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[DieH@rd]

edit- I forgot to put XB1 in the title

The frame rate in Titanfall is uneven on the Xbox One and though it's usually fine, it can get downright nasty in specific situations. In one Last Titan Standing match--where every player spawns in a robot suit--several players crammed their mechs into a tight area and began duking it out, and the frame rate dived down to what must have been single digits per second. Even out in wider areas, the game feels a little hitchy from time to time, and there's noticeable tearing throughout. The visuals in Titanfall look nice, but that's mostly due to some solid art and interesting design, not the performance. As of this writing, I haven't seen enough of the PC version to know how well it runs.

http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/this-is-not-a-titanfall-review-yet/1900-630/

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Man, single digits?

That is terrible.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

If true, that's not acceptable.

 

[bob page]

This would be understandable for a game with mindblowing graphics, but Titanfall?

Good grief.

 

[funkystudent]

Should have kept it at 720p.

I bet respawn had pressure on them to up the resolution late in development after resolution-gate and CBOAT and this is the price they pay.

 

[jabuseika]

single digits?

I don't know what to say...

Even if it's for a small segment, or single mode, that stuff shouldn't get past testers.

 

[la flama blanca]

Game looks like ass and still runs like ass. Second Son is out pretty soon and MS doesn't have anything graphically to compete. Quite sad.

 

[Armaros]

Hitting single digit fps in any games much less a AAA FPS is almost criminal.

 

[Frayne Daddy]

I never felt extreme framerate drops in the beta. Or maybe it did and wasn't as bad so didn't notice. Certainly not single digits.

 

[mossypne]

That cloud power!

 

[KillerDark]

Single digits is unplayable... that really sucks.

 

[Mr Moose]

Single digits? Yeah, no way this will ever be 1080p, sounds like 792p was too much, should've been 720p.

 

[Cyberia]

What an embarressment.

 

[Into]

How often does this happen? With 4 titans on screen?

 

[Ricerocket]

Funny reading this after just reading

"Because Titanfall's advanced AI is handled by the Azure servers, your Xbox's or PC's innards can be used to achieve more detailed graphics and the game's silky-smooth frame rate."

How often does this happen

If beta is anything to go by, after around 2 minutes when everyone is calling down titans I imagine which means quite often.

 

[Interfectum]

That balanced Xbox One hardware... what a joke.

 

[OdysseusVA]

And Respawn is wanting to push out an update to up the res?

 

[gruenel]

Framerate is king.

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

Cloud power not activated yet.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Ugh, tearing too? That's the thing that can really spoil image quality in games for me.

 

[vio]

Thanks god for the Cloud then, oh wait...

 

[LiK]

Time to lower the res to 720p instead.

 

[kiaaa]

The beta wasn't well optimized on PC either from what I experienced. I had very similar frame rates and drops from both the highest settings to the lowest settings.

 

[Bundy]

Framerate is king.

The king is always number 1.
So 1fps is ok!

 

[Hoo-doo]

This makes the decision to go with 792p over 720p even more baffling.

Dat 720p stigma.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'd make a "this is next-gen?" joke, but uh... no, that just comes across as horrible optimization. How could such an ugly game run that poorly?

 

[Majine]

I thought these machines were powerful!

 

[Broder Salsa]

Funny reading this after just reading

"Because Titanfall's advanced AI is handled by the Azure servers, your Xbox's or PC's innards can be used to achieve more detailed graphics and the game's silky-smooth frame rate."

Maybe the cloud servers were running hot from all that advanced artificial intelligence.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I got single digits once when entering a building in the beta, but it was done after a few seconds. I assume this could still happen at random times in the final version. Nothing I'm worried about, though.

 

[DieH@rd]

How often does this happen? With 4 titans on screen?

2 minutes into every match Titans will start to fall. Soon after that you can start seeing few of them on screen. Even on my PC, engine started chugging a little. I think that their choice to use Source backfired here. Game looks like ass, but it also cant handle large battles well.

In "Last Titan Standing" there are only Titans from start to end, so situation is even worse. From beginning to mid-stage of every match, game will suffer.

I got single digits once when entering a building in the beta, but it was done after a few seconds. I assume this could still happen at random times in the final version. Nothing I'm worried about, though.

This is not building-related, these framedrops are during Titan combat, or when you are on foot and there is few Titans around you.

 

[Mman235]

If it's like this now imagine how it would have ran without the cloud!

 

[PranooY]

https://twitter.com/kirkhamilton/status/443059073152335872


Nothing major acc. to him.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Single digit frame rate drops at 790p.

What the flying fuck.

Whatever leadership thought this was acceptable in 2014 should never work on games again.

I feel bad for the crunching low on the totem pole devs who have likely been scrambling with duct tape to save this thing for months.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Bet Respawn wish they had more competent console hardware they could have run the game on!

 

[Zaph]

IMO this is kinda redeeming for CBOAT.

IW/Respawn are all about gameplay smoothness. I can totally imagine a scenario where Zampella went to EA/MS, said they need to drop res and texture quality, but were refused.

 

[Liamario]

The scores are clearly not taking these things into account and that's why video game journalism is a farce.
The game is a lot of fun, but you can't excuse this shit. They pulled the same bullshit with skyrim.

 

[StuBurns]

Well at least it's not 720p.

 

[Basileus777]

https://twitter.com/kirkhamilton/status/443059073152335872


Nothing major acc. to him.

A "regular drag" sounds pretty noteworthy.

 

[marrec]

For a game that's multiplayer only they should have done a better job at securing a solid framerate.

 

[Lucifon]

I got single digits once when entering a building in the beta, but it was done after a few seconds. I assume this could still happen at random times in the final version. Nothing I'm worried about, though.

This. I played 6 hours of the beta and never encountered single digits once, but I'm sure given a specific scenario it's possible for a very brief moment. Really not worth a thread over.

 

[Into]

2 minutes into every match Titans will start to fall. Soon after that you can start seeing few of them on screen. Even on my PC, engine started chugging a little. I think that their choice to use Source backfired here. Game looks like ass, but it also cant handle large battles well.

In "Last Titan Standing" there are only Titans from start to end, so situation is even worse. From beginning to mid-stage of every match, game will suffer.

Figures its Titans related. The only visual thing i think looks good in the game are the Titan animations, everything is else is forgettable from a visual perspective

I hope they use a better engine next time around, perhaps Frostbite

 

[alr1ght]

 

[geomon]

This is a next gen game right? The fuck is this about single digit frame rates?

 

[LuchaShaq]

Time to lower the res to 720p instead.

More like 580 to have a real chance of locking fps.

 

[DieH@rd]

Kotaku editor

 

[MrCookiepants]

That's quite pathetic considering the resolution and general ugliness of the game.

 

[CambriaRising]

Thought framerate was king.

Guess not.

 

[LeBart]

This gets 9s and 10s.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Time to lower the res to 720p instead.

I had said this exact thing in the last thread we had on the topic. If you are going for a silky smooth framerate, don't compromise it by going from 720p to 792p just for resolution dick measuring.

 

[IN&OUT]

Respawn should have opted for 720p instead of fighting an internet figure !