Ubisoft on 900p: "Ubisoft Does Not Constrain Its Games"

[Gunner 51]

I thought today's Jimquisition felt disjointed for the lack of a better word.

It started to talk about frame rates. Of which, I personally cannot really tell the difference between 30 and 60fps. Like a magic eye puzzle, it's not something to get really mad over. By the way Jim presents it, you'd think it were the greatest miscarriage of justice the world has known.

Then it starts going on about Ubisoft sounding pretentious and/or condescending. OK, I can get aboard that particular train. Hold the phones! Isn't that that what Jim himself does in every Jimquisition?

Then mentions going on about how it doesn't matter about how good the visuals are - but so long as they come at you at 60 FPS. OK, that's your opinion. But personally, I prefer a game with fabulous visuals so long as it isn't a laggy and unplayable mess.

 

[smithy_2045]

I don't understand why this is an issue, why did they even need to make a statement about this. I guess its because I gamed for years on a shitty hand-me-down Compaq that was never meant for gaming so 30FPS/900p seems wonderful compared to my childhood of 15FPS/240p. Or just that I don't give a shit about graphics or framerates as long as they hit a stable 30. But it seems a very large part of the site is either upper middle class PCMR or part of the graphics and FPS obsessed crowd I refer to as "the Biscuit Mafia".

Just because you are indifferent of framerate and resolution benefits does not make them somehow unimportant. however your insults makes me think your just jealous rather than indifferent, otherwise why go to such lengths as to invent insults against groups you disagree with?

I've never refused to play a game because it didn't have enough pixels. I've never decided to not buy a game because it didn't run at enough fps. As long as it runs at a constant frame rate and you can see what's going on, neither of those things matter all that much.

Once again just because you chose to be indifferent does not make the benefits dissapear. jesus, do you even read what you quote?

What benefits? It doesn't make the game any more fun to play if it runs at 60fps vs 30fps, or 900p vs 1080p. It's mostly just a dickwaving contest, one which consistently takes valuable time and effort away from actually making an enjoyable game to play.

 

[Strazdas]

Then mentions going on about how it doesn't matter about how good the visuals are - but so long as they come at you at 60 FPS. OK, that's your opinion. But personally, I prefer a game with fabulous visuals so long as it isn't a laggy and unplayable mess.

i find this argument strange. you want a game that isnt a laggy mess and then argue for the gamer being a laggy mess.

What benefits? It doesn't make the game any more fun to play if it runs at 60fps vs 30fps, or 900p vs 1080p. It's mostly just a dickwaving contest, one which consistently takes valuable time and effort away from actually making an enjoyable game to play.

Would you say having a motor skills disease and needing glasses compared to a heathy person give the healthy person benefits? because thats what this is. higher framerate allows you to control the character better and sell the gameplay better, while higher resolution means you can actually see the stuff your playing that does not look like you smeared vaseline all over your screen.

If we were talking about trying to make 4k on consoles id agree its unnecessary. basic 60fps and 1080p is a necessity though.

 

[Gunner 51]

Then mentions going on about how it doesn't matter about how good the visuals are - but so long as they come at you at 60 FPS. OK, that's your opinion. But personally, I prefer a game with fabulous visuals so long as it isn't a laggy and unplayable mess.

i find this argument strange. you want a game that isnt a laggy mess and then argue for the gamer being a laggy mess.

30 frames per second isn't what I'd describe to be laggy. That's quite smooth IMO. I come from the generation where Codename: Droid was the bee's knees and we were lucky to get one frame per second and it was still a lot of fun. (Oh man, I'm turning into my grandfather.)