Just a side note: The vegetation looks very weird. [Trees etc.] Perhaps more/better textures could help or something.

Anyone else agrees?

Soft: 75 is the one I like.

I say just make it a client option with these options available so we can choose which lighting solution we want to use.  Sometimes I cant stand HDR because a lot of games overdo it, and having options just lets people decide for themselves which one they want.

I honestly couldnt tell that much of a difference between these shots, but I imagine it looks a lot different in real time.

Soft75

You can see terrain through the fog of war in lots of games .  As long as units and such are hidden, there is no problem.

I might agree with Kitkun that jpeg wasn't the best choice.  Though I don't see any obvious jpeg compression spots, I can't help but feel its there.

Anyway, I think I'd have to ask if there is a point between 75 soft and none?  Like end of days asks?   Its the ground texture in my opinion that makes the call.   While the fog is obviously better in the HDR shots, the ground texture becomes very hard to see, especially in the darker area on the right.

Soft 75 maybe. I like the three.

Check the Soft 75 image. You can't really see the bend in the river like the other pics. Looks to me they're using both Shroud and Fog.

Soft 75 looks the best, if slightly dark.  Soft 100 looks blurred on the tower details, I think I prfer the ticker fog of war too.  No HDR looks pretty flat although it is the cleaner look.

Im for 75 it looks great!

HDR - I like the definition, the color seems richer.  You can see the lines which make up the main reason for your artistic choice.

       -  What I didn't like about HDR, the particle effects (I think thats what they are (part of the circle beneath the character)) you can see well in the others doesn't show up as well at all.

Soft 100 and soft 75.  What I like about soft 100 is that if you can visualize the trees in the distance seem to blld in better.  It is an effect I think you should consider, but try not to do it so much near the center of the camera.  I think what you have going on here is a very nice distance effect.  Just wondering if you can mix it up to get that real softness far away from the camera view and not the character view (unless that happens to be where the camera is).

R,

nacho

Of the three, I prefer soft 75, is there a soft 50 option?

I do notice the details change between the pictures (taken over different times) and perfectly identical frames would be a better comparison.

I like the feel of these images. From this far out the art style doesn't seem so "nerf" to me as some of the other images. It looks a little more serious and with the fog, kinda foreboding - good.

Regards,

Kul

No HDR looks best to me in those screenshots.