So how about that new Platinum frame rate, fellow console peasants?

Yeah the problem with consoles is that the morons at Microsoft and Sony put 4k on a system that is supposed to run at 30fps. Like, what? why they don't leave it at 1080p and make all games run at 60fps first?

I've got a 1080 Ti OC and still drop to 20 FPS during HEAVY explosions. 40+ most of the time, 42 drops in the underpass on Firebase Paradox. I think Paradox is the heaviest of all maps.

Because players like shinobiwan who don't know better are the majority. Otherwise yes, it boggles my mind too, because if a game gave me the choice between 4k or 60fps, I'll always choose 60fps regardless of the game, but especially for shooter games like Mass Effect. These new consoles, even XB1X, aren't really designed with 60fps in mind either, but rather 4k.

I mean, take MEAmp. If players complained about the below 30 and further varying frame dips throughout, BioWare could easily do a few simple quick tricks to help improve fps. Disable god rays. Remove destructible/moveable objects and cover (no one uses them anyway). Remove stage animation (trees, flying creatures, etc). Ie. That Pandora map replaces the flying creatures during day layout with god rays during evening layout due to performance, I say get rid of both. Remove shadows or simplify them further. Remove other none needed eye candy like the new glowing animation of Observers and shitty x4 bukkake weapons or whatever they're called. Re-arrange wave budget. I mean, all but one are simple tricks Bethesda fans used to increase frames for PS4/XB1 versions of Skyrim and Fallout 4 with supper tinny mods that download instantly in less then a second if you're on dialup from mars.

Dunno if you like action rpgs, but it sounds like you might like Nioh.  They have different performance settings that allow you to lock in 60 fps + "poor" graphics  or 30 fps + "good" graphics.

Just wanted to pop in here to tell you that you've made a mistake! Horizon is absolutely amazing and despite console derpyness, it looks freaking gorgeous. I guarantee you that even if you don't get to love it as I did, you'll certainly have a great time with that game!

Bioware could certainly learn a few things about faces and facial animations from a fairly noobie studio (I say noobie as Horizon Zero Dawn is their first venture in this specific territory, I am completely ignoring Killzone).

The funny part is that they look awful, those new biotic effects for instance, they cover like an entire room when they trigger. And I ask: why?
Remember how they said that the timers and other limitations on combos are because of performance? then why the heck those combos have to be so over the top?! wouldn't be more productive to remove stupid hidden timers and improve performance altogether by making those effects less flashy like in ME3? At least on PC I think no one ever complained of performance when it came to amount of NPCs or effects on the field in Mass 3.

What resolution are you using? I have a 1080 non-Ti, but playing at 1080p without DSR to keep the fps as close to 60 (75) fps as possible, at maxed settings.
1.09 did fix some of the framedrops for me introduced in 1.08 (like Reegar).

So you're fine with dying in MEAmp because you can't make fraction of a second shots to stay alive. Ok. Clearly talking to you about big pictures is a waste of time.

3840 x 2160 of course. I know you need at least a 1070 or 1080 for 1080p...

Currently 4K with near 60 FPS is only archievable on 2000 €+ rigs.

I run a 1070 on 1440p and get a very stable 80fps. I think like maybe 2 of my settings (AA maybe) aren't maxed?  I don't remember for sure, but I'm not at home.