Hey guys.
I just realised I have to stop playing Hotline Miami (probably permanently) because it gives me terrible headaches, dizziness and...well basically motion sickness.
Is anyone else experiencing this?

EDIT: I just wrote an e-mail to the publishers depicting my problem, I hope they listen to my request

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I call that a feature.

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+1

I never had but I guess it was supposed to be with this effect

1 decade ago
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its from the screen swaying as you move so yes it is a feature. probably didnt expect it to cause this but they should have included settings to turn it off

1 decade ago
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try a different setting in the options?

1 decade ago
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I've read a couple of posts (and warnings) about people getting motion sickness from the game. So yes, there are others experiencing it.

1 decade ago
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Results of poor frames rate?

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+1 ;)

1 decade ago
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maybe the pixelated graphics :P

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I heard that there are people that have the problem, I have no problems with it.

It is probably the weird camera movement and the colors which make the problems.

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I think that as well, probably the colours and the camera, sadly there are no ways to change that in the options

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I can see the the game giving a hypnotic sickness effect. the bleeding colors, blurry motion + funky music...
all those effects combined can induce those symptoms in some people

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What request did you make of the developers?

I hope you did not ask them to change it.

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From what I've heard of the music, that probably doesn't help much either.

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It's supposed to do that. . not to where you are experiencing discomfort. . . it means you might have a high chance of epilepsy. Do you get car sick or did you as a child?

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^ most sensible comment here.

1 decade ago
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I get sicker than a dog when playing fps with no option to turn off head bob. Hotline Miami does give me motion sickness but not quite as bad. Hopefully they will add window mode soon so that scrolling color effect doesn't take up the whole screen.

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You don't sound like someone who plays games :P

1 decade ago
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Head bob is usually annoying though.

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I find it essential to an FPS.

1 decade ago
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Guess it all comes down to taste :-P.

1 decade ago
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Maybe u are ill?

1 decade ago
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Maybe next time lay off the LSD when you play?:D

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As a Teenager i suffered under under epilepsy but it stopped about 10 years ago. As I started to play Hotline Miama i was a litlle bit remebered at this time. I´m really glad today that I don´t fall from my chair or get sick by those games. I can understand you guys with the motion sickness the game is really hard visual stuff...

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I can sympathise with you big time. Some games (especially those with a small FOV) give me really bad motion sickness too.

Hope you manage to get a fix for this.

1 decade ago
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SMALL SPOILER:

I just got a headache in the hospital level... :s

1 decade ago
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If you actually pay attention, you can notice some swaying of the camera when moving in the game. I noticed it just by watching a few videos of the game.

1 decade ago
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does it mean, if you finished Hotline Miami with all achievements, without any sickness you can be a sailor?

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+1

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Im aboard then!

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It makes some people throwup. :)

1 decade ago
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the worst and only headache i ever had was from hl2, don`t you know is it from FOV, which can be fixed or something else

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Hotline Miami is not an FPS, it's a top-down view game in which, whenever the character moves, there seems to be a sway on the level from side to side, not to mention the psychedelic colours.

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i played miami, i know it`s funny trip-hop atmospere

1 decade ago
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Not to mention the music sometimes...

1 decade ago
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I tried the game and yes it could easily cause motion sickness, I'll never forget Necrovision though, my god that gave me a headache before i could even finish a level.

EDIT: Not necrovision, it was another FPS in which you could modify time in objects.....SINGULARITY, that one.

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Many games give me motion sickness and ill tell you its not a nice thing. The one that was the worst for me was Ape Escape 1 on ps1 it doesn't have camera controls so its randomly spazzing around as you run, i couldn't play it for 3 minutes it took me to finish the first level it was torture

1 decade ago
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Maybe the pirated ver. gives motion sickness :D

1 decade ago
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uh...what?

1 decade ago
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Joking, since you don't actually have the game in your library. You could ofc be playing from another account :P

1 decade ago
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There are people who buy games drm-free.

Shocking, I know.

1 decade ago
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Didn't know GoG had it too, my mistake o/

1 decade ago
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no game will make you get sick/vomit as And Yet It Moves
trust me...

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ive never had any problem with it :/

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neither have I

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I can see this happening. I just got it today and played it a couple times, 10-15 minutes at a time and it makes me feel a little dizzy. And I'm not someone who gets motion sickness (although my mother does pretty bad).

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Have you tried increasing the Field of View? If there's a setting in-game or you can change a .cfg file to that effect, it should be smooth sailing. The #1 problem which leads to motion sickness when playing games is a very low FOV.

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Closed 1 decade ago by santiagoth93.