Decline Eye Cancer poll

[Ulminati]

Right mens. Which of these "next gen" 3D efects ruin games the most?

Our contestants:

Motion blur

'nuff said. Excessive motion blur whenever you turn the camera

Bloom

Color correction
In the Grimdark near future, everything is covered in piss

Depth of field
This is what the world looks like when I don't wear glasses

Lens flares

HDR
Blooms little brother

Low Field of View
Who needs peripheral vision?

30 FPS frameerate cap
It's cinematic guize!!!

Grain filter
Omg random noise! Much grit! So cinematic!

Chromatic Aberration
By popular demand

 

[Makabb]

Motion blur and DoF, I always turn them off in ALL games.

 

[Zed]

MOTION BLUR and DEPTH OF FIELD

smudgy shit are the worst offenders IMO

bloom is irritating and something I turn off if I can, but it's not a deal-breaker in my book

 

[Darth Roxor]

Definitely motion blur and dof. I can stomach everything else, and some of that can even be sometimes used to good effect, but by God almighty, I've never seen a game that wouldn't disgust me with the fucking blurring.

 

[Infinitron]

Add Comic Sans to the poll

 

[Angthoron]

Add Comic Sans to the poll

Comic Sans goes away if you limit the horizontal FOV.

 

[Scroo]

Motion Blur and Dof here too, who actually likes these?

When I turn around in RL the world doesn't become a blurry mess and if it would I'd visit a brain surgeon

 

[Havoc]

Everything on the list. The most hated by me are Motion Blur, Depth of Field and Film Grain.

 

[Executr]

All of them, but particularly low FOV because of motion sickness.

(Goddamn Metro 2033!!! Could only play the Dead Space games in 1hr bursts before throwing up)

 

[A user named cat]

DOF is for photography (namely portraits) and occasional film scenes, not video games and especially not distant landscapes. We don't walk around in life with f1.2 camera lenses attached to our eyeballs, so I'm not sure what devs are even attempting to simulate by abusing bokeh. I can't think of any game where it worked even remotely well.

 

[DraQ]

• DOF - it can be used sensibly either according to it's stated purpose, or "creatively" (Skyrim), but it usually isn't instead being used to create some parody of vision as understood by a blind person (or at least someone who's never been outside) based on sketchy descriptions. It's one of the things I tend to disable before starting the game for the first time.
• Motion Blur - Less disgusting than misused FOV but even less likely to be used sensibly (can it be used sensibly in the first place? - maybe some minimal one to avoid strobe effect).
• Low FOV - ok, why the fuck? What's the fucking point? Actually I think I get it - just like normal human peripheral vision (almost 180 degrees) would look weird mapped on a scree in front of your face, mapping the usual 90-120 degrees onto a distant TV screen would give similar fish-eye look. Yet another reason why consoletards and all the other trash who want to play games from their TV couch should be dragged out into the street and shot in the head.

 

[Ulminati]

Motion Blur and Dof here too, who actually likes these?

When I turn around in RL the world doesn't become a blurry mess and if it would I'd visit a brain surgeon

When I turn around in RL the world doesn't become a blurry mess and if it would I'm probably drunk

 

[Don Peste]

You all loved those things in 2006.

 

[DraQ]

You all loved those things in 2006.

 

[JarlFrank]

Motion blur, overused bloom (MY EYES OH GOD THEY ARE SEARED BY THE BRIGHTNESS OF A THOUSAND SUNS), fucking lens flares (WHY AM I A CAMERA?), and goddamn low FOV. Low FOV is probably the worst offender because it makes me all disoriented and shit.

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

I don't mind bloom and HDR anymore as long as they're subtle enough to not be offensive and intrusive. Motion blur and DoF I turn off whenever I can, though. And I cannot stand low FoV, as well.

 

[thesoup]

At first I actually thought this thread was gonna be about comic sans.
But anyway, the correct answer to the poll is ALL OF IT.
I can kinda stomach HDR out of it, but everything else has to go if I'm playing a game.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Motion Blur, Depth of Field and ALL OF THE ABOVE!

 

[Scroo]

Motion Blur, Depth of Field and ALL OF THE ABOVE!

You know this font gives your posts a really cool vintage touch

 

[Surf Solar]

I like DoF

I disable Bloom and HDR though, I cannot stand when colours and lights 'bleed' into each other.

Low FoV I only care for when it gives me nausea.

Colour correction when tastefully done can also enhance the visual quality.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Motion Blur, Depth of Field and ALL OF THE ABOVE!

You know this font gives your posts a really cool vintage touch

As one of the "old farts" on the forum, I think it's appropriate.

 

[DraQ]

I like DoF

 

[evdk]

The answer is Comic Sans.

 

[Surf Solar]

I like DoF

Video games aren't real life and dont have to follow the same rules. For example talking to a person in a 3d rpg and the camera focuses on the npc I talk to/blurs the rest of the enviroment, I like it. It's simply a nice visual effect that i like.

I only hate it when it obstructs actual useful information from me as the player, so I dont see enemies in my peripheral etc

 

[Trodat]

Low FOV. It is inexcusable, makes me want to punch babies and strangle elders. Honestly, the feeling I get is similiar when I try glasses with prescription (my eye sight is fine without glasses)