Widescreen issues in Bioshock
Bioshock releases today to virtually unanimous critical acclaim, but that doesn’t mean that the game is perfect. Some gamers have noticed an issue with Bioshock when it’s running in widescreen, and have taken it to the 2K Games forums
The image above displays the difference between the game running in widescreen and fullscreen. When running in widescreen, the area in red is simply lopped off to make the image appear to be in widescreen. This is in direct conflict with statements made by Bioshock’s lead programmer Chris Kline which noted that users would see more when playing in widescreen. Fear not however, 2K Games is aware of the issue and is looking into it.
Thanks to Jonas for submitting.
Interesting, can’t say I’m not disappointed, even thought I haven’t picked it up yet, I hope they fix this. Can anyone tell me, is the widescreen/fullscreen option that is affected one that you choose within the game, or just the normal settings of your television?
crap.. i’m owned tonight
I think this is only HD peeps, coz I run in 32″ SDTV and it’s perfect.
No it isn’t
Another constructive statement from Kid Outhouse.
Don’t hurt yourself thinking now.
Hmmm, I played the game. You can actualy look up and down. I do not see this as an issue.
As anyone who’s played Dead Rising will tell you, that small bit of the screen you can’t see can be what gets you killed.
But the issue is that widescreen is intended to more completely fit a human’s field of view horizontally. So compared to old-style 4:3 televisions, the screen should be *extended* horizontally, not *clipped* vertically like they’ve done here. They’re essentially handicapping players adopting modern standards this way.
its not problem for me , i didnt even notice
The big fat liar……
who cares, this game is still ace
this sounds like a PC issue my 360 seems to be fine and if not i can’t even tell the differences
It’s for both PC and 360 apparently. As long as they’re going to patch it up I’m happy. Got a dispatch email from Gameplay Uk last night, so hopefully mine will arrive a day early \o/
Hey wow! You mean I finally have bragging rights over my cousin with my full flat-screen television against his plasma wide-screen? It’s about bloody time! Heh!
But if you extend the screen horizontally, you see more of the world on the screen, what needs more hardware power, or could decrease the frame rate.
I think a simple patch cant address this, without threatening the game performance.
Maybe thats simply how they intended it to be?
Don’t have this problem here on my Xbox 360 + Samsung LER3786BD HDTV
This game is absolutely amazing and I can’t say I’m having any problems at all running it on a widescreen Sony Bravia HD.
Gamespot or someone also complained that it freezes up for 1-5 seconds at a time after playing it for several hours — again, a problem I have not experienced at all.
This game is beautiful and nearly perfect. Get it.
I would, but live in the UK.
When’s it out over here anyway?
This widescreen issue is something that is annoying as news.
9.5/10 gamers wouldnt even know about it, wouldnt bother comparing a fullscreen version of it to a widescreen.
But then we come here, read this crap, and our vision of our amazing new game is slightly tainted.
I enjoyed the 2.5 hours i played of this last night, and pretty much forgot about this once i started playing. But this WAS part of the reason i decided to play Twilight Princess for 3/4 of my game time last night instead of Bioshock. My vision of perfection was tainted, so i avoided it for a bit.
Wow - if you let BS like this “tain” your experience with a game, you really ought to pack it in and return the 360 to the store, or maybe lock yourself up in your house and don’t read web sites.
the game is not as perfect as we had all imagined, it has a flaw, where previously we’d expect there to be none.
i mean don’t get me wrong, it’s a 9.7 on IGN for a reason.
but it has a flaw.
I have a 51 inch HDTV and I really can’t see anything wrong. The game is wonderful. I couldn’t be happier.
This only applies to the PC version. 360 widescreen is solid.