Washed-out colours/bad lighting?

[DonMega]

This games color is washed out bigtime. It is not you it's the game. (I love the game but the color not so much)

I agree that the colors seem a bit bland and not really vibrant except for maybe the leve getting place, the light is alright i guess though i've seen alot better lighting in other games.

[Konachibi]

It's this, or Super Mario 64 colour. Which would you prefer? XD

[Evangela]

This game need colors

[Caliburn]

At least Mario 64 doesn't cause me eye strain. Not for the same reasons at least. ¬_¬

This game need colors

This.

[Konachibi]

Actually come to think of it when I was once using my computer monitor some PC games did come out unnecessarily dark, I had to turn the gamma up on Warcraft a bit to stop some areas being too dark. Haven't had those problems since switching to a backlit L.E.D T.V however. Maybe the problem is just your monitor/T.V.

[Vanguard319]

I've noticed dynamic lighting myself, you can be standing in say Ul'dah, and watch the lighting and luminescity change during each hour ingame. Case in point, when the sky is clear, everything is bright, and my character has a healthy glow, when the weather becomes overcast, the lighting transistions from bright with some blooming to softer, more muted lighting.
Sit around and watch, you'll see what I mean.

[Zuellni]

Try adjusting the colour, contrast and brightness options in the TV or video card settings. I know my TV has this annoying "feature" I can't turn off where it dims the picture when there's a lot of black and brightens when there are whites to make black look darker. Also check if you're using a preset on your TV. I find some of those "Movie/Cinema" modes on my TV make things look dull and dark as well.

[Ilean]

You can "calibrate" (not a real calibration without a colorimeter but it's good enough) your monitor using this. The mp4 version should work well enough for a PC. It's a pretty deep topic but they have a very good instructions PDF and if that doesn't solve your doubts the guys over there are very helpful.

This is also a good starting point, if you rather keep it even simpler.

BTW if you are calibrating a PS3 don't use the mp4, the PS3 doesn't do whiter-than-white or blacker-than-black for standalone files. You need an authored format (DVD, BD, AVCHD).

[buritoslicer]

are you playing the game in windowed mode? if so, check your wallpaper, the game tends to look not so dark if it's behind a dark wallpaper. Also, I would try messing with your graphic settings a bit.

What type of monitor do you have? Is it more recent? and does it have a higher brightness/contrast ratio? The game looks just fine on my monitor, even in the dark... but i'm also using digital output via HDMI.

[Ilean]

are you playing the game in windowed mode? if so, check your wallpaper, the game tends to look not so dark if it's behind a dark wallpaper. Also, I would try messing with your graphic settings a bit.

What type of monitor do you have? Is it more recent? and does it have a higher brightness/contrast ratio? The game looks just fine on my monitor, even in the dark... but i'm also using digital output via HDMI.

Messing with the videocard's control panel image settings should be a last resort thing, only when a poor quality or dying screen won't let you adjust the picture to acceptable levels.

Also the game is naturally not very colorful so...