• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

'Bloom' effects

fustercluck

fustercluck

Diamond Member
Seems to me like 90% of bloom lighting is overdone in PC games (can't really say about console games since I pretty much only play PC). I feel like I should start playing with my sunglasses on. This seems to be mainly related to FPS games.

It's not realistic at all if you're just getting blinded from every angle with unnatural lighting. It's like in a movie when they're doing a scene in heaven and they add all the heavenly glow in. Two games that come to mind are battlefield 2 bad company and counterstrike source. But pretty much every FPS game is guilty of overbloom.

They need to do a lot of work on these bloom lighting effects, they haven't improved since they were introduced it seems.

Luckily you can usually turn it off so not a huge deal...I just don't understand why game devs think bloom looks good 😕

I think in 10-20 years people will look back on this decade of games and be like "wtf why is this game burning my retinas"
 
Its used to hide shitty textures and force lighting-dependent effects like bump-mapping and reflections to show up more.
 
Counterstrike lets you turn it off. There's probably an option for it in BFBC2 as well. Usually I only use it if it's actual HDR rather than Bloom.
 
Developers go through this every time a new graphics feature comes out. It was the same with colored lighting back in the 90s. They latch on to it and either overuse it or just use it poorly.
 
I have bloom on in both CSS and BC2, and I think it looks just fine. Maybe you haven't calibrated your monitor correctly? Brightness and contrast on a good panel should be a lot lower than what you might think.

Also check the settings in the game themselves. Gamma should be at 2.2 (on a good panel), brightness should be 1 in CSS, 0.5 for both brightness and contrast in BC2.
 
I hated bloom in Oblivion.If light reflected off stone or your horse it reflected like a mirror.

On the console side I hate depth of field.Used way too much and over done.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top