Too much black-and-neon in UI

[PeterCorless]

I'm not sure if this is bugging anyone else, but there seems to be a lot of black-and-neon in the UI. Like everything is glowing magically or radioactively. The map, to me, lacks the beauty of any of the other Paradox games. Terrain looks like some sort of science fiction nightmare earth -- like, suitable for XCOM 2 -- than World War II.

Watching the videos of the playthroughs has been an eyeball-bruising effort for me. It makes me yearn for the ability to "reskin" the game, and it hasn't even shipped yet.

Other thoughts?

 

[DadPrison666]

I think it's a valid criticism for sure, I personally like it a lot but I'm sure there will be a bounty of mod options in the first few weeks to make it more suitable to different tastes, but that goes without saying.

I honestly think the art style would be better suited for a hypothetical cold war game, it kind of makes me feel like I'm in a big top secret war room with a state of the art map and glowing borders.

 

[rjohansen]

Completely agree, the "map" looks horrendous in my opinion. But then again, it is not meant to be a "map" - it is supposed to be a "3D world" as far as I know from what I have read and would better suited a sci-fi game. I agree, every other Paradox game has better looking maps than this one.

 

[ringhloth]

France isn't really any brighter than it used to be. The edges are probably darker than they look in a lot of other PDS games. The only reason that the edges look a little neon is that the middle of France is somewhat more muted. When I look at the other countries on the map, they all look perfectly fine, with perhaps Hungary sticking out a little bit. When you zoom in, the colors don't change at all, but the edges are the only thing that remain (so there's a compromise between seeing the terrain and seeing the borders between countries). A lot of people took first impressions from early alpha pictures and - surprise surprise - the current game looks much better (as was true of every other PDS release), but people decry it as neon. I've never seen neon so dark and muted, myself.

 

[Zaku]

I like the looks of the map, but this is a subjective thing.
The game will have a million map mods in a month after the release, and since changing graphics doesn't change the checksum it won't cause any problems.

 

[GeneralPetrov]

Now I can see the slight darkness and gloominess (and I think that's intentional), but where's the neon?

 

[Sloeberjong]

It's a matter of taste and in that sense I respect your opinion. However, I respectfully disagree as I personally love the way the game looks.

 

[Anichent]

The map lacks beauty? Its the most well done map I've seen in any paradox game. Its one of the things I am most excited about.