Team Ninja titles have always aimed to deliver smooth 60 frames per second experiences but Nioh throws a curveball in the mix with user-adjustable performance options. The options menu presents players with a choice between movie mode - which focuses GPU resources on image quality - or action mode, where frame-rate takes point. The choice is clear-cut: the former serves up a 1080p resolution, while the latter sees a drop to 720p, along with reduced texture filtering quality.

Of course, it's the performance metrics that are perhaps the most interesting thing here. Action mode doesn't quite hit the target, but it gets you close to the traditional Team Ninja 60fps experience. In this 720p mode, Nioh averages around 55fps, but the busiest sections can see this dip even lower. It's far from optimal but thankfully, this is an alpha version and the development team has plenty of time to polish the game up for release.

It's only in 'movie mode' that we uncover real problems. Rather than simply capping the frame-rate at 30fps, Team Ninja allows the game to run free in this mode, delivering between 30-40fps across the run of play. The end result is a jerkier experience that feels inconsistent and unresponsive in comparison. However, without a frame-rate cap in place, Nioh is actually something of a rarity in the console space, actually becoming a performance benchmark of sorts for PlayStation 4, demonstrating the difference in frame-rate between 720p and 1080p. It's not clear if this split will remain in the final game or if it's simply included as a result of the game's alpha state.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nioh-on-ps4-1080p30-or-720p60-you-decide

I would choose 720p60, but the problem is there is frame drop, so, i'll take 1080p30fps though.

Edit: My HDTV is only 720p natively due to good ol' plasma tv. XP

720p60

Gameplay is just more important.

For years I've been saying games should offer a resolution option like this. But people kept telling me that's too much work, makes it like a PC, blah blah blah...

The final game should run better, clearly not well optimized yet. I mean the PS4 should be able to easily handle those graphics at 720p/60 fps.

I would assume the final release is going to have a more stable frame rate for Action Mode.

According to VG Tech, it uses a dynamic resolution so Movie Mode isn't actually 1080p. Which is probably why it can maintain a frame north of 30 fps.

Heck yes, i hope they could do it. :D

Too bad dropping to 720P doesn't double the framerate, probably about 45fps tops.

The PS4K will run this on 60fps, no way the PS4 will. Anyway cinema mode for me it seems more stable and looks quite a bit better. Oh and damn this game is freaking hard when you have to fight multiple enemies at a time. I tought Dark Souls was hard but this game takes it even further.

The article states that it runs at 55fps in action mode.

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