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BioShock's Widescreen Pissing People Off

What's wrong with this picture? Well the normal area shows what the BioShock demo looks like on a widescreen monitor. The red areas show the extra space added when the game is played in standard 4:3 ratio. This is not how widescreen is supposed to work. Instead of slicing the top and bottom off of the image, widescreen should allow players to see more on either side.

DJ6091d ago

DVDs; they chopped off the tops and bottoms of their standard ratio DVDs and relabeled them as "Widescreen". I wonder if there were performance issues that prevented them from implementing true widescreen.

PS360PCROCKS6091d ago

DJ man I feel sorry for you. You got a disagree for a absolutely 100% true comment. Alot of my DVD's are marked widescreen and cut MY widescreen TV in half, it's bull. As for performance issues I don't see why 2K would have any problem making the game run in true widescreen, that wouldn't make much sense.

Funky Town_TX6091d ago

This guy has never played a "AAA" (whatever that means)game on his PS3. I never had that problem on the demo. Then again it was the demo. Also the reviews said nothing about it. Hey DJ maybe the PS3's "performance issues" are keeping it from running Madden, NCAA, NHL, All pro football at 60 fps. I don't do this much but for some reason I don't like DJ. I'm sure he is a good guy, but it's something.

mistertwoturbo6090d ago

Funky Town TX, the PS3 is more than capable of running the game at 60fps. It's just propaganda to ensure the PS3 fails. And don't be too quick to pull the "oh you're a PS3 fanboy!" card, as I own all 3 consoles and enjoy each for they're own merits. TECMO did a rock solid 1080p@60fps for Ninja Gaiden Sigma, and that's they're first PS3 title. So EA and they're misleading "excuses" about not knowing PS3 hardware is all BS to me.

aiphanes6091d ago

How did this get pass the final testing of the game? Why come the reviewers that not see this problem?

G_CodeMonkey6091d ago

I've been playing all afternoon, until I had to pick my kids up from school, and I haven't even noticed it--definitely too much good gameplay, but I'll check later. gCM

marionz6090d ago

played the demo on my new samsung lcd widescreen, and didnt notice the screen was cut, its not that big of a deal to me, i was too focused on how pretty everything looks!

Dukester1016091d ago

I dont know why you would "hold off" or "wait" for the game. You do realize that they can fix this in an auto-update. If you really want the game, and can get it... get it.

They'll fix it via an auto-update, and nobody will complain any more.

xaphanze6090d ago

people are retarted on this website,they disagreed on a smiley LOL

Sexius Maximus6091d ago (Edited 6091d ago )

The demo's widescreen was GREAT. I doubt this would have changed between the demo and the release.

I guess I'll find out for myself when I get off work.

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ROCKY28177d ago

The movie was absolutely garbage !!!
BH needs to do better - since Halloween Ends - Exorcist , Freddy is Shyte - STOP IT !!!!

Garethvk176d ago

Didn't the creator write it? It also made a fortune based on the budget so from a business standpoint it is a massive success.

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Why BioShock Deserves the Dead Space Remake Treatment

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banger88385d ago

No it doesn't need it. It was remastered in 60 fps last gen and still looks and plays great. Would be a waste of time, money and resources imo. It's games from 3 or 4 gens back that could use the remake treatment.

FallenAngel1984385d ago

There have already been 7th gen remakes of games already

Dead Space in particular already proves that just because a game looks good on original hardware doesn’t mean it cant look and play better

Jin_Sakai385d ago

Agreed although I’m ready for some new groundbreaking IP this generation.

IamTylerDurden1385d ago (Edited 385d ago )

Agreed. Remasters already happened and still look n play fantastic. DS was a different animal. It needed a remake, Bioshock doesn't NEED it. Infinite Remastered for example is extremely viable even today. What we do need is Bioshock 4. Rumors that equated to zip. Where is it? Ken really blew the pooch as well. Left to go do what? He was inspired by Tell Tale or something and went off to become irrelevant. Nice. And Bioshock Vita was scrapped. Fantastic.

toxic-inferno384d ago

Bioshock 4 is definitely still in development. News trickles out about it every couple of months.

And Ken's next game (Judas) looks great from the teaser trailer.

