Harry Potter and the Palette of Beige

[prog]

I look at screenshots for the upcoing Harry Potter Wii game and think: Wha? Why is it so washed-out and yucky-looking? Why do the grounds around Hogwarts look like they were sculpted out of soggy oatmeal? Were the other games in the series like this?

The Wiimote-as-wand system sounds cool, as does mission-based play, but the game's world just looks bland and depressing and I'm not sure I'd like to spend much time there.

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[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

It looks exactly like what you get when you take high-resolution source art and filter it down to lower resolution without being very careful about it. I suspect it's taken straight from the next-gen source and dumped straight on there, sans light maps and other fancy glitter. Although it probably doesn't look so bad when it's moving and displayed on a TV rather than on the internet--TV output from a console usually has much higher contrast than screen captures. EA is very picky about colour-calibrating all its equipment too. I'm kind of surprised they released such ugly screenshots.

If you decide you are interested, I can get you a copy for $20 (+ tax and postage) from our shop.