunting!

i'm a big physical media lover and as much as i admire and support emulators for their preservation and easy access for everyone to enjoy, there's still a certain charm of playing games on the console they were made for that can't be really captured by playing it on a pc or phone

that's easier said than done these days, unfortunately
scalpers and whatnot lol