But not everyone is convinced that this overhaul is an improvement.

A big complaint levied against the remix is that the new lighting strips away the game’s atmosphere.

Like many, they used Ravenholm as an example.

Half-Life 2 RTX screenshot of Kleiner’s lab

In the remix, the town is brightly lit, peeling back the carefully handcrafted ambience.

“From dark and gloomy to eye wateringly bright.

Was so excited for this but alas this is a step backwards.”

Wyll pointing a sword forward in Baldur’s Gate 3.

It would benefit from a more conservative use of the ray tracing features.

“It’s like the style, soul and atmosphere has been completely ripped out and replaced with nothing.

We all go to Ravenholm now, it’s bright and cheerful,” another jeers.

A woman glowing purple with bat wings in Borderlands 4

RTX overhauls do little more than gut classic games' art styles.

“There is too much smoke everywhere,” u/Wikot235 put it simply.

At least it’s more faithful thanPortalRTX, eh?

Gordon Freeman standing in front of a side-by-side comparison of Ravenholm interior in Half-Life 2 with RTX off and on.

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