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Bloodborne Patched To Run at 60 FPS On Regular PS4 But With a Limitation

Bloodborne fans have been waiting for a long time to play the game at 60 FPS and while it might be possible now through a hack, it is not a good solution.

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NecrumOddBoy1451d ago

Out of curiosity, what is the Pro frame rate? I thought according to IGN Beyond, Brian Altano said they have never patched this to run at a higher frame rate or resolution, even on the PS4 Pro.

caddytrek1451d ago

It has much more stable framerate if you enable boost mode.

Mr Pumblechook1451d ago (Edited 1451d ago )

THIS IS CLICKBAIT. The headline should make clear that this is not an official patch that is available to everyone, but a ‘patch’ revision for a non-standard hacked PS4.

bouzebbal1450d ago

Nice, golna be sweet.. They hopefully patch it to correct the flaws

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Fishy Fingers1451d ago

The article and video give you all the answers....

RosweeSon1450d ago

Which wouldn’t have even got that far without misleading click bait headlines

Skate-AK1450d ago

There was never a Pro patch. It's 1080p 30 fps. Boost made just helps decreases the frametime spikes making the game feel smother than regular PS4.

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kungfuian1451d ago

This story was updated on twitter, guy has it running correctly. Physics are tied to FPS in original making the game play double speed (player movement was fast forward) but guy found work around (now it's reported to be 60 fps with regular player movement).

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Chumdiddy1450d ago

He edited the behavior in that one area, as well as dropping the resolution to 720p. Very cool but not a universal fix.

Now, if someone wanted to spend about a year to go through the entire game and do the same we'd have a patch.

My money is on a straight-up remaster on PS5 anyway so it's probably not worth the effort for anyone to do.

MadLad1451d ago

The guy did the work for them. Just make an official patch.

AK911451d ago

You do realise the developer your taking about right? The Blightown glitch for Dark Souls 1 was fixed with a 4mb mod fix meanwhile the actual developers never went back to bother fixing the issue.

Chumdiddy1451d ago

Did you read anything in the article?

The game physics and most logic are tied to framerates (30fps). Meaning the game essentially runs in fast forward at 60fps.

There won't be a 60fps patch until they literally remake the game to work normally at 60fps.

All this modder did (as awesome as his work is) is edit the eboot and param.sfo to run at 60fps. It's not hard and anyone can do it with a hackable PS4 (firmware 505 or lower). I edit stuff like that, tinker with adding PC mods, etc all the time with other games.

Bloodborne just happens to have tied it's logic to frame rate, something that's not all that rare as many other games also do this. Mostly games that require precise timing of actions will lock it all to ensure that a player (or CPU enemy) can't behave differently if the player finds a way to gain a few FPS. Say, if a graphical option gives a small performance gain or a player learns that...looking at the sky/ground during play gives a boost (or the reverse) the game remains the same.

IIRC, Fallout games have this issue for the same reasons. Go above 60fps and the entire world falls apart lol

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NapalmSanctuary1450d ago

Nah man, he actually got it to run at 60 fps with proper frame timing and game logic timing. This story is outdated.
https://twitter.com/manfigh...

cooperdnizzle1450d ago

Did you read the article? And you state how easy it is, but I wonder if ya can’t read can ya really do this other Mods you speak of hahah jk

Chumdiddy1450d ago

@NapalmSanctuary
Yeah, after dropping the frame rate and editing some behavior files. To make it work in more than that specific area that he edited would require a lot more editing. At that point you just remake/remaster the game (my bet on what's going to happen).

@Cooperdnizzle
You seem like a cool dude and not at all like a total fn r*tard lol
I'm a dev in the PS hacking/PS modding scene. The guy does great work (as mentioned already) but this isn't that special. Now, editing behavior, physics and such to match at 60 is, as Napalm Pointed out was accomplished just hours ago. The article work is nothing special. I work with the tools to do it almost every day for fun and if you one day use a hacked PS4 you'll almost definitely use software I wrote.
You? You seem like an immature 12yo (quite a feat) so...lol? Good luck with that.

