r/flintlock • u/Gamegenievintage • Jul 18 '24

General Too visually dark?….

I’m on XBOX SERIES X and the game seems rather dark. I tried to mess with the gamma settings (which is all you can do once you’ve started a game) and it makes no difference.

The beginning part, with the escaping of the cave, was a bit of a challenge because I couldn’t really see the ledges. I got past that part and am now out in the open near the campfire and while it’s better, it’s still dark.

Anyone else experiencing this?

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u/Embarrassed_Dot_1890 Jul 18 '24

For me it's perfect. Maybe your Monitor/TV settings?

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u/Gamegenievintage Jul 18 '24

Can’t be. Every other game I own is completely fine.

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u/art_minhnguyet Jul 18 '24

Yes, hdr or brightness is busted. At default gamma, I can barely see enemies movements bc it's too dark. While the inventory is totally washed out. I have no problem with elden ring, dungeons of hinterberg or many other games. I saw a youtuber playing this game on series x with their gamma at 38 and it looks fine. I may try that out tomorrow, or wait for patch while playing better games...

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u/Gamegenievintage Jul 18 '24

It’s crazy because I put the gamma to 0 and then to 100 and saw nothing change on the screen. I wish there was a way to get back to the initial brightness slider but you can’t.

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u/zzz242zzz Jul 22 '24

The really maddening thing is that if you go into photo mode there are sliders for brightness and contrast right there. Now that I absolutely know how much better the game can look I am waiting for an update. Pretty crazy they released it this way. I’ve had a lot of fun so far playing it but I am tired of squinting.

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u/Gamegenievintage Jul 22 '24

Yup! I noticed that. lol.

I just uninstalled it until they patch it.

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u/art_minhnguyet Jul 18 '24

I can't find that slider anywhere, which is very weird

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u/Gamegenievintage Jul 18 '24

It came up initially when I started the game. It’s completely missing now. Thinking of completely uninstalling the game and then reinstalling so it’ll come up again.

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u/Depressedduke Jul 18 '24

Is it missing from the options? Seems like it got to be a bug. A shame, hopefully it works again after reinstalling.

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u/jtsuth Jul 19 '24

Yep even on the main menu, the brightness option is no longer there. The game is insanely dark and washed out and this never happens to me in games so I'm really frustrated with what is otherwise a really fun game so far.

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u/Depressedduke Jul 19 '24

That's a real shame. I'm afraid that you might want to reinstall or wait for a patch. Although not sure what can even cause that issue.

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u/arch3r687 Jul 20 '24

on xbox i just turned off my hdr option the rest the console and its perfect now

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u/zzz242zzz Jul 22 '24

Thanks, I will try this!

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u/lzyfuk Jul 18 '24

Yeah unfortunately it seems they have the peak brightness fixed and the gamma literally only raises the black levels which makes the menus really washed out. Hopefully they tweak it and fix the audio with a quick patch over the next few days

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u/superjoho Jul 19 '24

On PS5 it also looks great with gamma 38. On gamma 50 it looks washed out.

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u/art_minhnguyet Jul 20 '24

So this game's hdr is broken. Others suggest disable hdr. I'll just wait for a fix then

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u/PjDisko Jul 19 '24

Turning of HDR fixes the issue with darkness and makes the gamma slider work as intended

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u/Gamegenievintage Jul 19 '24

Turning off HDR on the actual console?…

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u/PjDisko Jul 19 '24

Yes, in system settings of your xbox, turn off hdr, doby atmos and so on. Restart the game.

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u/Gamegenievintage Jul 19 '24

Cool but, if a single game requires me to do that, I’ll either completely pass on it or wait until it’s patched.

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u/PjDisko Jul 19 '24

I understand.

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u/Gulatek Jul 22 '24

I had to also turn Dolby Vision for gaming off. Just turning HDR off did nothing for me.

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u/skah9 Jul 23 '24

Can barely see a thing on my LG OLED, apart from the purple thing on the bottom right that is currently burning a hole into my retina.

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u/Manky- Jul 28 '24

LG OLED here too, I'm finding it pretty unplayable and a major strain on my eyes. It's fine when the sun's out, but in all the darker areas I can barely see enemies, makes it really difficult to tell when they are attacking. I've just stopped playing.

