Will AP run in 4:3?

[ginji]

Ok, this is just my personal curiosity

I'm talking about both PC and Xbox 360 versions. Will this game run on 4:3 aspect ratio without the black bars up and down the screen?

I think on PC it surely will, but what about the 360?

[WorstUsernameEver]

I wouldn't hold my breath for it.. I haven't seen a game that runs in 4:3 for consoles in ages, but hey, I mostly play on PC.

[ginji]

I wouldn't hold my breath for it.. I haven't seen a game that runs in 4:3 for consoles in ages, but hey, I mostly play on PC.

 

Actually, lots of games still run on 4:3 (even if the number is decreasing with time). The first ones I see here are Halo 3, GTA IV, Far Cry 2, and more recently Dirt 2, Blur (Bizarre's racing game), hopefully Red Dead Redemption and almost all sports games (not that I like sports games).

 

I would buy the game anyway, of course. Sadly I'm used to play RPGs with black bars up and down the screen. It's just, really, a curiosity

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

What's 4:3?

[Pidesco]

What's 4:3?

 

Not widescreen.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

What's 4:3?

 

Not widescreen.

There's such a thing as not widescreen?

[Pidesco]

How old are you, 3? Have you never seen a CRT TV? Or a CRT computer monitor? OR every single TV show until a few years back? Or movies before TVs showed up?

[Zoraptor]

There's such a thing as not widescreen?

Without something other than widescreen, what would widescreen be wider than? [/socrates]

[Tigranes]

If a widescreen is as wide as a screen can be wide, how wide could a widescreen be?

[Trustin]

ITT: Jokes that were completely missed.... and taken as seriousness...

 

On Topic: I dunno... I wish more companies would let the games run in 4:3 but who knows...

[ginji]

There's such a thing as not widescreen?

 

 

How old are you, 3? Have you never seen a CRT TV? Or a CRT computer monitor? OR every single TV show until a few years back? Or movies before TVs showed up?

 

Long long ago, in a land far far away....

 

 

Anyway I don't understand why software houses are starting to ignore 4:3 aspect ratio... i still can see 4:3 TVs and monitors being sold here, and to optimize a game to run without black bars shouldn't be so difficult.

I mean, just zoom in and move the HUD a little! 10 minutes of work, maybe.

 

 

Now that i think about it, Dragon Age Origins runs in 4:3 without black bars on both PC and Xbox 360, and it came out just 4 or 5 months ago.

Edited April 27, 2010 by ginji

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Terrible jokes aside, I thought all games worked in 4:3? Hell, I remember some games not working on widescreen correctly but working fine in 4:3?

 

Is this a console thing?

[Zoraptor]

FEAR 2 had no 4:3 support on either console or PC.

 

True story.

[Purkake]

2000 called, it wants its non-widescreen resolutions back.