IamTylerDurden1385d ago (Edited 385d ago )

Yeah. Pretty much. I understand why they did it with TLOU to coincide with the show but certainly it didn't NEED a remake desperately. Obviously u are trolling and expect me defend anything Sony but idgaf about all that. I say what i feel is the truth.

Just like TLOU i wouldn't be upset if Bioshock received a remake but it doesn't desperately need it. I'd probably even play it bc like TLOU, i love Bioshock, but in these aren't identical scenarios either. Ppl kill ND for TLOU Remake yet it wasn't even their project originaly. It started as a potential Uncharted remake and passion project via Visual Arts and was passed to Bend i believe? ND took over bc the project obviously wasn't where it needed to be. And yet they still had Factions and possibly TLOU 3 in development as well. Bioshock has been dormant for a decade bar the remaster. Rumors of a sequel haven't materialised. A remake without a sequel would be disappointing. TLOU Remake is more tolerable knowing sequel/spinoffs are in development. Like i said, dif situation.

neutralgamer1992384d ago

It's not all about looks only

Tweaks to story
Tweaks to characters
Improvements to gameplay

Original bioshock have the worst puzzle solving system and can get frustrating quickly

WiiU-Dude384d ago

The last part you said I agree COMPLETELY!!! Game companies need to mine games from the Sega Saturn, PS1 and N64 days and even the Dreamcast, GameCube, and PS2 days to give a full update to. I know those would require more work, but there are PLENTY of gems from those days that people would LOVE to play again or for the first time with a facelift!!! I know I would.

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Binarycode385d ago

The games that need remaking are.

Resistance fall of man.
Motorstorm.

PS5 would produce something special.

There's been such an advancement in tech since the PS3 days. It would be awesome. DAY 1 BUY for me.

Storm23385d ago

I would kill for Resistance 1-3 Remake/Remaster. Same with MotorStorm series and Killzone series. Man, I loved my PS3. Can we also get the Metal Gear series and rescue MGS4 off the PS3? There is a rumor of MGS3 getting a remake. One of, if not my number 1, favorite game of all time.

On topic, I played Bioshock like 6 months after release after hearing from everyone and their mother how incredible it was. I know I will be in the minority on this, but I couldn't get into it. I think my expectations were too high. Totally my fault. Maybe I should give it another chance...

IamTylerDurden1385d ago (Edited 385d ago )

Agreed, Killzone as well, but Sony has no interest in the future of those IP. It won't happen. If they cared about Motorstorm they wouldn't have axed Evolution. The last remaster from a dead studio "Wipeout" was exceptional yet nobody supported it. Even with a free VR inclusion. If ppl want these remasters...actually support the ones that release. Medievil same thing. Ppl cried for Demon's Souls Remake, The Last Guardian, Shenmue 3 and the sales didn't match the cries. None of these games sold as u would imagine given the internet pleas for these titles over a decade or more. DeS Remake did alright but given the circumstances it should've sold better. 92 Meta, PS5 launch exclusive, stunning visuals, and the first of the genre in an age where Eldin Ring will push 30 million units. Yes, DeS is only one platform but still.

Binarycode383d ago

I do agree mostly with what you said.

I bought killzone,2,3. Did not like 4 other then it's graphics.

I bought infamous 1,2. Second son never did it for me apart from again the graphics, so parts were good. But world felt too empty. Probably needed a PS5 to do it justice.

Bought all the Resistance and Motorstorms, those games were awesome. They 100% need a remake.

PS3 was just an awesome machine, I know it was a pain to develop for, but it had some many titles that I loved.
I really enjoyed the Bioshock series, the first 2 were best. Very good games.

As for Demon souls.and the souls series in general. They never have had massive sales. I think because they are very hard games. we are talking a million or less. I think the remaster did 1.4million.

Motorstorm pacific rift did 1.4million PS3.I think.

Hopefully some of them will come back.

-Foxtrot385d ago

I would love this

Expand on the lore

Incorporate Bioshock Infinite and Bioshock 2 plot lines

Add room rooms or maybe even an extra area

Maybe new plasmids

Give Jack a personality and add voice acting, it worked for Isaac. Jack did speak at the start of the game so adding onto that and giving him convos between Atlas or Ryan would be great

Aussiesummer385d ago

Man could you imagine what bioshock would look like in ue5 with full raytracing, phwaaarrrhh.

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