Comments on: Monotony

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:13:23 +0000

You dont need fancy vibrant graphics for a game. The Zx81 proved that

By: James Wallis

James Wallis — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:45:36 +0000

Despite its use of vibrant colour, alas monotony is what you get in Eternal Sonata.

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By: Jesse Snyder

Jesse Snyder — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:05:40 +0000

Interesting. Something you could try is turning your monitor or TV coloring off so that it’s all grayscaled. There’s usually a slider on your TV / monitor settings that allow this. Then try comparing modern and classic games and see if you observe any dramatic differences. I know monochrome is different than grayscale, but I think it’s worth investigating.

Also, some games have black and white settings built in. Call of Duty 4 has a cheat called “Cod Noir” which allows this. I think King Kong also has a similar setting.

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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:40:35 +0000

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By: JP

JP — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:44:11 +0000

Oboy, boring-to-look-at games! I wish I had more to show off of my game, all I can say at the moment is that its primary visual inspiration is “Trigonometry Textbooks of the 1970s”. With a dash of Oskar Fischinger.

By: 7th Columnist

7th Columnist — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:58:41 +0000

What the world needs now, is Love, sweet Love.

By: Ben B

Ben B — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:07:34 +0000

It’s a very good point, though I’d argue that there’s a crusade to be made for greater use of vibrant colours in games (ala Eternal Sonata). I think far too many games at the moment have fallen into using really dull brown/grey washed-out look.

I’m all for realism at times, but what’s wrong with a bit of Sega-inpired palettes full of happy, bright colours – albeit in games better than those Sega are churning out at the moment.