Enable this (Essential to fix flickering/black screens).
You can unlock the framerate by setting Framelimit to "Off" and enabling "Clocks scale" to 200%, but with the standard Duplex fix. The physics engine in Ascension is tied to 30 FPS. Running at 60 FPS causes the grapple chains to break. If you want 60 FPS, you need a second patch specifically for "Variable Frame Rate," which Duplex does not officially support. god of war ascension duplex fix
: Once the "fix" allows the game to run, you experience the prequel story of Kratos. Enable this (Essential to fix flickering/black screens)
Before the fix, the trial of Archimedes was a slideshow. After applying Duplex’s patch, the game runs at a nearly locked 30fps (and even 60fps in lighter areas on RPCS3 with a good CPU). No more stuttering during giant boss attacks or screen-filling magic explosions. The fix also seems to address memory leaks that would crash the game after an hour of play. Running at 60 FPS causes the grapple chains to break