It’s no secret that Capcom’s PC ports were among the best we’ve seen back in the ‘Lost Planet 2’ days. The Japanese company was among the first to support Microsoft’s DX11 but since then, its ports have been going downhill. Resident Evil 6 – for example – was only running via DX9.0c. Surely things could not get worse, right? Well, get ready for some laughable excuses about the overall ‘experience’ of the upcoming PC port of Dead Rising 3.
During Capcom’s recent TwitchTV livestream that was dedicated to the PC version of Dead Rising 3, the company revealed that the game will be best played at 30fps. And while PC gamers will be able to unlock the game’s framerate, they may encounter a lot of glitchy bugs due to higher framerates.
“When we started the PC project we knew we weren’t gonna be able to guarantee anything above 30 frames per second” said Capcom and continue:
“What I’m saying is, we’re not gonna stop you from uncapping the framerate, but we can’t guarantee the experience. We just really don’t know what’s gonna happen, you might see some weird stuff with physics, some weird stuff with zombies. I really don’t believe you’re losing anything by playing at 30 frames per second. If you want feel free to uncap it, but it’s gonna be wild and crazy”
What the bloody F? Capcom is unable to guarantee anything above 30fps? We are not losing anything by playing at 30fps? And this is coming from the same damn company that advertised the PC HD version of Resident Evil 4 as something revolutionary because it was running at 60fps?
I really love when companies backflip on really important things so easily. And while PC gamers may not encounter any major issues with higher framerates in Dead Rising 3, this statement may very well explain potential performance issues with this upcoming port.
Do note that the game’s PC requirements are quite high, and that the console version (Xbox One) had major performance issues.
You know what Capcom? We’re glad you are bringing Dead Rising 3 on the PC, but how about optimizing and offering a proper PC version?
Dead Rising 3 will be coming to the PC this Summer, and we’ll definitely put it to the test once it’s out!
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this is going to be a shit port.
Capcom has history of making a good PC ports. Just because it is 30fps that doesn’t mean it a shit port
fucking scrubs getting lazy, so they can later say pc gaming is dead. capcom always managed to get great ports, devil may cry 4, resident evil 5, arcade edition, all great ports but now theyre just falling.
Honestly right?
Btw wheres my proof?
haha, what up console peasant. been a while eh? missed your strawman argments with no logic in them. afte spending days inculture its nice to have some ignorant fucks around lmao
Yup console peasant.. Seems legit… I don’t own any but OK … Retard.
Anyway, why are you avoiding my question? Where’s the proof of your BS accusations? Yup come on I’m waiting. And I’ll keep trolling every comment you make until I see this proof. Want to be a piece of shit, back it up faggot.
hahaha lets see how long you can hold out doing it. ill do the same. may the better troll win scrubby mcscrub. hows that ps3 going?
Once again dodging my question. Where’s my proof?
To anyone else you look like some moron who decided to come on here and attack and accuse me of doing things I’ve never heard of without a shred of proof.
Why don’t you save yourself the embarrassment and admit you fucked up with getting the wrong user?
All this nonsense because you are too proud to admit you goofed? Is it really worth it?
But just since you have some retarded fantasy, go look through my comments ive ever made. Show me these comments you were talking about or anything else bashing PC gaming and saying consoles are better?
Well that’s a shame, I played Dead Rising 2 on highest settings with 120fps and was quite fun. Might have to give this one a pass just like resident evil 4 HD.
They wanna dump their failed Xone exclusive on us, the one that nobody asked for in the first place and they don’t even bother polishing that turd up? No, thanks.
Give us Dragon’s Dogma if you want me to care.
thats the biggest piece of bullshit ive ever heard. LA Noire ran fine and this will. the entire damned point of a pc port is higher res and refresh!
30 fps… WTF!!!!! No man… cant believe this shit.
No respect for us, the whole industry is fucking the pc gamers.
All this situation is so wrong. I feel really insulted for this behaviour. What is wrong with devs?
We are always last and we beta test all the shit that land in our hard drives and what we have… 30 fps…
I guess we are dreaming if we ask for sli or crossfire support…
This whole situation needs to change… and fast.
Maybe it is time to do something about it. We need to hit this devs in the wallet.
“We just really don’t know what’s gonna happen”
That quote right there just tells me they don’t even plan on testing the game.
wow what a bummer, at least we’ll get some funny youtubes out of this game now.
“When we started the PC project we knew we weren’t gonna be able to guarantee anything above 30 frames per second”” ..wtf??????? its like saying ” oh PC cant deliver 30+fps so lets just lock it at 30… wtf capcom
That is not what they are saying. It means that some parts of the game are tied to the 30fps when they made the game for XBOX1 and may (or not) broke when uncapping.
If they uncap it themselves, any bug would be them sending a “broken” product, so they are just saying that “you unlock the cap and if something breaks it is your fault, that is not how the final product was meant to be”.
They are just lazy to redo the things capped to the FPS since they can just leave it that way and it will be the consumer fault for altering their vision.
well, looks like a pirate then. modders will fix it. idiots will buy it on steam anyways and ensure future console ports. so win/win i suppose.
