Quote from: Luciana on June 08, 2016, 02:36:23 PM

I just thought up of a simple scenario that would make unstable frame rates appealing from an artistic standpoint.

Say you're playing an RPG, and the RPG's setting is like a virtual world--a game within a game type of thing. During the climax, or pre-climax, let's say the antagonist finds a way to access the world's engine or mainframe or whatever. He intends to destroy it, which will effectively corrupt your entire party in one fell swoop.

He's not strong enough to destroy it completely, though--he manages to damage it, but only to the extent that it causes the virtual world itself to falter a bit. So, in order to convey that to the player, enemies become pixelated, the music gets all wonky, and even the frame rate itself starts lagging a little bit.

Assuming the designers played around with it to where it wouldn't be annoying to play--let's say they made it a brief segment of the game, so you're not constantly having to deal with it for a large portion of the game. I personally think that would add a sense of urgency to the game. The world around you is literally falling apart, and you have the incentive now to stop that. Don't you think that would be kinda cool, or at least interesting as an artistic decision?

I'm just saying, anything's possible. You don't have to like "bad" frame rates if it's causing you to enjoy the experience less. I'm just trying to come up with a way to get you to see how virtually anything that you perceive as "bad" can be turned into a "good" if it's utilized properly.

It doesn't even have to be intentional. Sometimes, unintentional imperfections can enhance the experience as well. It's just harder to come up with an example that involves frame rate.