Tales of Zestiria will be locked at 30 fps, says Bandai Namco

Tales of Zestiria is coming to Steam! And if that rings a bell, it's probably because we actually found out about it back in June. But now we know more, thanks to the official Tales Of blog, which also explains that the PC release will run at 1080p, support 4K resolution, and be locked to a framerate of 30 fps.

Okay, that last point might be a little off-putting, but Bandai Namco explained that there's really no other option. "The 'Tales of' battle system has always been an integral part of the gameplay experience, and changing the framerate proved to have profound consequences on things like: animation, balance, difficulty, and overall fighting mechanics tuning," it wrote. "We do this in the best interest for the players’ experience!"

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