Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I fail to see how the tiny print made it out of testing.
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Can anyone read the ui text in The Witcher 3?
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I actually quit MH3U at first when I got it due to text size. never mind the fact that I played the original on Wii already.
yeah MH3U had tiny text but Witcher 3 is even tinier. there are no winners here.
I'm sitting 15 feet from my TV. No problem reading anything @1080p.
Not saying this as a joke...unless you're playing on a tiny screen or from like 20+ feet away, you may need your eyesight checked.
Edit* my wife recently got glasses after I insisted she needed them. I'd be reading a website from across the room and she couldn't read it. Blew her mind when she got glasses. Says she thought she had good eyesight, but was very wrong.
Not saying this as a joke...unless you're playing on a tiny screen or from like 20+ feet away, you may need your eyesight checked.
Edit* my wife recently got glasses after I insisted she needed them. I'd be reading a website from across the room and she couldn't read it. Blew her mind when she got glasses. Says she thought she had good eyesight, but was very wrong.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
This is pretty much the only game in recent memory where it's been an issue.
Palette Swap
Member
That's seriously small. I can read it but I'm pretty sure a few hours of play will put an additional strain on my eyes.
So yeah, I'd rather they patched a font size option in, that shit should be standard.
Zero doubt there will be a mod on PC but CDPR should address the issue.
So yeah, I'd rather they patched a font size option in, that shit should be standard.
Zero doubt there will be a mod on PC but CDPR should address the issue.
struggler_guts
Member
Haven't noticed as I'm linked to my tv by headphones (through controller ain't loud enough) and my bed is close to the TV. I like sitting close anyhow. Though I know the pain, Diablo 3 text was insane
LizardKing
Member
Ugghhhhh. I haven't played this game yet but as someone who plays PC versions on the couch this issue has been getting worse in more and more games. Lots of people play PC on the couch nowadays, you would think devs would know and accommodate that. Nothing kills enjoyment of a game faster than unreadable small text. It literally makes the game unplayable.
TimeEffect
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Ps Button + square for zoom
matrix-cat
Member
It's on the small side, but still perfectly readable for me, about 9 feet away from a 50" TV. I'm playing the PC version with the UI at its default scaling setting; setting it smaller definitely makes it unreadable, but I assume that's for PC monitors.
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Yup. 70 inch 4k TV, see it just fine.
9 feet away
9 feet away
DarkLordMalik
Member
I honestly can't read it at all. I have to sit close to my tv like it ia a monitor.
VaultBoy101
Member
It's ridiculously small and difficult to read on my 50" TV.
Beelzebufo
Banned
I had this problem with SoM too. I have to sit really close to the TV to tell what's going on. Codex stuff is illegible.
"For use with couches no more than 4 feet away from television screen".
It's the proper way to do it, after all. I hate it when a game gives options.
They should put a warning on the box.
"For use with couches no more than 4 feet away from television screen".
It's the proper way to do it, after all. I hate it when a game gives options.
Fredrik
Member
This. And this is why I think having the option to go down in resolution to increase the framerate would be great on console too, lots of console gamers clearly sit too far away from the TV to spot the resolution differences anyway while crappy framerates can be noticed by anyone.
So let the ones sitting 1 meter from 60" TVs get all worked up about all those p's all they want but please let the rest of us use the power in the consoles for stuff that really matters so we don't have to buy everything on PC all the time just to get decent framerates.
Remachinate
Member
Sure, and iPhone 4 users were holding it wrong.
mgs2master2
Banned
its kinda cool, but the fact I have to do this for the game is stupid in itself. hope it gets address. I pick up stuff and barely can read what Im picking it up.
my 40 inch TV and me sitting 4-5 feet away from it disagree with you completely. Any other game I can read all the text fine, but suddenly Im doing it wrong here with small font? Dumb logic. Do you sit like 1 foot away from the TV?
Why would you measure your tv in inches but your distance in centimeters. Confusing as all hell.
