" I Miss Color"

An interesting editorial on the significant lack of color in today' s games.

I mostly agree with the article, i start having this same idea not so long ago, and the game that really pushed my buttons is Dark sector. it' s all brown in the day / and dark blue in the night , colors are so scarce. it' s almost like all games use the same techniques as metal gear.

Metal gear 1: Blue

Metal gear 2: brown/yellow

Metal gear 3: Green

Metal gear 4; Grey

Graw 1&2 brown

Gears of war , brown or dark blue

Dark sector. Grey/ brown / blue depending on the time of the day

assassins creed : depending on the city the color palette changes drasticaly

Blue / brown / grey

Need for speed most wanted ; Brown

Bioshock. Blue

Fear. grey

Condemned. grey/brown

Lost odyssey . different filter depending on the place, always a color is dominant, a yellow city (one exemple the color of the sky looks eaxacly like the walls in UHRA )) a light blue city , a dark blue city ...

exemples now on games that use different colors

Kameo , the darkness (however in the hell part everything is brown... ), The orange Box, Stranglehold, virtua fighter, eternal sonata.

Listen to the wise

Ive not read that but know its mainly due technological advancements and the empathsis of creating games to look more and more realistic or based on real life.

Currently playing:
Korg DS 10 (ds) /  Metal Slug 7 (ds)
Rhythm Heaven (ds) /  Fire Emblem (ds)
Super Stardust HD (psn) /  Virtua Fighter 5 (360)
FSX (P

in real life we have a shit lload of colors , and our walls and pipes don' t look like the colors of the sky or the earth.

Listen to the wise

I was seconds away from posting a thread ealier called what happened to bright and colorful! im sure you can guess what it would have been about!

Thats why i play Viva Pinata once in a while .. A massive change from the normal grays and blues ..

Monolith should have made No one lives forever 3, instead of the fear sequel!

Killzone 2 and GOW2 seem to also be going down the same path but at least we got LBP n Banjo to bring some colour into our lives

Something about that link keeps freezing my Firefox.

You nubs just need higher contrast screens.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Play more platformers if you wanna see more colors used in games

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Yeah, play the outstanding platformers released in the past five years...

All three of them!

You nubs just need higher contrast screens.

Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted are two really colorful games.

Yeah, play the outstanding platformers released in the past five years...

All three of them!

I never said the platformers had to be outstanding or good for that matter!
People just have to play more platformers in order to enjoy the use of more color palettes in games .

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

ORIGINAL: Terry Bogard

I never said the platformers had to be outstanding or good for that matter!

Nor did you say they had to be anywhere within the last 5 years. Want color? Try Lomax the Lemming on PS1. Or maybe Gunstar Heroes and Castle of Illusion on the Mega Drive/Genesis (which in itself is a feat because the Genesis is not known for large amounts of good color). Top Hunter on the Neo Geo looks pretty. So does the first few stages on Magician Lord.

For a recent platformer with eye-bursting color, simply pop in Super Mario galaxy on the Wii.

Castle of Illusion was indeed very colorful. Another more recent game with color that I came to think of that isn' t a platformer was Zelda : The Windwaker.

Okami. One of the best and most colorful games ever. Final Fantasy games are pretty colorful too, even Final Fantasy VII, which is the darkest of em all.

I just played Uncharted today... that game is so pretty. The screens absolutely don' t do it justice, especially the color palette.

The same reason comics for adults are pretty much all drawn in dark shades, they' re supposed to have that gritty atmosphere.

I don' t miss colorful games.

I see. Adults can only appreciate " gritty" . Or maybe it is because they are so old that they are starting to go colorblind and therefore colors are unnecessary.

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

I see. Adults can only appreciate " gritty" . Or maybe it is because they are so old that they are starting to go colorblind and therefore colors are unnecessary.

Just because you' re stuck in time doesn' t mean the rest of us are.

Never had much of a childhood? Were you molested as a child? I had a very happy childhood filled with colorful things, don' t need it anymore.

So you' re saying if I were a normal, content adult only " gritty" would do it for me?

Yes. Although they are adult oriented, not adult only.

I' ll stay a child then. I love colors

I love colors too. Actually GTA is pretty colorful.

I guess I' m stuck watching Blade Runner forever! As a normal adult I wouldn' t be content with Kill Bill or the like.

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

I guess I' m stuck watching Blade Runner forever! As a normal adult I wouldn' t be content with Kill Bill or the like.

Yes because if it has any color at all it is obviously for kids, that' s exactly what I said.

You' re a fucking idiot Joe.

I had a very happy childhood filled with colorful things,

?

ORIGINAL: Eddie_the_Hated

I had a very happy childhood filled with colorful things,

?

That about summarizes Joe' s childhood.

That why he YEARNS for more " color" .

Deflection... well that' s one strategy. Oedipus complex then?

Why did my " evilman" avatar get banned when this guy is posting pornographic material? Adam?

Dildos are so offensive that you go through the trouble of inserting the image into the quotes. I get it now.

Edit: Heh, nice swap there Emo. First I' m posting " dildos" , then " pornographic material. Make up your mind will ' ya?

The only constructive thing about you is the ability to fix SNES consoles.

Speaking of which, where the fuck is my SNES? I even gave you a raise, $0.075/hr, at this rate I should just buy a new SNES.

Sixpence and some stale bread, and nothing less! I' ve told you already!

Dildos have been mentioned so much I think a Dildo thread is needed.

ORIGINAL: Eddie_the_Hated

I had a very happy childhood filled with colorful things,

?

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Pwnt uber 1337

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

ORIGINAL: emofag

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

I guess I' m stuck watching Blade Runner forever! As a normal adult I wouldn' t be content with Kill Bill or the like.

Yes because if it has any color at all it is obviously for kids, that' s exactly what I said.

You' re a ***ing idiot Joe.

Killer 7? Ikaruga?

ORIGINAL: ys

Killer 7? Ikaruga?

*WHOOSH*

P.S. You are a moron.

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

I guess I' m stuck watching Blade Runner forever! As a normal adult I wouldn' t be content with Kill Bill or the like.

EmoFag:
Yes because if it has any color at all it is obviously for kids, that' s exactly what I said.

You' re a ***ing idiot Joe.

ORIGINAL: ys

Killer 7? Ikaruga?


EmoFag:
*WHOOSH*

P.S. You are a moron.

lol