Are there any 60fps games out there that you wished looked better with the trade off of 30fps?
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None at all. 60FPS benefits just about every game I've played. I would take a higher framerate over nicer graphics any day.
It's also jarring when console Overwatch (in the menus) go from 60FPS to 30FPS and the exact opposite for Horizon Zero Dawn.
It's also jarring when console Overwatch (in the menus) go from 60FPS to 30FPS and the exact opposite for Horizon Zero Dawn.
So many of this gen's best games would be completely gimped if they were designed with 60 FPS in mind for consoles. Open world games in specific would be completely different.
Very, very few.
Honestly, when people were griping about Xbox One and Wii U graphics early in the gen, and a good chunk of BOTH Microsoft's and Nintendo's lineup was 60 fps, I was in hog heaven.
Admittedly, Halo 5 on base XB1 is the only title that immediately came to mind as one I could appreciate the trade-off going down to 30. Part of that's because the series up to that point had already been excellent at 30 fps.
Honestly, when people were griping about Xbox One and Wii U graphics early in the gen, and a good chunk of BOTH Microsoft's and Nintendo's lineup was 60 fps, I was in hog heaven.
Admittedly, Halo 5 on base XB1 is the only title that immediately came to mind as one I could appreciate the trade-off going down to 30. Part of that's because the series up to that point had already been excellent at 30 fps.
Cool but it worked fine on Switch. Rage 2 plays fine on base consoles. I'd love to see what id Tech could do in a closed space targeting 30.
I'll take 30fps with better visuals and effects any day of the week.
30fps is great on consoles, people who say it's unplayable are mostly PC gamers because 30fps is indeed shitty on PC unless you tinker with 3rd party programs. I can say this because I have both.
It'll be even a more obvious choice next gen with RTX on at 30fps vs no RTX at 60fps.
30fps is great on consoles, people who say it's unplayable are mostly PC gamers because 30fps is indeed shitty on PC unless you tinker with 3rd party programs. I can say this because I have both.
It'll be even a more obvious choice next gen with RTX on at 30fps vs no RTX at 60fps.
This is very true. You can definitely feel the lack of frames on a mouse and keyboard versus on a controller 30 is for the most part fine. Destiny is one of the best feeling shooters on console, arguably better than Doom and CoD and it runs at 30.
Fire Emblem Warriors has this option.
I alternate between the two settings - it really just depends on what I feel like that day.
Also - some older games - Gameboy, NES, etc. - probably wouldn't matter.
Older turn-based RPGs really have no need for 60fps.
On that note, I have absolutely no clue what the FPS of any game before the 3D era actually is.
Oh, and I don't notice what the framerate is on 90% of the games I play. On many games, I don't particularly care, and I don't care to care.
I feel so free and it's wonderful.
I alternate between the two settings - it really just depends on what I feel like that day.
Also - some older games - Gameboy, NES, etc. - probably wouldn't matter.
Older turn-based RPGs really have no need for 60fps.
On that note, I have absolutely no clue what the FPS of any game before the 3D era actually is.
Oh, and I don't notice what the framerate is on 90% of the games I play. On many games, I don't particularly care, and I don't care to care.
I feel so free and it's wonderful.
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Games should generally be pushing more towards higher framerates, not lower ones. If the game is running at 60fps, then lowering that to try and improve the graphics a bit just isn't going to be worth the trade-off the vast majority of the time.
Can i say i would be ok with a downgrade of uncharted 4 graphically so i can play it at 60fps. i played multiplayer then play the main campaign and man was that a disappointing transition.
The character just feels really twitchy like they have no weight. Can't stand it
You're obviously free to your opinion but playing a game should have instant response from the controls, there should be as little input lag as possible. There is a reason why Nintendo even with the weakest hardware wants 60fps on games like Mario Odyssey. Some games will naturally be less of an issue with 30 but I don't see how any game would be the preferred way to play from it if there was a 60fps option other than it could improve visual effects.
Graphics often look dated before a single generation is even over.
Frame rate is timeless.
It's never worth sacrificing good performance for graphics.
Frame rate is timeless.
It's never worth sacrificing good performance for graphics.
Switch your TV to movie mode instead of game mode if you like input lag - though I can't understand why that would be.
Ah that's right, totally forgot! Thanks for reminding me
Your entirely reasonable post will not be tolerated in this thread of people shouting oh hell no, no exceptions.
as always, developers choice - they know best, not me.
I don't like input lag.
I like to feel like I'm controlling a character of the size that they are. Sure a child can be snappy but an adult wearing armour and carrying loads of gear should be more sluggish.
If it's not input lag, then what you describe has nothing to do with frame rate.
Will I just simply hate how it feels then. I hate how smooth and artificial it looks too.
But each to their own
yeah that's what slowdown was in NES/SNES 2D games, it was the game going under 60 FPS.
Every single one.
So my answer to the thread is: None. Framerate affects gameplay and gameplay is the single most important thing in a game.
I just look at still blender renders for minutes at a time and think "Ah, I truly have the best graphics"
Framerate is part of graphics and it is actually very important to gameplay, although for some reason the majority of people here tend to think it is not.
