Gotta love the team over at id Software, eh? The developer's lead project programmer, Billy Khan, has bigged up DOOM's engine ahead of its release in a few months, stating that it'll run at 60 frames per second in 1080p on PlayStation 4.
"We want players to wonder how DOOM and idTech 6 games can be so visually stunning at 60 frames-per-second at 1080p on all platforms, when other titles cannot even achieve a similar look at 30 frames-per-second," Khan boasts. "Our goal is to be the best-looking game at 1080p at 60fps."
The game should look pretty darn great in motion, then, and we suppose that it's quite entertaining to hear a studio sound off so confidently with regards to its technology. Now we just have to hope that these promises are fulfilled when the blood-soaked shooter launches in May.
Are you looking forward to DOOM? Does this news make the wait all the more painful? Enjoy a solid frame rate in the comments section below.
[source bethesda.net, via videogamer.com]
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I hope they will make other AAA developers feel ashamed when theyre about to release a 20-30 fps game...
Pwned
Really hope he doesn't have to eat his words, like so many before, I'm looking forward to this game and hope they can get what they're hoping
Can't wait for this, I love these more old school type shooter's as opposed to the COD's of the world and hopefully they will achieve their goals and shame other developers
I didn't think Wolfenstein: TNO looked bad at 1080p/60fps on all platforms. This looks faster paced though and therefore should suit 60fps. I can't say the visuals of Doom look outstanding but they certainly don't look 'bad' either in the videos I have seen but these are not as impressive as the game should look running on console and on a much bigger screen.
I haven't decided on whether or not to buy this game yet. Chances are I will but whether I wait for a while or get it close to launch is undecided. I do have 'concerns' over the campaign and MP even if I will play the MP and therefore I am undecided.
Very excited, I've been a big fan ever since the original shareware version hit. I do hope that he's not just being boastful, only for it to bite him though. But, I've loved every incarnation of Doom, for various reasons, so I'm sure I'll love this one regardless.
I hope for his sake it doesn't come back to bite him because I do like the idea of a more old school FPS. Despite what certain PC gamers say, the PS4 is more then capable of delivering 60FPS with high end graphics, it's all about how well optimized it is. But if developers gave us options to improve performance like on PC then it wouldn't be a issue.
@gingerfrog This is my concern as well. They'd better already be at that point throughout the entire game if they're making claims like this, or they're going to have egg on their face, Sam L style.
They will nail 60fps. Game has been in production for some time and they are a very talented team. The big question here is, will it be 1080p 60fps on the xbox1 consistently, and not jerk up and down depending on enemy clutter on the screen?
id-tech 5 barely got used at all, and was looking pretty average come Wolfenstein New Order, so I hope this one sees more use. id's engines generally are very impressive - when they're first used.
I really liked doom 3 story I hope they do a port of that as well but you can trust a doom games worth playing be cuss they treasure the name Ubisoft pay attention example ass creed
This is going to be GOTY.
Bethesda are going to make this the definitive shoot em up. Black ops and other such games will have to stand up and listen, as they are going to hell.
@SonyInfinity Whilst its not necessarily pertinent on a PS site, Why wouldn't it run at 1080p/60fps? Wolfenstein: TNO does as do a number of other games. Why bother trying to 'bash' another console?
@themcnoisy I can't see that happening at all. Admittedly the game-play looks 'fun' but I can't say the MP looks particularly interesting. In a lot of ways, the main campaign has a number of dated mechanics but also a modern twist with that new 'melee' mechanic. I think it will win people over because of the brutality and even when games have been average, that usually elevates them above games that are technically superior but not as graphic on its brutality. Visually I haven't been overly impressed as everything looks red with very little distance in the view, the environments haven't so far been very 'busy' and I am yet to see any depth in the story or modes. I can see it being popular but I can't see it being bigger or more fun than the most popular FPS games.
With Uncharted 4 out a month before, games like Mass Effect: Andromeda and (maybe) Horizon: Zero Dawn expected, I doubt it will win GotY!
