I’m not saying color grading is a bad thing, but I personally prefer natural lighting in games over “cinematic” filters.
See more examples: https://imgur.com/a/z6zyTo4
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I prefer crushing the whites (a bit of overexposure) than crushing the black. It feels more realistic.
Do people have differences in how bright they see the worlds colors, I wonder? I know, of personal experience, that colors for a single person can literally look bleaker when one is depressed. And then theres people with better night vision than others.