Returning to 30fps.. How bad is it?

[WeedIsMySin]

So, i heard many PC gamers say they simply CANNOT play a 30fps game. I recently got into PC gaming about 6 months ago. I havent touched a console since i got my PC, so i think by now i must be usesd to 60fps Even though i was a console gamer all my life and was never bothered by 30fps gaming. So how bad is the transition from PC to console? Asking because im going to play RDR 2 on PS4 PRO. 

 

If any of you were in this situation, how bad was it returning to a console?

 

 

 

SPECS: i7-8700K 1070TI 16GB DDR4

 

 

[FloRolf]

Is ps4 pro still so shit? 

Consoles usually use quite a lot of motion blurr iirc so it'll trick you into feeling smother. Shouldn't be too bad for a game like that. 

[AntiTrust]

the worst part about going from PC to console is having to turn in your PCMR membership card to lord gaben and seeing the disappointment in his eyes 

[Fasauceome]

To some people it's no big deal, but I grew up knowing the difference very clearly. I had consoles and my friends had PCs, and I just craved that buttery framerate. It's literally twice as smooth, obviously. But again, if you aren't sensitive to it and get easily immersed, 30 fps is not noticeable, hence the rumor that still exists that the human eye can only see 24 fps.

[Froody129]

As long as it's stable 30fps is very palatable. The tearing ruins it though 

[Jurrunio]

why not worry about losing graphics quality?

[Phentos]

I have a PS4 Slim that I game on pretty often now, since I sold most of the parts from my old rig. 

 

30 FPS does not bother me in the slightest so long as it's a consistent 30 FPS. I don't play multiplayer games on consoles so anything about reaction times or latency are non-factors for me.

[dcgreen2k]

Playing Forza Horizon 4 at 30fps felt fine as long as I turned motion blur to the highest setting, but as soon as I turned it to 60fps everything in the distance looked super blurry. With low or no motion blur, 60fps still looked way better.

[SteveGrabowski0]

14 hours ago, AntiTrust said:

the worst part about going from PC to console is having to turn in your PCMR membership card to lord gaben and seeing the disappointment in his eyes 

Lord Gaben can fuck off for never giving us a Half Life 3.

[minibois]

Personally I think 30 fps on consoles is not super bad, because you don't use a mouse, which a mouse allows for much faster movement which can be kinda jarring at 30fps

[Stefan Payne]

21 hours ago, WeedIsMySin said:

If any of you were in this situation, how bad was it returning to a console?

Depends on the Game and Situation.

 

Usually its not an issue at all and runs well, for example God of War, Spider-Man and other Exclusives.

 

For some games you'd want 60fps because they are just that fast (Forza Horizon), for others like Dragon Quest XI its irrelevant.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Most of the time developers of console games do their best to ensure a consistent 30 FPS. I'd rather have consistent 30 FPS than 60 FPS that takes dips frequently.

[JoostinOnline]

I can't play at 30fps anymore. It's gotten to the point where even movies, which have motion blur to smooth them out, look a bit stuttery. I'm sure that if I stopped playing 60fps+ for awhile I'd adjust to it, but as it is I hate it.

[Ross Siggers]

Like people have eluded to, as long as it's a stable framerate it won't bother me or lessen my experience. It's better to have that, rather than an inconsistent framerate but with higher peak fps.

30fps isn't like VR, where it can give certain people motion sickness...for the vast majority of cases, people who refuse to play anything below 60fps are just being PCMR asshats.

[TacoSenpai]

As long as its locked then perfectly fine.  The only time I noticed anything bad was Breath of the Wild on the Wii U.  Parts of it were downright unplayable.

[Theminecraftaddict555]

A good fixed 30 frame-rate doesn't bother me too much.  

[Paul Rudd]

On 10/19/2018 at 5:41 PM, WeedIsMySin said:

i think by now i must be usesd to 60fps

Only if you always play at a locked 60 fps.

On 10/19/2018 at 5:41 PM, WeedIsMySin said:

how bad is the transition from PC to console?

Depends on the games you play and the fps at which you play them at. I'm used to 90-144 fps so when I play my Xbox One S at 30-60 fps, the difference is night and day and quite hysterical. The input lag on console is a bit ridiculous as well. You notice it and have to adjust to it. The fps on the other hand is not exactly as forgiving. 30 fps is just pure lag. Sluggish. Unsmooth. Third person shooters as just as bad as first person shooters. Some people are so used to the 30 fps though, it's already comfortable for them. Where console shines is graphics, period. They can be quite beautiful. Laggy as hell, but beautiful. So an open world game like RDR2 should be a beautiful experience on console. Just don't expect the shooting aspect of combat to be. Except for maybe when deadeye comes into play.

[SeraphicWings]

I’d happily trade 60fps for Red Dead Redemption 2 IMHO

[DaGroovemeister]

Once you play Fallout 4 on PC 60fps, there's no going back...

[Stefan Payne]

On 10/25/2018 at 4:07 PM, SeraphicWings said:

I’d happily trade 60fps for Red Dead Redemption 2 IMHO

Well, RDR2 is mixed.

Because you have to hunt to get more Health.

And the realism is kinda in the way because you don't have an option to deactivate the animations (yet)...

 

Its more or less an offline MMORPG from the way it works...

[Cigano]

you're always going to notice it. The higher the framerate you play at the more noticeable it'll be obviously. I went from 144fps to 75fps and it was jarring at first but I got completely used to it in three days i'm assuming 60 to 30 would be a similar if not a more severe transition. 

[Kawaii Koneko]

Doesn't Red Dead 2 have a 1080p 60 fps option?

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Doesn't Red Dead 2 have a 1080p 60 fps option?

not that I know of.

On PS4 it doesn't have any Graphics options.

[SupremeGOAT]

... bruh.. enjoy your game and don't listen to what other people say... play the demo at walmart it wont hurt your eyes or lag... PCMR is just a hate group... when red dead 2, spiderman or god of war wins GOTY this year you wont hear people say.. "it was good but that 30fps was really stopping me from enjoying the game"... spoiled teenage brats... enjoy your game...

[SSJGodemis]

On 11/11/2018 at 8:09 AM, SupremeGOAT said:

... bruh.. enjoy your game and don't listen to what other people say... play the demo at walmart it wont hurt your eyes or lag... PCMR is just a hate group... when red dead 2, spiderman or god of war wins GOTY this year you wont hear people say.. "it was good but that 30fps was really stopping me from enjoying the game"... spoiled teenage brats... enjoy your game...

PCMR is pretty toxic. Just like everything it feels like. Its more Us vs Them. 

 

RDR 2 plays nicely on PS4 Pro and am enjoying it. The game itself is slow and made to feel more realistic. Even so 30fps in combat is nice. I play PC Games on a 144hz monitor and overall the best games ive played this year where all at 30fps. Spiderman, GOW and RDR2.