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Kostaz remind us we overlooked World of Risen's Friday screenshot. Head over for a sunset.
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I still find one of the most striking visual sky effects I've seen in games was the Barrier in the original Gothic, especially at night, when it would flare up and then disappear. Beautiful.
I don't mind lens flare but bloom is rarely done well. See some rather unfortunate examples here:
Bloom disasters
Also this screen is from Risen:
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Why is everything white glowing? Including the monster's face? It's just a completely crap effect.
It looks so "gothic 3" like and cartoonish
How does it look Gothic 3 *and* cartoonish at the same time? Gothic 3 was definitely not cartoonish.
Just colorful and Oblivion-like.
...and the bloom, while bad in some parts, wasn't nearly as obtrusive as what was used in Oblivion.