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As somebody who obtained into Atlus by means of Persona 4 Golden on the PS Vita, I used to be curious to strive extra of its video games again then. I ended up occurring a journey discovering Etrian Odyssey, which turned my favourite Atlus collection, loving Shin Megami Tensei IV, and slowly making my approach by means of no matter was obtainable on 3DS and PS Vita. I missed out on Atlus’ PS2 releases till making an attempt out Nocturne and Digital Satan Saga by means of the PS2 classics releases on PS3. I did not play Satan Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Military in any respect so the upcoming remaster (extra of a remake) meant I might lastly rectify that. Having now spent just a few hours with a preview construct of Raidou Remastered: The Thriller of the Soulless Military’s Steam model on Steam Deck and ROG Ally, it’s a fascinating launch in some ways. 

Earlier than going additional into this PC port preview, capturing my very own screenshots was not permitted for this construct and I’ve used property supplied by Atlus for this function. I put time into Raidou Remastered throughout my Steam Deck OLED, Steam Deck LCD, and ROG Ally to see how the PC port is shaping up over a month previous to launch.

Having by no means performed the unique, Raidou Remastered feels in contrast to something I’ve performed from Atlus earlier than in a great way. After the opening hour, I watched a playthrough of the PS2 model, and the visible improve is staggering, but it surely nonetheless could be very a lot Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Military. For extra on the sport itself, I like to recommend studying Cullen’s preview right here. I will give attention to my ideas with the PC port up to now. Since that is an early construct, take into account that issues possible will change for the ultimate launch.

Raidou Remastered PC controls 

Earlier than discussing the graphics and show choices, I needed to see how pleasant Raidou Remastered is with its enter choices. Not solely are you able to select button prompts for controllers with many remapping choices, however you too can play it with keyboard and mouse controls. The latter allows you to click on and drag to maneuver as nicely. It additionally appropriately modifications button prompts on the fly for those who swap from utilizing a controller to keyboard and mouse controls. 

Raidou Remastered PC graphics choices

Whereas this is not as feature-packed a port as some current Sega Like a Dragon releases, it’s good to see Atlus not ship one other Nocturne HD right here. Raidou Remastered is a step above that not solely in port high quality on PC, but in addition as a whole launch. It’s fortunately not capped to 30fps like Nocturne HD was. Actually it even can run above 60fps on PC fairly simply. The sport would not have an in-game body limiter, however will run at your monitor’s refresh fee if you allow v-sync. When disabling it, the sport targets 60fps. 

The graphics settings are a bit bare-bones. You should utilize a prioritize graphics or efficiency preset, however these appear to solely change the rendering scale, shadows, and anti-aliasing. You’ll be able to regulate the rendering scale (60, 80, and 100) and toggle each shadows and anti-aliasing on and off. There have been no different choices within the construct I had. It additionally appears to assist downsampling from the get go. 

Raidou Remastered Steam Deck impressions

Since it is a preview construct and the sport remains to be a month away, I do not need to definitively discuss efficiency or Raidou Remastered Steam Deck advisable settings, however even now, it is rather promising on Steam Deck. For my testing, I used my Steam Deck OLED and my Steam Deck LCD. I would go as far as to say Raidou Remastered will likely be Steam Deck Verified by launch if it hasn’t been completed already. The whole lot works because it ought to on Valve’s handheld proper now together with keyboard enter. 

Visually, every little thing holds up nicely and it scales down and up higher than Nocturne did, but it surely at the moment has some efficiency points in particular conditions on Steam Deck that aren’t {hardware} associated given the efficiency would not range in these conditions even when operating at a a lot greater or decrease decision. No matter I did, the body fee hovered round 40-45fps in these conditions. I think about this will likely be ironed out by launch, however it’s the solely subject I bumped into in an in any other case nice expertise. This additionally primarily occurred within the first space with the sport operating typically higher in a while.

Raidou Remastered ROG Ally impressions

On the ROG Ally, I had no points with the sport. When performed at 1080p at 100% render scale and each anti-aliasing and shadows personal, it was at all times above 100fps. There was some hitching in particular areas, however nothing main.

At the same time as an early preview construct and within the opening hours, Raidou Remastered impressed me with its story, music, and aesthetic. You possibly can say my expectations have been at all-time low due to Nocturne HD’s bare-bones port, however I am greater than happy with Raidou Remastered on PC up to now in nearly each approach. I am unable to wait to play the ultimate Steam construct and hopefully additionally try the sport on Swap 2 as nicely.