Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

Originally posted by vinyblaster:

I really can't imagine a group of people, sitting around a table, and all agreeing that "yeah this is great. Let's design the most aesthetically pleasing biome and then make it impossible to look at!"

To be fair, Blizzard did it first. Play anything in the Diablo series for long enough to be able to pay attention to the art while you're playing, and then wonder why they bothered paying artists when most of the time you either can't see anything because it's pitch black, or you can't see anything because everything on the screen is intensely bright, or you can't see anything because the screen is covered in some stupid shader effect.

If people are complaining about not being able to see in Mistlands, while no one has said a word about the blindness-inducing mist, fog, and rain effects in the Black Forest, the Swamp, or while on the water... Bleh.

"Full-screen swirling grey" might as well be static; can someone please remind me why I bothered buying a 34" 4K display and a high-end graphics card?

I'll probably end up counting this game as "done" well before I get to Mistlands, because I already have to limit my playtime to avoid eyestrain-induced headaches.

People complain about the fog on the ocean all the time bro.

The big difference is that fog and rain are temporary and occasional occurrences. Not the permanent state of the biome.