Avowed is "targeting 30FPS, bare minimum" on Xbox Series X/S because "you don't necessarily need 60 frames" for a first-person single-player RPG
Aug. 23, 2024Optimization and stability is apparently “one of the last things you do”
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Obsidian’sAvowedis targeting 30FPS on Xbox Series X/S at the minimum, as “you don’t necessarily need” 60FPS for a first-person, single-player game.
Speaking on the Iron Lords podcast just below, Avowed art director Matt Hansen says Obsidian is currently “targeting 30 frames per second, bare minimum” for its upcoming RPG. “It’s a first-person, single-player game, you don’t necessarily need that 60 frames. And that allows us to get a lot juicier with VFX and lighting and all this other stuff,” Hansen continues.
Hansen explains that Obsidian settled on this minimum frame rate for Avowed relatively early on. “It’s a trade-off we opted to make relatively early, and we’re really happy with that. The game’s running pretty smooth for how visually dense it is, and that was always our goal,” the art director continues, adding that stability and optimization are “one of the last things you do.”
Avowed lead says the Blood Mage build is “absolutely the best way to play” the RPG, even if Obsidian stumbled on it by accident.
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