07-26-2006, 12:05 AM
Quote:I have had some vertigo episodes after long hours in FPS sessions. Mostly it is not a sick feeling, more of a trippy wierdness where the world wobbles in some strange movements I'm not ready for.
Doom3 made me queasy though, but I'm not sure why. It might have been the lighting, gore and motion all combined together, but I can take them all when seperated. FPS like Counterstrike, dark and moody like Thief, or gore... Ok, maybe it was the gore... The thought of spending hours playing a game like Redwood Falls blowing body parts off zombies I think would make me a little queasy too.
I think it's something along the lines of the Uncanny Valley, except it's in regards to character movement. Unlike CS, Thief, and most of the old FPSes, your point of view in Doom 3 is not just a floating camera... Sliding inheritant in the movement, and the 'odd' jumping is probably what triggered it in you. At least Doom 3 didn't take it to an extreme, like Thief: DS did.
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