BioShock Widescreen Slices Vertical View

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  I played the game on my widescreen TV and it looked perfect. I would gues the testers didn't notice a pro... : marmite
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    Or most console gamers are casual gamers that don't notice things like widescreen and could care less. W... : Matt Burris
    • Exactly how thin is the air up there? : walker270
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      Well, I don't think it's obvious unless you have a 4:3 reference to compare it against, which most people... : Phunk
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        Yes. Some people would notice. It's not really about "I have widescreen, why can't I see more than 4:3... : CRasterImage
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          Yeah, I've played around with those settings, but for me, and I'd imagine a lot of others, Bioshock never... : Phunk
          • Read S1ing B1ade's post. He says it better than I do: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14978874#item... : CRasterImage
      • The way I see it is that the widescreen community at the widescreengaming forum are hardcore people that ... : Matt Burris
    • Lol, are you kidding? : Milleh
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      Now that's some deep seeded resentment for console gamers. Don't forget, many of us played console games ... : vynn
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        As did I, I started with the NES, went to a Sega Master System, then to a Sega Genesis, a SNES, a Sega Sa... : Matt Burris
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          You don't think it wasn't caught because console gamers are more mature and realise that it's not the en... : marmite
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            Yeah, keep telling yourself that, buddy. : Matt Burris
            • I will. : marmite
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      Until I read this thread I didn't even know it was possible to change your field of view in games. Never ... : marmite
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        If it is something you never knew about, how can you label it insignificant? We have a decade of FPS pla... : CRasterImage
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          I used to play at 110 during CTF matches in Q2, it helped immensely, but it did give that fishbowl view. ... : Matt Burris
          • Grappling Hook for life!!! : CRasterImage
          • Ya, it's funny that even before widescreen displays existed we were simulating it by cranking up the FOV. : vynn
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          It's insignificant to me because I haven't enjoyed games any less all this time without knowing about it.... : marmite
          • We get it, you're a casual gamer. That's wonderful, but for some of us, we like to enhance our gameplay ... : Matt Burris
          • Yes, the world revolves around you. : ^rec
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        Once you've played in true widescreen, it's hard to go back to 4:3 because you're spoiled by all that ext : vynn
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          What games on the 360 have "True Wide Screen", because I didn't notice Bioshock being any different from ... : marmite
          • Fuck if I know, I don't own one. : vynn
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    By: S1ing B1ade x Show Full Post

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    You're right, it probably isn't going to be immediately noticeable. But it would be kind of like living with poor vision all your life and then someone giving you glasses. Or going from a curved screen to a flat one. There is still a HUGE difference. To really understand, check out the excellent example given by burning eye:
    
    http://images.pikapuff.com/games/bioshockws.png
    
    It's like playing with blinders on. No thanks.

    Aug 21, 2007 2:54pm PDT
    You're right, it probably isn't going to be immediately noticeable. But it would be kind of like living w... : S1ing B1ade
• Is the jerky mouse related to the widescreen issue? Mine seemed really bad; I was going to look into it ... : Liquid
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  if you developed a game in wide screen, what would be the easiest way to convert it to a 4:3 screen? I wo... : deceiver
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    and ignorance is bliss : vynn
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      actually this is quite likely the correct answer. most devs work in widescreen now. what you are seeing... : dopefish
      • If it's as intended, their intention is flawed because it's a restrictive view instead of a widescreen an... : zehh
      • Playing a widescreen game at a 4:3 FOV is not a non-issue to me. : vynn
• Yeah, it'd be like only testing with Nvidia cards and never checking if it worked well with ATI cards. : Vorlonesque
• We consciously developed Frontlines in widescreen. Very early on we were looking at and judging the game... : iggypopped