r/videogames • u/PHRsharp_YouTube • 3h ago

Discussion / Question Doom players remember that

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u/NBrakespear 3h ago

To be fair... the standard and realistic views are pretty odd when you think about it; they're really carefully not aiming down the sights; always held weirdly far to the side, especially once games transitioned to widescreen as standard ratio.

The Doom perspective isn't that strange; it's just an ironsights angle before ironsights became a thing in gaming.

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u/tsoewoe 2h ago

fun ffffact: the first one actually is the second one, its just that the viewmodel is typically rendered at a far lower FOV than the rest of the game.

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u/Phoenix-624 2h ago

The doom one is realistic, the gun will be inline with your dominant eye when shooting.

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u/Ancient-Emu-8293 1h ago

It's not realistic to hold a pistol in one hand when you intend to fire it and actually want to hit something.

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u/L0fiRonin 3h ago

wouldn't doom be more like the first one too? since the gun is so close to the face

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u/Head_Situation5456 3h ago

Yeah it’s just a hand protruding from the neck.