twesterm said:
Actually, it depends on how the game drops. If it drops from 60 to 45 FPS, that will be noticeably bad even though 45 is still great FPS. That's why most console games lock at 30. Note, I'm not saying God of War III will do that, I'm just saying that's the danger you face when you doni't lock the FPS on a console. |
True, it's all in the perceived quality. But there are also smart ways to make frame drops less noticeable to the player.
For example Wipeout dinamically changes resolution frame by frame to compensate for frame dips. And I had to read the frame analysis of KZ2 to know that it had those frame dips: the motion blur makes them totally unnoticeable for me through my several playthroughs, save for the loading pauses.
I wonder if a dynamical motion blur can be implemented depending on instant framerate...
