An Improved Generation:The Sudden Move To Color

Pictured game is Yakuza 4. 

Remember when this generation of video games started and all we could see is brown and bloom everywhere? Sure, a few games varied their palettes, but not enough of them tried. A samey look took over and we thought it wouldn't change.

It did. We now have color in our games. Happened so fast I don't think many people remember how it was before the rainbows hit our titles. 

Just take a quick look at these recent titles. 

Torchlight II - For a dungeon crawler, it looks very stylized and bright. Think World Of Warcraft, but more unified rather than rainbow vomit. 

Rayman Origins - A game that looks even better in motion. It's so pretty you'll forget you are playing a kids game. 

Street Fighter X Tekken - Capcom games don't know what bland is, and this title is no exception. The gems exaggerate the already exaggerated colors even more.

This is only the tip of the iceberg. Leave more suggestions in the comments below.