Avowed game director confirms that yes, the game can reach 60fps on Xbox Series X

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Avowed game director confirms that yes, the game can reach 60fps on Xbox Series X

Avowed game director confirms that yes, the game can reach 60fps on Xbox Series X

Story by Rhys Wood • 3h • 2 min read

• Avowed's game director has confirmed the game will reach 60fps on console
• This is limited to the Xbox Series X version, however
• On Xbox Series S, Avowed will max out at 30fps

Soon-to-release role-playing game (RPG) Avowed will be playable at a smooth 60 frames per second (fps), its developer, Obsidian, confirms - but there is a slight catch.

Obsidian's Carrie Patel, game director for Avowed, confirmed in an interview with MinnMax (via IGN) that "you can get up to [60fps]" on Xbox Series X specifically. That's great news for owners of the more powerful console, or indeed the Xbox Series X Digital Edition. Unfortunately, it does seem that Avowed will be limited to 30fps on the less powerful Xbox Series S.

It's fair to say there were concerns about Avowed managing a 60fps target on Xbox Series X, if only because a similarly structured RPG, Starfield, was locked to 30fps on the console at launch. During my Avowed preview a few months ago, on PC, I also noted some pretty glaring performance issues on a decent gaming rig. If overall performance has been optimized to the point of allowing for a 60fps mode on consoles, then it bodes well for the PC release, too.

Avowed is a fantasy RPG in the same vein as other Obsidian-developed titles such as The Outer Worlds or indeed Fallout New Vegas. Set in the Pillars of Eternity universe, you play the envoy of the Aedyran emperor and are set to a dangerous frontier known as The Living Lands to combat the Dreamscourge, a spreading plague that threatens the entire realm.

In an interview I conducted with Avowed director Carrie Patel and senior gameplay engineer Gabriel Paramo last year, both stressed that the team had been working hard to improve the game's combat (something I thought felt excellent in the prior preview build). Patel also explained that the game will be similar in "length and breadth" to that of The Outer Worlds.

Avowed launches on February 18 for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC. The Premium Edition allows for up to 5 days early access, making the game playable from February 13.

Patel also told fans to expect some amount of bugs and issues. "You gotta accept a little jank to do something fun and creative, I think," Patel said.

PSA maybe wait on this one, sounds like it's coming in hot

Well to be fair, it's kind of Obsidian's pedigree. lolol :P

Seriously tho, I'm confident they'll iron it out just fine.

@SecretPolice: They do have the Bethesda genes

Cool. I’ll be playing this via Game Pass on my XSX. Looking forward to it.

Gamepass on my handheld

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Just kidding. lol :P

I watched the video interview and she did not say there would be bugs and issues, I'm not sure why the author posted that.

The interviewer asked about "jank", as in animations, gameplay and goofiness.

Ahh okay thanks for the clarification.

So that's 1 more 60fps Game than the Ps5 pro

I guess signs of an Eddie article? Unintentional behavior anyway. At least we'll get some memes out of it.

Not really worried about frames. I'm more interested in how the combat is.

Fingers crossed it's great. Enjoyed POE 1 and 2 and this is in the same setting which is cool.

I won't be getting it day one due to other gaming related commitments. But, assuming it is good, I will certainly pick it up at some point. Probably later in the year.

Looking forward for it later on this month and don’t really care much about frame rate or anything else like that just as long as it’s a good game.

60fps 480p 🫠

Yeah, coz we all know it won't be a locked 60fps no matter what. Console games rarely do that...