Hardcore FPS nauseum...

[darth los]

Getting back to the motion sickness thingy, I was playing Half Life 1 on the PS2 today and about four hours in, I got the wobbles and absolutely could not look at the screen for one minute longer. That game has always been notoriously 'sicky' (due to its very speedy and fluid movement, more so than HL2 actually) and I had to take a lie down for an hour or so to shake it off. All back to normal now though. Exactly my point. Why do you think it is that most games from that era, at the time, didn't have any effect on us, but are virtually unplayable nowdays due to the nauseum factor? It really ruins the nostalgia factor for me.

[MinionZombie]

Ug, that speedy factor - totally. Have you played Classic Doom 3? Ah mate, they have you run around at Doom 1 speed, and it absolutely did my head in, it made me feel sickly and headachey and just not good. The game itself was a trip down memory lane, albeit remade, but mate...that speedy movement...oh dear.

[DeadJonas190]

I have gamed now for at least 8 years, as far as actively seeking the medium specifically in entertainment. Of course as a kid, Asteroids was my fave. I have had my share of playing levels a-many , you may have too. I seem though, to sometimes be plodding through a level I have done a few times too many, feel nauseated. Or get wall-eyed in the game where you are sort of lost in up & down? Has anybody ever had this? To get mildly ill from a game you have played too much? Once I stop, I feel okay. So what the moral here? Stop playing the dumb thing. Sheesh... I have read the warnings in some of the game instructions about epileptic seizures & stuff... But has anybody else has this? I would call the Better Business Bureau on them. That is some dirty work they are doing there and it sound like they are trying to rip you off on purpose.

[darth los]

Unfortunately most people disregard those warnings, until they start foaming at the mouth that is. Those warnings are there for a reason. Listen to your body.

[Dtothe3]

TWINE on the N64 did it for me. The end of game was an underwater thing. A crap ending followed it. Here, have some motion sickness, then a really crap ending to make you feel better about it

[darth los]

I'm giving honorable mention to the sopranos ending for making me nauteous.