Overused graphical effects
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I'm not sure you know what depth of field actually is. "Focusing on what's important" in a shot is an example of a photographer using depth of field. For example, a photographer might use a shallow depth of field focusing on an important person in a shot to emphasize that person's presence.veloper said:
I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to get a little condescending here.veloper said:
Have you ever even tried photography or film-making? Or perhaps aimed down the sights of a weapon?
For the first two, depth of field is not some cheap little gimmick, it's a rather important aspect when used, one that immediately draws the viewer's attention to what needs to be seen, whether it's in the background or the foreground, one can generally use the camera to focus on whatever is important in the shot.
And in real life, depth of field will show when you're aiming down the sights of a weapon, you need to see what's past the crosshair and that's all, given how close it generally is to your eye (and I don't mean rammed right into it) the rest of the gun will appear out of focus.
DOF with iron sights always looks great to me. You wouldnt naturally be able to focus on it if you had a gun that close to your face in real life.
Bloom and 3D.
(shut up, I love motion blur. in zeno clash i turned the resolution to 720x400 just so it'd look good -.-)
(shut up, I love motion blur. in zeno clash i turned the resolution to 720x400 just so it'd look good -.-)
When i game uses colours only from the dirt spectrum and forgets that battles in lush green fields dont immediately turn grey or brown as soon as a battle starts
Outta still count as a modern game, so my vote goes for LOTRO.
I always turn the bloom down to the lowest since it's impossible to navigate in, say, Lothlorien with it on. Looks bad.
I always turn the bloom down to the lowest since it's impossible to navigate in, say, Lothlorien with it on. Looks bad.
My biggest problem these days is when companies try to make their Human Character Models look realistic. Developers continue to try and make the human characters appear more and more lifelike and they are beginning to make them look HORRIBLY fake. Key example is Call of Duty: Jam Ops 
P Ironic, you are God). The characters look TOO gritty and it really turned me off the story (which wasn't any good to begin with) and I honestly prefer the way the character models look in CoD4... And when your customers start preferring the way you did things 3 years ago, you need to seriously review what you are doing.
P Ironic, you are God). The characters look TOO gritty and it really turned me off the story (which wasn't any good to begin with) and I honestly prefer the way the character models look in CoD4... And when your customers start preferring the way you did things 3 years ago, you need to seriously review what you are doing.
The color wash lens flare accompanied with explosions. Halo Reach is particularly guilty of this flaw.
Yeah, it's cinematic and dynamic and pretty damn cool to experience the first time it happens, but it's also really distracting when you know it's coming. Especially int eh case of Halo Reach, while it's realistic that a large explosion would fuck up your retinas for a little while, the realism of the story was abandoned when superhumans were fighting multicolored aliens in space stations with guns that literally make "pew pew" sounds.
Yeah, it's cinematic and dynamic and pretty damn cool to experience the first time it happens, but it's also really distracting when you know it's coming. Especially int eh case of Halo Reach, while it's realistic that a large explosion would fuck up your retinas for a little while, the realism of the story was abandoned when superhumans were fighting multicolored aliens in space stations with guns that literally make "pew pew" sounds.
