when will gaming quit being "realistic"

[Peaterson Is Back]

games are getting too brown and annoying to look at. For example there is GTA4 that is is so hard who is who during high speed chases and fire fights you are thankfull for the auto lock. Same with Saints row but that was just a rip off that was more entertaining. And Gears of War2 and i could go on, and on. but would just be reapeating my self.

When are we going to go back to "wacky colored" games?

 

[Chickenlittle]

When people go outside to play sports, maybe?

 

[super_smash_jesus]

Hopefully soon...and after that may they never speak of this "brown" period again.

I really do miss games with vibrant colors, considering I think they are only found on the wii, and the wii only comes out with 1-2 games a year worth buying (as of late) you really don't get much exposure.

 

[rossatdi]

What like Halo 3, Little Big Planet and Street Fight IV?

And Flow and Braid.

Realism is not a bad thing in a fantastical scenario. If I want to play a sci-fi war game I don't want bright colours or wacky. I want grit, blood and bloody grit.

 

[SsilverR]

i like the occasional fakeish awesome omfgijustdidahadoukenisms but realistic games are fun haha .. nothing like pummeling a man to near unconsciousness with real fist to jaw sound effects .. watching him struggle to get up and slowly limp away when you pull a gun out then capping his knee as he tries to escape .. then watching the fear in his face as he slips in and out of sonsciousness then finally putting a slug in his head and watching the movement stop .. the face go blank and blood slowly seeping out of their skull ... i don't know if the hardon is normal or not but just incase you were wondering that's gta4 haha

realistic ragdoll engine ftw hahaha

 

[jebussaves88]

I like the brown in some games. have you guys never heard of mise-en-scene? That brown sets a mood for the game; it's gritty, dirty, unpleasant. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun. Games that go for this approach are trying to tell the story not just through words, but colours. this is one of the few complaints I have about Halo 3; it didn't tell its story through it's aesthetic design. Humanity is supposed to be on the brink of invasion and subsequent elimination, right? Then how come everything is so colourful, and full of purples and pinks and greens? I can live with the vibrant Covenant vehicles, but if more effort had been made to make the war unpleasant (and tone down on the chirpy marine babble), the experience would have been much enhanced. No one complains that Saving Private Ryan was too grey do they?

 

[Wargamer]

games are getting too brown and annoying to look at. For example there is GTA4 that is is so hard who is who during high speed chases and fire fights you are thankfull for the auto lock. Same with Saints row but that was just a rip off that was more entertaining. And Gears of War2 and i could go on, and on. but would just be reapeating my self.

When are we going to go back to "wacky colored" games?

Isn't this just a 360 problem these days?

Seriously, I don't think my PS3 has any Real is Brown titles. Resistance 2 has lush green grass, clear orange stone, bright cars, bright houses, clearly-coloured creatures and, in short, a full spectrum of colour. MGS4 has nice variations of colour as well, particularly in Multiplayer. Some areas are dark, yes, but then some areas in real life are dark. Especially at night. Warhawk is also nice and colourful.

But I know exactly what you mean with Gears of War 2. As much as I love that game, it just annoys the hell out of me that game developers won't grow up and accept Real is not Brown!

 

[Clashero]

You could try... eh... Fable 2, though I wouldn't recommend it.
Prince of Persia, which I fullheartedly recommend to anyone.
Mirror's Edge if that's your cup of tea.

 

[NoDamnNames]

When are we going to go back to "wacky colored" games?

When you buy saints row 2

 

[DragunovHUN]

games are getting too brown and annoying to look at. For example there is GTA4 that is is so hard who is who during high speed chases and fire fights you are thankfull for the auto lock. Same with Saints row but that was just a rip off that was more entertaining. And Gears of War2 and i could go on, and on. but would just be reapeating my self.

What the hell? WHAT is Saints Row doing in a topic where realism is mentioned? And why are you calling it a rip off?

When are we going to go back to "wacky colored" games?

When you buy saints row 2

This. Also, if you're looking for wacky colored games, you might want to go and buy those, instead of playing GTA 4 and such.

 

[Goldbling]

Yeah, thats why I loved games like Saints Row, or ...Blank sorry can't really think of any more... Is that how bad it's gotten?

 

[new_age_reject]

I do miss the olden days of the early GTA games being brighter than the sun and the days when you could race at 200mph then perfectly handbrake around a hairpin bend without batting an eyelash.

 

[Dr. Crowbar]

Mirrors Edge was colourful.. but still realistic

 

[Erana]

When its trendy to be non-realistic.

 

[mr mcshiznit]

Just like every "when will games stop blah bla bla" question, it will stop when people stop buying them. I promise you will not see many "realistic" games if money is not flowing into devs and publishers hands.

 

[Kirosilence]

When people stop buying them.

 

[Legion]

games are getting too brown and annoying to look at. For example there is GTA4 that is is so hard who is who during high speed chases and fire fights you are thankfull for the auto lock. Same with Saints row but that was just a rip off that was more entertaining. And Gears of War2 and i could go on, and on. but would just be reapeating my self.

When are we going to go back to "wacky colored" games?

Can you please tell me where you purchased your machine gun with a chainsaw attached?