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 Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 07:58 Post subject: Best Widescreen Games |
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Ok, so I recently went from a 17 inch lcd to a 22 inch widescreen badass lcd
3000:1 contrast ratio
2ms response time
flippin amazing! ( to me anyways )
And I've found myself re-installing some games ( more recent titles mainly ) and played them in widescreen.
Crysis
Hellgate London
Sexy Beach 3 ; )
Gears of War
Rainbow Six Vegas
The next game I'm thinking is Doom 3. But I'm not sure that even a visual update will make that linear gameplay any better...........
Please post any recommendations to games that support widescreen mode ( and are good ), mods that enable widescreen on older games, and games you've seen signifigant improvements in based off of resolution.
HL2 just popped in my head as well..........
Thanks!
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 08:13 Post subject: |
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 08:36 Post subject: |
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Is that Samsung 226BW?
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 08:39 Post subject: |
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wawrzul
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 09:11 Post subject: |
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The link Parallax provided is a good source if u're lookin for some patch or other solution to make a game work in widescreen. Usually its either patching, chainging .cfg or changing game registry entries.
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 09:23 Post subject: |
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If you are thinking HL2 (which does WS perfect btw), Definitely try this mod out:
http://www.smod-tactical.com/
Adds all the visual effects found in modern shooters like COD4, plus actual tactics and junk. Simply amazing to play HL2 with the mod enabled.
Also, RTS games are a blast to play in WS. I recommend UAW with the camera zoom out mod.
Besides this also some decent RPGs are great, Gothic3 with the community patch and some ini-tweaking. And another props goes to Stalker with the latest patch(will be even better with the freeplay mod hopefully coming in the next few monthes).
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 11:03 Post subject: |
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That is a silly question, almost every game supports widescreen even the old c&c from the first decade, so play any games that you usually like to play there is no such thing as widescreen games.
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 12:53 Post subject: |
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| madmax17 wrote: | | That is a silly question, almost every game supports widescreen even the old c&c from the first decade, so play any games that you usually like to play there is no such thing as widescreen games. |
It's not silly at all, most of older games don't support WS at all or have very limited WS support. Even some new games still don't have proper WS support. (I'm sick and tired of repeating this but just having WS resolution and cutting top and bottom of view to fill the screen is not WS support).
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 14:04 Post subject: |
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| Glottis wrote: | | madmax17 wrote: | | That is a silly question, almost every game supports widescreen even the old c&c from the first decade, so play any games that you usually like to play there is no such thing as widescreen games. |
It's not silly at all, most of older games don't support WS at all or have very limited WS support. Even some new games still don't have proper WS support. (I'm sick and tired of repeating this but just having WS resolution and cutting top and bottom of view to fill the screen is not WS support). |
Even if it doesn't support ws yes, my monitor allows me to cut or stretch and I can play with no problems in 4:3 the enjoyment level is the same to me you can hardly tell a difference between ws and normal mode, ws is more natural to the eyes and most games support ws so yes, it is a silly question.
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 14:48 Post subject: |
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There's a big difference between cut/stretch edges and real widescreen.. in many new games (Bioshock and Stalker) you even had LESS view in WS than in 4:3 which is not acceptable.. they've fixed it since their communites complained a lot though.. there are still quite a few games that doesnt support true WS, but its definitely getting better...
It's not a silly question since many games still doesnt have WS support..
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com is a good place for user fixes for games like KOTOR1&2 etc...
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 14:51 Post subject: |
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| madmax17 wrote: | | Glottis wrote: | | madmax17 wrote: | | That is a silly question, almost every game supports widescreen even the old c&c from the first decade, so play any games that you usually like to play there is no such thing as widescreen games. |
It's not silly at all, most of older games don't support WS at all or have very limited WS support. Even some new games still don't have proper WS support. (I'm sick and tired of repeating this but just having WS resolution and cutting top and bottom of view to fill the screen is not WS support). |
Even if it doesn't support ws yes, my monitor allows me to cut or stretch and I can play with no problems in 4:3 the enjoyment level is the same to me you can hardly tell a difference between ws and normal mode, ws is more natural to the eyes and most games support ws so yes, it is a silly question. |
Well no shit, of course you can run 4:3 games on WS monitor just fine, but that's not what this thread is about.
