Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Patch 8 - Colors Became Too Vibrant And Washed Out Darker Shades

Please make the colors look natural and lighting immersive again as unfortunately the characters look too vibrant and environments too washed out, brightened and tinted after Patch 8, due to lighting changes. BG3 looked impressively dark, gritty, realistic, natural and incredibly immersive in terms of its setting and lighting prior to the patch, where every scenery was worth a thousand words as it perfectly blended different shades of colors and shadows in order to create such beautifully unique atmosphere in every area of the game... but now it looks the complete opposite.

The characters seem to be the worst with these lighting changes, especially with hair, make-up and outfits, because previously every color was subtle and had different shades of light and dark to choose from, but now it's just really sharp colors going from vibrant to very vibrant, so it ends up looking really fake and out of place when it should be looking natural. Outfits went from looking really realistic and rugged to fake looking.

As for the rest of the game, specifically environments, everything now looks awfully bright, washed out without a contrast and tinted. Even the dark places such as crypts or the Underdark are no longer dark and lost their creepy dungeon atmosphere. The impressive scenery that was previously worth admiring is now non-existent unfortunately, as it no longer oozes that captivating atmosphere that made the game so attractive to the eyes.

Here are comparison shots between Patch 7 and Patch 8.

The Underdark comparison shots are located on the 3rd page.


CHARACTERS

This is my character using exactly the same colors in both updates. Darkest purple color got turned into vibrant purple, same with darker versions of other colors. And you can observe how terrible the leather shoulderpad looks now, doesn't look like rugged leather at all.


Outfits went from looking beautifully realistic and worn-out rugged adventurer's clothes to over-saturated downgrades that look more like cosplay outfits.


Lae'zel went from a dark brown hair color to light brown, so did her armor. Doesn't nearly look as good.



ENVIRONMENT

Environments went from sceneries worth admiring due to their artistically beautiful and immersive tones that create a unique sense of dread, mystery and exploration, to washed out color tinted areas that no longer have any contrast nor unique atmosphere worth admiring because all of the details are drowning underneath the mess.