BioShock Widescreen Woes [Aug 21, 2007, 9:52 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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messed up ... on the 2K Forums has hundreds of posts about problems with
widescreen monitor support in BioShock impacting both PC and Xbox 360 owners. At
issue is how images are expanded and cropped to accommodate widescreen modes,
meaning widescreen users actually get less image than fullscreen users, a
situation bordering on irony. There is no good news from 2K or the studio
formerly known as Irrational on the forum, and our attempt to contact 2K about
this directly has met with no response so far.
I would say the primary problem at this point is that a significant percentage of Bioshock Steam purchasers are unable to play at all. The Steam servers are crawling and crashing. For some reason, despite the nearly-2GB "preload" we all did, they've decided that another half gig or so needs to be downloaded at activation time, a massive transfer they're totally unequipped to handle.
Valve has very clearly not made the necessary investment to allow Steam to handle a high profile release. I feel like a total sucker. At least I can be sure that there will never be a repeat of this ordeal. It's my friendly neighborhood retailer from now on.
And, on topic, it looks like I'll be playing it in a 4:3 box on my widescreen monitor too...
Valve has very clearly not made the necessary investment to allow Steam to handle a high profile release. I feel like a total sucker. At least I can be sure that there will never be a repeat of this ordeal. It's my friendly neighborhood retailer from now on.
And, on topic, it looks like I'll be playing it in a 4:3 box on my widescreen monitor too...
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