I've recently seen people argue that realistic games look bad because they are grey/brown. But have you guys even played any game with realistic graphics other than military shooters? I mean, yeah there are some games which are grey/brown, but doesn't mean all realistic games are like that. I'll show you some pics of realistic games which aren't grey or brown. If you think these pics are grey/brown, you are colour blind.

Look at COD. That is bland.

Of course racing games will be nice. They have ALWAYS been.

The whole "omg M-rated games are all grey/brown" thing is mostly just people trying to downplay games they don't like or don't have access to.

Personally, I don't even give a rat's ass if some games are grey/brown. I bloody WANT the color palette to match the tone of the game. Fallout: New Vegas is mostly brown? Hell yeah, it's mostly brown, it's in a cat damned desert. I want it to be brown. If someone can't play a really good game because of they care more about colors, good for them, there are plenty of games with unrealistic color schemes, they can play those games and stop whining about it.

COD=/=Every game

Cod == Most.

Completely agree. I couldn't care less if a game is brown, pink or shitting out rainbows. As long as the palette fits the theme, location and atmosphere of the game, i'm happy.

I dont neccesarily mind the lack of diverse colors. To me color provide a believable atmosphere and in postapocalyptic titles, a limited color pallette adds to the immersion. I wouldnt want something like fallout or the oft critizised resistance 3 to be bursting with color and happiness any more than i would want rayman titles to be gritty and 'brown'

I think you're interpreting the critics too literally. When they refer to games as colorless they don't mean devoid of color. I believe they mean it's without much personality, much nuance, or much imagination.

Who said grey games were realistic?

I think its more that realistic games tend to have a less inspired art direction... yeah, real life is nice looking but it doesn't fill me with wonder. The "grey and brown" comment is mostly a response to the trend of using muted colors to make a game feel mature, which isn't a problem, but it often isn't very appealing from an art perspective, no matter how it works for a gameplay perspective.

That being said, color doesn't make a game less atmostpheric and whatnot. Creative use of color can do wonders for a game, even in a post-apocalyptic setting. Moments of beauty in an otherwise dull (by design) world can give the player some interesting things to think about and some more complex emotions than despair and hopelessness.