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I remember in the early 90's people similarly would develop motion sickness from the FPSs of the day, such as Doom and Quake.

nogridbag 2y ago
Doom on SNES was instant motion sickness for me. Thankfully I only rented it from blockbuster!
galangalalgol 2y ago
I couldn't play Wolfenstein without getting nauseous, but for some reason doom was fine. I think ut is ok to release a video game that some people can't enjoy. We don't forbid flashing lights, and that can send some people into actual seizures!
jprete 2y ago
I am one of those people! I got over it once during the Doom era, then a second time during the Counterstrike era. I keep trying to get used to it a third time but it hasn't worked. I don't know whether the games changed rendering in some way, or my monitor is too big, or it's just age.
archerx 2y ago
Different games affected me differently, when I was 13 I could play Goldeneye 4 player on the N64 for hours with my friends but the Turok multiplayer focused game I could only handle 30mins before I would get nausea. I grew up playing Doom and Quake on PC without issues. Some games still make me sick, Dark souls 1 I have no issues with but Dark souls 2 is unplayable for me. Also I can play Rocket League for hours and feel perfectly fine. The source engine in VR was the worst experience for me and now when ever I see half life 2 in motion it makes me sick. It’s quite varied and I would like to figure out what the common denominator in all of this that triggers my nausea response.
- hyperman1 2y ago
  I used not to belong to this group, but shortly after my son was born, I started to get motion sickness from a few different things, including some old games (e.g. Shadow Warrior)
  - cubefox 2y ago
    Perhaps due to hormonal changes?
- goosedragons 2y ago
  Does the version matter? E.g., same response with 360 DS2 VS. PS4 or Xbox One? It might be consistency of framerate or FOV.
  - archerx 2y ago
    I haven’t tried on recent consoles so all my current gaming experience is on PC. I have played Rocket League at both sub 60fps and 200+fps and with narrow and wide fov and it didn’t change anything for me so I don’t know if it’s that.
kibwen 2y ago
This is still a thing. My partner can't play Skyrim in first-person mode, only in third-person mode, because of motion sickness.
aplc0r 2y ago
I still get motion sick after a while when watching someone else play an FPS. If I'm playing myself there is no problem. I can also get motion sick as a passenger in a car, but have no issue driving.

nogridbag 2y ago

Doom on SNES was instant motion sickness for me. Thankfully I only rented it from blockbuster!

galangalalgol 2y ago

I couldn't play Wolfenstein without getting nauseous, but for some reason doom was fine. I think ut is ok to release a video game that some people can't enjoy. We don't forbid flashing lights, and that can send some people into actual seizures!

jprete 2y ago

I am one of those people! I got over it once during the Doom era, then a second time during the Counterstrike era. I keep trying to get used to it a third time but it hasn't worked. I don't know whether the games changed rendering in some way, or my monitor is too big, or it's just age.

archerx 2y ago

Different games affected me differently, when I was 13 I could play Goldeneye 4 player on the N64 for hours with my friends but the Turok multiplayer focused game I could only handle 30mins before I would get nausea. I grew up playing Doom and Quake on PC without issues. Some games still make me sick, Dark souls 1 I have no issues with but Dark souls 2 is unplayable for me. Also I can play Rocket League for hours and feel perfectly fine. The source engine in VR was the worst experience for me and now when ever I see half life 2 in motion it makes me sick. It’s quite varied and I would like to figure out what the common denominator in all of this that triggers my nausea response.

hyperman1 2y ago
I used not to belong to this group, but shortly after my son was born, I started to get motion sickness from a few different things, including some old games (e.g. Shadow Warrior)
- cubefox 2y ago
  Perhaps due to hormonal changes?
goosedragons 2y ago
Does the version matter? E.g., same response with 360 DS2 VS. PS4 or Xbox One? It might be consistency of framerate or FOV.
- archerx 2y ago
  I haven’t tried on recent consoles so all my current gaming experience is on PC. I have played Rocket League at both sub 60fps and 200+fps and with narrow and wide fov and it didn’t change anything for me so I don’t know if it’s that.

kibwen 2y ago

This is still a thing. My partner can't play Skyrim in first-person mode, only in third-person mode, because of motion sickness.

aplc0r 2y ago

I still get motion sick after a while when watching someone else play an FPS. If I'm playing myself there is no problem. I can also get motion sick as a passenger in a car, but have no issue driving.