This is a very weird thing that just started happening to me and it has left me puzzled.
For whatever reason, my game has started looking bad on HDR today. Everything was fine earlier this week.
Even though I did not change any settings, nor touched anything, colors are suddenly over saturated and bright areas are completely overexposed. Bright enough that you cannot see the sun as a disc, and the horizon becomes pure white haze in all directions.
But weirdest of all is that:
- Console menus, TV in general and other games look fine. Flight Simulator, which is a good reference for HDR, still looks stunning and nothing changed there. It seems confined to Sea of Thieves.
- And here's where I really got lost: If you take a screenshot, the screenshot looks fine! You can access it through the Xbox app or even open it up on the console itself and the correct colors and exposure for HDR are there. Just not in the game itself.
What is this? Has the game been updated this weekend? Any dev has idea idea what might have caused this?
I play on Series X, by the way, if that helps. And the TV is a Samsung Q60 that supports HDR10+.