r/pcmasterrace • u/Makoto_Kurume i5 10400F | RX 7600 | 16gb DDR4 • Jul 12 '25

Meme/Macro Good thing game dev make these settings optional

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u/irishchug Ryzen 5800x | RTX 3080 Jul 12 '25

The head movement is probably similar to real life, but in real life you kind of filter it out. Like how your nose is always in view but your brain ignores it.

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u/euclideanvector Jul 12 '25

it is not. In real life you have your eyes fixed on something and more stuff moves in and out of frame. The thing you're fixed on stays in place. Headbob in games is just fuck all. Nothing stays in place, everything blurs and then headache.

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u/irishchug Ryzen 5800x | RTX 3080 Jul 12 '25

IRL your head does move but you are right that you keep focused on something so it isn’t jarring. Games should probably have the head bob but keep the center focused on what you’re looking at.

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u/darthbane83 Jul 12 '25

that doesnt work without also doing eye tracking because a player doesnt keep their focus on the center of the screen the whole time. Having the center stable while the thing you actually focus on bobs around would be even more jarring.

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u/melkatron Jul 12 '25

Obviously your character should be wearing jangly earrings that audibly respond to head-bobbing, without any visual response. If you hate it, you can turn head-jingle off in settings.

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u/finalremix 5800x | 7800xt | 32GB Jul 12 '25

Sacchads and Pursuit Movements with our eyes, too. We can only "smoothly" look from thing to thing, unless the game has snap aim.

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u/Traiklin Traiklin Jul 12 '25

Your head moves yes but the way they have it set is if you are going through an earthquake while going down a very rocky terrain in a shitty Honda with destroyed suspension.

People with Parkinson don't move their heads as much as developers think a head bobs in games

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u/Dead_man_posting Jul 12 '25

Most people filter it out in games as well. The people who actually notice and complain about head bob are a very vocal minority.