The OP: Are 30FPS more cinematic?You could have made the title and poll content match the OP content for starters.
I was so pleased when 24hz output became a thing on TVs. No more dreaded 25fps speed up in PAL land. Now everything feels more cinematic. Not really of course! But at least Americans no longer sound like chipmunks - always wondered why they had higher pitched voices than us Brits lol1 games aren't cinema
2 cinema isn't defined by the fps anyway, otherwise the same movie in different regions would somehow be less or more cinematic
The idea that games should aspire to be as close as possible to cinema is absurd. Gaming is its own medium and has its own metrics that define its quality.
I've really no idea what "more cinematic" means or is supposed to feel like but I've played games at 30 and 60 and I've no preference despite 60 being smoother.I really don't care.
That game couldn't have ran at 60fps on that hardware even if you spend YEARS optimizing it.Pretty lame excuse for AC Unity's dreadful optimisation but it obviously worked on some people.
That game couldn't have ran at 60fps on that hardware even if you spend YEARS optimizing it.
Cinematic (adjective)
relating to the cinema.
"cinematic output"
having qualities characteristic of films.
"the cinematic feel of their video"
Probably has more to do with the weird tech differences like the sand not looking as good in the PS4 version.Nah, but I did somehow prefer the look of the 30fps gameplay in PS3 Journey to its PS4 counterpart's. Can't really articulate why...
24 FPS is also just a cultural standard now, but flim also captures some in-between motion that games can only emulate with motion blur rather than letting your mind be tricked into smoothness with higher FPSMovies could be shot at a higher framerate as well, 24FPS is only a standard because of cost related reasons. 30FPS games being more cinematic has always been idiotic.
In the OP you explicitly state that 30fps is "better" by virtue of it being more cinematic.The OP: Are 30FPS more cinematic?
The Poll: Are 30FPS more cinematic?
The Title: Are 30FPS more cinematic?
What doesn't match?
I have a hard time equating movies to video games tbh."More cinematic" inherently suggests closer to something that "looks like a movie" (as we know it and have known it for over a century). Typically games running at 30fps can afford more complex visual effects, thus lending themselves to something that "looks more cinematic". By reducing the number of frames, you can increase lighting effects, particle effects, model complexity, and any other number of things.
That said, not all games that are running at lower frame rates are adding those bells and whistles, so the question "are lower frame rates more cinematic" is one that has to be examined on a case by case basis.
At the beginning of this gen, a director or something of Assasin's Creed Unity said that the game running at 30FPS was better, as it was more cinematic than 60. These comments, coupled with the disappointing performance of many titles on 2014, sparked a fairly big controversy at the time.
However, over time I've seen more and more people saying (unironically) that they prefer the cinematic feel of the 30FPS over the fluidness of 60 that made it feel more gamey; and while I mocked this attitude a few years ago... I got it when playing The Last of Us Remastered a few days ago. The game no doubt looks and feels more responsive at 60FPS, the experience at 30FPS feels much more like the movie-like, heavy experience The Last of Us is. So, what do you think?
Pixar have all the frames and the server farms and money to deliver it, why didn't they choose 60?
I have a hard time equating movies to video games tbh.
Like I said,I can see the difference between 30 and 60 and 60 is smoother....but i don't consider it better...just different.
A question for people who don't think 30fps is more cinematic:
Why aren't the Toy Story films delivered at 60 FPS?
Pixar have all the frames and the server farms and money to deliver it, why didn't they choose 60?
What on earthNo. I physically can not enjoy playing 30FPS games before I start getting dizzy and nauseated.