FPS games that make you sick?

[Asylum]

The only game that has ever affected me was a long time ago.

It was on my N64 when it first came out...I think the name of it was Hexan.

I blew chunks 10 minutes after starting that game.

 

[Phxprovost]

could it be motion blur?

 

[AsRock]

Borderlands + default FOV + widescreen monitor = win. Think it was something like 30min and I was really nauseous. 110 FOV and no problems for hours.

Fix to games not supporting FOV adjustment would be to run them on 4:3/5:4 resolution without stretching. Might still be too zoomed in, but at least better.

I thing you could replicate the gaming sickness with binoculars. Just put them on eyes and walk around for a while. That's how it feel in game with too low FOV

Oh and I do get carsick, can't swing for long at all, instant sickness. Haven't gotten seasick ever though, but those have all been really big boats.

Check Timeshift that play crazy with ya eye's when you mess with the fov lol.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Well just started my HF:2 Regimen, played for about 15min and called it quits, will try 20min tomorrow.

 

[mdsx1950]

Wow i thought i was the only one. lol

Even I get sick when i play HL2, Doom, Crysis, Bio-Shock and AVP.

And my throat becomes dry lol.

You might want to add a huge bottle of water into your solutions list.

 

[GSquadron]

This happened to me ONLY in Unreal Tournament 3 and i felt like dreaming and very depressed, like blood was heating up. But that happened only for the first time and after it, it never happened again. I have studied a little biology with my friend and he told me that this happens when the blood pressure goes very high. Normally the pressure goes higher when you feel tense, like there is no objective and i am really killing time, this is all wrong. I really have stomachache when i play 8 hours without eating
And i think it really is motion blur which makes you feel bad. But in other games i have not felt this sensation. Even now it never happens in Unreal tournament 3

 

[imperialreign]

I've only ever had motion sickness from a game once . . . and that was playing that 1337 mosnter Descent. Between the actual 3D modelling (which was before Quake's time), and full 360* movement, it got to me.

It took forever for me to adjust to it. I'm glad I did, it was an awesome game - especially playing with two joysticks . . .

Never an issue since, unless I'm already sick with a cold or sinus infection or something else that buggars up my head.



Have you tried adjusting your display's setting at all? It's possible the refresh rate might be too high for you (people respond differently to different refresh rates) . . . perhaps the brightness or color saturation is too high - that could set it off if you're more sensitive to brightness than others are . . .

Just some ideas.

 

[human_error]

I get ill playing Half Life 2, Portal, Bio-Shock and other games with imperfect/odd FOV settings. I'll first get a cold sweat and feel queasy and if i continue playing i'll eventually be very sick and unable to look at a screen for a few hours, if not the rest of the day.

I overcame this only recently in hl2 by finally getting the fov to change (it never worked when i tried it in the past). The problem is because the fov isn't correct when moving in the first person perspective objects on the screen move differently to the way your brain expects them to, which confuses it and mimics motion sickness in the symptoms produced.

I know a couple of other people in real life with this issue and know that it was (and is) a big issue for a lot of people online - i've had HL2 since it came out and followed hundreds of threads on how people overcome the motion sickness with it (it is almost always changing the fov which fixed the problem - but as i said the fixes suggested never used to change the fov on my system until recently). Some people don't get the motion sickness at all with the bad fov settings - i guess some people are just tolerant to it whereas other like us aren't.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Have you tried adjusting your display's setting at all? It's possible the refresh rate might be too high for you (people respond differently to different refresh rates) . . . perhaps the brightness or color saturation is too high - that could set it off if you're more sensitive to brightness than others are . . .

Just some ideas.

I've had this issue for quite a few years now, all with diff monitors, I have toyed with settings a bit, but probably isn't going to help me any

I overcame this only recently in hl2 by finally getting the fov to change (it never worked when i tried it in the past). The problem is because the fov isn't correct when moving in the first person perspective objects on the screen move differently to the way your brain expects them to, which confuses it and mimics motion sickness in the symptoms produced.

