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BioShock Widescreen Slices Vertical View
by Nick Breckon, Aug 21, 2007 11:03am PDTIn a rapidly-expanding thread on the 2K Games forum, reports are
coming in that 2K Boston and Australia's just-released shooter BioShock (PC, X360) uses a cropping method for its widescreen display, cutting down on the vertical view rather than expanding the horizontal width (illustrated left). The problem apparently exists for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions, and cannot be fixed with an edit of the game's FOV (field of view) setting.
The issue took forum goers by surprise, as 2K Boston lead programmer Chris Kline assured fans last May that BioShock's widescreen view would show more, rather than less. "The game will render in full 16:9 aspect ratio, with no letterboxing unless your resolution is not true 16:9," Kline said in a thread on the 2K forums. "You will see more in widescreen. We use a different projection matrix; there is no squashing or stretching of the image involved." Shacknews can confirm that the problem exists in the PC demo of BioShock, and has contacted 2K Games for comment.
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Honestly, is shacknews really stooping so low as to cover what hyperactive internet douchebags are bitching about? Come on now...
Dugg down for inaccurate.
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The only thing questionable about Chris Kline's statement is that widescreen users will see more. From the side-by-side comparisons I've seen, the overlay shot is incredibly misleading. It seems as though 4x3 users see a little more vertically, but widescreen users see a bit more detail. This is due to it either being somewhat zoomed for widescreen (if it was developed with 4x3 in mind), or zoomed in (if it was developed with widescreen in mind) for 4x3. Which one is closer to what the developers intended? I can't say, since I don't know what their primary development settings were.
Then again, I guess I should get all pissed off and start yelling about how they're screwing over widescreen customers now, because goddamned everyone has to act like they're being beaten up by a company. Whatever, I hate the goddamned internet.
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