Letterbox effect on PC.

[AkaiSensei_]

I'm confused. Will the PC version also only support a 21:9 aspect ratio with letterboxing, or is this restriction exclusive to the console version?

[Radek]

https://twitter.com/NinjaTheory/status/1786088681159250363

"Our game camera is anamorphic with a 2.39:1 aspect ratio, meaning on your average display there will be letter-boxing."

[Veyron722skyhook]

Well at least that seems to confirm that if you have an ultrawide that outputs at that aspect ratio naturally, or even wider, there isn't any letterboxing and its only a 16:9 exclusive. Good to know

[The ChoomSlayer]

There will probably be mods forcing 16:9 in a week or two

[Enhanced_Interrogator]

Man what the hell I played the original in 4:3 on a CRT, with perfect black levels, perfect motion clarity with 75fps @ 75hz

Now they want me to buy a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 21:9 LCD with tons of backlight bleed and motion blur?

[MicHaeL MonStaR]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Enhanced_Interrogator:

Man what the hell I played the original in 4:3 on a CRT, with perfect black levels, perfect motion clarity with 75fps @ 75hz

Now they want me to buy a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 21:9 LCD with tons of backlight bleed and motion blur?

Or buy an OLED?... Did you take a break from worshiping your John Linneman altar to cry about CRT vs LCD like it's 2014??... Also: Only 75Hz???...

[Draxuss]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Enhanced_Interrogator:

Man what the hell I played the original in 4:3 on a CRT, with perfect black levels, perfect motion clarity with 75fps @ 75hz

Now they want me to buy a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 21:9 LCD with tons of backlight bleed and motion blur?

Don't buy a cheap monitor?

[animal_PLANET]

I dont understand why developers are still doing this. For creative immersion. For who? They tried it with the Evil Within. Everyone hated it. Than tango patched it out.

It really is stupid not making games 1:78.1 which 16:9 is the high majority. Im sure the mods will fix this quick. Or hoping Ninja Theory will at least give an option for it.

There really is no point to doing this old school method of telling a story in todays world of high resolution monitors. Because now, the view is smaller and more narrow, which makes no sense to limit the player. Yea, it may work for a movie, but its never worked for a game.

I mean, you spend all this money on a high priced 4K and above monitor. Yet your screen is going to get cut off on the top/bottom and just not be used. Yea, cause that makes so much sense.

[RoboFox]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von animal_PLANET:

I mean, you spend all this money on a high priced 4K and above monitor. Yet your screen is going to get cut off on the top/bottom and just not be used. Yea, cause that makes so much sense.

Clearly speaking for yourself there, ultrawides have been the new standard for a long time now. Buying a 16:9 monitor in 2024 is way behind the times.

[animal_PLANET]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von RoboFox:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von animal_PLANET:

I mean, you spend all this money on a high priced 4K and above monitor. Yet your screen is going to get cut off on the top/bottom and just not be used. Yea, cause that makes so much sense.

Clearly speaking for yourself there, ultrawides have been the new standard for a long time now. Buying a 16:9 monitor in 2024 is way behind the times.

Actually, thats not the point. Since in the PC gaming world there is no actual standard for aspect ratio. A lot use 16:9, 16:10, 21:9, 32:9, etc. Theres a lot of different setups. Not one is actually a standard.

However, if on console they are mainly used with 16:9. As they get connected to TV's and not PC monitors. So than the standard there for living room entertainment would actually be 16:9. Even TV broadcasts. They are still mainly 1080i in the US. So TV's dont have the different ratios PC monitors do.

2.39 is mainly used for cinematic scenes and movies. Dont bring that artistic nonsense here. Let us have FS. Just like it annoyed many players with The Evil Within and thats why it was patched to give users a choice to make it FS.

Im sure once people find this out about the game. Youll see more players have issues with it too.

[Enhanced_Interrogator]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von MicHaeL MonStaR:

Also: Only 75Hz???...

75hz on a CRT is more clear in motion than 240hz on a OLED. And that is not hyperbole

[Magic Tofu Cat]

they got aspect ratio wrong its like 16:8.5 otherwise the vertical would look squashed and 32:9 is like actually 16:7.5 or something

ass long as tehre is an option too disable there letterboxing i wont refund

[DESTARD]

I want to see how bad the lettering boxing is going to be on my 1 year old LG Oled before I purchase the game if it's like 2 inches on both sides the game is going to look funky.

[Magic Tofu Cat]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von DESTARD:

I want to see how bad the lettering boxing is going to be on my 1 year old LG Oled before I purchase the game if it's like 2 inches on both sides the game is going to look funky.

thats kind of what i mean if you buy it and the letterboxing is trash get get a refund if you do not mind then

[aidanr]

Oof. I mean if there's letterboxing in cutscenes that's annoying but not necessarily a deal breaker, if that extends to gameplay, then that is definitely a dealbreaker.

[ɆxⱣɍømɨ]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s gameplay on YouTube without black bars

https://youtu.be/0Kp4BgvDUr4?si=fqmwS7RFJKQj4Qfj