Oh … what times those in which after-school afternoons became ephemeral in our room with Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Gran Turismo, etc. So we could be all day, but we are not going to do it for our good and that of our readers. PlayStation 2 became a worldwide phenomenon back in 2000, and among its more than 13,000 titles it has a hundred video games that could well deserve a memorial museum.
Years later, the opportunity returns thanks to the Android system of being able to remember those glorious days for its graphic compatibility with the Sony console, although it is still a field with a lot of margin in order to improve optimization on mobile devices, but that theme would give another article. Realistically, there are not many exponents in Google Play who have dared to emulate the mythical console, and some of them have significant shortcomings.
Therefore, we have chosen the one that stands out above all the emulators called DamonPS2 , an application developed to offer the maximum user experience while maintaining the graphic quality of those titles.
The functional aspect, its main asset
If this emulator is characterized by something, it is from its focus on the performance of the titles with respect to the terminal hardware, and it is that almost all games can reach 30 FPS without many problems, except for several that touch the 60 frames per second.
The image quality is quite remarkable, although the same does not happen with the audio, with frequent synchronization losses. However, it does not happen in all cases, and we have an advanced configuration in the settings to increase the performance aspect a bit more.
Regarding its compatibility, the developers say that the app can emulate more than 90% of the games launched for PlayStation 2 , data that obviously we have not been able to corroborate successfully given the amount of titles that exist. Be careful with that fine print because of that percentage, about 20% works perfectly without any failure.
What have been our feelings?
The real experience is that, of those we have tried such as Splinter Cell or Half Life , we have seen constant falls of FPS, becoming difficult to play in the game, not to mention the excessive ads that appear while we move through the menu . Only in God of War have we had a fluidity with which it has become pleasant to play, which means that DamonPS2 has yet to improve in terms of game implementation .
This has happened in the free application of the emulator, obviously the situation can improve significantly if we buy the higher version, with payment of 9.99 euros . With such disbursement, we can enjoy more configuration options, higher video resolution and direct removal of those annoying ads.
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The truth is that, putting the pros and cons on a balance, it is still a good emulator to play certain PlayStation 2 games, although not all. It is also true that the premium version will provide more advantages and a slightly better performance, but that will depend on the preferences of each user when making that expense.
Anyway, it is the best option that we can find currently through the Google Play store, so we will have to wait for the world of Android emulators to evolve.