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A look back at the "fuckload of bloom" era
- Thread starter Phediuk
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HAZE was so bad with this, holy hell.
I'd be interested to know how trends like these happen in gaming companies.
Like, who ends up saying "We need the bloom, everyone is doing the bloom" and "Stop doing the bloom, everyone stopped the bloom"?
Is it the suits? I bet it's the suits.
I'd be interested to know how trends like these happen in gaming companies.
Like, who ends up saying "We need the bloom, everyone is doing the bloom" and "Stop doing the bloom, everyone stopped the bloom"?
Is it the suits? I bet it's the suits.
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Ah yes, we must not forget Fable.
I think that and Prince of Persia: SOT were the trendsetters.
I really don't see anything wrong. Plus this came out long after the bloom craze.This ruined the Oddworld Remake
GTX 6800 was the start of it.
I feel like it's not always the worst thing in the world. I love the look of the Twilight Realm in TP.
Trials HD was heavy on this. Doesn't bother me too much in that one but other games are almost unplayable because of it, image quality is painful to look at.
Burnout Paradise, muddy and bloom. Not a great combination that many games had.
The soft bright shades of brown look means I'm unlikely to ever play them again.
I genuinely think it's actually painful for your eyes.
Burnout Paradise, muddy and bloom. Not a great combination that many games had.
The soft bright shades of brown look means I'm unlikely to ever play them again.
I genuinely think it's actually painful for your eyes.
Ah yes, we must not forget Fable.
I think that and Prince of Persia: SOT were the trendsetters.
Wow, seriously? Who thought this was a good idea.
I feel like this has kept on happening for a while. Certain effects will become extremely popular and some developers will go absolutely overboard.
Late PS2 era to early PS3 era: Excessive bloom.
Mid to late PS3 era: Desaturated colours.
Now: Excessive use of post-processing effects in an attempt to make things look filmic (sharpening, chromatic aberration, vignette, and etc).
Late PS2 era to early PS3 era: Excessive bloom.
Mid to late PS3 era: Desaturated colours.
Now: Excessive use of post-processing effects in an attempt to make things look filmic (sharpening, chromatic aberration, vignette, and etc).
This alwaysssssssssss looked bad. I remember everyone creaming themselves on the lighting only that it was so SHIT. Like fuck how could anyone at any time ever look at those screens and be like "oh I love that pasty vaseline look!" Like fuck man.
Yeah strangely I notice chromatic abortion more the older I get. Bloodborne unfortunately had a lot of it. First thing I look for in a game's settings is to turn it off.
GTA4 came out right at the peak of this era.
Some of the posts here feel a bit off and this seems going too far, I'm not really seeing the bloom here? Yeah, "piss filter", but excessive bloom?
Ummm, excuse me. This is called being "grossly incandescent". Miyazaki was already working on the lore of Dark Souls before it even existed. Read a book someday.
Filthy casuals....
It's pretty bad
Monster Hunter World has some awful bloom on the guild card screen for some reason.
As a photographer i just don't get why anyone thought CA was something that needed to happen in games today, CA is not a feature but a flaw in shitty lenses and we avoid situations where we know it's prone to show it's ugly head.
Bloom was ok in some games, i remember not hating it in Oblivion for example but haze was shit.
Bloom was ok in some games, i remember not hating it in Oblivion for example but haze was shit.
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At one point it was the latest in a long line of "next-gen" visual signifiers. Remember that this was about the same time that wet floors were all the rage.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
I don't know, I think this is one of the better looking examples along with Twilight Princess.
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I don't think this is that bad.GTA4 came out right at the peak of this era.
Those Syndicate screens.
I remember the game had a very troubled development and EA wasn't interested in post-launch support which further strained the terrible relationship with Starbreeze.
I remember the game had a very troubled development and EA wasn't interested in post-launch support which further strained the terrible relationship with Starbreeze.
I don't think it was that. After al it's a very cheap effect and the first game of note that used it stylistically was Sands of Time midway through the PS2 generation. It was just a visual trend.
It's funny how original still looks better than remake (outside of resolution)This ruined the Oddworld Remake
Yeah I agree.
I think the FEAR games and (dare I say it?) Half-Life 2 were the games that started the trend.
