Originally posted by Bandy:

And, then from your first person view you have a very fine close up of all the ultra low res blurry textures. It would give you a headache. This more than likely why it is 3rd person, it would look terrible otherwise.

The difference between the closest 3rd person setting and first person isn't that big.

I've played games with much worse graphics and my head hasn't exploded yet. I guess we'll manage just fine.