Thursday, 15 March 2012

Contextual Case Study Left 4 Dead 2: Hard Rain

Since Indoor environments have been studied it makes sense to see what colours have been used in outdoor environments. This is one of the chapters from the game. The reason for this choice in game is because rather being the traditional horror style, this is more of an arcade style shooter that is quick flowing therefore the environments must read clear for the player to progress further so what colours are used?


Deadspace 2 employs a lot of colour schemes through the entire story using a lot of subtle techniques in both light and colour to create mood. This game however uses very clear colour contrasts of warm and cold colours. Since the environments are outside, earthly colours are used which are de-saturated to keep the player away from comfort at any point in time. 




The same with Deadspace 2 some images couldnt be brought to the matrix system due to being so dark. From here though experiments can be undertaken to see what works and what doesn't.

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