since when does good graphics = blinding light effects? (56k GET BROADBAND)

usually when i make posts i end up making a huge rant that no one wants to read, so i'll let the pictures do the talking.

(why is that wooden barrel shining?)

so do you guys get my point? isn't this completely unnecessary? we need more texture detail and physics.

another prime example

I so totally agree.

I'm a hermit and first noticed the damn thing on R6:Vegas, then on C&C3. Thought it was something in the settings. Then I realized that there wasn't a way to turn it off. Damn console ports. I miss the good ol' days of full graphical scalability. Bleah.

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goblaa

LOL

The real world is a very bright place, in case you hadn't noticed. Games can't actually output very bright light (monitors are restricted to a very small range), so they use techniques like bloom to give the illusion of very bright colors.

Teufelhuhn

Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.goblaa

Like this:wink:

[QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.gamefan67

Like this:wink:

ya seriously wtf is that?

[QUOTE="gamefan67"]

[QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.SDog624

Like this:wink:

ya seriously wtf is that?

That would be Uncharted......one of the games that cows hype (currently AA). I dont believe it looks too great like glooba said everything looks like a ken doll.

Oh god, yes,I hate bloom. Few games nowadays control it, most overdo it.

I think Killzone 2 looks pretty nice - and they limited it. Killzone 2 and Halo 2 are the only games I've noticed that have less bloom in them (excluding Wii games).

[QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.gamefan67

Like this:wink:

wow ahahahha

[QUOTE="SDog624"][QUOTE="gamefan67"]

[QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.gamefan67

Like this:wink:

ya seriously wtf is that?

That would be Uncharted......one of the games that cows hype (currently AA). I dont believe it looks too great like glooba said everything looks like a ken doll.

I think Game developers have decided that bothering to make the games look real they've just decided to invent "realistic" effects to try to make their halfassed textures and models look better. After all if you can't see the models or textures from the over abundance of light you can't notice how bad they look can you?

i hate it when devs overuse bloom effect but most of those games don't overuse it. the game that really go beyond the limit is GRAW, gears, PDZ, kameno, untold legends and vegas(alittle too much for my tast). the reason most of these games are xbox games is because 360 is capable of of big ass bloom effects i'm gald PS3 can't do that muchRagashahs

Heavenly Sword has some pretty big ass bloom effects.

[QUOTE="SDog624"][QUOTE="gamefan67"]

[QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.gamefan67

Like this:wink:

ya seriously wtf is that?

That would be Uncharted......one of the games that cows hype (currently AA). I dont believe it looks too great like glooba said everything looks like a ken doll.

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]The real world is a very bright place, in case you hadn't noticed. Games can't actually output very bright light (monitors are restricted to a very small range), so they use techniques like bloom to give the illusion of very bright colors.

foxhound_fox

I like HDR. Next gen is all about the lighting, HDR is the new improved lighting methods they use nowadays.

Take a game that has HDR and one without it and you will definitely notice the difference, the visual quality drop will be apparent.

Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.goblaa

[QUOTE="Ragashahs"]i hate it when devs overuse bloom effect but most of those games don't overuse it. the game that really go beyond the limit is GRAW, gears, PDZ, kameno, untold legends and vegas(alittle too much for my tast). the reason most of these games are xbox games is because 360 is capable of of big ass bloom effects i'm gald PS3 can't do that much-Sora

Heavenly Sword has some pretty big ass bloom effects.

i hate it when devs overuse bloom effect but most of those games don't overuse it. the game that really go beyond the limit is GRAW, gears, PDZ, kameno, untold legends and vegas(alittle too much for my tast). the reason most of these games are xbox games is because 360 is capable of of big ass bloom effects i'm gald PS3 can't do that muchRagashahs

Bloom is very simple and easy to do, the PS3 is more than capable of handling it.

[QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.Teufelhuhn

What?! :lol: Where did that come from?

Man, talk about insecure.

I was observing this too, while playing Lost Planet... Damn, that game is already WHITE, and on top of that there's a LOT of light bloom and blur! It's just annoying... How I miss the days we were satisfied with nice 2D sprites...MagnuzGuerra

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.goblaa

What?! :lol: Where did that come from?

Man, talk about insecure.

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="goblaa"]Another popular one is to make everything look like seran wrap. Everyone looks like plastic...like a whole world of Ken dolls.Teufelhuhn

What?! :lol: Where did that come from?

Man, talk about insecure.

Oh snap.

Anyway, good graphics aren't just bright light effects or HDR or bloom, that's one of the many different factors that lead to a game looking good. All of those games use HDR/Bloom but they also have great character models, textures and other things.

If you stopped focusing on the lighting [which itself is actually pretty good, especially in motion] then you wouldn't have anything to complain about.

ummm its called sweat ? your skin will shine like that if your wet and under the right lighting conditions.

Well, I sort of like it. It makes all of the game look so yummy... is that wrong? :?

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224

that comic explains next gen gaming as a whole.