“well, looks like a pirate then”
— Well, looks like you’re a thieving c*nt then. And thieving c*nts will pirate it anyways and ensure legit PC gamers feel ashamed. So f*ck you very much I suppose.
wow, so your just gonna buy whatever capcom shits on your plate? what a loser. do you buy half made food? “sure this burger is missing the bun, but i`ll buy it anyways! thanks mcdonalds!” and how is pirating a video game thieving? is digital, im only making a copy. not removing the original. now if i was too steal a boxed retail copy, then target or gamestop or whatever would be out of money. grow up kiddo, stop buying from companies and devs who dont care about you and only want more money.
I don’t buy half-made food, but I don’t steal it either. That’s the difference between you and me, thief.
And pirating is stealing, because you’re stealing a license. Software is intangible, so you cannot compare it to regular items. But by not paying for the game, you are using the software without having the rights to do so. And that’s thieving. So before telling me to grow up I suggest you get an education in basic ethics, because your filthy entitlement sickens me.
Go suck a corporate cock, you shill. by our logic if you ever played a game at a friends house its piracy because you didnt get a “license” to do so. piracy makes a COPY of the original, theft REMOVES the original. theres a difference in physical and digital theft. morally there is no difference, but i admit there is one. the one you and others allow because the big companies say so. i pirate on pc and console, but only from companies and devs that dont deserve my money.
” by our logic if you ever played a game at a friends house its piracy because you didnt get a “license” to do so.”
— No, because your friend has paid for the game, and he’s temporarily sharing the license with you. You don’t own your friend’s license. But pirating means you are unfairly acquiring aforementioned license from the original author without paying for it.
” i pirate on pc and console, but only from companies and devs that dont deserve my money.”
— No, you pirate because there’s free sh*t on the internet. And because you’re a thieving c*nt. So shove your f*cking justification elsewhere.
thieving would be stealing a psychical copy. morally i am right. enjoy trying to feel better than people and justifying giving money to corrupt companies. i bet you drink fluoridated water, and believe everything big brother tells you. hell i bet you support the nsa and welcome constant surveillance because your a little sheep. baaaaaaaa sheep baaaaaaa. i will no longer reply to you.
“thieving would be stealing a psychical copy.”
— As per Wikipedia, “in common usage, theft is the taking of another person’s property without that person’s permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.” So do enlighten me where you’re getting the idea that theft only applies to physical items.
“i will no longer reply to you.”
— Of course you won’t. You’d need a proper education for that.
“As per Wikipedia, “in common usage, theft is the taking of another person’s property”
and what property would i be taking? downloading a copy of someones copy isnt removing the original, i take nothing, so nothing is lost. instead of me never having it they have the chance of me potentially buying it if its good. sorry if i make informed purchases and dont buy whatever im told. school out yet kiddo? you seem to have alot of free time.
“and what property would i be taking? downloading a copy of someones copy
isnt removing the original, i take nothing, so nothing is lost.”
— You’re unfairly taking a license. Without permission. Rights are lost from the original author and you don’t own those rights. And taking something you don’t own is theft.
“sorry if i make informed purchases”
— Oh please do tell how you’re making an informed “purchase”, or rather… any “purchase” whatsoever when you’re downloading it free off the internet.
“you seem to have alot of free time.”
— Enough to disprove all the justifications that freeloaders like you come up with for sure.
dear god how obvious it is to see you work for crapcum as a viral marketer… get a real job kiddo.
Dear god how obvious it is to see you’re a thieving c*nt. Get an education, thief.
u mad? u seem mad. deal with it.
Of course I’ll deal with it. And because I’m dealing with it right now, I’m calling you a filthy thief, which is what you are.
@John If it’s one thing I hate to see is a self entitled person who uses any excuse to pirate , I undertsand that piracy isn’t hurting sales as many Companies claim it to be , if not sometimes piracy encourages people to purchase a copy, There are those who can’t afford to purchase every game and can understand that piracy is their only option and most probably are the same people who contribute to future sales of the game, I for one enjoy having that Printed Case and Disc and showing support even if it’s got a few problems I’ll then wait for a discounted but seeing people think they have a claim over something that took how long to develop just to have someone come along and pirate a copy because they feel entitled too , as a person who is developing their own game I understand that Coding, Programming ,designing art and sound is a pain to do and Im sure if you were in the position of a developer you’d know how it hurts to see people think they claim they’ll pirate it because of X, Y, Z problems , It’s better to have the game on PC then not at all?
I understand that developers should put effort into their porting but the best way to voice these complaints is either purchase the game from day 1 and hope patches and stuff will fix it, Wait for the price to drop or 3 not purchase it at all.
And it seems you still want to play the game no matter the framerate or not, which really proves self justifaction for the wrong reasons.
