Blooming on video games..

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#1 expanded
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anyone else find blooming as a bleh!
alot of games take the bloom effect to make it seem as if the game is gfxly better.. but it's just light that blinds you X_X
imo atleast.. bloom just makes me blind.. X_x what's you guys' take on it?
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#2 MegaWang
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I love BLOOM!!
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#3 MicroM336
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It can be used well and it can also be aweful. In games like half life 2 where it is used well I think it really helps.
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#4 JigglyWiggly2
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I like hdr more... counter strike soruce it messes me up so badly, i like the maps with no hdr, i can actualyl see lol. But every other game it looks great especially far cry, oblvion, and half life 2.
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#5 nutcrackr
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I dislike it nearly every time I've seen it and switch it off if I can't. If it's done subtly then that's ok but most over use it and HDR.
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#6 war3
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I like it in CS:S but sometimes it slows down the gameplay at least for me, so i usually just turn bloom off.

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#7 greatmax1
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i like hdr and bloom, what i hate is the "eye adaptation effect" found in these lighting techniques. You know, when you look a the sun and then 3 seconds after the light intensity decreases.
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#8 Colonel_Cool
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HDR was used pretty poorly in Oblivion, it just felt tacked on and overused. HL2 e1 used it the best imo (i think valve developed hdr and showcased it with their lost coast tech demo).
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#9 BLiTZv3
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I love Bloom more than HDR.
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#10 Cranler
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HDR was used pretty poorly in Oblivion, it just felt tacked on and overused. HL2 e1 used it the best imo (i think valve developed hdr and showcased it with their lost coast tech demo). Colonel_Cool

I have the opposite opinion.

Best hdr I've seen in a current game is Graw 360. Best simulation of a sunny day until Crysis comes.

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