Chumdiddy1450d ago

@Shaggy

Yeah, I was pretty sure it was Fallout so thanks for confirming. I recall watching a pretty funny video where a user cranked it up to 120fps on PC and the world just imploded. Objects were swirling around in air, ragdoll physics sent haywire, etc. It was funny stuff.

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ANIALATOR1361451d ago

Wasn't frame pacing the issue?

Black-Helghast1451d ago

Isnt it wonderful how people keep experimenting with bloodborne 5 years after it came out? I wonder if miyazaki and everyone at fromsoft will ever stop and say "okay, people still play bloodborne. Let's make bloodborne II"

Ashunderfire861451d ago (Edited 1451d ago )

Who's to say that they are not making Bloodborne 2? PS5 is an obvious answer for a sequel.

Black-Helghast1450d ago

Pretty sure Miyazaki has said in every recent interview that they are not working on bloodborne sequel. At least not while there still isnt any Elden Ring gameplay...

sleepyhead1450d ago

That niche game developer fromsoft is long gone. As a third party dev, their titles sell in multi-million copies these days. Bringing them in to develop first party exclusives will be difficult now I think.

MajorLazer1450d ago

I'm just waiting (im)patiently for Elden Ring and Demon's Souls remake. That'll fill me up for a while, let From spend their time on BB2.

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The 7 Best Souls-Like Games - Mastering the Challenge

The Souls-like genre remains popular, along with FromSoftware's classics there are many contenders. But which are the best Souls-like games?

toxic-inferno17d ago

Hmm... In my opinion, the 7 best are the 6 made by FromSoftware (DeS, DS1, DS2, DS3, BB and ER), then Lies of P. But each to their own.

kevco3317d ago

Still DS1? You don't feel it's been surpassed yet?

Demon's Souls has the remake of course, but DS1 has surely been outdated?

Smellsforfree17d ago

I think that the DS1 remake is better looking than DS2. The interior lighting matched with the low resolution textures in DS2 is very garish, IMO.

Besides graphics, what do you mean by DS1 being "outdated"? I'm someone who played through Elden Ring and just recently played through the DS series, and as far as gameplay went, there were all very similar.

Cacabunga17d ago

I haven’t played many but Bloodborne and NIOH1 are on top of my list.. had a blast with these 2

toxic-inferno17d ago

For world design and interconnectedness (that's a word, right?) DS1 is yet to be beaten.

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9 Years Later, Does Bloodborne Deserve All The Praise It Gets?

Saad from eXputer: "Almost a decade later, it's time to take the nostalgia goggles off and accept that Bloodborne has long been surpassed by its successors."

jznrpg19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Yes, yes it does. It’s still a great game. Elden Ring isn’t better just different and a bit easier . I like that you have to be aggressive but smart in Bloodborne

thorstein19d ago

I literally replayed it recently and it's better than I remember. I think it's like going back to a beloved book and noticing things I hadn't before.

raWfodog19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Yo! I was getting ready to reply with the exact same four words you started with lol. Yes, I think Bloodborne has withstood the test of time and remains a great game. That’s why all the fans are hoping for a sequel someday. Hoping that we can catch that magic again with a new storyline.

Leeroyw19d ago

Yes. Just replayed it a few days ago. My first Platinum. And yes. I rage quitted so many times and called it BS too when I started. It's tight. The combat is amazing and the lore is rich.

GamingSinceForever18d ago

Elden Ring was easier? I don’t know about that at all. I remember leveling up in Bloodborne and breezing through it. In Elden Ring no matter how powerful I got I was still catching a beat down from every boss.

thorstein18d ago

That's due to scaling enemies. I remember not doing Haligtree untill near the end and having enemies withstand almost a full blast from Azur's Glintstone Staff Comet Azure. My level was quite high.

Melee characters are not fun in that game, especially for the Elden Beast.

MeteorPanda19d ago

Considering l did a run 2 months ago? Yes.

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Bloodborne's Potential Remaster Continues To Be Sony's Biggest Missed Opportunity

"Sony is missing out on a hugely profitable opportunity by ignoring fan demands for a Bloodborne remaster and PC port," says Ahmed from eXputer.

thorstein47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

Bloodborne came out on the PS4. It is owned by From Software. What missed opportunity? I am sure the people at From Software know what they are doing. Especially since they are hiring devs instead of laying them off.

