Why are games so dark?

Bob D.

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Mar 28, 2001, 10:45:57 PM3/28/01

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My desktop, jpegs, DVD movies, etc all match well with one brightness
setting. But I have to turn the brightness way up for games. I'm currently
playing Blair Witch Vol 1, and it's the worst yet. Darkness may provide a
spooky effect, but this is ridiculous. Has anyone else noticed this?

Bob D.

Jenny100

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Mar 28, 2001, 11:07:43 PM3/28/01

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Yup. It's a painindabutt.
Some are just dark, like Drowned God. You turn the brightness way
up and it looks OK. Others you have a choice of not seeing anything
because of the darkness or having a washed out picture in the games.
I think they make some games so you have to play them at night
in order to see them properly. I don't know why they can't fix the
gamma properly.

Daniel Lee

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Mar 29, 2001, 12:21:24 AM3/29/01

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I think that some games are just designed to be played in the dark. Take
Undying or Thief for instance. It helps with the mood of the game. I do
think they should give you more control to change the settings if you decide
to keep the lights on.

Daniel

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Murray Peterson

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Mar 29, 2001, 12:42:35 AM3/29/01

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Frequently, especially some of the Cryo games. However, you might want to
adjust your monitor's gamma too. Many video card/monitor combos have a bad
default gamme setting. Anyway, try this web page:
http://www.vtiscan.com/~rwb/gamma.html

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Edward Cowling 'Games - Addict'

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Mar 29, 2001, 3:37:14 AM3/29/01

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In article <Vdyw6.172022$t67.2...@news1.rdc1.il.home.com>, Bob D.
<bob...@home.com> writes

I've found most games that involve lots of spooky night scenes have to
be played in a completely dark room. This is ok for the winter, but
means I play fewer games in the summer months :-)

Plus a lot of older graphics cards are not too good at the various
shades of grey that the likes of Deus Ex uses.

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Mad

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Mar 29, 2001, 1:01:25 AM3/29/01

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Bob D. wrote in message ...

Hi.

Yes. It does seem to be a rather "overdone" current trend.
And in fact in some cases it's easy to miss important stuff because it's
just so dark you can't see it !!
[Maybe it cuts down on the lighting costs ;-D]

Cheers.

Mad.

Stephen Granade

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Mar 29, 2001, 7:24:57 AM3/29/01

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"Bob D." <bob...@home.com> writes:

In some cases, like BW1, it's deliberate. In other cases, it's either
wacky graphic settings on the one hand or your display gamma setting
on the other.

Stephen

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