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Mirror's Edge Motion Sickness

KOTAKU:

"Mirror's Edge looks great. And the first-person-running-jumping-sliding-kicking-shooting gameplay is certainly novel and different. This morning, I checked out the E3 build, which looked, well, great. But...while watching the dev show off the game, I seriously started to feel ill. Really, really ill. I've never gotten motion sick from a game, and I got it pretty bad while checking out Mirror's Edge. Like to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat and feeling rather green. Actually playing the game didn't make me as sick as watching - and playing it was fun. The controls are intuitive and tight, and the overall design is polished.

I was talking with McWhertor why the game made me motion sick. He pointed out that the game does leave out certain colors in the color platte and that maybe, just maybe that's the reason. That, or the jet lag or the lack of sleep."
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Published: 519 days 7 hours ago | News | E3 2008 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Gaming | PC
 
 

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vitz3 - 519 days 8 hours ago
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Wussy. If games make you motion sick, then switch careers. They're just looking for an excuse to hate on the game. Typical Kotaku BS.
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Kyur4ThePain - 519 days 6 hours ago
1.1 - A bridge too far
I wouldn't go so far as to say that...I know a couple of people who have trouble with FPS games...they start feeling funky.
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Hagaf22 - 519 days 4 hours ago
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agree thepain, a guy i know cant play cod4 cuz it makes him sick, this game is really first person, so i could be the case, but i think it would be for viewers, the person playing should be so immersed in the game that they wouldnt. but well see...
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donator - 519 days 3 hours ago
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My friend can't play FPS games at all, not COD4, not even Oblivion because it makes him dizzy. Mirror's Edge is even worse because of all the bobble, side jumps, and stuff. This is the one time I agree with Kotaku.
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deeznuts - 518 days 23 hours ago
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It isn't just BS. The first trailer they ever released, I thought, "cool!" at the end of it, I was starting to get a bit motion sick.

I dont' get motion sick while playing FPS on a computer, but on my 50" plasma I get it just a wee bit. Same symptoms, I got hit, a bit dizzy etc. I got the plasma because I was gaming on a 100" screen from a front projector in my room, and I couldn't play more than a few minutes on any FPS. Games like Uncharted etc. were fine, but FPS and 3PS got me too dizzy. It's less on the plasma, but sometimes if the conditions are right, I get it too.

Anyways, I guess since I got older I'm more susceptible. Keep in mind, while watching someone else play, you don't know what direction the character is going to do next, which explains why he didn't get it while playing.
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outlawlife - 519 days 6 hours ago
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watch the vids of this game...it makes you feel funny...in a bad way

they said they had things in place to counter act this but it doesn't seem to be the case
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Mc Fadge - 519 days 4 hours ago
2.1 - They have a reticle in the centre of the screen
NOT shown in the trailers. The reticle allows the user to focus and prevents "motion sickness" (it's not motion sickness, you don't get that from a game, it's called something else). One of the lead designers or one of the team members high up has this "disability", so they're able to test it with him. Apparently, it's fine, perhaps it was because the reticle wasn't there or because he wasn't playing.
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MK_Red - 519 days 6 hours ago
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I love this game to death and even if it kills me, I'd still want to play it.
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IzKyD1331 - 519 days 4 hours ago
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this guy is over-reacting.....its not that bad
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CrazedFiend - 518 days 19 hours ago
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How do you know? Are you him???

Just say it's not that bad for you.
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Mc Fadge - 519 days 4 hours ago
5 - They have a system in place
To stop this from happening. It's a reticle in the centre of the screen for the eyes to focus on. I'm guessing it wasn't present in the demos, or that the mixture of jet lag and viewing the game from an odd angle/not playing made him feel this way.
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darkdoom3000 - 519 days 3 hours ago
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I heard they are putting a white dot in the center of the screen in the final build so people have a focus point, thus stopping motion sickness.
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Fanboi - 519 days ago
7 - I can see it happening.
I almost never get sick playing FPS but watching this demo kinda make my stomach churn a little. The constant shaky cam effect is annoying as hell too.
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SilPho - 518 days 20 hours ago
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The trailers haven't had an effect on me yet, but I can easily see how some people might be susceptible to it.
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blindfromthesun - 518 days 10 hours ago
9 - Shouldn't be a problem for me
After all, I've played Marathon on Xbox Live Arcade and didn't get sick. Good thing too because I'm really looking forward to this game.
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