FPS Boost: brilliant for Xbox gamers but we hope to see more from Series X

Microsoft jammed its foot down hard on the accelerator pedal with the recent release of 74 additional titles offering FPS Boost support, which sees frame-rate of back-compat Xbox One games doubled - or even quadrupled - for play on the new generation of console hardware.

[darthv72]

Only having the Series S, I can say the FPS boost is a real game changer. Giving new life and practically new experiences to these existing games. Tomb Raider is one I haven't played but now I want to.

[MadLad]

People are really split on the TR reboot, but they've been some of my favorite action games.

[russo121]

In any case N4G should open a section for retro-gaming where this kind of articles and MS consoles fits well.

[MadLad]

People like you really get annoying. So many here on N4G. You take games far too seriously.

I'm going to enjoy watching how this site reacts when MS can finally make use of all these new studios. Many of which are award winning, with large catalogs of IP behind them.

Then the narrative will just change from no games, to all the games are trash, though we obviously haven't played them.

[Magog]

Even Eurogamer notorious xbox stans are getting sick of nothing but old games. Uh, oh.

[Atom666]

Uh, oh. You started trolling without reading the article.

They "hope to see more" in terms of allowing boosted titles to offer more consistent stability and utilize the higher One X code to get that 4k 60 results.

[MadLad]

Why read and learn, when you can assume and rant?

[Obscure_Observer]

@TheRealTedCruz

Genius

[littletad]

Their own title is misleading, it's referring to how the fps boost actually do MORE on the series s than the x. They go into rough detail explaining how it isn't really benefiting some series x BC games, but they chose to go with that bait title.

[Orchard]

That awkward moment when you only read the title and not the article and start trying to comment on it negatively...

[Jericho1337]

Keep recycling the game defensive comments while you can 😉

[RumHam]

Damn dude, does it ever get tiring?

[CaptainHenry916]

Well Microsoft is good at selling features like this to their fanbase. They don't have a choice until the games come

[Orchard]

I might have to go back and play the Tomb Raiders at some point (when I can get my hands on hardware...) - looks great.

The back compat program never fails to impress. Looking forward to what they do next.

[SlothLordPootus]

Great to have the options, though in the cases of 4k vs 900p, I don't think I can bring myself to do the lower resolution.

[hollabox]

I'm with you, I tried FC5, Tomb Raider, and Home Front Evolution. TR looked good, barely if any resolution drop. FC5 turned FPS off after 45 mins. Distance object lost too much detail, and if you like shimmering graphics FPS boost is right for you. Home Front looked too damn muddy, yes it played better but the muddy visuals left much to be desired. I can't deal with muddy visuals, I don't care how smooth it feels.

[Lexreborn2]

It’s funny how they keep stressing the exact sacrifice I said I didn’t want to have the FPS boost. Where in another article people kept swearing it maintained higher one x resolutions which is just false.

If I want to play a last gen game at 900p-1080p at 60fps I’ll do that on my gaming laptop which I can easily get 1440p 60-120fps.

The base coding of these games really steal away the visual clarity. And, as Rich said, it’s hard to choose between higher resolution capped 30 or lower resolution 60-120.

For me I choose the higher resolution. That’s why I get divided on this topic and find the tech cool for a console but not game changing at all personally.

[darthv72]

Certain games on Series X will take a resolution hit and those games will NOT have the FPS boost enabled by default. Games that have it enabled by default will NOT have a reduction in resolution but instead will stay the same res and double (or more) the frame rate. Case in point, on the One X, Gears 4 runs at 1080/60 in performance mode while on the Series S it runs at 1080/30 (without FPS boost).

On a Series X, it is not recommended to turn it on as it will cause the game to run on One S mode instead of One X mode. So this game is better suited for the Series S and i can say it really does play better. I had been playing it on my One X in performance mode, so to see it running on a Series S (which is said to be a lesser system than the One X) is very impressive.

For me I choose performance mode, once you go 60... you just cant go back to 30. No matter how pretty it may look.

[Lexreborn2]

Disagree, I’ve been playing games from 30-200 plus and it hasn’t changed my enjoyment of a game at 30 vs 60 plus.

If the game wasn’t good to me to begin with then I was never going to enjoy it pretty or super fluid.

But one thing I will always want is for it to be 1440p to 4K. Ghost of Tsushima I took visuals 4K 30 over 1080 60. When I started playing it on ps5 4K 60 was great but doesn’t change my lack of urgency/interest in finishing the game.

I personally don’t want to play games at 900p 60-120. It still looks like crud on a 4K display and a sacrifice I don’t need or want.

[Lexreborn2]

@calving

Competitive games don’t make up the majority of gaming. And if you are elite you will play where ever the best place for that game is to play that particular game. And playing on an Xbox at 900p 120fps isn’t going to give you that edge except over other Xbox players.

Besides for competitive games on console, they will always lock it to an average to maintain fairness. Unless you for some reason want to play apex legends on switch with worse graphics and frame rate in cross play.

[Father__Merrin]

One title I am surprised by is ff13 one x enhanced running on series x if that got an fps boost it would be great

[darthv72]

More are supposed to be coming. Im hoping Quantum Break, Ryse and SSOD get some love. And Batman Arkham Knight needs to be part of the program as well.