Warner Bros. confirmed that the video game Gotham Knights will have limited performance on PS5 and Xbox Series X. Gamers are pissed.
Back in May, we applauded Warner Bros. to cancel the PS4 and Xbox versions of the video game Gotham Knights, the next adaptation of the Batman universe. Behind this choice, we saw a way to offer an experience at the height of current consoles. Today, we are disillusioned: as we can discover in this topic published on Reddit on October 15, 2022, Gotham Knights will be limited to 30 fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X.
” Due to the features offered in our game, such as providing a 100% cooperative experience in a highly detailed open world, it’s not as easy to lower the resolution to get a better framerate. For this reason, our game does not have performance and quality options “, explains Fleur Marty, producer of the game.
Gamers are already annoyed with Gotham Knights
Since the launch of the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, many games have left the choice between a performance mode and a quality mode. The first favors technical performance, removing some visual artifacts and playing on the resolution to offer better fluidity. The second limits the framerate to display an often very beautiful graphic rendering. Gotham Knights will not offer this luxury, and that annoys players – informed just a week before the launch of the game.
” It’s embarrassing when you see that Batman: Arkham Knight is seven years old and looks visually superior », dares TheJoshider10 on Reddit. For his part, thechikeninyourbutt strongly calls for a boycott: “ I’m sorry, but I’ll only say it once: I won’t buy your game on PS5 and Xbox Series X if it doesn’t have a 60 fps performance mode. »
You only have to taste a performance mode once to never want to go back: a framerate of 60 fps provides undeniable comfort that is well worth the sacrifices. This is all the more appreciable for a production like Gotham Knights, a game particularly focused on intense combat. With better fluidity, they would be even more impressive.
It makes you wonder why Warner Bros. canceled the PS4 and Xbox One versions. We naively thought that the old consoles dragged down those who succeeded them. This is another justification offered by the editor. It is hoped that a performance mode will eventually appear in a future update of Gotham Knights. Miracles exist in video games, but the blockbuster developed by WB Games Montreal starts with a major handicap, which does not make it a new generation game.