Comments on: No more 60FPS games from Insomniac.

By: iLLersz1

iLLersz1 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:56:16 +0000

((…the sacrifice in frame rate to make a game look better))

How is this possible !?

By: Legion213

Legion213 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:46:10 +0000

If i had a choice between 30fps and a crisp looking game. Or, 60fps with a fuzzy almost out of focus looking game. I would pick the 30fps every time.

I played the Rachet and Clank demo and if that is running at 60fps then I am sorry but the fuzzy visuals was a bad trade. If you can find a happy medium then great. But make the game look its best first. Then worry about the FPS.

By: Emrah

Emrah — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:21:00 +0000

Btw, people do not realize making a game run at 60fps adds to its appeal, even if some/most can’t fully understand of put a finger on it. I applaud Nintendo’s commitment to 60fps gaming.

By: Emrah

Emrah — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:00:19 +0000

I prefer 60 fps smoothness over extra polygons most time of the day. I can differentiate between 30 and 60 fps very easily. So this is sad news for me. I want to do a side by side comparison of 30 and 60 fps in a 60 fps video to be viewed on 60hz monitor someday, and people who don’t get it will realize they get it.

One reason COD looks so awesome in motion is because it runs at 60fps. It simply rewards your eyes with more motion information.

By: Ceidz

Ceidz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:48:56 +0000

I do not totally agree with you Paranoimia. 24 fps is the lower bound that the eye can see without seeing choppiness. The human eye does see a difference between 30 and 60fps.
When I first played Ratchet & Clank, I DID notice the 60fps ! It’s so much smoother than other games !
Of course, I do agree with you too about the rock-solid 30fps with higher detail.

By: Paranoimia

Paranoimia — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:08:21 +0000

The human eye can’t really detect much above 24-25fps anyway, so a rock-solid 30fps is fine by me. Use the power elsewhere to improve other things – like maybe true 1080p games.

The whole fps argument is only generally used by die-hard hardware geeks anyway, and came about largely through PC-based FPS games and arguments over who had the better graphics cards.

A highly detailed 30fps game will always be more preferable to me than a 60fps game with lower detail.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:48:47 +0000

They are right: reviews and the gaming community generally ignore FPS. It generally can’t be measured by users, you can’t see it in screenshots or video footage (unless it drops really low).

And 60 vs 30 FPS requires a lot more hardware horsepower that can be used for other things.