If it’s one thing I hate to see is a self entitled person who uses
any excuse to pirate , I undertsand that piracy isn’t hurting sales as many Companies claim it to be, if not sometimes piracy encourages people to purchase a copy, There are those who can’t afford to purchase every game and can understand that piracy is their only option and most probably are the same people who contribute to future sales of the game,I for one enjoy having that Printed Case and Disc and showing support,
even if it’s got a few problems I’ll then wait for a discounted but
seeing people think they have a claim over something that took how long to develop just to have someone come along and pirate a copy because they feel entitled too.
As a person who is developing their own game I understand that Coding, Programming ,designing art and sound is a pain to do and Im sure if you were in the position of a developer you’d know how it hurts to see people think they claim they’ll pirate it because of X, Y, Z problems, It’s better to have the game on PC then not at all?
I understand that developers should put effort into their porting but the best way to voice these complaints is either purchase the game from day 1 and hope patches and stuff will fix it, Wait for the price to drop or not purchase it at all.
And it seems you still want to play the game no matter the framerate or not, which really proves self justifaction for the wrong reasons.
I agree with you 100%, however capcom is straight up saying “here is your capped game. if you want 60fps deal with bugs we wont fix.”
thats unacceptable,lazy and crapping out a rushed port to grab uninformed gamers and 13 year olds money. if they want my money they need to deliver a product worth buying. not a product delivered as a afterthought.
facepalm! trashy port.
That didn’t take too long.
I thought console fans would have a sigh of relief with next gen since they’ll get the same 60fps experience as PC gamers. And yet 30fps is back with a vengeance and the same old cycle of console game developers and fans giving contrived reasons(filmic-lol)! to justify it starts again.
Well 30fps would be better than the One version I guess. Even “bad” ports to PC are usually better than the console version (and cost less). Let’s not forget that.
Same as Dark Souls, if you uncap the framerate it messes with the game timing and physics. Some game engines are built around refreshing at 30 fps.
OMG, you actually made sense for once with what read like an unbiased opinion. Did you take you tablets today?
That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact.
It might, it might not.
except that tying your FRAMERATE TO YOUR PHYSICS ENGINE IS ABSOLUTELY RETARDED IN 2014
I doubt it was planned to be multiplat when they first started working on it for 360.
Sad because even HD TV’s refresh over 100hz and a lot of console games are limited to 30FPS.
Unless they have changed I think their 120hz is mostly a post processing effect. It’s no wonder the masses think higher refresh rates look weird because they do on TVs. I can tell you first hand that true 120hz input is a completely different experience.
30fps = unplayable and no buy. damn that was close
You got be joking. Even 20-25fps are playable.
20fps is not playble
25 with hell lot of motion blur looks playable but it’s not.
30fps in most cases are not playable. it affect your latency and ruins the game.
however the good news is: you can play Dead Rising 3 60fps from start to finishe without any bug/crash etc… gameplay videos are in steam community
Cinematic gaming at its best, rofl
Well then, I’m not buying this piece of shit
But 30 fps is more filmic and cinematic though? 60 fps doesn’t feel right….smh…
– Readyatdawn studios
PC Gamer’s take was a bit more positive. They said that *aside from* the 30fps limit, it was a pretty good port and the had a lot of options:
“The good part is, even without the framerate that players deserve, it’s easy to make it look better than the Xbox One version with the deluge of advanced options available.”
I just wonder if the game was designed with the 30fps limit in mind due to the One’s limitations, making it difficult to unlock (bug-free) without doing some major rewrites? It’s a dealbreaker for me because sitting close to a monitor 30fps makes me ill, but I’m still glad we are getting the port because more games is good for our platform. We’ll see just how difficult unlocking it would be once it’s out and modders get their hands on it.
i would buy if its 30fps with Physx tressfx, unfortunately..there wont be..so my money will go to somewhere else and not to Capcom..
I don’t think the protagonist has long, flowing hair. And the physics are already built without PhysX, not sure some tacked-on extra debris would make much difference.
This company going from bad to worst
What the problem if it is 30fps ?! At least it equal to console version. However, PC gamer can enjoy playing the game at higher resolution. Xbox one is 720p only
This means that PC version is better anyway. So those complaining about the lack of 60fps need to shut up.
If using a controller its not a huge deal, but using 30 fps with mouse and keyboard is like playing with your mouse dipped in molasses, it just doesn’t feel right because its too slow.
At least the unlock is there so people just have to try!!
meh, not a problem for me. i’d rather max out every setting available for eye candy and lock it a solid 30 fps, which 100% perfect for a tps game like this.
Now this is just insulting !
I want Capcom to give me proof or else it’s just a bullshit argument.
Capcom always had made a decent PC ports since devil may cry 4
Capcom clearly states that the physics and zombies are made to run on 30 fps. So, anything above that might cause problems. Capcom have their reasons and I trust them. Maybe getting it to run 60 fps with accurate physics might not be easy and need a lot of programming.
30fps is at least as good xbox one. So, PC games are not getting an inferior version. In fact PC version will look the best. The xbox one version only runs at 720p
We are getting a port which is better than no port at all. So, some PC gamers need to shut up. I’m PC gamers myself but I tired of other PC gamers who keep complaining about stupid things like 60 fps or DX11. Just play the game and enjoy it.