From Redfall to Starfield to Forza Motorsport, various main first-party Xbox titles have attracted controversy over current months because of their failure to help a 60 FPS body fee on Xbox Sequence X/S, and it appears one other sport has been added to that record.
Talking just lately on the Iron Lords podcast, Avowed’s artwork director Matt Hansen revealed that the upcoming motion RPG gained’t help 60 FPS on consoles. As per Hansen, the sport’s nature as a single-player, first-person title makes its 30 FPS goal perfect for the sport and for the event crew.
“It’s a first-person, single-player sport, you don’t essentially want that 60 frames,” Hansen stated (transcription through VGC). “And that enables us to get loads juicier with VFX and lighting and all this different stuff.
“It’s a trade-off we opted to make comparatively early, and we’re actually pleased with that. The sport’s working fairly easy for the way visually dense it’s, and that was at all times our purpose.”
Microsoft has typically insisted that Xbox Sequence X/S are each able to snug delivering 60 FPS gameplay (if no more), so the continued failure of even first-party titles not having the ability to hit that focus on at launch is bound to be a disappointment. Whether or not Avowed will add that choice in a post-launch replace personal the road – as different first-party Microsoft titles have carried out – stays to be seen.
Avowed launches February 11, 2025 for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. Try its more moderen gameplay exhibiting by way of right here.