The ghosting is due to a manufacturing error. There are several on their Discord that had this problem, they just returned their RP4 and got a new one.
PS2 & GameCube not being "plug & play" is the nature of emulation. SotC, GoW, and many other games require specific tweaks to get them working correctly. That's because developers used all sorts of technical tricks and hacks to get them running on their original consoles. There is no 1 size fits all when it comes to emulating anything past PSX.
Eventually, when the emulators get good enough, there will be ways to avoid having to tune things. As I said, I mostly enjoy getting games to run smooth, it's part of the fun but there are times of frustration as well. What's your favorite game?
So glad to find out what you hate. Nevermind what you like let's deal with the hate first. Just like life... Why celebrate what's good when we can look at the bad stuff first. We can get to the positives after we've focused on those important negatives.
lol, hates are most important, they are not talked about enough, things that could be determining factors for someone, there is an insane number of videos about this device and I did one about my initial impressions and really liking the device, so what comes next? ;)
@@DouglasThompsonDon't see the one about you liking it. I checked your video history before I made my comment and it was all racing videos and one about some cables 🤨
I bought my steam deck for plug and play. I bought the RP4P to LEARN once and for all how to install these emu’s and games the old fashioned way! I want to learn how to tweak and maximize settings. I look at this as a skill!
those skill could be learned on you android phone. i am pretty sure modern 300-400$ android phone can emulate up to gamecube and ps2 with excluding few games and still some can be played by tweeking settings.
I like mine. Some switch stuff worked for a bit but skyrim will crash after you leave helgan. As for PS2 so far all my games I have tried have been perfect out of the box. Except 2. Starwars Battlefront and Battlefront 2. Can't get them to run at 60fps. I don't know much about tinkering with settings to get them to work. I did find a workaround at least for me. Since the games will run at 50 and a little over at times, I went with the PAL versions of the game since PAL games operate at 50FPS while NTSC games operate at 60fps.
@@DouglasThompsonhaven't used mines until recently, the r2 trigger spring snapped without much pressure 🤦🏼♂️ going to see if retroid will help replace..
Well, there's the rampant issue of mechanical failures. Right triggers failing, Screen getting messed up as if it took a hard blow, bad thermals, bad battery life and fan defects. Imma wait for the revision from the preorder units.
I think retroid will take care of people if units fail, I have noticed my right trigger makes a small pop noise like a spring is bound up on the trigger return.
@@DouglasThompson It was still a bad QC on retroid's part. They can send replacement parts, sure. But it can still be a pain for those like me who're not that good on tinkering the device possibly voiding the warranty. Part of the huge influx of pre orders are the big channels who did a really great job hyping it up. I almost got suckered in tbh. I hope they should also cover more of these issues. Like how Taki Udon called out retroid for the rp3 fiasco. Customers shouldn't be stressed by stuffs like this.
@adrian_veidt lol and I have people telling me they don't like me "complaining"... anyway I really hope retroid handles this appropriately, I think they are onto something with thier designs.
you forgot to mention the piss poor jerky scrolling in 2d games, which is an issue that no one seems to mention. Edit: Its not just 2D games its everything.
Yep that's a complete deal breaker, absolutely nobody on RU-vid is mentioning it. It was the first thing I saw and spent hours trying to fix it. Got a response from Retroid saying the "may" fix it. I own 5 other handheld from Anbernic and retroid. This is the first one I consider to be garbage.
Also the triggers have long travel and the thumb sticks are concave where I prefer convex with Xbox layout. The layout I can get passed and the sticks I can find caps for them. The triggers well I can map them to L1/R1 I guess.
The black is awesome, I just wish I hadn't gotten the 3+ in the USA snes colors already...that would have been my first choice but the black looks great!
The new firmware update addresses the fan noise. It's much better now. I have no hands on experience with the steam deck but if you have the rp4pro in smart mode it doesn't get crazy loud ime.
My RP4pro came and in 24 hours the R2 Trigger broke down just like many others. The issue is I paid extra money for DHL, now they maybe doing regular shipping for the replacement parts which Im sure is going to take at least another month. (Apparently its holiday now and they are not even responding) Basically this is not a very good customer service approach, as they should have made sure we receive the replacement asap for a device that malfunctions in 24 hours. I would not buy this device unless the issue is resolved and there is respectable customer service.
I'm sorry to hear that...I hope mine doesn't suffer the same fate. This will be a good opportunity for retroid to show the strength of thier customer service and cement them as an actual trustworthy brand if they handle this properly.
@@DouglasThompson They announced after the units post 30th Jan, this may be resolved you should be fine. Unfortunately I’m one of those unlucky ones and paying extra to get it early, I will end up being the latest to play. So they are trying but shipping the replacement is a nightmare & no apologies…..
@@DouglasThompson i preordered end of december, received last week. Its post release but one of the faulty ones I’m afraid. Unfortunately they are ghosting me right now on when I will receive the replacement parts
I've been able to run some ps2 games at like 5x resolution, obviously once you get past a certain amount of resolution, you cant even tell because the panel is only 1080p i think but I guess it just really depends on the game and how optimized or taxing it is.
@@DouglasThompson 2x looks perfect I didn't have the desire to go beyond that. But im genuinely impressed how many ps2 and gamecube games im able to play now. When i ordered rp4 I thought it will be much worse so my expectations were low
I have heard this before, I am confident if anything happens, I can fix it or Retroid will fix it. :) thank you for the heads up, I hope it won't happen.
