Wow, is there any sort of meaningful content or mechanical difference (say, for something like speed running), that would make the PAL versions useful to have? I just don't quite understand why they'd bother including it, is it necessary for non English non Japanese languages?
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
4 points (100.0% liked)
PC Gaming
10 readers
1 users here now
Discuss Games, Hardware and News on PC Gaming **Discord** https://discord.gg/4bxJgkY **Mastodon** https://cupoftea.social **Donate** https://ko-fi.com/cupofteasocial **Wiki** https://www.pcgamingwiki.com
founded 1 year ago
For nostalgia reason, if someone is used to play 50 Hertz. And off course for the language itself (text and voice). I grew up with the PAL version and to me the voices are iconic. So having NTSC and PAL versions is essential in a collection that calls itself "Master" in my opinion. And sometimes PAL games got released as last and may include bug fixes. Can't say for this particular game, but that is something to have in mind. I found these interesting investigations:
https://consolemods.org/wiki/PS1:PAL_Optimized_Titles
https://metalgearspeedrunners.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mgs1_version_and_region_differences
The game was dubbed into Spanish (and probably other languages too) in PAL territory. I wonder if playing in said languages is only possible by playing the PAL version.