Colour Matrix - On 80 Games

In order to experiment with colours properly it's important to know whats out there already. I have selected 80 different games from 4 separate genres; RPG, Sci-Fi, War and Horror to carry out this test. Using Photoshop's Stained Glass Filter, I took screenshots from IGN and Gamespot and then broke up each image into it's 3 dominant colours. From doing this, it has helped me get a better understanding of a range of colours used in a variety of games. From here I can then begin by applying these colours to my own scenes and begin experimenting! The list of Games used are at the bottom.

Although from doing this of course the colour scheme in every game shifts during each scene. This is where case Studies are going to be particularly important. This will then give me a deeper understanding of colour use in games.

20 Selected RPG games.

20 Sci Fi Games.

20 War Games.

20 Horror Games.

Role-playing Games

1. Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning

2. Skyrim

3. Guild Wars

4. Dungeon Defenders

5. Fable 3

6. Everquest 2

7. Heroes of Might and Magic 6

8. Lord of the Rings:War of the North

9. Star Trek: Online

10. City of Heroes

11. World of Warcraft

12. Aion

13. The Witcher 2

14. Dark Souls

15. Tales of Symphonia 

16. Borderlands

17. Assassins Creed 2

18. Final Fantasy Crysis Core

19. Star Wars: The Old Republic

Sci-Fi

1.Mass Effect 2

2.Gears of War 3

3. Halo Combat Evolved

4. Hard Reset

5. Unreal Tournament

6. Alien Versus Predator

7. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

8. Section 8: Prejudice 

9. Nuclear Dawn

10. Rage

11. Portal 2

12. Half-life 2

13. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

14. Natural Selection 2

15. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

16. Star Wars Battlefront

17. Quake 4

18. Perfect Dark Zero

19. Star Trek Elite Force

20. Singularity 

War Games 

1. Day of Defeat Source

2. Call of Duty Black Ops

3. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

4. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

5. Medal of Honor Allied Assault

6. Battlefield 3

7. Return to Castle Wolvenstien

8. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

9. Soldier of Fortune Payback

10 America's Army

11. Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

12. Battlefield 2

13. Battlefield 2142

14. Tom Clancy's Advanced Warfighter 2

15. Swat 4

16. Crysis 2

17. Crysis

18. Command and Conquer Renegade

19 Red Faction

20. Project IGI

Horror Genre                                                         

1. Alan Wake

2. Silent Hill 2

3. Resident Evil 4

4. Fear

5. Condemned

6. Resident Evil 5

7. Cold Fear

8. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

9. Penumbra Requiem 

10. Killing Floor

11. Dead Space 2

12. Metro 2033

13. Stalker Clear Sky

14. Obscure

15. Siren Blood Curse

16. Call of Cthulu Dark Corners of the Earth

17. System Shock 2

18. Project Zero 2 Crimson Butterfly

19. Resident Evil 2

20. Fear 3