RJS(undefined) posted this on Monday, 27th January 2014, 16:32
I don't quite know why some games make me motion sick, and others are fine, it might be field of view, excess bobbing, visual lag, I'm never quite sure. But I know I'm not alone in suffering from it.
Annoyingly some games I can play for an hour and then I have to stop, others can make me feel queezy after a few minutes. And some I can play indefinitely.
Other than taking a travel sickness pill (yes I'm seriously considering that as an option, but can't find anything on long term use side effects or damage) I might experiment with ginger biscuits. According to the NHS website ginger has been linked with the prevention of nausea and I like them, so it might be worth a go!
RJS(undefined) posted this on Monday, 27th January 2014, 18:05
Strange, I never had the problem with Doom or Quake. Even having gone back and played them recently. Half Life 2 I can play for an hour, Far Cry made me really ill within 5 minutes.
Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite I could play for about 2 hours usually. Tomb Raider I can play for about an hour, which is annoying as it's going to take me ages to finish it!
Jefferson Haliday(Competent) posted this on Monday, 27th January 2014, 19:29
Does it happens with films as well? I felt ill after watching Cloverfield! I don't like watching documentary style films like Blair Witch and Chronicle, the latter was a quite a good film
RE: Motion sickness in video games
pat-w(Elite) posted this on Monday, 27th January 2014, 20:22
I had it with Doom & Blair Witch but havn't seen anything recently & was wondering if it was because my eyesight was worse
RE: Motion sickness in video games
enemyonpc(Elite) posted this on Monday, 27th January 2014, 21:09
From the link below, this is known as Simulation Sickness. The theory being that the eyes see motion that the inner ear can't detect. The mind thinks this is a hallucination and triggers nausea assuming you've been poisoned. Apparently 10-50% of people are effected by it.
The closest I get is a cold shiver when I go off a building on GTA5 or Assassins Creed. No real life fear of heights though.
RJS(undefined) posted this on Tuesday, 28th January 2014, 00:33
Quote: Jefferson Haliday says... "Does it happens with films as well? I felt ill after watching Cloverfield!" Cloverfield is the only film I've ever had it on, well so far. :) It started on the scene when they are crossing the bridge, and I had to stop the film and go do something else for an hour before I could carry on.
Quote: enemyonpc says... "The mind thinks this is a hallucination and triggers nausea assuming you've been poisoned. " Wow I never knew this! It's a very unique kind of sick feeling I get, often starts with burping.
Sad to read that for the guy in that article anti-sickness pills only gave him slightly longer before he felt ill. :/
