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I posted about this issue on PCZone's technical site under the bioshock thread...


http://forums.dearwandy.com/viewtopic.php?id=23527

Page 3 near the bottom. Their reviewer replied with a very interesting point, namely



"This wasn't mentioned in the PC Zone review because we ...

[quote]The idea that a moving 2D image is capable of resulting in motion sickness because the scrunched up viewfield implies to our brain different movement than we are used to in a game is not something those who are set against the idea will readily accept. It requires a bit more acceptance that ...

That's totally a misleading screenshot though. It implies that the game was built for 4:3 and modified for widescreen, which almost certainly isn't the case. It also implies that you're seeing a lower-resolution version, when in fact you're seeing more pixels than a comparable 4:3 display ...

with this game, you see less, in same detail, and a distorted POV
No, you don't. Compare a 960x720 screen with a 1280x720 widescreen shot, and you'll see MORE. There are more pixels, and what you're seeing is in greater detail. There's no distorted POV, the projection is just done to maintain a ...

maybe if the game shipped with motion sickness patch, and some tylenol i could play it for more than 15 min at a time.

[quote][quote][quote][quote][quote]i think people expected it when the developers told us to.
Where? Citing (and linking) a source where thay explicitly state that the 16:9 AR will be wider than the 4:3 one would be nice.

And, no: A generic statement like "of course it will be designed for ...

Still, it doesn't exclude the possibility that the current 16:9 mode is like they always intended it to be and that they changed their approach to how they implemented the 4:3 mode.

actually it does exclude the possibility. since they stated you will see more, and we dont. we actually see ...

I have a question, and I'm serious here: Why is it that everyone automatically expect the 16:9 aspect ratio version to have a wider FOV than the 4:3 one?

If a game is primarily designed for 4:3 it is wrong to chop to 16:9. Rather, you should add to the sides.

Equally, if a game is ...

paddy can you post my shots of the load screen over on 2k board i sill havnt got an e-mail to finish reging over there

took me 2 hours to get it. the thread has devolved into nothing but bashing people for making a legitimate complaint because the issue doesnt effect them personally.

Yawgmoth ... welcome to the WSGF ... 8)

Crazy eh ... Ok maybe ... but ... we need is a fix for this FOV so I can play across three screens ... :mrgreen:

loan me some money so i can get 2 more monitors.

wow, posting here because the 2k activation email is taking foreverrrrrr.

had i not already paid and preloaded the game i would have waited for a fix for this issue. i just recently spent 4k (of my hard earned money, not my mom's) on a new pc complete with widescreen monitor. last night after ...