Anyone have motion sickness when they play certain games?

[Yoshisaur]

Basically looking for ideas on how to make it go away! I was playing the Pikmin 3 demo and it's killing me... my head hurts quite bad and I feel sick. I was only playing for a few minutes as well :c Minecraft and Portal 2 are really bad for me too.

Do you guys get it? Have you found a solution? I might see if the local grocery store has dramamine tomorrow and see if it helps.

 

[roseflower]

Oh yes I do have it, it`s so terrible, it even happens when it zooms in on something fast, like in Animal Crossing NL when you sell something in Retail to your villagers (when you put on stuff for sale on the tables), and the player character is in a certain angle it zooms in really fast the moment you talk to the villagers, and on many other occasionsn (e.g.television), like when a camera moves fast and is shaky/wonky. It gives me a bad headache and nausea, and I feel so dizzy. I rarely watch any television stuff.
Taking breaks and avoiding certain things helps me.
A good example where I?ve had it is especially in Lumiose City in Pokemon X, the "camera" is so quickly moving, and all that zooming in and out... I also never play with the 3D effect on (3DS).

 

[nerdatheart9490]

Fortunately I only get it when the 3D is on. I'm hoping the new 3DS will be easier for me to play without getting sick.

 

[Albuns]

Back when I used to play Minecraft, moving around and crafting gave me pretty bad motion sickness. I didn't realize it was motion sickness until now though..

 

[Yoshisaur]

Oh yeah the 3D on my 3DS practically murders me. I haven't tried the N3DS to see if that's better. Hopefully the over the counter medicine works. I used it at a carnival once and didn't get sick on the rides so maybe it'll help this too!

 

[Tao]

If you're playing any of these games on PC (which with Minecraft and Portal 2 is likely) go through the options and try turning off motion blur and/or head bobbing. Both of those effects (motion blur especially) commonly get criticized for giving people motion sickness. If it's console, those options may be there, but usually console versions don't let you turn that stuff off.

 

[ObeseMudkipz]

The portal games

 

[DJStarstryker]

Portal and Mirror's Edge, plus the 3DS' 3D, bother me. I haven't found any other video game that does. This includes first person shooters (FPS), which generally bothers people with motion sickness.

TBH, if I had to pop dramamine every time I wanted to play video games I, well, wouldn't. There's tons of video games out there. Maybe you should try playing other ones and just don't play the ones that make you feel sick. You might have to stick to more 2D type games.

 

[visibleghost]

no, not that i can recall. uh., sounds pretty sucky

 

[Trent the Paladin]

I don't think it's motion sickness, but Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 would give some pretty nasty headaches. Only those games too, so I couldn't sit there and play for extended periods of time. Every other game was fine.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

There are special made bracelets if you have motion sickness, it basically has like a button that hits a point on your wrist which helps a lot I hear, I have never had motion sickness but I had a friend who had it really bad and we were in a group that frequently went on road trips so she would always wear one and it helped her so it might work in this situation too. Portal does make me super dizzy especially when my boyfriend is playing and he goes in a loop through the portals on the ceiling and floor...

 

[lucitine]

I do not have a solution.
Portal is definitely one of those games that make me very nauseous. I cant even play a Lego game without wanting to throw up. It's quite unfortunate. Borderlands was just pure torture for me.

One of my friends did say that it might help for you to completely ignore your surroundings. She said something about basically making your screen the only thing you can see and blocking the view of EVERYTHING around you (essentially box yourself in XD).
I'm not sure if this helps at all though.

 

[Bosca]

Hydrophobia, that game is awful and I literally suffered from motion sickness every time I played it. It was like €1.00 on PSN, so thought why not, but I never beat it for the reason I said.

 

[Minerva]

The 3d on the ds bothers me so I rarely put it on.

 

[Stalfos]

Anything first person really but also some third person games. Star Fox Adventures used to give me the worst motion sickness. The amount of motion sickness usually decreases after a few days or so but it never goes away completely. :/

 

[DJStarstryker]

One of my friends did say that it might help for you to completely ignore your surroundings. She said something about basically making your screen the only thing you can see and blocking the view of EVERYTHING around you (essentially box yourself in XD).
I'm not sure if this helps at all though.

It absolutely is a surroundings thing. See, if something is moving in one place but not moving in another place, it confuses your brain. I think that's what causes motion sickness. Here's an example of what I mean - I sometimes get motion sickness in airplanes during take off or landing. It's because I see this fast movement outside of the plane, but on the inside of the plane, things are more or less staying still.

I found out that the best way to not get motion sickness on a plane is to not look out the windows when taking off or landing. I will just close my eyes until that process is done. Then everything is OK.

 

[Kittyinpink87]

a game called Gravity rush or something on the PS vita was really bad. i couldnt play it much because the camera was spinning all the time.

 

[oath2order]

Older games such as Pokemon Gold/Silver gave me headaches. I can't play NES games for too long.

 

[AkiBear]

I get motion sick in general really easily but video games have never been a problem for me. I think fps games might make me feel weird after a few hours.

 

[Yoshisaur]

Portal and Mirror's Edge, plus the 3DS' 3D, bother me. I haven't found any other video game that does. This includes first person shooters (FPS), which generally bothers people with motion sickness.

TBH, if I had to pop dramamine every time I wanted to play video games I, well, wouldn't. There's tons of video games out there. Maybe you should try playing other ones and just don't play the ones that make you feel sick. You might have to stick to more 2D type games.

If it works I don't know if I'd take it a lot. Just kinda testing it out! I don't play games too often anyhow!