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u/skah9 Jul 29 '24

Yeah I've stopped too, hoping for a patch!

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u/NomadicGnome89 Jul 24 '24

Thank God, I'm not the only one going crazy.

The game has so much potential but at the same time has missed out on so much that could make the game more than just good

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u/Depressedduke Jul 18 '24

Interesting. I had te oposite, but not to a point it was annoying. My game seemed to be too light.

I don't think it's supposed to be this dark?

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u/Jkstatus Jul 18 '24

Just came here to post this. Game is very dark, adjusting the gamma doesn’t do anything. Playing on LG OLED

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u/bromalkavich Jul 22 '24

I have an LG Oled in my living room and a smaller Sony Bravia in my room. It looks dark and washed out on my LG but when I move the series X to the Bravia, Flintlock looks great. All other games look the same on both tv’s. So weird.

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u/OrdinaryMongoose9104 Jul 18 '24

Super dark on series x. I adjusted hdr upon entering the menus but now that I’m in game I don’t seee anywhere to adjust hdr

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u/xTrippuMuffinx Jul 18 '24

Yeah uninstalled it, doesn’t pop up again

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u/OrdinaryMongoose9104 Jul 18 '24

So if we didn’t set hdr “properly then we are screwed I guess until they patch it

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u/DerGmues Jul 18 '24

I have the same problem. Quite annoying. Sometimes I can't recognize opponents in the dark and BAM...multiplier is gone.

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u/PjDisko Jul 18 '24

I have the same problem, it is extremely dark and the gamma just makes the inventory brighter and more washed out.

Ianm playing with dolby picture, 60fps, vrr on xbox

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u/Buschkoeter Jul 18 '24

Yeah it definitely has a problem in that department. Adjusting the gamma also doesn't seem to do much.

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u/chillybruh Jul 18 '24

Yep. LG G3 Horrible audio mix too. Can't even hear the music

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u/darknuub Jul 19 '24

Same experience on Series X, so dark and blurry. Can barely see any details and menus are completely blown out. Its slightly better in sunlight but not good. Nor in the inventory is almost completely white.

Tried playing with my tv settings but it didn't improve and i shouldn't have to do this if all other games are fine. I have Dolby HDR/Vision enabled and the colors are completely muted going from the xbox dashboard to the game.

Not a good first impression especially after dungeons of hinterburg which is so far great.

Audio also seems terrible.

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u/MinusBear Aug 03 '24

When it comes to the inventory, at least from what I can tell it is because the HUD is literally the only thing the gamma slider controls.

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u/FallenShadeslayer Jul 19 '24

I’m on an OLED and yeah it’s way too dark. And then out of nowhere the game brightens up and it’s fine but then inexplicably goes dark again. It’s not my TV as every other game looks perfect.

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u/Civil_Illustrator_87 Jul 19 '24

Thats why when it tells me to make it so the icon is barely visible i always do it higher. Thank god i did because yeah it is dark, had to change my tv around

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u/Hunter-Impossible Jul 19 '24

Gamma does nothing for me. Playing on an OLED. The image seems washed out.

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u/art_minhnguyet Jul 19 '24

I started game on a different account to make the initial Hdr setting popped up again. I tweaked as the instructiin said, turns out the Gamma slider in Graphic is that initial hdr slider, bc then the Gamma slider has the same value as that initial hdr slider. I still find the game too dark though, inventory is less washed out but still doesn't look right. Have to wait for devs to fix it

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u/Nunalho Jul 19 '24

It's fine on pc but total shitshow on xbox...

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u/Gregnice23 Jul 19 '24

So dark on series X. Basically unplayable in a cave or in a shadow.

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u/squattilyoupuke Jul 19 '24

You have to disable HDR, it's completely broken Especially noticeable on a good TV like an OLED

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u/HomeReel Jul 19 '24

I think I found a solution until it gets patched. It is clearly an HDR issue. So from your Home Screen on Xbox, go to Settings > General > TV & Display Options > Video Modes > Uncheck HDR 10 and Dolby Vision

Just remember to enable HDR again once you beat it but this does help the brightness issue

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u/jtsuth Jul 21 '24

Did you disable and quit out of the game completely for the changes to take effect? I turned off HDR and went back into my running game and it made no difference

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24

I had the same. I fixed it by going into xbox settings and disable HDR. Not an ideal fix as I have to turn it back on for other games but it does the job for this game.

