The most offensive use of lighting in video games

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If you like it then you shoulda put a bloom on it

Halo 4 (2012)

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Who needs guns when you're a samurai with a lightsaber?

Journey (2012)

The reason your friends cried during this admittedly moving scene in Journey was because their eyeballs were assaulted by an overwhelming glow.

Alan Wake (2010)

Supernatural light source, or brightest flashlight of all time?

Syndicate (2012)

You knew this was coming, didn't you?

Welcome the darkness

If you can read this sentence after having looked at the previous images, then congrats. You've made it. What other games can you think of that use lighting effects in painfully creative ways? Do you think any of the ones in our list don't belong? Let us know in the comments below.

And if you're looking for more, check out the best uses of pop music in video games and our totally non geeky appreciation of typefaces in video games.

Ryan Taljonick
Ryan Taljonick

Ryan was once the Executive Editor of GamesRadar, before moving into the world of games development. He worked as a Brand Manager at EA, and then at Bethesda Softworks, before moving to 2K. He briefly went back to EA and is now the Director of Global Marketing Strategy at 2K.