4:3 resolution support in future games

[John Smith]

Hi,

I still have an 4:3 19" monitor that i play with but i am a little concerned about the support of this format in future games eg Fear 2 at the start (before patch) only offered at 1280 *1024 letterbox, do you think that this is an isolated case or it´s something to worry about?

Because eg there are still lots of people that uses´s CRT´s to play

[GeneralAdmission]

With the unquestionable trend of console-first development I'd say yes, expect some more cases of letterboxed games for 4:3 monitors in the future. There's no way to predict how many titles might behave this way, but it might be worth your while to do a fair amount of pre-purchase research for any multi-platform game when the developer does not specifically demonstrate how it will behave on the PC. Don't trust marketing folks any farther than you can toss 'em.

[Tanuki]

Just FYI 1280x1024 is a 5:4 resolution.

[John Smith]

But if sometimes one just have to edit the .ini files to change the resolution or get user made FOV hack why don´t they fix that in the house?

I tried about 7 games and only Fear 2 do that even for 16:10!

I hate bad made console ports! :evil:

[GeneralAdmission]

But if sometimes one just have to edit the .ini files to change the resolution or get user made FOV hack why don´t they fix that in the house?

Welcome to the $64 million question. ;)

[DaFox]

But if sometimes one just have to edit the .ini files to change the resolution or get user made FOV hack why don´t they fix that in the house?

Because your a minority, and they are businesses and at the end of the day they have to shave what they can to cut costs and improve profits.

[John Smith]

Nevertheless this must be an isolated case because from what i heard Monolith doesn´t have all the original Fear 1 programmers and the game itself is already very repetitive with is multiple expansions. Monolith used to be one of the best Games Houses with mitical old school games like Blood, Shogo but after No One Lives Forever™ 2 with the exception of Fear 1 it seems that there are a declining.

This is my rant

[StingingVelvet]

I liked FEAR 2, and they listened to the community and patched in non-16:9 support very quickly... win-win in my book. Some games like Assassin's Creed 1/2 and Mirror's Edge never got patched for that issue.

As for it happening again I am sure it will, pretty sure it does relatively often and you must just not be buying those games. With a 16:10 monitor I barely notice it to be honest.