I know a couple of other people in real life with this issue and know that it was (and is) a big issue for a lot of people online - i've had HL2 since it came out and followed hundreds of threads on how people overcome the motion sickness with it (it is almost always changing the fov which fixed the problem - but as i said the fixes suggested never used to change the fov on my system until recently). Some people don't get the motion sickness at all with the bad fov settings - i guess some people are just tolerant to it whereas other like us aren't.

What method are you using to FOV change HL2?

 

[human_error]

What method are you using to FOV change HL2?

There is now a fov slider in the options>video>advanced section which lets you set the fov up to 90 degrees - i've got mine at 90 now and even though it isn't perfect (5 hour sessions and i start to feel the effects as before) it is a lot better than before where i'd start to feel ill within minutes and 15 mins playing would have me practically throwing up. I can now play for 3-4 hours and finish feeling absolutely fine, which is good as i've always wanted to play hl2 all the way through.

 

[JC316]

The only game that has ever affected me was a long time ago.

It was on my N64 when it first came out...I think the name of it was Hexan.

I blew chunks 10 minutes after starting that game.

It's name is Hexen and it could most definitely do that. Had a friend get sick playing it. Something about the blurry textures, slow FPS and clunky controls.

 

[eidairaman1]

It's name is Hexen and it could most definitely do that. Had a friend get sick playing it. Something about the blurry textures, slow FPS and clunky controls.

Sounds like he had Motion Sickness

I to have problems with sick feelings with certain games. Games that put me high in the air looking off of tall buildings are the worst for me. A trick I learned in the service is peppermint candy. I used to get very sick riding in helicoptors. Never got sick on planes or jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft, but helicopters got me everytime. Peppermint calms the stomach and helps with queezyness.

Prob the sudden turbulence and motion of the Flight Controls, Lucky I dont suffer from motion sickness. They Say Gs are what gets People, for me its the Negative that I didn't like on a Cat B AC for AMC

 

[MadClown]

You can try getting hammered before playing, but I have no means of testing this as I don't get gaming sickness.

Alternatively you can hurt yourself to take attention away from the sickness and redirect it to the pain, this will also build up a high pain tolerance in the long run i suppose.

Or use both for maximum win.

 

[blkhogan]

Prob the sudden turbulence and motion of the Flight Controls, Lucky I dont suffer from motion sickness. They Say Gs are what gets People, for me its the Negative that I didn't like on a Cat B AC for AMC

It was kinda strange. Im not afraid of heights or really ever suffered from any type of motion sickness, unless I was in a heli. I remember one training cycle we were on in 29 Palms CA. I was training as a "door gunner" for a small recon exersise we were conducting. I threw up everywhere but on myself. It was horrible. I had just finished downing a MRE, it all came back up. Thats how I got my call sign/nickname "chunks". :shadedshu That name stuck with me my whole time in the Corp. To this day I havent been back in a heli.

 

[1Kurgan1]

You can try getting hammered before playing, but I have no means of testing this as I don't get gaming sickness.

Alternatively you can hurt yourself to take attention away from the sickness and redirect it to the pain, this will also build up a high pain tolerance in the long run i suppose.

Or use both for maximum win.

The feeling I get is like being over hammered, except I also get extremely hot. Also the pain thing might work, but it wouldn't really matter, when I start feeling mildly sick the game is no longer fun, if I was in pain the game would also no longer be fun as I wouldn't be able to concentrate on it. And not being able to concentrate on it would be what keeps me from getting sick, but concentrating is what I want to do.

 

[eidairaman1]

It was kinda strange. Im not afraid of heights or really ever suffered from any type of motion sickness, unless I was in a heli. I remember one training cycle we were on in 29 Palms CA. I was training as a "door gunner" for a small recon exersise we were conducting. I threw up everywhere but on myself. It was horrible. I had just finished downing a MRE, it all came back up. Thats how I got my call sign/nickname "chunks". :shadedshu That name stuck with me my whole time in the Corp. To this day I havent been back in a heli.

