Haunting Ground
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Developer(s): Capcom
Genre: Horror
Wikipedia: Wikipedia.org
Game review links: Gamespot.com
Game review score: 67/100 (Metacritic)
Game description: Haunting Ground, known as Demento (Japanese: デメント) in Japan, is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 console in 2005.
The protagonist of Haunting Ground is Fiona Belli, a young girl who the player must guide through Belli Castle and its immediate environments in an effort to escape. Along the way, players must solve puzzles, unlock doors and evade, hide or attempt to fight against the castle's inhabitants. Fiona is accompanied by Hewie, a White Shepherd and the two must work as a team to solve certain puzzles and outwit their pursuers.
Test configuration on Windows:
| PCSX2 version: | v1.1.0.r5492 |
| Graphics by GSdx: | r5464 |
| Sound by SPU2-X: | r5478 |
| Pad plugin is Pokopom: | v2.0.0 |
Comments: Runs perfect, no noticeable issues. Hack comments: Hacks: INTC, Wait Loop Detection, mVU flag hack, Enable fast CDVD, mVU Block Hack, MTVU.
Test configuration on Linux:
| PCSX2 version: | 1736 |
| Graphics by ZZogl: | 186 |
| Sound by SPU2-X: | untested |
Hack comments: No targets CLUT + full 16 bit res.
PC specs used to test the game:
| CPU: | Intel Core i7 950 @3.07Ghz |
| GPU: | Radeon HD 5870 |
Comments: 60/60FPS
Widescreen support
Widescreen support with .pnatch file from the PCSX2 forums.
Known Issues
Dull Graphics
This game look normal only in ZZogl, no GSDX and ZeroGS versions, but ZZogl is slow on this game. GSdx has improved the game but not quite close to it yet.
- Solution: Use No targets CLUT + full 16 bit res in ZZogl (r186) for it.
No post-processing effects
- Type: Graphical issue
- Affected Game Versions: All
- Description: Adding a more precise description to the above mentioned "Dull Graphics". This is because there are no post-processing effects present in GSdx hardware mode. (Disabled in the plugin, because of rendering errors and slowdowns) Because of the heavy use of these effects, the gaming experience is not as good as it is originally intended. Also some night levels are more darker because of the lack of post processing. Plus no shadows on the characters.
- Solution: Switch to software mode. This enables all effects. Some minor glitches with the shadows though. Beware that this mode is CPU heavy! Around 70% with Intel i5 @3.3 GHz But plays fine with max. FPS.
