We’ve encountered sloppy PC ports before, but Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection has set the bar too high. The lack of a resolution change setting, which is a standard in almost every PC game in the game, has revolted players in Steam reviews.
Koei Tecmo has made the games work on the PC so that only PC gamers can play them. For one thing, there is no keyboard and mouse support in the game, and it will not be. So you definitely need a gamepad. There is no option to remove the FPS lock, or rather there are no FPS settings. The graphics settings are no different from the console.
If you want to run the game at a different resolution, you find the game in the Steam library, open the Features section, and manually type the desired resolution in launch options. Here, too, your options are limited to just 720p, 1080p and 4K; that is, you cannot use the 1440p option even if you want to. If you’re playing the game on a 2K monitor, it’s downscale from 4K.
In fact, as one of the reviews points out, if you don’t set fixed FPS from your video card driver’s control panel on Freesync/Gsync monitors, the game starts to value between 35 and 45 FPS, and the FPS drop also leads to a decrease in the speed of the game. If you see that kind of fall, know that’s the problem.
The game opens in the window every time. There is no option to turn it on in full screen. Just like a browser window, you switch to full screen using the mouse, but the mouse cursor doesn’t disappear, and you need to hide it. Getting out of the game requires a separate effort because alt-F4 doesn’t work either.
Koei Tecmo didn’t add a trading card to the game, by the way.
In short, Koei Tecmo, unlike Nioh games, has approached this port with zero care. If you’re thinking of buying it, I suggest you consider all this and at least read the reviews and discussions on Steam first.
