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Old 01-15-2011, 02:10 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Obscurista View Post
Is it true they used the Quake 2 graphics engine, hence the sort of 'brown' look to everything? (I remember being depressed by Rennes-le-Chateau in particular.. it was so *brown*, and it was inhabited seemingly by a total of five[-ish] [gray] zombies who never walked around town, gathered in groups of two or more, etc. - just stayed in their appointed chairs in their appointed buildings.)
From your description it seems like your graphic card couldn't take more than 8bit colors in 3D games. If so, then no wonder they looked depressing. Neither GK3 nor Quake 2 were *brown*. Quake 2 was flashy green, red, and yellow.
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