I was wondering what everyone else’s thoughts are on the lighting. I feel like it’s too dark in the Multiplayer. Not the environment. I still think the environment looks great. I think when you’re in fights the lighting of enemies is fine. I’m wondering if anyone else noticed that it’s the player models in first person. The lighting is never consistant on you the player. In light you’re and shadows you’re bright. I think the shadows are off, or something. You light up in dark or well lit ares randomly. Well, not randomly, but it isn’t consistant. How is the player super dark in a area with the sun straight beaming on the player? I like how everything looks. The game is beautiful despite being halo 4 engine. I just wish I could see my gun. My arms, legs, even though that hardly matters. If I play with these nice graphics, I want it to be consistant is all. Regardless, the lighting is off to me. If anyone else has noticed this, let me know. If anyone has, let’s try to have 343 patch this if I’m not crazy.
The lighting is -Yoinking!- terrible. All the blacks are crushed (the blacks are very black, you can’t see detail in any of it) You can’t see your gun, I was getting shot left right and center and couldn’t see who was shooting me cause I was getting shot from the shadows. I went into the settings and upped my gamma and when I made the “Not Visible” logo visible, the game looked much much better, I realized that my original brightness was actually too high to begin with and when I made the middle logo barely visible the game was even worse, so the prescribed brightness made the game even darker, that’s how bad the shadows are in this game. I haven’t played the Xbox version but I presume this is a stylistic choice and it’s terrible. I will be playing this game with the gamma up at 6 or higher, where the not visible logo is clearly visible. I can’t believe how dark it is, it’s god awful.
I noticed this too, especially with my in-game spartan. my armor is yellow, but in-game it looks like a very dark golden-orange
Make sure and file a bug report about this on the Halo Support site: https://aka.ms/HaloSupport
Be sure to read over the known issues list first before reporting
The main issue I’m having with the lighting is that the contrast between the dark and the light is way too harsh and it makes focusing on enemies nigh impossible during some of the Arbiter and Halo missions near the middle of the game. You can’t see anything in the dark spots and if you’re standing in the way of sunlight or some other strong source of light, you’ll be blinded by it. It’s not balanced enough.
I had tried issuing a report but there is no option for issuing one in the Halo 2 Anniversary section. The only options I’m given are multiplayer and forge. And even when I use the original Halo 2 section, I’m forced to choose a particular mission when the issue is game-wide.