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 15:53 Post subject: |
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Yea, the 226BW/CW (S panel) is a very nice monitor. I've had mine for a while now. Just moved up to a Samsung TN-4061, I usually play the 4:3 games on that because it scales nicely.
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 15:59 Post subject: |
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mafia supported widescreen, and thats still an incredibly good game
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 19:36 Post subject: |
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| mike- wrote: | | mafia supported widescreen, and thats still an incredibly good game |
But a more "recent" game that would benefit greatly from WS support , Battlefield 2 & 2142 , don't.Go figure
Many many people complained to EA that they wanted WS support for BF2.Their answer ? "Our data shows that widescreen monitors aren't popular enough so we're not going to add widescreen support in any futur patch"
What a fucking bunch of retards.I don't think you guys have any idea how much i hate EA.Sorry for the rant but i had to get that out of my chest.
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 21:10 Post subject: |
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| S.S.S wrote: | | mike- wrote: | | mafia supported widescreen, and thats still an incredibly good game |
But a more "recent" game that would benefit greatly from WS support , Battlefield 2 & 2142 , don't.Go figure
Many many people complained to EA that they wanted WS support for BF2.Their answer ? "Our data shows that widescreen monitors aren't popular enough so we're not going to add widescreen support in any futur patch"
What a fucking bunch of retards.I don't think you guys have any idea how much i hate EA.Sorry for the rant but i had to get that out of my chest. |
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Jan 2008 22:52 Post subject: |
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| Nakitu wrote: | | Glottis wrote: | | madmax17 wrote: |
Even if it doesn't support ws yes, my monitor allows me to cut or stretch and I can play with no problems in 4:3 the enjoyment level is the same to me you can hardly tell a difference between ws and normal mode, ws is more natural to the eyes and most games support ws so yes, it is a silly question. |
Well no shit, of course you can run 4:3 games on WS monitor just fine, but that's not what this thread is about. |
No this thread is about WS games and they as such done exist.  Most games have WS support. and making topic and asking what are the best WS games is retarded in so many ways its unreal. WS isnt a genre its nothing. Its display mode. If you cant see that then good luck in life. Its same as asking Uhhhhh what Antialliasing games are best. |
Huh? A guy just wanted some titles for games that support WS and he gets all this bullshit. Yeah this thread title sounds dumb, but maybe English isn't his first language so quit being so anal about it *sigh*
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| Posted: Wed, 16th Jan 2008 08:13 Post subject: |
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| gingerninjaaaaaa wrote: | You still haven't updated the upcoming pc games Paralax  |
Yeah, I am protesting because a smackhead of a mod temp banned me for joking about someone being a crackhead 
I will get around to it soon though  |
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| Posted: Wed, 16th Jan 2008 22:43 Post subject: |
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| Glottis wrote: | | S.S.S wrote: | | mike- wrote: | | mafia supported widescreen, and thats still an incredibly good game |
But a more "recent" game that would benefit greatly from WS support , Battlefield 2 & 2142 , don't.Go figure
Many many people complained to EA that they wanted WS support for BF2.Their answer ? "Our data shows that widescreen monitors aren't popular enough so we're not going to add widescreen support in any futur patch"
What a fucking bunch of retards.I don't think you guys have any idea how much i hate EA.Sorry for the rant but i had to get that out of my chest. |
http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/ |
I know all about that and i actually use a similar prog for BF2.
Still , the fact is that EA are still lazy retards for refusing ti implement it natively.If anything it should have been there when the game was launched in 2005.
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| Posted: Wed, 16th Jan 2008 23:41 Post subject: |
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newb question but if i get a new widescreen how will it handle games that dosnt support it? will there be some huge black bars on the sides?
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Jan 2008 00:31 Post subject: |
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Armed Assault, no question about it.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Jan 2008 07:32 Post subject: |
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| fissesvin wrote: | | newb question but if i get a new widescreen how will it handle games that dosnt support it? will there be some huge black bars on the sides? |
In your video card control panel you can setup so you can have it either stretched across the screen or at correct aspect ratio with black bars on the sides, I prefer the latter because I can't stand wrong aspect ratios.
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