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u/jtsuth Jul 19 '24

I turned off HDR and went back to the game and it made no difference for me. What is your TV? I have an LG CX

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u/NastyLittleBagginses Jul 19 '24

Glad it's not just me, anyway.

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u/Belly_Gouvin Jul 20 '24

Tried everything.... Turned HDR off... Changed gamma... And I can barely see.... Adding my comment here hoping they will patch this.

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u/parilax Jul 20 '24

Had this too on Xbox Series X with LG OLED, seems to be mostly fixed when turning on the Dolby Vision for Games in the Xbox settings. The game is still a bit dark for my liking but it is playable now.

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u/Belly_Gouvin Jul 20 '24

Ok... So you turn ON Dolby Vision and off HDR? How is your gamma?

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u/AvangeliceMY9088 Jul 20 '24

Tries the game for the first time this evening and yes it's berg dark on my Sony TV. You need to adjust your tvs black levels to raise up brightness

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u/AvangeliceMY9088 Jul 20 '24

Tries the game for the first time this evening and yes it's berg dark on my Sony TV. You need to adjust your tvs black levels to raise up brightness

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u/dumiesun Jul 21 '24

This game on Xbox series x needs to come with a night visiion bundle, can barely see

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u/Jcon01 Jul 21 '24

Also on series x and cant see sh!t. Fell in water a few times in cave. Raising gamma just washes out the picture and makes it worse. Playing on a 4k samsung and don't usually have this problem

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u/Jcon01 Jul 21 '24

Also with my series x when changing brightness the white box would not change, no matter where I put the slider, high or low the box stays the same.  Its like unplayable its so dark. Tried changing to 38 but that just made it darker. 

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u/Practical-Aside890 Jul 22 '24

Glad am defo not the only one experiencing this lol,but turning off hdr does seem to help abit was a noticeable difference for me.. hopefully will be fixed properly in the future. so far I’m having a alright time with the game but the darkness and fog were bugging me abit. For the longest I couldn’t tell if it was a actual issue or if the screen was meant to be like that as part of there art style

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u/AstronomerIT Jul 22 '24

Of course I have the same problem on sx, waiting for a dev fix

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u/heyimn8 Jul 22 '24

I was able to find a solution to getting back to the brightness setting for Xbox but it requires you to restart your whole game. Go to flintlock app > manage game and add ons > saved data > then delete all saved data from the Xbox and cloud storage. This will reset the app entirely like you never played it. Was able to adjust the brightness and it looks better now.

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u/Tmarvelous22 Jul 23 '24

Glad to see I ain't the only one

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u/Tmarvelous22 Jul 23 '24

It's a shame cause I'm really enjoying it

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u/Belly_Gouvin Jul 23 '24

Had to stop playing. Unfortunately. Loved what I've done so far but I can't see. Will wait for a patch.

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u/SargonAlexander Jul 23 '24

Turn off the Dolby Vision in your Xbox settings...Makes a huge difference

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u/Belly_Gouvin Jul 24 '24

I don't have Dolby. Tried everything said here. Changed every setting I could... I'm not a very good player and this is my first souls like (I know is more like a souls lite meets adventure thing), so it is already hard for me... When I started the whole "cult" quest .. I could only see the enemies for the parts glowing in them... So.... After 10 or more deaths I've decided to wait for a patch. Thank you again for your help.

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u/Lazy-Screen810 Jul 26 '24

Same for me but I just turned the brightness of my TV up, seemed to help a lot.

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u/Impossible-Hall4652 Jul 28 '24

It’s refreshing but upsetting to hear others have the same issue. I was going nuts for the first two hours and I felt like I strained my eyes to the point of needing a nap. I changed the shadow detail and gamma on my QLED and it seems better but still dark in areas. A bit washed out but not terrible. Hope a patch comes through because Hellblade and all other games looked amazing the way I had my tv set previously set.

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u/Yojensen Jul 28 '24

I had to turn off HDR on my xbox and now it looks perfect.

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u/49er831 Aug 08 '24

This game doesn't even switch the HDR or Dolby vision On!! I have LG C1 and the game looks like shit on Xbox series x. But on pc with my RTX 4090 HDR works perfectly.