I LIKE HDR/BLOOM lighting It makes my game nice vibrant and shiny.

is it overused I must say yes I can't lie.

Biased poll is biased. :down: I think that it was overdone in Oblivion, true, but I certainly don't get the same impression from the screens of Skyrim - not even close.

I dont like all the bloom but it didnt bother me in oblivion

I get it primarily from the image of the giant. Those "dots" and other decorative imprints on his skin seem to be incredibly muddy normal maps. Otherwise I'm fine, frankly. :shrug:

"Muddy" is really just another word for low-resolution. On the PC version, everything will look much better. Trust me. :wink_smile:

Doesn't even need a poll.

The issue lies with the work done on specular maps, and a lack of strong and well defined diffuse textures. Rather than having a specular with a good balance between texture noise and overall shading levels, they generally just have a really "smooth" specular map, and it creates that horrible phong you see in most games. I think the game would also benefit from cubemaps that cause specular maps to partially reflect the surroundings.

They also need to implement a system like in the Unreal Engine wherein you can apply a "detail texture" to an object or model that blends itself with the diffuse texture, makes everything look very high detail.

Console vs. PC versions

Xbox360 Oblivion:
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/695/695763/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-20060314020608317.jpg

PC Oblivion:
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6040/oblivion201102101552262.jpg

As you can see, the PC version will be nice and sharp.