56 eye-melting screens of the most hilariously over-the-top bloom lighting in video game history

Above: This guy has just killed himself. It was either that or wait for a slow death through the cancer dealt by his radioactive business-suit

Above: Note how light operates in such a way in Syndicate's world that headlight beams will show up even in broad daylight

Above: Oh Christ, this is about to get so much worse, isn't it?

Above: We're getting '90s lens-flare now as well? So, so much worse...

Above: Oh God, so much worse...

Above: And light-diffusing mist effects as well? Buckle up people, we are now very much through the looking glass. and even I cannot predict where we're going to end up

Above: Oh Christ. Friends, I don't know how religious you are, but I think now would be a good idea to start praying just in case. I fear that we may never find our way home again

Above: I'm not even going to try to explain how a sight this could occur in real life. Not without bringing psychotropic self-medication into the equation

Above: Maybe I have been spiked. Maybe that's what it is. Yeah, that's probably what it is. This is bound to wear off soon. It couldn't get much worse, right? Right...?

David Houghton
Long-time GR+ writer Dave has been gaming with immense dedication ever since he failed dismally at some '80s arcade racer on a childhood day at the seaside (due to being too small to reach the controls without help). These days he's an enigmatic blend of beard-stroking narrative discussion and hard-hitting Psycho Crushers.