Oh god. Here we go with the FOV again.

[Lord Ned]

Your apparently not the only one with issues especially in dead space. Googling "Changing Dead Space FOV" brings up a bunch of similar topics. That and Mapcore is the fifth link.

Do a little googling, see if you can find a way to adjust the FOV in the Godfather 2 engine. That's the one Dead Space is running on so it may apply. Otherwise try sitting further back from your monitor (or closer?) and lowering mouse sensitivity so you spin slower. I haven't had issues in any games before, but I found myself (With Dead Space) turning slower and not making such rapid flicks like I do in other games.

[Grinwhrl]

The FOV is fine, stop being a pussy

[Minos]

I never experienced any FOV problems (or motion sickness for that matter, but then again, I practically never feel motion sick) in any game I've played so far, be it on a PC or on a console.

+1

[Zyn]

Developers need to realise that you only have low FOV on consoles to compensate for the distance the player is sitting away from the monitor, where you are up to several meters away. And far from everyone have giant flatscreen TV's.

Now on PC, that's a whole other story as you sit at an average of 50-60cm away from the monitor, and low FOV gives the game an appearance of always being zoomed in. I don't get motion sickness of low FOV but I do get this feeling of being part of a shaky ride, making it annoying to play. So in Borderlands, I bound my movement-keys to adjust the FOV to 95 , which is about the ideal FOV for 1680x1050 (16:10) resolution. Suddenly everything seemed to have more correct proportions, and of course I could see more of the world around me, like it should at a proper FOV.

[Hourences]

Does it really even matter whether or not you get sick of it? It is just damn annoying, regardless of whatever physical effect it may give.

It is even more annoying if there is no ini setting, command, or menu option for it. Why can't we all let everyone decide for their own how they want to play?

Man I already get annoyed by fov 80, let alone anything below that...

[ReNo]

It's an unfortunate problem, but I think it's less to do with game dev's being purposefully lazy or harsh with optimisation, and more to do with them being ignorant to it being a problem. I've played through Dead Space twice with no problems whatsoever, and until reading this thread I wasn't aware that low FOVs are a cause of motion sickness for some people. I can appreciate it's a really frustrating problem those that suffer from it, but it isn't something that is all that well documented or known about. I reckon it's more of a game design decision than anything else, typically. I imagine it normally comes down to somebody deciding what suits the game rather than anything else.

[Thrik]

I think there's a sufficient amount of people who find it debilitating to warrant the ability to adjust the FOV for first-person shooters. It seems to sit on a similar level to avoiding epilepsy-inducing flashing and including provisions for deaf players.

Keep complaining and maybe eventually someone who controls industry regulations will take interest.

[Defrag]

It should be a well known problem. Play through Half-Life 2 and you'll notice that when you get in vehicles, the fov is dynamically increased by something like 15. This isn't like a GoW running effect which is stylised, it's done to reduce nausea. A selection of Valve's testers felt nauseous or even threw up when playing through the vehicle sections. The combination of low fov + high speed compounds the problem.

It's not fair to assert in a blanket fashion that it's "someone's own fault" for feeling sick while playing a game. You may end up with extreme cases where the person is far outside the region of tolerance of others and that's fair enough, but it's up to the developers to ensure that a wide spectrum of gamers can play the title without feeling sick.

I used to play TFC with 110 fov and I know people who played with 120 and beyond. IMO anything below 80 in a fast-paced game is asking for trouble -- it just feels 'wrong' to me. I get a much nicer sense of speed with a higher fov

[Gloglebag]

Hasn't ever bothered me directly, but I just went back to cod4 from mw2, and jesus fuck.

[Nysuatro]

I just never thought about it till now :s

[Nineaxis]

The option to change it should be there for any PC game, but I don't think it is absolutely necessary (but again, developers should put it there).

I just got Borderlands a couple days ago, and yeah, it felt awkward, but after lowering the sensitivity and playing it for a while, it was easy enough to adjust. Not to say I wouldn't increase the FOV if the option was sitting in the menu calling my name.

[-HP-]

Lat game I remenber feeling a bit sick was in Call Of Juarez Bound in blood. The fov was way too low, and when you go to cover and lean mode is even lower and I felt sick after a while. Later into the game my eyes got used to it, but still...

[Cybbe]

I've gotten this from a lot of games recently, but not Dead Space for some reason. It does annoy the fuck out of me that the camera is so close to the player though. But the first 10 minutes of Borderlands almost made me throw up and left me with a major headache... Audiosurf and Guitar Hero makes everything around me spin and feel wavy aside from the nausea and headaches. I dunno if that's a fov issue too, but it means I can't even play the games :/

I don't know what's with all those low FOVs lately. Bioshock had a freaky one too, but at least it didn't make me sick. But maybe that's all because of the pace of the game. I've also never had issues with high speed games before, and I don't get motion sickness in cars or anything like that.

[Pericolos0]

maybe don't sit with your face 20 cm from the monitor?

[dux]

I was wondering how long it would take the esteemed lord peris to wonder in here with amazing advice