About realism in Skyrim
Posted: 12 Mar 2017, 17:56
Fist of all I want to say the following post is a general rant on the common cliché I see around internet about skyrim, and I post it here just because is the only modding forum I joined.
So I hope not to offend anyone, is not my intention.
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I'm really really tired of the usual stereotypes on "realism" about the graphics on Skyrim.
In what kind of hell washed out colours and grayness represent nordic/cold country environments?
To be onest all the washed out colours just remind me a realistic bad pollution day on Beijing
I see to much washed out preset tagged with name as "Uber Realistic/Super realistic!/Amazingly realistic!".
Well, they are not.
I'm not saying they are ugly or are bad preset, they can be beautifull.
And I'm not criticizing the work modders done, but we* should recognize them for what the preset are: fantasy, cinematic or artistic.
But more importantly we* should stop to say that more vivid preset are unrealistic or "too fantasy".
Realism or fantasy came from the good balance of colors, if they resemble the colors of real things they are realistic, otherwise they are fantasy or artistic.
*(The "we" is meant as the whole players comunity, and not "we" as member of this forum of course )
Just for example, since a photo can say more than thousand words, an actual photo of Norway (Probably the Nordic country more similar to skyrim):
https://pixabay.com/p-441867/
Some other photos from wikimedia:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... ay-adj.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... y_Park.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... n_2009.JPG
So I hope not to offend anyone, is not my intention.
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I'm really really tired of the usual stereotypes on "realism" about the graphics on Skyrim.
In what kind of hell washed out colours and grayness represent nordic/cold country environments?
To be onest all the washed out colours just remind me a realistic bad pollution day on Beijing
I see to much washed out preset tagged with name as "Uber Realistic/Super realistic!/Amazingly realistic!".
Well, they are not.
I'm not saying they are ugly or are bad preset, they can be beautifull.
And I'm not criticizing the work modders done, but we* should recognize them for what the preset are: fantasy, cinematic or artistic.
But more importantly we* should stop to say that more vivid preset are unrealistic or "too fantasy".
Realism or fantasy came from the good balance of colors, if they resemble the colors of real things they are realistic, otherwise they are fantasy or artistic.
*(The "we" is meant as the whole players comunity, and not "we" as member of this forum of course )
Just for example, since a photo can say more than thousand words, an actual photo of Norway (Probably the Nordic country more similar to skyrim):
https://pixabay.com/p-441867/
Some other photos from wikimedia:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... ay-adj.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... y_Park.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... n_2009.JPG