Provided to YouTube by TuneCoreLIMB Clinic · Michael McCannDeus Ex: Human Revolution (Original Soundtrack)℗ 2011 Skill Tree RecordsReleased on: 2011-08-23Com...
Okay so having gotten around to watching these a day later I do feel compelled to come to the defense of Human Revolution's color scheme:
In the context of 2011, the yellow-and-black color scheme and tinting was a point in the game's favor. This was the era of the washed-out "art" styles of dull greys and browns that had been popularized since 2006 by Gears of War, and were still the mainstream norm (Modern Warfare 3, for a contemporary example). At the time the black-and-yellow was comparatively novel. Funny enough he does bring up similarly-contemporary Battlefield 3 which is one of the worst examples of the era - the extremely bright blue-grey tint was so bad it actually made me personally ill to watch or play and was one of the main reasons I swore off any of those sequels for good.
Okay so having gotten around to watching these a day later I do feel compelled to come to the defense of Human Revolution's color scheme:
In the context of 2011, the yellow-and-black color scheme and tinting was a point in the game's favor. This was the era of the washed-out "art" styles of dull greys and browns that had been popularized since 2006 by Gears of War, and were still the mainstream norm (Modern Warfare 3, for a contemporary example). At the time the black-and-yellow was comparatively novel. Funny enough he does bring up similarly-contemporary Battlefield 3 which is one of the worst examples of the era - the extremely bright blue-grey tint was so bad it actually made me personally ill to watch or play and was one of the main reasons I swore off any of those sequels for good.