Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for PC won’t be frame locked

When Capcom announced their intentions to release Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for PC via Steam yesterday we had one particular thought in mind, it had better not be frame locked to 30 fps.

As a largely action-orientated RPG, a game that requires finesse and as smooth as an experience as possible to properly enjoy it, 30 fps would absolutely slaughter the gameplay experience for us.

It’s particularly bad for us PC gamers, not because we’re in anyway superior, but because we’re so used to 60 fps and higher – 30 fps and lower is really quite noticeable, and oh so aggravating.

With that in mind, a number of concerned digital citizens have sent queries to Capcom in this regard, and happily, they’ve replied in kind.

Capcom’s Sr. Director of Digital Platforms has replied via NeoGAF, saying, “Tons of folks asked whether the upcoming PC port will have a capped frame rate. With DDDA being an MT Framework-based game, you can rest assured it’ll have the usual graphics options found in other Capcom PC titles. Stay tuned as we’ll have more details to share regarding tech specs and features in the coming weeks/months.”

Technically, his reply didn’t absolutely promise the lack of a frame lock, but he sort of hinted at it. He also promised a number of graphical options, which is just what we wanted.

Here’s hoping that there are more improvements being made to Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for PC.

Expect it to release in January of 2016 for Steam and cost $29.99.