The Evil Within is locked at 30 FPS on PC

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The PC port of The Evil Within will be locked at 30 frames-per-second, just like the console version, Bethesda has confirmed.

Despite requiring a hefty PC to run it on recommended settings, The Evil Within will still be locked at 30FPS on PC, similar to the Xbox One and PS4 versions.

Bethesda confirmed this and much more in a forum post. “Shinji Mikami and the team at Tango designed The Evil Within to be played at 30fps and to utilize an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 for all platforms,” it reads.

“The team has worked the last four years perfecting the game experience with these settings in mind.”

Bethesda added that it will provide a list of debug commands that would let you unlock the game’s framerate and aspect ratio, though it warned that they’re not recommended or supported.

The publisher also added that the 4GB VRAM requirement on PC is due to new-gen consoles having 8GB of unified ram. The PC version being an identical port, is why it requires this amount of VRAM.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/10/09/the-evil-within-is-locked-at-30fps-on-pc/

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TeamspeakPosted:

Vits
DeluxeHazard This will easily be unlocked since it's on the PC.


I doubt it'll be easy to just simply mod the fps though


It should be, look at dead rising 3, that was unlocked just days after its release

TravitorPosted:

DeluxeHazard This will easily be unlocked since it's on the PC.


I doubt it'll be easy to just simply mod the fps though

Evo8Posted:

Beet
Latias
SgtHatred42 Ohhh man what happened to pc master race? Lol


Absolutely nothing, a developer just decided to get lazy and port over a low end console version.


most of /r/pcmasterrace won't buy this. This game will have little sales.


This game has had so many perfect awards and it's not even being over-hyped, it will sell very well and turn out amazing.

DeluxeHazardPosted:

This will easily be unlocked since it's on the PC.

TurtleOrgansPosted:

Beet
Latias
SgtHatred42 Ohhh man what happened to pc master race? Lol


Absolutely nothing, a developer just decided to get lazy and port over a low end console version.


most of /r/pcmasterrace won't buy this. This game will have little sales.


i come from r/pcmasterrace.....can attest not buying

ZipsPosted:

fknvlink
Jamy
OmittingCoder
Miss FPS doesn't mean much, as long as it has great resolution it will look awesome.


Uhh if anything FPS is more important than res. Id rather play a game at 60fps 720p than 30fps 1080p


Depends on the game and what hardware you have. You don't need 60fps for a turn based strategy game but for FPS you need 60. ETC

If you want the turn based game to be smooth and nice to look at you do want 60fps. There is absolutely no excuse for making a game locked at 30fps. Even locking at 60fps is seen as a poor decision in the PC world.


PC gaming is totally different to Console gaming. They should definitely up the FPS here, as PC's these days are capable of running anything if you have decent gear in your computer.

MusketPosted:

Some one can easily unlock it. Not that hard.

IntPosted:

Even if it was locked at 30fps someone will be able to unlock, I'd even have a go myself. Lol I'm not settling for console scrubbery

BeetPosted:

Latias
SgtHatred42 Ohhh man what happened to pc master race? Lol


Absolutely nothing, a developer just decided to get lazy and port over a low end console version.


most of /r/pcmasterrace won't buy this. This game will have little sales.

-AskingAlexandria-Posted:

JRMH 'PC Master Race' Lololol. Well, I mean, this doesn't even look like a good game.


Found the jealous kid who is stuck with his peasant console.