This game strains my eyes like crazy

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.. to a point were i'm getting quite a bit photophobic and twitchy. I only have this in other games if i'm already "triggered". I've already been to docs, guess i'm safe on this side, wonder what it could be about ow2 that makes it so much worse than other games, any idea?

My only idea so far is that the colors are quite chromatic and targets are usually pretty small, but idk.

Maybe some of you have an idea, already wearing bluefiltering glasses now and then, i feel it works to a degree but its still bad.

[Mikozo]

too much particles like when 10 players in one area releasing all their abilities at the same time could cause visual confusion or multiple bright flashing colors+particle effect which worse case could cause epilepsy

[Ludi]

I felt similiar a while ago and figured that it's just a very stressful game. But maybe the visuals are especially tiring on top of that. The audio is definitely exhausting to my ears tho, which is why i only play OW on speakers now (if I play at all).

But anyway, turning on Night Light on Windows could help you. It dampens the blue light of your screen.

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Originally posted by Ludi:

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yeah i'm using f.lux already, i guess it helps to a degree. i don't recall having these issues with ow1, but yeah, it certainly is a very stressful game and i feel quite some fatigue after playing as well.

[ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ]

Team Fortress 2 players don’t have to worry about this problem.

[Knowsome]

while i dont share the exact problems as you OP, i do share a massive magrine/headache after 2 hours of playing this game, and i think i know why....

this game is ridiculously hyper-stimulating, everything requires your Full 100% attention all the time, even when you are at queue(you think, oh lets go deathmatch).

everything requires an instantaneous response as fast as possible, the effects of this game are over the top,the game has no downtime for you to rest. This game is literally made for ppl with hyperactivity and ADHD, and it shows..

i could play any other game that is just as stimulating as overwatch (a fighting game like street fighter 6, or guilty gear strive, or even Apex legends). i could play these for 6-8 hours straight and be alright, but LAIN forbid i play this game for 2 hours straight, it feels like i've been beaten to a pulp.

[El Padrino]

Originally posted by ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ:

Team Fortress 2 players don’t have to worry about this problem.

cause no one plays it right?

[El Padrino]

visual clutter is horrible in OW2. It has been like this for a very long time. Sometimes I can literally stop moving in a fight and just see the amount of cds going off and have zero idea what I am looking at.

[ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ]

Originally posted by El Padrino:

Originally posted by ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ:

Team Fortress 2 players don’t have to worry about this problem.

cause no one plays it right?

cause it has more players, visuals are simpler, allows modding, and team and class recognition is easier.

[El Padrino]

Originally posted by ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ:

Originally posted by El Padrino:

cause no one plays it right?

cause it has more players, visuals are simpler, allows modding, and team and class recognition is easier.

in no world does TF2 have more players than OW2 today, dont bring up the steam chart cause no one other than weirdos like me play ow2 thru steam.

[ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ]

Originally posted by El Padrino:

Originally posted by ゴ『M.P. Firebrand』ゴ:

cause it has more players, visuals are simpler, allows modding, and team and class recognition is easier.

in no world does TF2 have more players than OW2 today, dont bring up the steam chart cause no one other than weirdos like me play ow2 thru steam.

I honestly don’t think TF2 should have like millions online at once yet because TF2 servers might not be able to handle it. Game almost exploded because of how many were on during the seasonal scream fortress player spike. And I don’t mind. I don’t want more children or potential racist people or hackers from OW2 or Fortnite transferring to TF2. It’s nice in 2Fort and I’d like to keep it that way