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Portrait Gaming - Try it out!
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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The first page's screen shots are giving me the horror. You'll be telling me playing 4.3 content in stretch mode on a TV is the new hotness next. Save tate for tate enabled games. Get some Mushihimesama going. It's glorious.
I wish more applications on Windows supported vertically-oriented monitors. As someone who thinks a lot about aspect ratios, I have to say that it'd be interesting to see more games (or maybe movies) experimenting with support for different aspect ratios (including portrait aspect ratios).
I actually tried to game like this once, just as an experiment. Most games, of course, don't do well. For FPSs (the ones that actually work with 9:16, that is), it's an interesting experience. The resolution appears much higher, as it's basically only rendering what would normally be the middle ~third of the screen, but that's also the obvious downside: your FOV is now only like <30°. Which, for an FPS......yeah. Less than ideal.
Portrait gaming is good for pinball games and some shoot-'em-ups designed for 9:16. I'd certainly like to hear of more exceptions, though.
Portrait gaming is good for pinball games and some shoot-'em-ups designed for 9:16. I'd certainly like to hear of more exceptions, though.
plenty of arcade games that aren't 2D shooters that are meant for portrait mode
like cmon yall you've played donkey kong before
like cmon yall you've played donkey kong before
Sorry but all of those pics in the OP look terrible, no idea how you're able to play games like that but more power to you!
this thread reminded me one of my monitors rotates. good opportunity to revisit some shmups when I got noting going on.
Doubtful, other than intentionally crippling your fov to make shit even harder. Which sure if that's what you're going for great but I prefer to actually have some awareness of a given arena :P
The Skyrim pics are admittedly lovely but I think that's more due to framing for some good screenshots than how enjoyable the moment to moment gameplay would actually be using that ratio.
Outside of shmups I just don't see the appeal.