GDC 09: God of War will not be locked at 60 FPS

[SHMUPGurus]

Username2324 said:

SHMUPGurus said:

Username2324 said:

SHMUPGurus said:

Username2324 said:

SHMUPGurus said:
Hmmm, this still bugs me: how can some of you guys not notice a drop in framerate? I understand you can't see a thing from 60 to 58 or something like that, but below 50... It's practically impossible to not notice it.

Why do people still claim there is no difference between 480p and 1080p?

Which current HD game runs at 1080p?

Even most HD games run below 720p most of the time. It's called upscaling, that's all.

Why are you acting like this is not an issue with current HD games? How about you look at the situation in an unbiased way?

I was talking about movies with that comment, and I think it's ridiculous that you complain about framerates for these amazing looking games.

If I pay you $200 or $400 can you draw 60 frames per second for 10 years? I think not.

Well, that's exactly the problem. I pay big bucks for getting stuff that is supposed to blow my mind. Explain to me why some HD games can pull it off, i.e. Call of Duty 4/5, Ninja Gaiden 2 (there's just one intensive part in the game, and it's on that stairway with a million of enemies coming at you. Epic by the way), etc? Is it the developers trying too hard when they know the current generation of consoles can't handle teh grafx? I mean, the 360 and the PS3 are not PCs (yet)! If you want my opinion, it would be better to remove a few graphic effects just to make the game run well and blow the mind of "Wii boys" like me. You know what I'm saying? If developers can pull it off with last gen hardware, why can't developers do it on the 360 and PS3?

With that said, we've yet to see the final product for GoW III, and I hope it will blow my mind! ^^

Oh, and that bolded part didn't make any sense. o_O

The bold is to remind you that the console you bought can do amazing things that a human couldn't dream of doing, for example rendering a battle scene at 60 fps.... And I was wondering if I paid you "big bucks" if you could do the same as my PS3... Obviously you couldnt.

You're putting the Frames Per Second on a pedistal(sp?), you're acting as if they are this godly thing and if you miss just one it's the end of the world. To me 60fps in these games is quite an accomplishment even if it dips at some points.

Perhaps it's because I know more about the hardware and understand how difficult these tasks are, that is why I am not bothered by it. Perhaps you should be paying more attention to what you're doing in the game than how many frames you're seeing.

Just think about it for a second, think about all the things that go on in GOW, the amazing lighting, the physics and particle effects, the quickness of the characters, all these changes happening every single second. It truly is impressive.

Now take a peek at your Wii, limited physics, extremely limited lighting and shadows. It too is a Next Generation console, so if you are to be disappointed in anything it should be in it. The PS3 and 360 have to do 100's if not 1000's of more things in rendering a game than the Wii, and the 360 costs LESS than it.

 

I believe you missed the part where I said that I can still enjoy games even if there are apparent framedrops. It just saddens me to see this happening still in 2009 with new and more powerful hardware. There is a limit though, and like I said, if there are just a few dips every 30-60 minutes of gameplay, I won't mind, but if they don't fix the whole ogre thing when the game releases, I'll be damn sad! o_O

And at the bolded... yes? I know it is. You think I'd prefer Dreamcast graphics or something? I'm happy with what we're getting, I just wished it could be more.

Also, yes, I put Frames Per Second on a pedestal. Having played a ton of PC games, I did whatever I could to lower the graphics at a good enough level to at least keep my framerate constant in any games I've played. The second I see drops in a certain part, I change my settings again for that certain part and then put them back as they were before entering it (Crysis for example, the snow area). I can't stand playing laggy games where there are framedrops every minute, especially if my controls have input lag because of it.