If you are planning on me starting a flame war don't count on it because the game is amazing, however I have a issue - 
 
There is a strange motion blur that is giving me a massive headache and motio n sickness, very strange since I have never had anything like this happen. 
 
How can I play it without being sick? >__> 
 
Thanks. 

" Get a better TV "

" @Hero_Swe said:

" Get a better TV "

Toshiba 32 inch  "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Hero_Swe said:

" Get a better TV "

Toshiba 32 inch  "

Well there's your problem! "

It happens to some people, especially with games that use a heavy amount of motion blur and have a high framerate (60 fps). Here's a guide on how you can probably reduce that over the course of time.

" @NekuSakuraba: Sit farther away from the screen "

" @NekuSakuraba: Take some gravol and then try to get through it. "

I'm not entirely sure but thats kind of a big deal. You might want to consider not playing it. Bayonetta and Nuts n' Bolts both made me really nauseous for almost no reason at all it seemed, but both once I played them made me feel REALLY FUCKING WEIRD for an entire day. Migraine and nausea, I threw up because of Nuts n' Bolts actually. I'm not a doctor but I would suggest not playing it since it's messing with your brains.

" Thread here "

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" Thread here "

Yeah saw that, but was wondering how to fix it. "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" Thread here "

Yeah saw that, but was wondering how to fix it. "

There is no way to. Contact MS and say somthing.  "

As Turbo said, it might not be anything to do with the game itself or whatever you watch it on.  Could just be something about the visuals that screws with your mind.

I've not seen any motion blur at all.

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" Thread here "

Yeah saw that, but was wondering how to fix it. "

There is no way to. Contact MS and say somthing.  "

Damn, is anyone actually feeling sick from it or are people just getting simply annoyed.  "

" I'm not entirely sure but thats kind of a big deal. You might want to consider not playing it. Bayonetta and Nuts n' Bolts both made me really nauseous for almost no reason at all it seemed, but both once I played them made me feel REALLY FUCKING WEIRD for an entire day. Migraine and nausea, I threw up because of Nuts n' Bolts actually. I'm not a doctor but I would suggest not playing it since it's messing with your brains. "

Go ride a roller coaster for 3 hours, sounds like you have a weak stomach

" @Hero_Swe said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Hero_Swe said:

" Get a better TV "

Toshiba 32 inch  "

Well there's your problem! "

No, it is not. Why? because it is a ''small'' T.V? "

It really depends on the game, like for me it's rare. Maybe fiddle with resolution or something....? I know for us Reach has this kind of weird blur thats not supposed to be there, not sure how to fix it and it's definitely not the TV.

" @NekuSakuraba: Are you new to console gaming in general, or just the Xbox? I've been a dedicated PC gamer for years and only got my 360 this year. First game I popped in was Assassin's Creed 2 and it totally messed with my head for a few hours of gameplay. Wasn't used to playing games like that on a big TV in my living room and it was making me dizzy. Just felt strange.  And don't listen to people saying there's no motion blur in Reach. There's lots, and it's sort of weird at first. You don't notice it after a while, but that smearing might be especially disorienting if you're not used to playing these kind of games in the living room. "

" It happens to some people, especially with games that use a heavy amount of motion blur and have a high framerate (60 fps). Here's a guide on how you can probably reduce that over the course of time. "

I have also noticed a lot of FPS drops while firing a weapon, this is going to sound really stupid but it couldn't have anything to do with the Xbox? 

Strange to not have an option to turn it off. It'd be like if you couldn't turn off shaky cam in Kane and Lynch. You thinking it looks "better" doesn't change the fact that it makes the game hard for a lot of people to play. They payed for a product, give them options.

" I have also noticed a lot of FPS drops while firing a weapon, this is going to sound really stupid but it couldn't have anything to do with the Xbox?  "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Hero_Swe said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" @Hero_Swe said:

" Get a better TV "

Toshiba 32 inch  "

Well there's your problem! "

No, it is not. Why? because it is a ''small'' T.V? "

Your TV is not small. Ignore that. "

If you play on split-screen, then I believe motion blur disappears almost entirely (I could be wrong, though). Maybe playing with a friend locally will help you out?

Haters gonna hate.

 http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=48990267
 
Seems like the reason for the motion blur was to reduce the effect of a low framerate at times in the game.  The blurred frames are being interpreted by the CPU when the system isn't able to draw them fast enough. I guarantee this method looks better than a straight up low framerate version of reach. It also has the added benefit of smoothing the edges of objects without the high costs of actual 4x Anti Aliasing. Basically this was a trade off that bungie felt had more advantages than disadvantages without requiring them to reduce effects, environment size, AI, or object detail.
 
God of War 3 and MGS4 are two other games that used this same effect. It's becoming fairly common.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_anti-aliasing  
 
The developers of the Force Unleashed 2 came up with a similar solution to try to get 60FPS out of a 30FPS game but their method seems much less noticable and much more refined.
 
 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-force-unleashed-60fps-tech-article
 
I notice it sometimes but it does not bother me, sorry to hear that it bothers you. Does it help if you focus your vision on a certain point of the screen rather than viewing the entire frame, or the other way around? People's eyes are meant to focus on one point and assemble that image. Videogames and TV images are not natual for the eye to process. Perhaps sitting back further and viewing the TV frame as one image in context to the rest of your living room would help.

