Xbox 360 Fanboy

To the point about visual presentation using 4x3, WTF. If I can't see my health meter then that is not artisic, thats crap. Whether your a 4x3 or 16x9 user, you should expect the same quality regardless of a lazy excuse as artisic direction or feel.

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I'd imagine the health meter and such would just get pushed down regardless of how it was cut, though.

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Yes, if this is really a problem why don't we have a screenshot from a widescreen display, or a photo of a widescreen TV with the health info cut off?

Also, why do I still have to click add my comments, open my e-mail then click the link to confirm my comments? This is 2007. Get real. Get an account system.

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Of course the health and plasmid meters would be pushed down. Are you fucking serious?

(@20)

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@17,

I think a lot of this is the people who have wide screen setups, and have the new game today... before work is out. First, you have the haters, who will look for any reason to bash MS and the 360 by proxy... On this one, I think you have to add in the rich kid effect, they are upset that they have less detail on screen than the proles or something like that. Finally, and IMO, the smallest group are the wide screen purists.

They have come together in the perfect storm and harnessing the power of these three groups of constant whiners and complainers, magnified the Internet, and we all have to once again listen to them complain that the teacher gave them demerits for being late to class.

Take a step back... No really, take a step back, there, that is what it was supposed to look like. OMG noobs.

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@23 - The e-mail you get has a password in it that is always associated with your e-mail address. Put it in the "current users" password box.

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@#16 I have both didn't really care for Gears, and I know they are different, but the issue will come up as more people use the engine there is over lap of the feel and look of some games. Bioshock modified the engine as most will do too so it won't look exactly the same.

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Ok, I have a wide-screen setup. But a friend has a 4x3 setup. Now, when he plays Gears, (or I play over there) there is something missing. It's important to with a game like that. (At least IMO) Seeing the sides of you is real important in any FPS, the more you see the better you plan or react. So, If BioShock does clip off the top and bottom, who cares? It actually allows everyone to see everything on screen! In the game you hear things coming at you, so you look in that direction putting the focus there. If someone is on the sides, they are hiding, and usually you won't hear anything until you are being attacked. Thus, this clipping method is actually better allowing everyone to experience the same amount on screen and fill the screen as well. The other option is to force a widesczreen output, and most people don't want that making this a preferred option.

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The idea is not that the HUD is cut off. The idea is that instead of adding visuals to the left and right sides of the screen in the margins created by the widescreen tv, the top and bottom of the normal resolution screens are cut off. The result is that instead of seeing more of the enviroment on a widescreen, you see less.

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I'm using widescreen on a 56" DLP and I have no problems, as usual.

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The example with the post is misleading, it makes you think the HUD is cutoff.

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This better get fixed by tomorrow or thursday...i get Bioshock in the mail from gamefly tomorrow or the day after...

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OK, after reading the other comments about the HUD I loaded the game up for another look and sure enough they did cut off some of the screen. Here is an picture of my monitor:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6048/bioshockwidescreenkh7.jpg

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Oh, and this is a better example of what gets cut off:

http://bp2.blogger.com/_15z2voQHq2E/RssQ5SsMDqI/AAAAAAAAAA4/oL_WyP--g-g/s1600/bioshock-bs1.jpg

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That is odd, prompts to download the jpeg. This should work:

http://bp2.blogger.com/_15z2voQHq2E/RssQ5SsMDqI/AAAAAAAAAA4/oL_WyP--g-g/s1600-h/bioshock-bs1.jpg

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I'm pissed, and will be writing (via snail mail) the developer.

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Uhhhh, I've had this game for six days, and it all appears fine on my 42" widescreen plasma

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Meh, Ive been playing bioshock all day on my 32' HDTV, and I really havent nothing anything. I've played the game on a 4:3 tv, and yeah, theres a little more you can see but not enough to kill the deal for anyone. At least it shouldnt.

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ARGH! My copy of Bioshock is giving me disk read issues. That, plus it's the LE, and the last one in my Gamestop. I'm headed there tomorrow. Hopefully, they can just give me a disk from one of the basic editions, although I doubt it.

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First person shooters should only be played in widescreen when the protagonist is asian.

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