Open-world games with fast-paced traversal like LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight can often cause discomfort, depending on your settings and the distance from your display. If you find yourself experiencing dizziness or motion sickness while exploring Gotham City in the PC version of the game, the solution likely lies in your Field of View (FOV) settings.
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Adjust Your FOV Settings
In the PC version of the game, the default FOV is 75, which is somewhat unusual for a PC game, as it's usually set higher by default. The developers take into account that many PC gamers play closer to their screens than console players.
While this base setting is perfectly fine when playing on a television from a distance, it can cause severe motion sickness when playing closer to your display.
If you are sitting very close to your monitor or screen, increase the FOV to the maximum setting of 90 by going into the Accessibility Tab of the Options menu, scrolling down to the Camera section, and adjusting the Gameplay Field of View value. Reducing Camera Shake can also help.
Why Changing the FOV Works
Increasing the Field of View widens your camera's perspective, giving your eyes more visual context on the sides of the screen. This adjustment ensures your brain doesn't suffer from spatial disorientation during the open-world segments of the game.
While traversing the city on foot is slow enough not to cause motion sickness, the moment you hop onto vehicles such as the Batmobile or start using your grappling hook to launch into the air, you may start experiencing discomfort if your FOV settings are not adequate.
This concludes our guide. For more help, visit our LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Complete Walkthrough & Guide.
Guide based on a completed playthrough on PC at Dark Knight difficulty. Screenshots captured from the same version.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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