Field of View (FoV) in Video Games as Fast As Possible

An adjustable field of view helps ensure a comfortable, immersive gaming experience for all gamers. So why doesn't every game have it??

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[rushnerd]

God that 15fps minecraft example was horrid.

[VOIDSenseMusic]

Project CARS has FOV sliders.
Call of Duty doesn't.
Keep that in mind.

[FPSGameClips]

I knew it. You were Austin Evans all along!!!

[amodkala]

"I told her it was just a large field of view"

I swear Edzel doesn't get paid enough

[RemixPicture]

I know that "shaves you time and shaves you money" was a pordplay on the word "saves". But it actually just sounds like it strips me off of all my money, like shaving it off me. :P

[duncasaurus_]

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[tuckerkennedy]

You should do everything we tell you so 1. Grow A Manly Moustache 2.overthrow Linus 3. Make robots with Linuss pc parts 4. Rule the world

[AntiRivet]

Not gonna lie, that beard segue was fantastic. xD

[joegreve]

The beard shaving was beautiful. The music was perfect.
It moved me.

[Drunken_Hamster]

This didn't tell us how to find the optimum FOV for our gaming experience

[ItsPuffhead]

"I told her it was just a wide field of view."
1:31, yea, I see you up there.

[benjaminfraeyman]

the first video i came across that films above 1080p, wow this is nice :)

[Seanmmvi]

you cant tuck in your shirt without a belt man! 

also, it would have been nice to give us an idea of a happy medium of FOV for games. 

[inuysha]

Also it's nice to see Taran more comfortable in front of the camera. 

[ARene]

What are IOPS? Random 4K? And other SSD stuff?

[ATay]

you look fine either way Taran and good job on the video, also keep the 4K! My internet can handle it easily so I can appreciate it whenever I see it

[dkapbboy]

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[AmaroqStarwind]

I always played at 120 degrees in Half-Life (Source). Since the FOV in Half-Life (Source) is calculated for 4:3 aspect ratio monitors, and I use a 16:9 monitor, I would be able to see a lot more than the claustrophobia-inducing default FOV would otherwise allow. Plus, it gave me the illusion of running around really fast, almost as if it were Gordon the Hedgehog.

I chose 120 because that was what I believed (at the time) to be the most natural based on what the Human Eye could actually see, and from my personal experience, it was the most natural looking to me on my display setup.

But now imagine what kind of FOV that I could get by setting it to 120 degrees on a 3x Ultrawide (21:9) surround setup. Would certainly give me an advantage in TF2 or HL2: CTF.

[XFourty]

Taren, the 'distortion around the edge of the screen' is also an effect of your distance from the screen.. My way to describe it is picture the screen as a window, the closer you are, the higher the FOV (Or higher it should be in games.)..

I did play a quake 2 mod back in the day called "Gloom" (natural selection is based off it) and the aliens lowest class had like a 180 or 200 fov it was pretty awesome.. They wanted the distortion effect though.

And personally I prefer 100-120 FOV but some games it can be hard. ArmA series for example, you're usually engaging people 100-500 meters away, and they are about 2 pixels at 500 meters with 120 lol, helps with flying though.

[DJCosmoDropofficial]

Literally anything under 120 makes me feel ill.

Game devs pls include FOV sliders