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    Motion Blur

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    A post processing effect that blurs and streaks the entire frame. Loosely based on the behavior of real-world optics.

    Motion Blur; Yay or Nay?

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    #1  Edited By Vodun


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    #2  Edited By Vodun

    I like motion blur but it seems some people get nauseated by it or just don't plain like it. POLL TIME!

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    #3  Edited By Hailinel

    It depends. Some games do it well, others do it needlessly or go completely overboard.

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    #4  Edited By Chemin

    I enjoy it. Mostly. It's always a matter of balance, sure, but it really can enhance the visuals.

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    #5  Edited By SadPatrol

    I love it in god of war 3 and gears 3.

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    #6  Edited By shiftymagician

    Motion blur exists in reality, so a good and balanced amount of it is always welcome in my book. Of course excessive amounts will be bad for a lot of people.

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    #7  Edited By Juicebox

    People like motion blur?

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    Yay when it's done well. Sometimes it's done really badly and I hate it.

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    #9  Edited By TobbRobb

    I hate it, it obscures my vision, makes me feel sick and doesn't really look very good to begin with. I just always get the feeling it's only there to hide bad textures in the heat of action....

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    #10  Edited By BeachThunder

    I turn it off if possible; it kind of makes me feel ill =(

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    #11  Edited By Obsidian

    I never get nauseous from motion blur but 99% of the time I'm against it. The only game that I think it really contributes to is Mirror's Edge.

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    #12  Edited By Icemael

    It can look all right when I'm playing a game on my TV but when I'm gaming on my PC, with the screen really close to me, it invariably looks awful.

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    #13  Edited By probablytuna

    When it's done right, sure.

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    #14  Edited By Lunar_Aura

    Nope. Never liked it.

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    #15  Edited By SeriouslyNow

    Depends. HL2 EP2, Crysis and The Witcher 2 did it well, many other games don't. Crysis and TW2 both have localised motion blur, which adds a lot to realism whereas HL2 EP2' motion blur does a really great job at frame smoothing the whole experience. Many other games use motion blur incorrectly, introducing lag and breaking realism and those are games I don't like.

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    #16  Edited By DarthOrange

    motion blur gives me a bad case of the poops

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    #17  Edited By Slaker117

    Eh. It's ok if it's used right, but I feel like I notice when it's used poorly more.

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    #18  Edited By NTM

    I don't know why, but when I think motion blur, I think Crysis.

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    #19  Edited By Chemin

    @NTM: Probably because it's a really good example of it. There's heavy motion blur in that game.

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    #20  Edited By BisonHero

    Motion blur in first-person games is almost universally stupid. Your view shouldn't blur every time you turn 90 degrees. That is not how eyeballs work, yet it seems to be how every first-person video game uses motion blur.

    I'm more tolerant in third-person games, because I can at least imagine that there is some kind of camera (being held by Lakitu) following the character around, and that justifies the motion blur somewhat.

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    #21  Edited By Tennmuerti

    Almost always disable it.
    It's kind of a silly and improper imitation of the RL effect that obscures my vision in a game.

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    #22  Edited By Meowayne

    Excitebots says hi.

    However, even in extreme cases like these, I like the effect. I say yay.

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    #23  Edited By Catarrhal

    The correct spelling is "yea," not "yay."

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    #24  Edited By Vodun

    @Catarrhal: Not if you want it to say "Yay" like I did.

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