Why do people like the Bloom effect in games?

[L7vanmatre]

I'm wondering this. I see it in games, and I just don't like it. I had a headache from it when I played a game that didn't allow me to turn it off.

I'm just curious as to why it's an actual thing that people like.

[Eros]

It's a preference that makes the game look prettier to most people.

[ErickaUnlimited]

I typically have to turn it off for most games. Some I don't notice it in, but often it makes me feel sick, or gives me a mild headahce.

[The POSTAL Dude]

It makes games look pretty and frilly

[Del_Duio]

It looks great in Legend of Dungeon but yeah I couldn't deal with it for every game.

[Jej]

It depends on how well it's implemented. Sometimes it looks neat but there are times when it's just overwhelming.

[theHouleigan]

I hate it. Mostly because it is WAY overdone!
Reality does not have as much bloom as some video games.

[shoopy]

The same reasons that amateur graphic designers used to drop shadow everything - it looks "neat" until it gets overused.

Bloom that is done properly shouldn't even be directly noticed that much.

[Hwkiller]

Some games do it well, some don't.

I think bloom and HDR serve to convince you of how bright an environment is. When you're outside at noon on a sunny day, some surfaces are incredibly bright and reflective, and it makes your pupils constrict and colors are washed out. Because your monitor can never be bright enough to do the same, HDR and bloom help demonstrate how bright it is.

E.g., I think STALKER has nearly perfect lighting and handles bloom/hdr really well.
Other games' bloom makes everything appear fuzzy and it's irritating.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Hwkiller:

Some games do it well, some don't.

I think bloom and HDR serve to convince you of how bright an environment is. When you're outside at noon on a sunny day, some surfaces are incredibly bright and reflective, and it makes your pupils constrict and colors are washed out. Because your monitor can never be bright enough to do the same, HDR and bloom help demonstrate how bright it is.

E.g., I think STALKER has nearly perfect lighting and handles bloom/hdr really well.
Other games' bloom makes everything appear fuzzy and it's irritating.

Hm, yeah, makes sense.

The game I was playing probably didn't do it "correctly" or such.

[DMATH]

Bloom is a game devs tool to hide bad lighting in a level (no its not lensflare im talking about) or distract the player, plus bloom MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER!!!!!!!!

[Shard]

People tend to like nova eyeblinding sun

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by DMATH:

Bloom is a game devs tool to hide bad lighting in a level (no its not lensflare im talking about) or distract the player, plus bloom MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER!!!!!!!!

Didn't make my headache better. :/

I mean that as a joke... mostly

[ექსტრემალური ვიდეოnave]

They just like how it looks I guess.