Skyrim, and all the TES games, have done the same. It is a shame as Skyrim looks especially good.

What is it with games nowadays having horribly low FOV considering widescreen is now used by consoles and PCs.

Paracetamol is your friend.

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Try changing the field of view, it's helped others.

Default is 75.

When in game, open the console (~ key) type:

fov 90 [Hit enter]
saveini [Hit enter]

Now save your game. In console, type save "Name_goes_here_with_underscorses_as_spaces_wont_work"

Or simply use Esc+Save

Top Tip!

I know it's they're addicting but for the sake of your health take regular breaks!

I only played the game for 40mins and ended up with headaches/dizziness. FOV isn't adjustable on console, is it?

It's the headbob for me that is causing my headaches. The beginning of the game was so excruciating someone else had to play it for me. Changing the FOV doesn't help. I'm dreaming of a day when it will be able to be modded out entirely.

...that has nothing at all to do with consoles.

Well, still it is extremely annoying. Game companies should take a page out of Minecraft. Adjustable FOV and on/off headbobbing. MW3 I understand having the low, set FOV for online purposes. But, for skyrim there is no reason why it shouldnt be adjustable.

Hm, someone said the fov is set at 65. You definitely see an improvement setting it at 75 in the console.

Me too. While I've set my fov to 90, I'm pretty sure it's actually the twitchy shadows and textures plus the fluctuating light that's causing it. Eyestrain headaches, basically. Taking a break for a while helps.

Oblivion was 75. I don't why its only 65 since you can go in 3rd and that is much wider anyway, so it can't be a tec issue, can it? Either way you can change pov via console.

Partly. Narrow FoV = less on screen = better performance. It's quite common for open world games though. S.T.A.L.K.E.R was annoyingly narrow too, and that was a PC exclusive.

your loss.

skyrim is actually the ONLY game i can play for 15 hours straight and not get a headache lol

Remember the Warning sign we all get in the begining of all games? A warning about seziures. This is a very very mild form of a seziure. A symptom of some sorts. I have this as well. What I have to do is quit playing for periods of times. Lots of lighting, not sitting so close to the monitor if on PC or TV on consoles.

I made a post about this along time ago. Poeple suggested, lots of sleep. lots of light. A nice distance away. Eat before playing, take breaks. Also Ginger. Not sure how it works but I drank some Ginger Ale and seems to help a bit.

If this keeps up, go see your Doctor. This could be a form of a seizure. Most likely not, just motion sickness, but you never know. Oh yeah try some gravel as well.

Good luck, I love Skyrim too, but have to be carefull when I play.

More pertinently, sitting far away from a TV screen, a narrow FOV works better. Of course, then you upgrade that TV to a 50" widescreen, and it could use a wider FOV again.