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Again Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:43pm
Game looks really dark...
The game looks really dark at times, almost as if my blacks are being crushed. Any idea of what's causing this, or some brightness option that I can adjust?

Loving the game so far, but some places are just too dark for comfort.
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PerfectLife Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:47pm 
Yeah, it's a dark game. Bump up your monitor settings in the control panel.
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Heruka Dec 14, 2015 @ 2:57pm 
XIII's cutscenes suffer from black crush too. I knew they weren't supposed to look that way because i'd played the game on console several times. I remember spending ages fiddling with my GPU and TV settings before finding out that - of course - it was the way SE had implemented cutscenes in the PC version and nothing to do wth my hardware.

In the case of LR I remember the black crush being on console too. Together with the low res textues everywhere and horrible framerate I was quite disappointed. Final Fantasy games used to be so visually stunning and have great performance, I don't know what happened.
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PerfectLife Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:23pm 
Originally posted by Heruka:
XIII's cutscenes suffer from black crush too. I knew they weren't supposed to look that way because i'd played the game on console several times. I remember spending ages fiddling with my GPU and TV settings before finding out that - of course - it was the way SE had implemented cutscenes in the PC version and nothing to do wth my hardware.

In the case of LR I remember the black crush being on console too. Together with the low res textues everywhere and horrible framerate I was quite disappointed. Final Fantasy games used to be so visually stunning and have great performance, I don't know what happened.

Go to Lux at night and adjust from there, don't do it in Dead Dunes during the day. :3
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hrace009 Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:51am 
it's not only dark, but i feel, FF13-1 and FF13-2 have more better graphic and more beautiful than FF13-3
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PerfectLife Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:24am 
Originally posted by hrace009:
it's not only dark, but i feel, FF13-1 and FF13-2 have more better graphic and more beautiful than FF13-3

Yeah, LR's visuals are somewhat bland all in all. 13-2 has the best visuals in the series, I think.
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Andhakara Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:53am 
Use this to setup your gamma, contrast and brightness:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
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PerfectLife Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:22am 
Originally posted by Andhakara:
Use this to setup your gamma, contrast and brightness:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

Dude, that's what we're talking about, the game is too dark on a properly calibrated monitor. :D But yes, that web page is preegood.
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thedarknight87 Dec 16, 2015 @ 12:24am 
Yup, this game has crushed blacks. I run this game using a custom profile with gamma set to 1.5 instead of the usual value of 1. I do not know why all games do not ship with an in-game gamma setting.
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PerfectLife Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:17am 
Originally posted by thedarknight87:
Yup, this game has crushed blacks. I run this game using a custom profile with gamma set to 1.5 instead of the usual value of 1. I do not know why all games do not ship with an in-game gamma setting.

IKR, or at least, IDK have some kind of standard that defines what is proper calibration and when using something non-standard have proper notifications and deliniate what has changed... but then again, we live in a world where first world countries are scared of their own shadows and doped up on drugs. Le Sigh.
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