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23 comments

  1. BlackMaid
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    This set gives a good vibe of the warmth of the land. Music and colours are fitting.
    Really nice pictures
    I am tensed for the continuation.
    1. cormell
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      Thanks. The vanilla game has good graphics, but it's over-saturated for my tastes, also too much green. I tried a couple of Reshade Presets. They were good, but I thought : what the heck, let me try this myself. I'm having a little success so far.
  2. Olympus2917
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    Very good images with an artistic feeling as well! Beautifully done Laird!
    I usually go for desaturated tones everywhere giving a bit more emphasis to cyan and light orange shades. Other times i recalibrate due to special occasions, like a beautiful sunset for example. The original game is very saturated for my liking and most reshade presets give emphasis to colors. But i found a proper(in my eyes) reshade preset in Nexus and with a couple changes of my own i reached something i like.
    I see you did some research for Thebes' mythology and history.
    The music is awesome and it certainly refers more to North African/Middle Eastern culture. Ancient Greek elements can be found in this music but i would not refer it as some sort of ancient Greek music. After all the civilizations of the wider Eastern Mediterranean region were always influencing each other in a perpetual way.
    Ancient Greek wind instruments had sweeter sounds and sometimes giving emphasis in strict & imposing atmosphere unlike the ambient & mystical feeling we get with their eastern neighbors. 
    1. cormell
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      Yes, the game is over-saturated, especially with green. At least it's not a green tint (almost a fog) like some other games. I tried JAORP as you suggested and Ulysses Reshade Presets -- both good -- but then I decided to be "brave" and see if I could make my own. Some success, so far.
      Well, it shows you how much I know about the localization of mid-east/Mediterranean music. Now I'll have to investigate Ancient Greek instruments to learn more. There's always one more trick this old dog would like to learn.
      Thank you.
  3. arghTease
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    nice shots!  Game has great graphics too.
    1. cormell
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      Yes, it does have good graphics. Probably ahead of its time. Thanks.
  4. frank213
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    Everything looks so wonderful Laird that it makes you want to play the game again. very very nice set.
    1. cormell
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      Ah, thank you sir. I've played through twice and now I'm hunting for picturesque settings and people like a hungry photographer.
    2. frank213
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      hahaha, I like to believe you. There are also a lot of beautiful places in this game.
  5. Bernt
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    Very beautiful set. Right now the sky is all red down there because of sand from Sahara being blown across the Med  
    1. cormell
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      Thanks. I hadn't heard about that. But, yes, I'm aware of those bad sandstorms they call haboobs. One such sandstorm occurs in CP2077, and one of the npc's has a fun time playing with the second syllable of that word.
  6. blu377
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    I like it! I don't have this game but that's okay, I'll enjoy it through your wonderful captures
    1. cormell
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      I  appreciate the encouragement. I haven't spent much time in the past tweaking Reshade -- there are so many shader fx's. This time I picked out a few that go in the direction I want. Like sepia.fx that allows you to start brown, but then adjust the RGB colors.
  7. FastBlackCat
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    Doing great on your "reshade for fun".   Reminds me of a LUT I liked called November from my favorite Skyrim LE ENB.  And I like your "oilify.fx" effects, too.  Great set of images.
    1. cormell
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      Thank you. Yes, I remember that Skyrim has a number of scenes with rich brown and umber tones, usually inside the inns. I've always liked that and yeah, some of the enb's further enhance that  warm and rich sense. Olify is not the best "painterly" effect I've seen, but it's the only one I could find in the available shaders. As you know, I like to think, I'm Manet or Renoir sometimes.
  8. Brigand231
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    Just for fun is one of the best reasons.
    1. cormell
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      I couldn't agree more.
  9. Karna5
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    These are gorgeous :)
    1. cormell
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      Thanks very much.
  10. ista3
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    Excellent works and captures :))
    Love the main and the music .)
    1. cormell
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      Much appreciated. I listen to that style every now and then. Something I picked up from Buhda Bar maybe 20 years ago.