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inFamous: Second Son will get 30fps framerate cap option and new photo mode tomorrow

PS4 exclusive inFamous: Second Son getting new photo mode for free.

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The inFamous: Second Son patch that lets users cap their framerate will be released on April 17, developer Sucker Punch has confirmed.

That's tomorrow!

The patch will let users disable the HUD and, after completing the game once, set the time of day. The frame rate can also be capped at 30fps, although the developer points out that this is a cap and not a lock--a few frames will still be dropped here and there when the action gets heavy.

A new mode, Photo Mode, will also be included with the patch. This will allow players to pause the action to control the camera, fiddling with pan, tilt, roll, and other options such as field of view and depth of field. These pictures can then be uploaded using the PlayStation 4's sharing features.

You will, however, have to set these changes each and every time you load the game, as Sucker Punch says they did not want to disturb the game's save file format.

Other changes include some changes to the game's text in other languages, a few crash fixes, a notification about whether you're eligible for the game's "Unstoppable" Trophy, and the game will now pause if your PS4 controller is disconnected.

A trailer showing off the game's Photo Mode was also released:

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Having a blast with Second Son. I troll everyone in Seattle and just unlocked Delvin's "X-Bone" jacket the other night :). Still haven't even unlocked Neon powers yet, Dark Souls II held me up

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<< LINK REMOVED >> WHAT IS THIS? A game realated comment? you didn't even mention anything war related! are you sure you're on the right website?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Neon is when it gets really fun, smoke is boring. Just wait until you get "video" power

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I feel like 60 fps on consoles will never be the standard. There is such pressure to make the games look "next gen" that if developers can get a steady 60 fps on a game, they are just going to invest more into the graphics at the expense of the higher frame rate.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Really? I think we will see lots of 60fps 1080p games in a couple years on both consoles. Developers learn new tricks and completely new game engines are being developed.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I could care less myself, if the game is good and fun, I will play it... at any resolution / frame rate. I never cared about it when playing the NES (or the original Atari systems) and I don't really care about it now.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Eh, framerate whores belong on PC gaming machines anyway.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Less than 50 fps is painful. idk how people manage to cope with 30.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>Steadyish 30fps and impressive graphics all the way

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Agreed... I also play PC but 60fps is really a luxury more than a necessity. Though I do tend to shoot for 45+fps, I never was bothered by the frame rate in SS.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>I enjoyed my time with PC gaming, but I don't miss the expense and hassle of optimizing every game for my rig.

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add an enemy reset option then we'll talk..photos can **** off

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@prodigy_69 It's called "New Game"... though starting a new game with all powers would have been a nice option!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> NO REALLY? is that what it's called?..sheez all those years of gaming you'd think I'd know

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jemmy :1080p! 1080p is everywhere

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BabeNewell best troll! Love watching motherfuckers fall for his shit!

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This is the second game to get a post release 30fps lock/cap. The conspiracy theorist in me is thinking that Sony deliberately removed the frame lock from the released version in order to prevent being tarred with the "only 30fps" moniker.


If the frame rate fluctuations are so noticeable that it requires a post game patch to add a cap in, it shouldn't have released without the cap in the first place.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> The fluctuations are extremely subtle. I can still feel them but they're really not that bad. Everyone is waaaayyy overreacting.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I agree, whata bunch of self entitled autistic child gamers we have nowadays


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I did not experience a frame rate problem once. The game ran smooth as butter at 1080p. It must be the Chinese built PS4's.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> You didnt notice the frame rate issue, but there is some frame rate issues, even if you didn't notice them. Why else do you think Sony just capped it at 30fps? Beausse it was all over the place, sometimes at 55, then down to 25.Keeping it at 30 makes for less UP AND DOWN so to speak of the fps.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> "We also promised, and have included, an option to cap the game frame rate at 30 FPS if you prefer playing this way. To set expectations for you all: this is a frame rate cap — not a lock. It won’t eliminate the rare instance of a dropped frame during gameplay"

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Its just you, I honestly found the framerate pretty damn smooth, even compared to Tomb Raider for PS4

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<< LINK REMOVED >> wouldn't say it was smooth as butter, but it's the best thing I've played on the console so far..

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Infamous: Second Sons looks so good!


-Looks at Crysis gameplay from 2007-


Never mind this game looks like shit!

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Sadly 30 fps causes lag and you can see every missing frame which is just a black image every other frame so it's constantly flashing black , image , black, image, black , image, strange how people accept this but once your use to 60fps you can't go back, your brain is trained to play faster video playback from then on out.

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@BabeNewelll oh god, no. Most TVs refresh, in the USA, at 60Hz. Your PS4 is feeding a NEW frame at half that rate. That just means a given pixel on your TV is drawing the same content over 2 cycles. It doesn't mean your PS4 is flickering between images and black screens at 60Hz.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> so when you go to 60fps you replace black images with non-black images? I can see a discrimination lawsuit in the works...

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>lol

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Ok now you're just an obvious troll. Every other frame isn't black, wtf?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Well if there is 60 frames in a second and you take away 30 there will be a gap between each image rendered which is unnoticeable to the untrained eye.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> No this is not how it works. Your eyes don't train to see a certain FPS, your eyes can see up to a certain max FPS. 60 FPS means 60 frames happen a second, 30 fps mean 30 frames happen a second. This doesn't mean there is a black screen every other second......sigh

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@BabeNewelll @Dezuria oh boy, so wrong... frames stay on screen twice as long, they dont flash a black screen in place of the missing one... ridiculous.

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wait...after reading the comments and the article, all of a sudden drops in frame rate FROM 30FPS are acceptable?...What happened to all the PS4 1080/60fps Glory?..I don't get it?..I thought lamestation4 was the be and end all of gaming machines....

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<< LINK REMOVED >> The focus in the past has been more on the fact that the XB1 consistently performs worse than the PS4. There are exceptions but it's about the comparison more than it is about the framerates and resolutions themselves.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Lol because Sony can't keep their promises. Since their tablet apu is only as powerful as a 7770. Which is AMD. Which is shit.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>your equivalence is not correct. You just referred to sub-XB1 performance.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> oh well its better than 720p 30fps . . .opss lol

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I fucking lol. All the Sony Ponies are like 1080P 60FPS! Shortly after the developers have to add 30 fps cap patches to keep the game from frame dipping so hard. I swear Gears of Order: 1866 is going to be a slideshow!


Sony:


"Where Frame Dips Await"

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@good_snuggles They didn't add 30 fps cap because of "dips". they did it because many people wanted it to be a steady 30 instead of fluctuating around the 30-50 range. Most of the time the game is running above 30.

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