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HoloDust said:

JEMC said:

Yes, but why? Is it to give it a more "cinematic" experience or what?

If we were talking about old games that were designed for 4:3 or 5:4 screens, I'm all in about forcing that aspect ratio on modern monitors instead of having a stretched picture. But we're talking about a modern game designed to be run on both panoramic and ultrawide monitors. What do you gain from forcing it to be displayed with a 32:9 format on a 16:9 screen? Whatever you gain on the horizontal plane, you lose it on the vertical one. It's not an overall improvement but a trade off, you win something and you lose something.

No, not cinematic experience, but much better peripheral view. As someone who gamed on triple monitor setups, it's a magnificent experience. I'm specifically looking at trying 32:9, which will give me 3840x1080 on 4K display - yes, horizontally it is a smaller picture, but it's showing everything just like in 16:9, and I'm getting an extra 50% on each side vertically.

I can understand it for some genres like strategy games (I still remember the pic Pemalite posted of Civ V in his triple monitor setup) or racing games, for example, but I honestly don't see the appeal in a game like Spiderman.

But well, we all have different tastes and opinions, and I'm not one to judge what you think is the best way to experience that game. If it works for you, then great! I hope your kids enjoy it.