Avowed concentrating on 30fps on Xbox Sequence X|S
Talking on the Iron Lords Podcast, Obsidian builders had been requested about Avowed’s console efficiency and the sport’s framerate on Xbox Sequence X, to which Hansen revealed that Obsidian’s core goal for Avowed on console is 30fps.
“Efficiency is likely one of the final issues we work out, proper?” Hansen mentioned. “Our core goal is 30 frames per second, naked minimal — that is the expectation. It is a first-person, single-player recreation. You do not essentially want that 60 frames, and that permits us to get rather a lot juicier with the results, lighting, and all this different stuff.
“It is a trade-off we opted to make comparatively early, and we’re actually pleased with that. I imply, the sport’s working fairly clean for a way visually dense it’s, and that was all the time our purpose, however so far as a better understanding of efficiency spec, we’re nonetheless figuring all of that out. It is one of many final belongings you do.”
Whereas the 30fps goal can be disappointing for some, hopefully, Obsidian is contemplating including a 60fps efficiency mode to Avowed after launch. A number of months after launch, Bethesda up to date Starfield with a 60fps mode, and Arkane additionally did the identical with Redfall.
Earlier this month, Obsidian delayed the RPG into subsequent yr. Avowed launches on February 18, 2025 for Xbox Sequence X|S and PC.