Avowed Performance on Xbox Series S/X
Obsidian shared particulars about Avowed’s efficiency on Xbox Series S/X on the Iron Lords Podcast on the sidelines of Gamescom in Los Angeles. Appearing on the podcast, printed on YouTube Friday, the sport’s artwork director Matt Hansen stated that the studio was “concentrating on a baseline of 30fps” for the RPG on Xbox consoles.
“We are core concentrating on 30fps, naked minimal,” Hansen stated, responding to a question in regards to the sport’s console efficiency. “That’s the expectation.”
The developer reasoned that gamers did not essentially want 60fps efficiency in a first-person single-player sport and a 30fps output allowed Obsidian to enhance graphical constancy and lighting.
“It’s a trade-off we opted to make comparatively early and we’re actually pleased with it. The sport’s working fairly clean for a way visually dense it’s, and that was at all times our objective,” Hansen stated. “But so far as a better understanding of efficiency spec, we’re nonetheless figuring all that out. It’s one of many final belongings you do,” he added.
Avowed shouldn’t be the primary Xbox first-party title to launch with efficiency on consoles locked at 30fps. Bethesda’s Starfield launched at 30fps on Xbox Series S/X final yr, and so did Arkane Austin’s Redfall. Both video games, nevertheless, acquired a patch later that introduced the efficiency as much as 60fps on consoles. In reality, the most recent Starfield replace added 60fps efficiency for the sport on the lower-end Xbox Series S earlier this week.
Avowed Possible Endings
In a separate interview with IGN on the sidelines of Gamescom earlier this week, Avowed sport director Carrie Patel confirmed that the sport would come with a number of potential endings. “I can inform you our ending slides quantity within the double digits, you’ll be able to find yourself with loads of totally different mixtures of them,” Patel stated.
“I imply, that is an Obsidian sport, so your ending is basically the sum complete of your selections throughout the sport, throughout loads of items of content material, relying on what you encountered and what you probably did if you discovered it,” she added.
Avowed was initially set for launch in late 2024. After the introduced delay, which supplies the Obsidian RPG a little bit of respiration room amidst a packed late 2024 online game launch calendar, the sport is confirmed to launch February 18, 2025, throughout PC, Xbox Series S/X and Game Pass.
