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Games went through this during the PS3-360 generation. I'm sure it'll pull back over time.

• nathanyz 5y ago
  Is this why Mafia 3 is so dark? I mean game is unplayable on Stadia because you can’t see anything. /endrant
• acomjean 5y ago
  My partner plays . Some games are so bright and colorful in contrast to others it is almost a defining characteristic. Horizon zero dawn and assasins creed odyssey come to mind.
  • Macha 5y ago
    I think games have swung from one end to the other on this. Initially you had limited color palettes (decided by how far apart the numbers were on a RGB scale as much as any color theory) and a lot of bright colors for mascot games and similar. Then as a reaction to that we had the brown/gray phase as they began to market to teenagers "This game is so gritty and real and for adults unlike those kids games", which then gave the room for colourful games to stand out again whether they were rgb rainbow particle vomit, or orange and teal, or lush outdoor scenes. Then dystopian settings came back in in a big way and so games followed suit. I think games may also be somewhat of an influence of it in movies. When colour grading became big in movies, video games was really the place that had been enjoying that level of control and may have set the standards for some of the people getting into it.
• ginko 5y ago
  Haven't you heard? Real is brown. https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=222 https://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=222