MRE might of very well been bad dude, Even though they say they can last up to 3 years unopened

 

[btarunr]

Far Cry 2 gave me a terrible headache. There's something obnoxious about that game's atmosphere, although it's not a bad game from a technical standpoint.

 

[theonedub]

Portal, Half Life, and L4D2 all make me dizzy and sick after playing even for a short time. UT3 does it as well. But no problem with Q3A from years ago.

I have no problem playing Bioshock (I was surprised!) or any of the recent COD titles.

 

[Mescalamba]

Portal, Half Life, and L4D2 all make me dizzy and sick after playing even for a short time. UT3 does it as well. But no problem with Q3A from years ago.

I have no problem playing Bioshock (I was surprised!) or any of the recent COD titles.

Bit wierd as Bioshock is based on Unreal engine (though not UE 3).

Otherwise, you have same problem as me, you dont like HL engine too much. Interesting is, that Im fine with CS or CS:S but I was pretty sick from HL or HL2.

Though, have you ever tried disabling "view bob" in UT3? (or any game) That makes ppl sick usually too..

Yea and disabling motion blur (and lots of these fancy effects, that kills your gameplay) helps too.

 

[Fourstaff]

I threw up everywhere but on myself. It was horrible. I had just finished downing a MRE, it all came back up. Thats how I got my call sign/nickname "chunks". :shadedshu That name stuck with me my whole time in the Corp.

Ah, I was under impression that you were the big guy out there, those kind of "Rambo" character which make people go "oh my god, run! A human tank!" *drops gun and run for his life*. I guess everyone has their own kryptonite

For me, its was oblivion. my pc had an X300 that time and the framerate dropped everytime it felt like it, and when it happens, a tornado forms in my stomach. 30 mins tops for that game per sitting. Still managed to clock well over 100 hours.

 

[theonedub]

Bit wierd as Bioshock is based on Unreal engine (though not UE 3).

Otherwise, you have same problem as me, you dont like HL engine too much. Interesting is, that Im fine with CS or CS:S but I was pretty sick from HL or HL2.

Though, have you ever tried disabling "view bob" in UT3? (or any game) That makes ppl sick usually too..

Yea and disabling motion blur (and lots of these fancy effects, that kills your gameplay) helps too.

Never heard of view bob, I will check see if that is an option in those Source Engine games.

 

[TechnicalFreak]

The only game that can make me feel sick is "Descent".

However, after reading what most people have written, I do not have a solution but a bit of advice..

A friend of mine, his son has Epilepsy and when he doesn't sleep more than a couple of hours he often gets a seizure.

So the bit of advice: Get atleast 8 hours of sleep, if possible try 12. I can't recommend to go beyond 12 hrs, last time I did that I forgot what day it was..

You are also have more focus when you have rested, more aware. Could be that the brain isn't "synched" with the feelings of the FPS game being played.

 

[Mussels]

one thing too - large screens tend to be worse. if it fills your vision, the motion sickness ends up worse.

 

[theonedub]

The only game that can make me feel sick is "Descent".

However, after reading what most people have written, I do not have a solution but a bit of advice..

A friend of mine, his son has Epilepsy and when he doesn't sleep more than a couple of hours he often gets a seizure.

So the bit of advice: Get atleast 8 hours of sleep, if possible try 12. I can't recommend to go beyond 12 hrs, last time I did that I forgot what day it was..

You are also have more focus when you have rested, more aware. Could be that the brain isn't "synched" with the feelings of the FPS game being played.

As in the OG Descent that came out way back in 1995?! I had that on my first 'high end computer' (IBM Aptiva w/ Penitum 100mhz and 8MB RAM). It was fun, I would play with my brothers one would control the navigation the other the weapons Never made any of us dizzy though that or it was too long ago to remember

 

[blkhogan]

Ah, I was under impression that you were the big guy out there, those kind of "Rambo" character which make people go "oh my god, run! A human tank!" *drops gun and run for his life*. I guess everyone has their own kryptonite

LoL! In my younger years I was more that type. Now that age has caught up with me and my body requires a lot more maintenance and up keep, not so much.