How in the hell are so many of you not understanding aspect ratio? Especially in this day and age. Black bars DO NOT mean image loss. It actually means the exact opposite, you are getting the whole picture, without the image being cutoff on the sides, and sometimes top, or having to be oddly stretched to fit the entire screen for 16:9 and 4:3 TVs. It means you are seeing the movie the exact same way you would in the theatre (if it was shot in 2.35:1.)
Now, in the case of the Evil Within, it appears that the game was made to fit the screen, as most games are. And given that modders were able to unlock the hidden visual info, the black bars ARE a sham, probably to improve performance. However, we have ABSOLUTELY no idea if this is what RAD are doing. If they have in fact made this game with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 in mind from the get go, there is NO image missing from the screen. In fact, if it were made to fit your screen, without just stretching the image, you would be missing visual info from both sides. And if you had a TV with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, there would be no bars at all.