Apoleptica
Banned
32 inch 1080p tv and I can just barely read the text from 7 feet away if I squint really hard. Definitely wish the text was larger.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Hmm. Can't read shit. Reading what you're looting is a mission of its own.
Betting most of them just tested with PC monitors or sitting real close to a TV.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Can't read what NPCs are talking about. Great idea to have floating text..
TVs are normally sized in inches even in countries that use metric system.
everyday math
Banned
I can't read hardly anything. Never had an issue like this before.
Hmm. Can't read shit. Reading what you're looting is a mission of its own.
I gave up reading it. I just pick it all up and sort through it later now.
Fredrik
Member
TVs, computer screens, phone screens etc has always been measured in inches even where the metric system is used, might be confusing but would it honestly help if people around here said they had a 106.68cm TV?
Icyflamez96
Member
Hmm. Can't read shit. Reading what you're looting is a mission of its own.
That looks horrible.
Pop
Member
Hmm. Can't read shit. Reading what you're looting is a mission of its own.
That pics so small, I can't read that shit either.
I play on a 24in monitor, about 3 or 4 feet away and can read it all just fine. UI is set to the smallest.
Dice//
Banned
Hmm. Can't read shit. Reading what you're looting is a mission of its own.
WELCOME TO HD TV GAMING!
So much resolution, so much negative space.
User 479360
Banned
I'm having the issue, using a 42" TV and sitting about 8-10 feet away. If I squint, I can make out some of it.
Not fun
Not fun
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Sorry for low resolution pictures as they don't do justice to the situation but you get the idea. Saving screenshots on Twitter.
I can't see clearly what items do (bottom left).
Can't read what the in-game card game is suppose to do either.
I'm sure it's good for some people, but I'm playing on a 60 inch sitting 8 feet away and I'm having trouble. Definitely taking me out of the experience.
I can't see clearly what items do (bottom left).
Can't read what the in-game card game is suppose to do either.
I'm sure it's good for some people, but I'm playing on a 60 inch sitting 8 feet away and I'm having trouble. Definitely taking me out of the experience.
dead souls
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It's embarrassing that it's 2015 and games still have this problem.
LOLCats
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Quote to try later!
Hobbestetrician
Member
It's really, really bad.
I was having problems reading text in some games last year, went to the eye doctor, got contacts and had no problems since then. But this game is just terrible.
I was having problems reading text in some games last year, went to the eye doctor, got contacts and had no problems since then. But this game is just terrible.
I'm sitting 2.5 meters away from a 50" TV. Technically, I can read all of the text. However, practically it's incredibly uncomfortable to focus on text that small from that distance. In the end, I said goodbye to my couch and now I'm sitting on the floor - feels like I'm 10 again.
Worst offender is the shop interface. There's an incredible amount of unused space and yet the item descriptions are absolutely tiny. The first time around I wasn't even able to find out how much money the items cost.
I'm actually thinking about plugging the PS4 into my monitor and call it a day. It's definitely a game that was designed for the classical PC environment with no thoughts given about console gamers at all.
Worst offender is the shop interface. There's an incredible amount of unused space and yet the item descriptions are absolutely tiny. The first time around I wasn't even able to find out how much money the items cost.
I'm actually thinking about plugging the PS4 into my monitor and call it a day. It's definitely a game that was designed for the classical PC environment with no thoughts given about console gamers at all.
panda-zebra
Member
OK, it's not just me then, I was thinking I might have been over-due an eyesight test.
Haven't had this kind of issue since jrpg/ps2/small crt days.
Haven't had this kind of issue since jrpg/ps2/small crt days.
Palette Swap
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The part the hawkeye/WebMD brigade fails to see when they say "get your eyes checked" is that even if you can read it all (I can), you're unnecessarily fucking your eyes because one particular dev didn't care to offer different font sizes.
The Inventor
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Your pain is my pain. I'm already short sighted and use glasses, so this is an unexpected problem.