DF Face-Off: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Ethomaz's Vision is Better Than Gamespot lol)

[Aura7541]

ethomaz said:

Aura7541 said:

Well that's a darn shame

Usually, adding motion blur negatively affects responsiveness in controls. It's more of a useful tool in movies hence why 24 fps doesn't look choppy. However, it is not the same when applied to video games, especially when you're interactiing with images, not watching them. Driveclub seems to be one of the exceptions since people who have tried its demos said that the controls were very responsive. However, I'm not so sure if Shadow of Mordor will be the same case.

We will neve know

The controls are fine... it didn't affect the fun playing the game on consoles.

PC seems to have better gameplay from what some guys told me but it is more because the smooth 60fps you can get than the lack of motion blur I guess.

Oh yeah, it's definitely because of 60fps that makes the PC version more responsive.

Motion blur is a good way to "disguise" 30fps, so to speak, but usually it comes at the cost of control responsiveness and makes the images look artificial. I think what makes Driveclub an exception is that it looks really realistic (especially in lighting, which is very important for implementing good motion blur) and Evolution managed to find a way to reduce latency. What I'm worried about with the console versions of Shadow of Mordor is that the controls are already less responsive at 30fps and may be further negatively affected by motion blur due to latency (unless, the devs managed to reduce the latency, too).