Avowed runs at 30fps on Xbox Series X|S, Obsidian reveals

JKSullivan said:The title says Avowed 'runs' at 30 Fps Obsidian claims. Yet nowhere in the article he states it. He says they are still working on it and 30 FPS ist their goal at bare MINIMUM. So yes, the article is clickbait because the title sounds like it is already confirmed the game will only run at 30 Fps, while this is simply not ture. Maybe it will run at 30 Fps or maybe it will have more as...again...THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON IT as this is the last step for them before finishing the game. The game is not even out yet so how can the title say it 'runs' at 30 Fps?

緑眼のイアン#9349 said:Firstly, it's okay brother, no need to change your original reply. You lied, said you "literally cannot see the difference" and "even if you could" blah blah blah. Then you pretend you're only talking about side by side when you could've easily stated that to begin with, before you were called out.

You could've easily started your original comment off with: "I just looked at a bunch of side-by-side comparisons, and only then, could I tell a difference." if that were the case... but you didn't. You made it a point to start with "I literally cannot tell the difference." Why? Because you wanted to lie for an interaction, just so you could insert yourself into the argument that you "don't care" about. I doubt you even looked at comparisons, until maybe after you just got called out for being blind.

Second, like I said, you're sitting here insulting people over their opinions. I never said you're not allowed to "care that the issue is somehow controversial", I said I don't understand people like you: Telling everyone how much it "doesn't matter" or how much you "don't care", all while putting people down for their own opinions on the matter that they clearly care about. It just makes you look like a child.

Once again, it's a "non-issue", it "doesn't matter"... To you. It matters to many other people, especially people here that take gaming more seriously.

Saying it's "stupid" if people refuse to buy a game at 30fps. There are many reasons people refuse to buy games, I'm sure you have many of your own.. not a big deal.

Telling people to "find something actually important to get worked up over"... While you yourself are getting worked up over other other people having an opinion on how their games should run on their "next-gen" consoles.

It's not really that hard to comprehend how immature you look. If you think all of these things, then go on about your day, and take your own advice: Find some actually important to get worked up over.

These people care about how their games run, look, and feel. You don't. Both are fine, it's not that deep.

Anyways, you have a good day my friend.

The Houseripper said:I agree but this has been a thing here for a while now, just got used to it. I guess they make a lot of SEO ad revenue (I don't blame them for wanting to make money). This is the only Xbox site I use/comment on now as other sites are way worse

Another game to get several months after release with patches and updates

The Houseripper said:I don't think you read the same words I did, or watched the interview. He clearly says "30 was our goal and we're happy with that". So it IS currently running at 30 FPS and they're not going to jump through hoops to get to 60 before release. As with other titles, they may tweak it and release a patch with 60 later - but it will release at 30 because that was what they were trying to accomplish. That also fits with how they've approached previous releases, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that they're confirming it now.

And it's still not correct to call this "clickbait" - they can't put the whole article in a headline and this was a totally reasonable summary of what was said. It's like calling everything 'fake news' just because it's not flattering to you, or you don't want it to be true.

Literally don't care. In fact I actively prefer 30fps for cinematic games like Hellblade 2, Indy etc.
Blowing up over this is hilarious to me.

This is the most press this game will ever get. Obsidian has really fallen off.

Just to throw my two cents in, I am fine with 30fps. Always have been, always will be.

These discussions always blow up but honestly the best thing I’ve seen to date about Avowed is the box art. I was very unimpressed with the game play I’ve seen, perhaps games like Lies of P and Elden Ring have spoiled me but I’m not sure how you fix that awful looking combat. Even on Game Pass Avowed would be way, way down my list of things to play.

Please put Obsidian on a Fallout spin off and let’s get something great out of them once again.

SmarmySmurf said:Obsidian used to be one of my favorites!

Renki said:I've seen this argument multiple times now but it makes 0 sense. On playstation 5 most if not all games offer you an option - 4k with ray tracing or 60fps, and sometimes balanced. It's Xbox that keeps locking games at 30fps then people keep coming in and saying if you don't like it buy a pc - well it clearly isn't true, it's just that Xbox don't invest in the best gaming experiences like ps do. Just look at games like final fantasy 16 for comparison. I think the only reason for it is Xbox have committed to the Xbox series S console alongside the x console so games will only be as good as they can be supported on the s which holds it back against the competition.

It runs at 30 First Person Shooters?
I don't get it

I8ITackyticsI8I said:I don’t really have a dog in this fight but I did watch several Games Con hands on previews where using any of those settings on the PS5 just caused the game to crash, in fact one hands on recorded at 720p to make it work 😂

I would expect that’s a nice feature for consumers but much like the Series S requirements on XBox, it has a development cost.

it's hard nowadays to recommend xbox console (and ps too)

I8ITackyticsI8I said:It probably doesn't make sense to you because (and not to be rude but) you don't actually know what you are talking about. Picking FF16 as an example of how the PS5 and other devs are able to achieve the dream but MS can't, is a nice benchmark to compare, and Digital Foundry obviously have a handy video for us.

FF16's performance mode drops the resolution to as low as 720p and still doesn't run at a solid 60fps. In exploration you can still hit as low as 30fps and hovers around 40-45fps. It's only in combat, post patch, that 60fps is hit, and that is when the resolution is thrown down to that 720p mark. And that's a PS5 exclusive. There are even forum posts in 2024 complaining that the performance mode still hasn't been fixed, and pushsquare has an article from June about it still not being fixed. The game is at its best when running at 30fps at 1440p (not even full 4K). This is the type of performance you expect out of the Series S.

It's not the Series S, it's not MS (not exclusively at least). It's devs targetting graphical fidelity beyond what the 9th gen can handle at higher performance states. I can only imagine it's unconscious bias that's leading people to believe that this phenomenon is exclusive to xbox or MS and that their other favourite games are all perfect 4k/60fps experiences. The most generous interpretation is that people are upset that MS isn't lying to them about what kind of experience they can have with their games.

"The most powerfull console ever made"

its funny watching all the try hards wine about 60 FPS as if they can actually tell the difference.

Don’t worry, they’ll push out a performance mode along with the PlayStation port.

In my opinion, it depends on the game

Brushwagg42 said:Same. The "30fps vs" whatever debate is useless for the most part, especially when it comes to single player titles like this one. There is an argument for competitive shooters, but outside of that it is just silly IMO.

Daffylingus said:And then we will get the Digital Foundry review explaining that on the PS5 the game struggles at maintaining 30fps