First mention of FoV. (60~90 degree)

cellinaire · 2012-03-04, 12:42 AM

"we're going to allow adjustments from 60 - 90 degrees."

From Higby's twitter. I'm actually fine with this, but what's your thinking?

VioletZero · 2012-03-04, 12:43 AM

Fine by me.

Yutty · 2012-03-04, 12:50 AM

90 is alright but i do prefer 120

cellinaire · 2012-03-04, 12:52 AM

Just curious. What are the other games' normal FoV? (like games such as 'Crysis', 'BF3', 'Doom3'...)

Eighm · 2012-03-04, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by cellinaire

Just curious. What are the other games' normal FoV? (like games such as 'Crysis', 'BF3', 'Doom3'...)

75 degrees is the standard IIRC.

VanuMAXGuy · 2012-03-04, 12:56 AM

Not fine with me whatsoever.

My FPS background is Quake and TFC, both of which I set my FOV to 135 which I believe is the perfect FOV, though for fast-paced shooters.

I believe that PS2 should go up to 120.... though I would be content with 110.

Please don't constrain my sight to 90, I really can't stand it.

cellinaire · 2012-03-04, 12:56 AM

Originally Posted by Eighm

75 degrees is the standard IIRC.

Thanks a lot =)

ShazMyBot · 2012-03-04, 01:22 AM

I'm fine with whatever as long as there isn't an abrupt change when using vehicles. That hurts my head.

Knightwyvern · 2012-03-04, 01:28 AM

/bows

I think 90 is perfect for an FPS.

WellWisherELF · 2012-03-04, 01:40 AM

FoV doesn't matter as long as everyone is on equal playing field. 90 degrees is fine as well, anyone saying otherwise must have .001 sensitivity.

Vash02 · 2012-03-04, 02:16 AM

Probably a good idea to put it in to stop totalbiscuit bitching on about it for five minutes in his review.

Shade Millith · 2012-03-04, 02:18 AM

I'd PREFER to have the option of 120. But I'm not going to complain too loudly at 90.

So long as it's not stuck at a freaking console-like 65-75. That would just be embarrassing to everyone involved.

Azren · 2012-03-04, 02:29 AM

why would you choose 60°, if you can get 90°?

Zhane · 2012-03-04, 02:31 AM

I don't think I've ever adjusted the FOV in any game. I'm just not that picky about that stuff.

VanuMAXGuy · 2012-03-04, 02:46 AM

Originally Posted by Azren

why would you choose 60°, if you can get 90°?

Distance. Increasing FOV increases how much you can see to your sides, below, and above you, at the cost of distance. Having a FOV of 10 would basically be a sniper scope.

Dedicated snipers are probably going to play in 60 exclusively.

http://strlen.com/gfxengine/fisheyequake/compare.html

Example pictures. Ignore the ones on the right.

Originally Posted by Zhane

I don't think I've ever adjusted the FOV in any game. I'm just not that picky about that stuff.

Not tuning your FOV to suit you is a bad idea. You could really improve your game with a better FOV.