Originally Posted by Mark Rein and random posters
Q: Soo.... does this mean future 360 UE3 games will also hit 60FPS?
Mark Rein: 60 fps with UE3 is possible if we sets that as our goal. We
chose not to do that with Gears of War because we wanted to deliver a
cinematic high-action experience with high-end graphics. I think
everyone can agree we achieved our goal. With UT3 our goal is an even
higher level of action, an even higher level of visuals, and to
achieve this with even more players/bots in the game. Our goal isn't
60 fps because we would have to compromise on some of those things to
achieve it in every situation. I think in the final game we're going
to lock frame rate at 30fps and you'll be so happy playing the game,
so thrilled with how amazingly it all comes together, and so involved
in the action you won't care what the frame rate is the way you didn't
care when you played Gears.
Gears of War has (so far) outsold all Xbox 360 and PS3 games - it runs
at 30fps and, thus far, has set the visual high-bar (for an action
game) this generation only a year into the life of the platform it
shipped on. Hopefully we'll be achieving that with UT3 on PS3 this
fall as well. One of the reasons people were drawn to the game was
because of the amazing visuals. I would expect that if we ever do make
a sequel to Gears then our goal would be to utilize the improvements
we will have made in our engine performance and functionality to push
the visuals and game play up a notch or two. I suspect fans of the
game would be much happier with us doing this than they would with us
compromising on those things to reach the higher frame rate they
probably wouldn't notice anyway.
Q: I am stupid, but i don't quite get it.
Are you saying UT3 for PS3 are not confirm 60FPS...yet?
Mark Rein: I'm saying the demo they saw could have been 60 fps. We
have not locked frame rate yet so right now it depends on things like
what level they were running and how many bots they put in, what
mutators they were running, etc. When we get it finished and locked
down it should run at 30 fps all the time.
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