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Some people have disabilities that make playing first person impossible. I have severe vertigo and Meniere's disease, 10 minutes in first person and my head is spinning and I'm vomiting.
I usually can't handle first person in many games because it makes my head spin like crazy, and then I feel nauseous and need to lie down or I'll lose my lunch/dinner.
However... I discovered that when I played Dishonored 2, I didn't feel nauseous at all when I was crouching. Add a skill that let me move faster crouched, and I spent most of the game close to the ground.
Then, I got a free copy of Borderlands 2 from Epic store and used the shortest character... and I found that yes, the best way for me to avoid nausea and dizziness in games was to play from a POV where the ground occupied roughly half my field of vision, max field-of-vision and minimize or remove camera sway, and avoid areas where the ground was rough or rocky.
Playing Borderlands 3 with the shortest character (Moze) and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as a diminutive Clawbringer just confirmed it: Short characters = bye-bye dizziness for me.
Agreed! I can't do it I've tried to do 1st person games many times it just messes with me. I've had a stroke and have dizziness, other balance issues the 1st person just messes me up
Meniere's disease is an inner ear problem that can cause dizzy spells, also called vertigo, and hearing loss. Most of the time, Meniere's disease affects only one ear. Meniere's disease can happen at any age. But it usually starts between the ages of 40 to 60.
I read nothing on these pages that say it's caused by playing video games or, that, TPP can cure it. These are common excuses from people who would rather look over walls without being seen and same goes for looking around corners from 6 feet, etc.., away from doorways so they don't get shot at or, seen, as well. However, I do get it in some games where people want the out of body affect to be able to see their character in full.
I know what they are and aren't considered as a disease, it's a condition, there's a difference and it has nothing to do with playing games. I would blame it from playing games on a console all your life that has had third person implemented into it, since day one and not learning how to play games on a PC of which, all games to date, are created on a PC which utilizes first person view. Even the games created for consoles are born on a PC. Third person is only begged for from those who grew up playing consoles therefore, those who aren't used to playing in first person perspective and are always wanting every game converted to third person view.
I'm not being disrespectful or, rude. I have suffered from vertigo myself in the past and it was more likely caused by some of the medication I was taking and after years of taking it, the older I got (68y/o now) I stopped taking it and the symptoms went away. That was six years ago and I've not suffered from it since. I also wear glasses, trifocals & hearing aids and with or, without them, I have never felt those conditions happening to me.
I would suggest going to a doctor and having a check up. Vertigo is condition unlike, Meniere's disease and it's an everyday or not, symptom that's not caused by playing games in first person perspective but, it usually starts between the ages of 40 to 60 as stated above. I was taking meds long before I turned 58 or so, and I never experienced it. I stopped taking them and like I said, that affect went away. If anyone is talking meds for it then, maybe you should stop for a while to see if that helps. Doctors prescribe medicine to make money and they're always experimenting on you, everyone, with new medications , created by new pharmaceuticals that they claim, may be better for the condition you have. Medications have dozens of side effects that can cause more damage than not, even death. In this day and time, if you die, it'll be because you had covid, not because you had some other condition.
Do some research on the matter before claiming that video games cause these conditions to happen and if I were you, I'd review the game better before purchasing it.
Here's a place to start.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menieres-disease/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20374916