Obsidian has confirmed that upcoming RPG Avowed will run at 30 frames per second on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
Speaking to the Iron Lords Podcast, Art Director Matt Hansen said that Obsidian is “targeting a baseline of 30FPS” for the RPG. He followed this up by saying that “you don’t necessarily need that 60 frames” because Avowed is a first-person, single-player game.
“It’s a first-person, single-player game, you don’t necessarily need that 60 frames. And that allows us to get a lot juicier with VFX and lighting and all this other stuff. It’s a trade-off we opted to make relatively early, and we’re really happy with that. The game’s running pretty smooth for how visually dense it is, and that was always our goal.” said Hansen.
Obviously, whilst this could be the current baseline for Avowed, you’d think that there’s enough time especially with the delay to look at 40/60FPS options, so we’ll see how this one plays out.
Avowed will release in February 2025 on Xbox Series X|S and PC. This comes after the game was delayed to make way for other Xbox Game Pass games that are set to release this holiday such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and STALKER 2.