"It happens to some people, especially with games that use a heavy amount of motion blur and have a high framerate (60 fps). Here's a guide on how you can probably reduce that over the course of time. "

@NekuSakuraba:

What the OP may be experiencing is if his TV produces the ghosting effect from fast motion objects naturally, it may not be a problem with normal things he views on the TV.
 
Add in reach's temporal anti-aliasing on top of the TV's natural limitations for displaying motion and you have two sources of blur that may be causing a problem. 
 
I would recommend taking your 360 to a friend's house or someone who has a Plasma set or one that displays at  a faster refresh rate, see if that helps. Then at least you would know what causes it.

" What the OP may be experiencing is if his TV produces the ghosting effect from fast motion objects naturally, it may not be a problem with normal things he views on the TV.  Add in reach's temporal anti-aliasing on top of the TV's natural limitations for displaying motion and you have two sources of blur that may be causing a problem.   I would recommend taking your 360 to a friend's house or someone who has a Plasma set or one that displays at  a faster refresh rate, see if that helps. Then at least you would know what causes it. "

" It was almost unplayable for me at first. Controls changed from ODST and Halo 3 to Reach. I guess I have to get used to it, that'll take time.   "

There was another topic about this, and I definitely think it is on purpose. I only saw it in the campaign and I actually think it could look pretty cool if it was used in an action scene. The problem is it's used just to cover up some less than ideal looking graphics.

" @SpudBug said:

" What the OP may be experiencing is if his TV produces the ghosting effect from fast motion objects naturally, it may not be a problem with normal things he views on the TV.  Add in reach's temporal anti-aliasing on top of the TV's natural limitations for displaying motion and you have two sources of blur that may be causing a problem.   I would recommend taking your 360 to a friend's house or someone who has a Plasma set or one that displays at  a faster refresh rate, see if that helps. Then at least you would know what causes it. "

It's not the tv. At all. I've tested the game on three different tvs and they all have the same motion blur. It's just more noticeable to certain people. But the blur is definitely there.  "

" @NekuSakuraba: Are you new to console gaming in general, or just the Xbox? I've been a dedicated PC gamer for years and only got my 360 this year. First game I popped in was Assassin's Creed 2 and it totally messed with my head for a few hours of gameplay. Wasn't used to playing games like that on a big TV in my living room and it was making me dizzy. Just felt strange.  And don't listen to people saying there's no motion blur in Reach. There's lots, and it's sort of weird at first. You don't notice it after a while, but that smearing might be especially disorienting if you're not used to playing these kind of games in the living room. "

" @PrivateIronTFU said:

" @SpudBug said:

" What the OP may be experiencing is if his TV produces the ghosting effect from fast motion objects naturally, it may not be a problem with normal things he views on the TV.  Add in reach's temporal anti-aliasing on top of the TV's natural limitations for displaying motion and you have two sources of blur that may be causing a problem.   I would recommend taking your 360 to a friend's house or someone who has a Plasma set or one that displays at  a faster refresh rate, see if that helps. Then at least you would know what causes it. "

It's not the tv. At all. I've tested the game on three different tvs and they all have the same motion blur. It's just more noticeable to certain people. But the blur is definitely there.  "

I wasn't disputing the fact that the blur IS there. Maybe you missed my lenthy explanation on what the blur is used for.  The blur from Reach may be problematic on top of any blur his TV is already producing - the combination of the two may be giving him trouble and making it worse than the average viewer's experience. "

" There is still a concern about my 360. I have noticed that in game it sometimes freezes. Is this a Halo Reach framerate issue or a 360 issue? " "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" There is still a concern about my 360. I have noticed that in game it sometimes freezes. Is this a Halo Reach framerate issue or a 360 issue? " "

Do you mean freeze as in, it stutters? Or freeze as in, completely freezes and you have to turn the system off? "

" There is still a concern about my 360. I have noticed that in game it sometimes freezes. Is this a Halo Reach framerate issue or a 360 issue? " "

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" There is still a concern about my 360. I have noticed that in game it sometimes freezes. Is this a Halo Reach framerate issue or a 360 issue? " "

Does it happen with other games as well?  Is the game installed to the hard drive?  If the game's installed and it freezes, that's not a good sign.  if it happens with other games as well, I'd say your 360 is on its way out. "

I noticed it in the first mission and it bothered me, but after that it just seemed to disappear. Idk why or how.

I've definitely seen some frame rate dips here and there, especially during cutscenes. The only thing I can think of to suggest is installing to the hard drive if you can. I've done that and I haven't noticed any blur effect.

Take pills.  Lots and lots of pills.  Just swallow as many as it takes for the headaches to go away.  There's no way you can go wrong

" @Helushune said:

" @NekuSakuraba said:

" There is still a concern about my 360. I have noticed that in game it sometimes freezes. Is this a Halo Reach framerate issue or a 360 issue? " "

Does it happen with other games as well?  Is the game installed to the hard drive?  If the game's installed and it freezes, that's not a good sign.  if it happens with other games as well, I'd say your 360 is on its way out. "

It is the new Reach model. xD  I have no other games to test it out and it has not been installed. "

You could try taking the sensitivity down? When i started the campaign, after a little while i decided to turn the sensitivity up to 5 and i then noticed a little motion sickness. On 3 (default), I'm fine, perhaps you have a lower threshold and should lower it even further?