In collaboration with the established experts at Digital Foundry, Illusion, the "Master of Unlocking", has again succeeded in unleashing the framerate of a PS4 exclusive trapped on that platform, this time with The Order: 1886. Digital Foundry's video shows how the game's then-impressive tech holds up today and what it looks like running at that silky smooth 60 frames per second.
We weren't the biggest fan of it when it launched in 2015, yet The Order has garnered some cult status in the years since. While a proper sequel is unlikely (developer Ready at Dawn was caught up in Meta's layoffs earlier in the year), it's clear that fans loved the game's unique setting and that some appetite for a sequel still exists.
We brought you word of a seismic shift in the console modding community on Monday when the combined powers of Lance McDonald and Illusion were finally revealed to an unprepared world. McDonald's been labouring for years to unlock Bloodborne's tragically limited framerate, and Illusion successfully implemented the promised patch on retail PS5 hardware (voiding the poor machine's warranty forever in the process). It seems likely we'll be seeing more of these unofficial patches in the future.
Again, not to put too fine a point on it, but jailbreaking your console is generally a bad idea, there are many reasons why, and playing god with the PS5 is perhaps best left to slick Shadow Runners like Illusion and McDonald. We'll always be fascinated by their exploits, though.
Now the cat seems to be out of the technical bag, what previously plodding PlayStation game would you like to see come to life at 60fps? Unlock your thoughts in the comments section below.
[source youtu.be, via playstationlifestyle.net]
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Is this exploit possible for all PS4 games or is it a case by case basis?
the order 1886 was a good game just too short for full price
He was actually able to unlock fps in many games including RDR2, gravity rush and many others. He was even able to lift the resolution or fix frame pacing. Sony should hire him
Such a shame, the world, characters, visuals, lore, sound, all spot on, the gameplay next to non existent. If ever a sequel should of been green lit the order 1886 was it.
In a ideal world,it'd be wonderful if more modders like these were hired into the engineering teams that'd handle ps1/ps2 & the ps4's baked in compatibility mode on ps5 to help enhance them beyond the functional modes they have.
Unfortunately,,their efforts tend to get ignored with silence or like the GTA Classic games get scrubbed entirely with cheap & nasty official efforts!
Why are they limited to 60fps? Not enough juice to run them at 120? Glad it's happening though, if modders can do it this easily once they get access to the system hopefully whoever's in charge will pull their thumb out and make it happen for those of us with unmodded consoles.
I wonder if they could mod the aspect ratio to remove the black bars, IIRC the game was letterboxed so there were fewer pixels to render which is why they were able to push the graphics so hard.
I still haven’t ever played The Order 1886. Surprised it hasn’t been a PS+ game yet.
Please, for the sake of my mental well-being, you simply must refrain from putting 'Bloodborne' in your article titles.
@chucksneed If you watch digital foundry you will see thet they did that but problem is that its just a crop up.
Loved the game. 30FPS was okay because the pacing is slow in this. Even RDR2 is good with 30FPS. And I say that as a 60FPS dude.
The slander this game received was outrageous.
A truly solid game that deserved a sequel.
We really need a sequel. Lore is enough to do more.
"jailbreaking your console is generally a bad idea"
That's such a loaded, inaccurate statement. For older consoles like the PS3 it unlocks a huge amount of potential with minimal risk. I have a backwards compatible phat PS3 with the PS2 GS chip inside and it means I can do stuff like run ISOs rather than put strain on the now 17 year old Blu-ray drive, and also change the fan speed curve so it ramps up more smoothly and also more quickly to help stop the console dying from heat. I'd argue not modifying your console, which is insanely easy, is a bad idea.
PS4 console mods look awesome too, but they're still locked behind the "old firmware" barrier to entry which is a shame as the PS4 homebrew scene is maturing and it looks like a fun time to jump onboard that train.
@PegasusActual93 Game by game as it uses memory address register hacks I believe. I forget which DF video says that, probably DF Weekly, but it's there.
@Darth_Stofi They should hire him. Instead they'll probably do the idiot thing of suing him into oblivion. Big companies do seriously dumb stuff that hinders them in the long run all the time - look at Netflix recently.
@Knave21 He needs clicks
@Jacko11
I think a lot of people piled on just to be part of the bandwagon.
I enjoyed this game, the world was stunning, the graphics were absolutely amazing, the story was fantastic, the weapons were unique and wonderful, and the ending is just begging for a sequel.
I can't believe they would just abandon such a rich world so full of potential.
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