Maybe do an article about that instead of writing a hit piece on them acting like they don't know how to run their business.

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-Foxtrot47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

To be fair Hidetaka Miyazaki said in an interview

“Unfortunately, and I’ve said this in other interviews, it’s not in my place to talk about Bloodborne specifically. We simply don’t own the IP at FromSoftware.”

So the ball kind of is in Sonys court, it feels like a missed opportunity because it’s something people really want and Sony just hasn’t really been bothered to get it off the ground. There was rumours it was at one point but it all went silent.

Cacabunga45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Sony has been missing nothing but opportunities for a few years now.. since GOW release, it’s worrying silence we’ve been getting..

As for Bloodborne, imo it would be too soon to release it because PS4 game still looks phenomenal..

Bloodborne REMAKE I think will be PS6 launch title by Bluepoint. I truly hope so! 2 gens later we can get the same wow effect as Demons Souls.

Eonjay45d ago

He is right because it is Sonys IP but a little further back he also explained that they only work on one game at a time. This means that From must also be available. In other words it could already be in the pipeline. Ecen if that is the case, it's still up to Sony to reveal it when they are ready. As ever, I prefer not to hear about it until it's about 3 to 6 months from releasing.

CrashMania47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

'Bloodborne came out on the PS4. It is owned by From Software'

Actually Sony owns the IP, same with Demon's Souls. I think they'd prefer if From did the work on any future of both of those though, but if Sony wanted to they could have those off to anyone else to work on them, like the DS remake.

thorstein47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

Yeah. Thanks for the info.

But I still think that remasters should wait a generation. And Blue Point did Demon's Souls which was superb.

It can be a huge risk. And I think Hidetaka Miyazaki hinted that it would be a PS6 title. I don't he has no say in what happens, it's a partnership.

--Onilink--46d ago

To be honest, if there is a remake/remaster (not that it needs one) I would prefer someone else to handle it, like they did with Demon Souls

From many perspectives From Soft is an amazing developer, BUT, on a technical level they are far from impressive, both in terms of dated visuals (again, on a technical level, not art/design) and usually poor performance.

And what is the point of a remake/remaster if not to provide a visual and performance enhancement to a game that already nailed the rest?

Michiel198945d ago

@thorstein what huge risk? Part of one of the most well known ip's in gaming nowadays, there's not much risk there when it comes to a remake.

thorstein45d ago

@Michiel

I meant remasters in general are a huge risk, not Bloodborne.

Bloodborne isn't, but I think it's going to be on PS6, like how Demon's Souls went from PS3 to PS5.

Sorry for the confusion.

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thesoftware73046d ago (Edited 46d ago )

Thorstein,

Wow, your post seems angry..relax it's an opinion.

And btw, it is on Sony, they have the exclusive right to the game, on top of that, they could have easily, at bare minimum, offered an official 60fps patch, with a few extras and charged people $10 to upgrade or $30-40 for new buyers.

I believe I saw an interview where , FromSoft said it was all up to Sony on a sequel and other dealing with the game.

A "hit peice", that serious huh?..relax lol.

thorstein45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Wow you seem angry. I responded to crash 2 days ago about the remaster and who did it.

Why do you care what other people think in a moment about some journalism. Calm down, buddy, it's just my opinion. From 3 days ago.

Edit: I just went back through my comments and found 2 where I call out the author in the past month. Wow, I'm a rageaholic.

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potatoseal47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

It will be a launch title on PS6 just like the remake of Demon's Souls for PS5 launch

OhReginald46d ago

Sony realizes people will flock to buy ps6s for a bloodborne remake. Easy money.

jznrpg46d ago (Edited 46d ago )

Rumored it’s slated for PS6 launch. Some say PS5 Pro. Who knows ?

P_Bomb46d ago

Highly requested, unfortunately neglected.

jznrpg19d ago

Some say we didn’t need TLOU2 remake but that was a PS4 game and now we need a BB remake but that was a PS4 game. We send mixed signals

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