{"id":29303,"date":"2023-05-21T17:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/a-plague-tale-requiem-now-has-a-60fps-option-so-whats-the-catch\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T16:28:32","slug":"a-plague-tale-requiem-now-has-a-60fps-option-so-whats-the-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/a-plague-tale-requiem-now-has-a-60fps-option-so-whats-the-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plague Tale: Requiem now has a 60fps option &#8211; so what&#8217;s the catch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nYour wish has been granted. A Plague Tale: Requiem released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S in late 2022 &#8211; a true next generation project with a huge leap in visual quality over the original 2019 game. A game that pushed developer Asobo Studio&#8217;s in-house engine with vastly higher quality materials, lighting, and scene detail &#8211; even boosting the number of rats from 5,000 to a tidal wave of 300,000. It remains a real showcase for newer consoles, but for many, the discourse online was side-tracked by the fact it ran at just 30 frames per second on PS5 and Series X. Or, at 40fps if you happened to run the game with a 120Hz display connected. Still, it&#8217;s 30fps for a majority of people and crucially a step back from the original game&#8217;s 60fps performance when played on these consoles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEnter patch 1.5 then, and Asobo finally has a response. This new update adds a 60 frames per second performance mode, next to the existing 30fps resolution mode &#8211; and it genuinely works. At last, the game&#8217;s action, its combat, the camera motion all flow at a silky smooth 60fps. In fact on both PS5 and Series X I&#8217;ve barely spotted a single drop underneath on this new performance mode. As an aside, Series S sadly receives no upgrade here whatsoever, and that version sticks to 30fps as usual. But there is a catch for the two premium consoles as well. <\/p>\n<p>There is a trade-off. The clue to just how 60fps is achieved is in Asobo&#8217;s patch notes, where on PC there are new options as of patch 1.5. Crucially, players are now able to adjust the refresh rate for rats and NPCs &#8211; as well as reduce the number of rats on-screen. All of this saves hugely on CPU performance. And yes, to cut to the chase, both PS5 and Series X make use of these &#8216;low rat and NPC refresh rate&#8217; options. The result being? While we get 60fps gameplay in the performance mode, the catch is the swarms of rats &#8211; and characters around towns &#8211; still update at 30 frames per second.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2023-a-plague-tale-requiem-now-has-a-60fps-performance-mode-so-whats-the-catch\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your wish has been granted. A Plague Tale: Requiem released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S in late 2022 &#8211; a true next generation project with a huge leap in visual quality over the original 2019 game. 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