One Shots: Invasion incoming

Today's One Shots image might be a familiar one to longtime Champions Online fans. Massively reader Teranu is one of those fans:

Here's a rare one for ya — this one's during Champions Online's end of beta event, during which they drastically altered the lighting of Millennium City to coincide with the destructoid invasion.

I thought it was remarkably effective. The incredibly high contrast really made the buildings pop out in a way that's very much unlike the relatively flat version you see when you log in today. The missing citizens also really helped to drive home the apocalyptic scenario. Everyone has either taken shelter or been evacuated, leaving only the bots and the heroes to fight for control (a fight that would inevitably be lost by the heroes, I might add) over the ghost city.

We're revisiting an old favorite theme all this week and next on One Shots: environments. The game world is an area that most developers put a huge amount of effort into, and it shows. Do you have a favorite landscape, particularly eye-catching weather effect, or hidden jewel in an out-of-the-way location? Snap a screenshot of your favorite MMO area, tell us a bit about what and where it is, and send it to oneshots@massively.com.
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