I cannot quite well explain the feeling it gives, but its like if I would keep my eyes cross side for a long period of time or like if i’m intensively watching something blurry, but the game is not that blurry. There are games where the blurr effect while moving is way more worse than D2r but the impact on the eyes is stronger here, not quite sure why.
Do you feel the same since you start playing D2r? Any idea how to lowering that sensation?
Sorry to hear you’re having that sensation.
What platform are you playing on?
If you’re on XBox or Playstation you could try changing the game from “Quality” to “Performance” as the 60fps should help with the sensation of motion blur.
I’ve seen background blur in quality mode when I’m in the Caves and other people have noticed a blur as well.
If that doesn’t help then you ought to make use of the Town Portal feature and just give your eyes a break for a few minutes rather than having long eye straining sessions.
I hope some of that is helpful.
My reply to the OP here is with the caveat that I am already sensitive in the first place to getting headaches and to seeing blurring and other visual artifacts in video games, just because of a light-sensitive medical condition I have.
However, some video games are more difficult for me to play than others in that respect: and with D2R, I have definitely been experiencing that its updated graphics are much more strain for me to play with, than it is for me to play D2 or D2R in its legacy mode.
I think that may be because the style that was chosen for D2R’s updated graphics has a very low-key colour-range and subtle shading and contrast, in-comparison to D2’s original graphics.
That style in D2R is nice to look at, and it arguably tries its best to be faithful to D2’s original colour palettes. So I hesitate to criticize it.
But I am nonetheless finding it more difficult to distinguish elements and visually process everything that is happening on-screen in Diablo with such a low-key style in D2R’s updated graphics, versus how easy it is to visually process everything when I am playing D2 with its original graphics.
That might not be noticeable right away when playing with such a low-key style in D2R’s updated graphics. But I think that it eventually causes a player more cognitive and visual strain trying to visually process everything in it over time; hence more headaches and eye-strain in the long run.
However, most of that issue I have been experiencing with D2R’s updated graphics is just when I am playing it in its default settings.
That is, I think that you can still do a lot to compensate for that issue in the video settings in D2R’s options, thanks to its settings there are also much more extensive and inclusive for people with visual conditions than I have seen before in video-games.
E.g. among other things I’d suggest to the OP here: Try reducing the amount of on-screen detail/clutter, and increasing the contrast and colour-intensity in D2R’s settings, just enough so that you can distinguish elements on-screen more easily.
Even if you aren’t colour-blind, also try each of the different settings for colour-blindness there, just to see if any of them make it less of a strain for you to play.
Besides those settings in D2R: Also try reducing the amount of blue light in your computer’s settings or in your monitor’s settings, because that part of the light spectrum in computer monitors is also known to cause headaches and migraines for some people, especially after extended screen-use.
Also beware that low frame-rates and monitor screen-flicker can be problematic for some people, even if the frame-rate and monitor flicker are so fast that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. So I would also keep your frame-rates as I as you possibly can so long as the animation is still smooth; and keep your monitor screen’s refresh rate as high as you can.
Last but not least: If you are playing D2R on the Switch, you can also get a blue-light-filtering screen protector for it. That might help, too.
Where do you change quality /performance on ps4?
If the option exists for PS 4 it’s in Game Options.
However it may be a feature unique to XBox Series X and Playstation 5.
Yes! So it’s not just me? Wth is going on?
My experience is quality give me the blur sensation.
Fix on performance mode.
I fixed the problem… 1 years later… In my image monitor settings, I set ‘‘Tracefree’’ to 0. Hope it helps.
Unrelated, but trying to read these posts kills my eyes. I hate how many sites are in “dark mode” by default and you can’t change it. The light text on a dark background strains my eyes every time after a few moments. I have to close my eyes and cover them with my fingers until the black and white lines fade from my vision till I can see again without giving me a nauseated headache
You can try light reader which is the opposite of dark reader. I prefer black backgrounds and white text over the vice versa all that white and blue is just irritating to the eye.
I would like to post this for people who may not be aware but if you are using HDMI you need to consider the level of sharpness on your TV. Once it is above 50 the edge of whiting from having more sharpness will whiten everything up making text colors seem washed out so you may have a problem differentiating rares from uniques & blues from whites.
To fix this you need to put your sharpness down I know most games you want it at 100 to bring out all the details and extras but this game does not have enough detail in it to utilize sharpness at 100. You need to have it at at least 50 if you want to be able to read things properly. Also higher resolution they been making the text smaller they could make it a little bit bigger.
I have had to stop playing on pc until I get a graphics card in a couple of weeks. It scales down the resolution on my 1440p display (which makes the image blurry) to maintain fps and makes me lightheaded and can feel the strain on my eyes. I also own the game on ps5, never had an issue with it on console.
I know this post is old, but how did you go?
This is exclusive to current generation consoles.
Last generation, PlayStation 4, is about 1080p at 30 FPS.
What bother me is the blinding graphics with a phoenix assassin using Mosaic. But I rely on her to farm torches. Very safe and efficient.