Stolen Pixels #225: Public Service Announcement

[Capt. Crankypants]

For all it's flaws, Crysis was an absolute gem. Beautifully presented, colourful world, and even if you somehow got bored of the lush greenery and crystal waters, 3/4 of the way through the whole game-world changes into a whole new scene. Good on Crysis. Showing us how it should be.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

You may hate on brown, but I ask you this: Would Fallout New Vegas look better using only primary colours?

I dont want to see the vibrant pinks, blues and greens of Vegas's strip replaced with neon brown.

 

[Hyperactiveman]

If anything blame GTA4 for all that grey... Seriously what was going through their heads when they thought colour was a bad aesthetic for causing mayhem in a sandbox environment?

And FYI Epic has already been cleaning up its act by adding colour to Gears of War 3.

 

[thethain]

Am I the only one on earth who likes brown? Sure its not right for every occasion, but many of them look fine. No its not realistic, or pretty, but when the world has gone through some horrible nuclear war, it seems appropriate. Its not hell, more like purgatory.

As for Borderlands style, you can keep your oversized heads and thick black borders.

 

[Phantomess]

I think this is a result of the Great Neon Wasteage that occured in the eighties and early nineties. Now that our neon colour reserves are back to a sustainable level, we are starting to rely too heavily on our earthy tones.
Sustainability is the catch-phrase here, we need to respect our colour palette and conserve useage for future generations. Otherwise, your great-great-grandchildren will be forced to play video games in ONLY neon or ONLY earth tones. Use your palette responisbly and think of the children.

 

[Tinneh]

Pffft, you FPS developers and your "Running out of brown".

Have you seen how much white and black are wasted ON THIS COLUMN ALONE?

Pixelists!

Aye, 'tis a damned shame. That's why I'm doing my part and using purple.

Don't use all the purple, guys.

 

[AvsJoe]

You may hate on brown, but I ask you this: Would Fallout New Vegas look better using only primary colours?

I don't want to see the vibrant pinks, blues and greens of Vegas' strip replaced with neon brown.

...touche. Bad example.

 

[rbbst]

This is bullshit. How can you complain that camouflage plays too much a part in shooters? Go to a gallery shooter if you want bull's eyes on all of the enemies.

Maybe you have fantasies of shooting DOT workers.

It is fine if the game focus on military realism, not so much if not.

The Fellout mod fixeds the brown in fallout:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2672

[image width="100%"]http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/images/2672-1-1233937184.jpg[/IMG]

And I can't but leave this, yet another reason PC games are superior.

A fine example of how just lighting tweaking can make a brown world look vibrant.

 

[Jared]

It felt as if I was taking drugs through the comicn ear the end lol

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

[sub]*immature snicker*[/sub]

Brown is the color of poo!

 

[mip0]

No, use more brown! Use all the brown you can till the deserts of the brownest games during a rainy sandstorm are as brown as- EDIT: I changed my mind...
No, there's no link and don't expect there to be one any time soon.

 

[thebighead01]

I have to agree with piece, I loved playing Fallout 3 but after a while it just began to look so drab I didn't want to play it anymore