Widescreen Gaming Forum

I don't know wtf MK:A is doing. The aspect doesn't change at all, still 4:3... just zoomed in.

Looks stretched. But without 'real' screen captures I can't be 100% certain.

if it's stretched, it's because there is no actual widescreen support, despite the game supposedly having it. it's 4:3 content being stretched to fill the 16:9 screen.

Yet the option is there in the menu. It's like a false-hope widescreen. Someone else I read described the same experience with the game.

enabling widescreen does enact a change, though I seemingly don't have the photo to show it better. (enabled and the tv set to 4:3) Basically, it's a more zoomed in 4:3 fullscreen. It's very strange, and I guess, broken. It's not anamorphic, it's not letterboxed, and it's less FOV.

new findings:

Beyond Good & Evil............... letterboxed 4:3
Full Spectrum Warrior............... Vert-
Mech Assault 2 : Lone Wolf............... mostly Vert-/Hor+
Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within ............... Hor+/Vert+
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones............... Hor+/Vert+
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe............... Hor+
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory............... Hor+


photos to follow, tomorrow

Beyond Good & Evil............... letterboxed 4:3, regardless of Xbox setting. no actual widescreen support
4:3/16:9



Full Spectrum Warrior............... Vert-
4:3

16:9


Mech Assault 2 : Lone Wolf............... mostly Vert-/Hor+ (notice the complete lack of mountains in widescreen)
4:3

16:9


Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within ............... Hor+/Vert+ (increased FOV all around)
4:3

16:9


Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones............... Hor+/Vert+ (increased FOV all around)
4:3

16:9


Super Monkey Ball Deluxe............... Hor+
4:3

16:9


Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory............... Hor+
4:3

16:9

I wish there was more interest in this.

Well.. if a console game is vert-, what can be done about it, other than immense community pressure on developers for a fix in a patch? Bioshock is the first one that comes to mind.. did the console versions ever get the FOV fix/option that the PC version did? I just hope that now with every TV being sold is wide, that we'll start seeing an end of vert- games. Maybe once 4:3 is no longer considered will we get proper widscreen. But then, perhaps 2.39:1 will take place of 16:9. :lol:

Well.. if a console game is vert-, what can be done about it?

Ensure users are educated about what's the baseline intended FOV, and to not run at an aspect that'll subtract from it.

ie, don't assume it'll look better or you'll see more if there's a widescreen option.

That would be the point of such a list/database.

ie. DO run Guitar Hero in widescreen mode.

DONT run GTA games in widescreen mode.

does anyone know the deal on Metroid Prime 1 and 2 vs the Trilogy on Gamecube?

Here is a huge list of console games and their native resolutions (along with aa type)
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=46241

I just hope that now with every TV being sold is wide, that we'll start seeing an end of vert- games. Maybe once 4:3 is no longer considered will we get proper widscreen.

not this generation. consoles just dont have the horsepower to render at widescreen tv resolutions

does anyone know the deal on Metroid Prime 1 and 2 vs the Trilogy on Gamecube?

Hor+ ? Vert-? Combination?