Fans are not satisfied with Remix RTX Half-Life 2 RTX

Summary

Half-Life 2 RTX begins tomorrow's first playable demo.
But not everyone is excited to try, and claims that new lighting destroys the atmosphere of the original game.
Ravenholm was particularly disputed because of how clear the remix is.

Remix RTX Half-Life 2 RTX, which gives the game “facelift” through remastered assets and realistic lighting of the next generation, gets its first playable demo tomorrow. But not everyone is convinced that this repair is an improvement.

A big complaint with the remix is that the new lighting flows back the atmosphere of the game. Take the popular Reddit post, which attracted more than 1300 UPVotes, take your favorite Reddit U/Old-Camp3962 contribution by simply saying that the mod “completely destroy the artistic style of the game”. Like many of them, they used Ravenholm as an example. In the original game, the city is mattly lit with shadows that swallow the interiors, lending its horror tone. In the remix, the city is clearly illuminated and peeling carefully handmade environments.

“We all go to Ravenholm now”: What do fans think half -time

“Lighting and what she tried to tell was lost,” he reads one comment on the trailer, as stressed by the U/outrageous occurrence2733. “From dark and gloomy to the eyes of the solemn bright. Why. He was so excited about it, but unfortunately it is a step back. ”

This should benefit from the more conservative use of beam monitoring functions. In some scenes in the demo, when used in moderation, it looks good, but in other parts the lights were too bright to show cold shadows – U/Daigonik.

“It's like a style, the soul and the atmosphere have been completely torn and replaced by anything. We all go to Ravenholm now, it's clear and cheerful, ”another Jeers.

“The more we head to the hyperrealistic approach to the lighting in the video game[s]The more we leave the directions of singular art, “explains U/Ingloriousnomen.” Lack of Lights HL2 at certain places ([Ravenholm] In this example) there was no technical defect, but the artistic choice and HL2 RTX negates this choice as if its developers did not understand the lighting point. ”

But they are not just the bright lights with which fans are angry; Others note that huge clouds of smoke completely cover the vital parts of the game, including Ravenholm's introduction. As you walked to the city center, you will find a raging hell absorbing corpses and debris, with fraudsters with a gusty zombie in the streets. At the top of the balcony stands Father Grigori, shining light in this dirty city, but in Remix RTX you don't see him for smoke.

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“There's too much smoke everywhere,” U/Wikot235 simply said. “Sometimes you really can't see what's going on, all because of excessive use of smoke particles when something happens. Is it realistic? Probably yeah. Is it fun? No.”

It is true that there are several things: a) This is the technological demo, ab) this is not a final edition. Maybe before the final run, things will improve due to the influx of feedback from the community, or maybe it will remain as it is. At least it's more faithful than RTX, ht?