Being a long time MASSIVE fan of DOOM I cannot wait for this game. I own every iteration of the series and I have been waiting for this one for years. The graphics,gameplay and sound effects are spot on for a DOOM game. Im really looking forward to sending those demons back to hell.
Because of DOOM, Uncharted 4, Ratchet & Clank and Mirrors Edge2 I have decided skip The Division because games like that require so much time. That's time I feel could be better spent on the games I mentioned above.
@Grawlog This is why I hope The Division sets a standard since there doing this for consoles. I agree on Horizon too, it doesn't make much sense putting it out in a busy time period, especially when Sony are wanting it to be their next big flagship franchise.
@Grawlog no I'm being genuine. The E3 presentation was awesome. And I'm fed up of all the Sci fi shooters we have been inundated with and want to get back to some demon hunting.
@Grawlog As Sony has come in for 'criticism' with its lack of big exclusives in that holiday period, I doubt Sony would deliberately avoid releasing a game like Horizon. As it stands at the moment, Only CoD with the follow up to Ghosts, in November is the 'big' 3rd Party deal. Destiny isn't releasing its follow up until 2017 - something that Sony has relied on for the past 2 years. I can see Horizon being delayed through development needs but not deliberately delayed because of 'competition'. Uncharted was expected during last Holiday season along with Destiny:TTK and CoD:BO3 so competition from 3rd Party games isn't a concern. Its not like Horizon hasn't been in development for years - Guerrilla Games started work on it before Killzone released and whilst we have not seen that much of the world, its clear a fair amount had been created by E3 from a few things shown off and alluded to.
Anyway that's a bit off the topic. There is certainly games coming out that I think will be contesting for the GotY and Doom ain't one! U4 has a great chance as Uncharted 1,2 & 3 as well as the Last of Us have all won. Something that doesn't seem to have much of a story and not exactly unique in its MP is unlikely to beat this,
@BAMozzy Did not mean for it to come across as "bashing" as you say. People are so sensitive and PC these days. I asked that question because it has become common knowledge that the X1 has had trouble reaching and maintains the same graphical benchmarks as the ps4. It will be interesting to see how it performs as it pertains to the developers message that they WILL hit 60fps and 1080p on all consoles. If they can make it happen then it proves that other devs could have as well. Would also be interesting to know why so many devs didn't reach for parity in their games and launched them with the ps4 version being slightly superior, sometimes more, in most 3rd party games.
@BAMozzy GOTY does seem like a stretch, but I bet it is in the top 5 regardless. I HOPE NMS is great enough to be goty, I want it to be lol. Also, FF15 looks to be gathering alot of hype and may just be a return to its dominant former self.
DOOM Fan since my early childhood (my dad used to play it and I watched ^^) so this is maybe one of the biggest games for me this year
Cant wait
@SonyInfinity Also, FF15 looks to be gathering alot of hype and may just be a return to its dominant former self.
Hahaha, good one.
@SonyInfinity It did look as though you were trying to have a dig at XB with that comment as I doubt that you are considering buying the game for that console. Anyway a number of games do have parity Destiny (1080/30), Wolfenstein (1080/60) and with no performance differences. Some of the issue as to why games don't achieve parity comes down to the more complex architecture of the XB1. As a result its more difficult to programme for compared to the PS4 which has very similar architecture to the PS4. The XB1 requires a very different way of programming to utilise the ESRAM that's bolted on to the GPU and I doubt many developers will rewrite their entire game just for XB when they can lower the res a bit. The XB doesn't have as good a GPU but it is still capable of 1080p/60fps - particularly if the draw distances aren't that great, the environment is static etc as this game appears to have
Yep, Wolfenstein looks great and runs solid at 60 fps using idtech....
Pew pew pew
A relatively bold statement. I hope the live up to their promises.
Wolfenstien was great, so I have hope in this.
Never seen any slowdown or other technical issues in a Doom game before so glad to see they are sticking to that in this one.
I remember how great looking and how solid the framerate was for Rage!
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