The 60fps videos will be on our YouTube channel tomorrow. They are best used as a reference point for the game’s lighting and texture work. Please note: Our embedded videos are capped at 30fps and are not illustrative of Black Ops 3’s performance. At one point during our testing, simply looking at a wall caused the framerate to dive. Performance problems can occasionally rear their head even when nothing particularly taxing appears to be going on at all. For example, heading into a funnel area built for mid-range engagement on Fringe saw the framerate dip considerably. Some maps appear to be more prone to performance issues than others. But with the final game now here and the 1.8GB day one ‘Compatibility Pack’ installed, does Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 really look that bad on last-gen consoles?Īfter testing the Xbox 360 version’s multiplayer mode, initial impressions point to a quick and dirty port, with an inconsistent framerate that, while appearing to stick to 60fps for the most part, can tumble when emerging into open areas.
Some have suggested that the footage – taken from PS3 and 360 – may be of a pre-release version, or captured without the day one patch installed. Much has been made of the differences between the current and last-gen console versions of Black Ops 3, from the performance variables, concerns over DLC, and the entire lack of a campaign mode in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.īut in the last few days it’s emerged that the last-gen versions may not look the part either, even when compared with other Call of Duty titles on the same platform: early leaked videos appearing to show a game that looks far worse than its predecessors.