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Hey @TheDoctor455, thanks for taking the time to post and share your feedback with the community.
We will pass it along to the team.
Darko
- 5 years ago
I have been gaming for 15+ years and I never had an issue with flashing lights in video games,
untill I saw Vigil on Ilos and holographic projection (while talking to Illusive man in opening on ME2)
I want to mention that myself or my family have no history with epilepsy. But this was extreme.
under 30 seconds I started feeling nauseous even tho I was looking away , I felt like I was going to puke
I couldn't focus on the conversation at all , I even put my hand to block the direct light but the reflections
around my room still were affecting me. It has been 2 days now I still feel a bit nauseous. Today
I started ME2 LE and the conversation with the Illusive man has a similar issue , there is the same flickering
although the light is far less intense it still affects me a lot even though as I said I never had problems with
flashing lights. , the frequency it is flashing and flickering seems to be why it affects people this way.This is a serious issue and if its affecting people without epilepsy so much and it is extremly hard to look at.
I wonder how it actually is for ppl with epilepsy. This needs to be fixed .
I showed this to my girlfriend and my brother and they both started feeling unwell after 20-30 seconds of
looking at it.
I tried to summarize this as best I can and I was NOT EXAGGERATING.
Thank you!youtube videos of what I am talking about:
Vigil on Ilos ME1 LE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpxndyWFHIo
Holo Projections in ME2 LE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwWe5pVK9Ac&ab_channel=AdrianHarrellAdrianHarrell
- 5 years ago
Hi Darko,
Is there any update to this?
I played through LE ME1 and Vigil and the damaged Prothean VIs were a huge migraine trigger for me, even with holding my hand over the screen, and now I'm replaying again and it's still a huge issue. The flashing of the lights on the VIs are much stronger and more frequent than even in the OT ME1, which I (and other light sensitive folks) could tolerate much better. This is a seizure, migraine, and light sensitivity trigger that could be resolved easily with slowing the animation down and making it less bright.
Thanks!