this whole thread smacks of trollin. do people (read : fans) really care if COD is awash with color? i know i dont. cities and military hardware aren't exactly MLP material. don't get me wrong, i'm all for color and creative artistry (team fortress?), but it doesn't seem like a negative to have a bleak shooter look.. well... bleak.
New Modern Warfare 3 Screens Bring the Grey
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And that's boring to look at, isn't it?GundamSentinel said:
With all that that video games are capable of, you'd think that we'd try to make games interesting first. Interesting to play, interesting story-wise, and, in this case, interesting to look at.
But no, the millions and millions that Activision has made tells the game industry that what gamers want are grey and brown realistic settings, recycled Michael Bay stories, and two-weapon limit/grenades/iron-sighting/regenerating health.
Games that are vibrant and varied in color get called "kiddie." Seriously, I've met a good number of CoD fans who call Halo a "kiddie" game because it's sci-fi, has lots of color, and doesn't strive for realism in its presentation style.
I'll be glad when the fixation on realistic settings goes down a bit and the best-selling games are those that I can look at and see something more vibrant and interesting than the grey and brown that I see when I stare a section of building downtown.
When was the last time you walked around New York and London and were simply overwhelmed with colour?
These arguements that the game looks grey are sounded more stupid by the minute, it looks grey because it's based in a grey city, ie New York etc
I like my colour as much as the next guy, but I like my colour in games where it makes sense like Uncharted and Team Fortress, whereas MW3 is a realistic shooter set in an urban setting
Yeah, I get you're anti-CoD because that makes you cool but at least come up with another critisicm other than it LOL IT LOOKS GREY I WANT A UNREALISTIC COLOURFUL CITY LOL
CoD is based in the grounds of reality, most real capital cities are not that colourful
These arguements that the game looks grey are sounded more stupid by the minute, it looks grey because it's based in a grey city, ie New York etc
I like my colour as much as the next guy, but I like my colour in games where it makes sense like Uncharted and Team Fortress, whereas MW3 is a realistic shooter set in an urban setting
Yeah, I get you're anti-CoD because that makes you cool but at least come up with another critisicm other than it LOL IT LOOKS GREY I WANT A UNREALISTIC COLOURFUL CITY LOL
CoD is based in the grounds of reality, most real capital cities are not that colourful
No! The lack of vibrance! IT BUUUUUURNS!
*clutches Mirror's Edge furiously*
Ahh...that's better.
*clutches Mirror's Edge furiously*
Ahh...that's better.
And it gets more grey every day. Most of the architects in this town have little creativity. But that's just the lower half of Manhattan. The rest of the city is very colorful.Korten12 said:
Only problem is that Wall Street seems like more of a WW3 setpiece than Lincoln Center, LIC (by the 5 ptz building), or Harlem. It would be cool to have map in Chop Shop City (aka Iron Triangle) but I don't think an invading army would see it as a tactically important spot.
And if you think the buildings downtown are grey, you should see the people.
Exactly. I remember how my friend used to always turn off God lighting, but when he kept it on in The Witcher 2 and looked up at the light coming through the trees, we were left speechless.Still Life said:
I dunno. I'm still not passing any judgment on MW3 based on 3 screenshots... but I believe you can definitely liven up an urban setting without using any aliens.CAMDAWG said:
Just look at some of these screens.
http://deadendthrills.com/collections/crysis-2/
how is it that the games look WORSE than the previous games?
seriously, this gray scale, brown colored war shit needs to stop. it hurts the eyes and looks shitty! hell, Halo and half-life has a fuck load of color! even BF3 has ACTUAL colors!
seriously, this gray scale, brown colored war shit needs to stop. it hurts the eyes and looks shitty! hell, Halo and half-life has a fuck load of color! even BF3 has ACTUAL colors!
That's better but its still just a few shades of red mixed in with more grey, I'm not campaigning for the game to be Okami but it still is a very grey gamearc1991 said:Ahem...Furioso said:Oh my god, some yellow screens next to grey/dark everything else, alert the media...One Hit Noob said:Furioso said:
It takes me only one bloody minute to find screenshots. Tell me, is this gray buddy?
Looks pretty fine to me...
Robert Ewing said:
um.....yes......they do!!! their is a shit ton of color in war zones!
while yes the wars in the middle east are more grey yellow and brownish, their is also...fucking SKY COLORS!! the colors of building and civilians with clothes and robes. not to mention the oh so pretty explosions and fire.
also, i'm sure the pacific front and vietnam had a shit load of green!
so they add piss brown along with all the grey?arc1991 said:Ahem...Furioso said:Oh my god, some yellow screens next to grey/dark everything else, alert the media...One Hit Noob said:Furioso said:
It takes me only one bloody minute to find screenshots. Tell me, is this gray buddy?
Looks pretty fine to me...
please, even the "red" sign is actually a brick brown.
even the explosions lack color! the only color seen is that yellow on the gun that looks exactly like that dog shit in your backyard from the neighbors nasty pit bull.
you know what....even michael bay (yes michael bay) can add color to a pile a shit with the teal and orange filters he uses!
that's right, i actually had to use BAY as a positive example!
