Sorry if this doesn't add anything, I normally just vote when I feel that about a comment.
Why do we really want to create value? I think we can all just be ourselves like you did by writing this comment.
There is no need to be sorry
Love the sentiment - knowing it’s ok to “just be yourself” adds value to others reading this. And often as not, what you say while being yourself is actually a contribution, you just don’t know it.
And now back to the half-life remake.
(I'd like to draw attention to posts down-thread from people who have actually played the damn thing, who seem to agree that the overblown lights are more prominent in the marketing material than in the actual game.)
So it's different and a tech demo, but I agree it's not necessarily better and could be one the reasons it is free.
Or old games that oversold insane amounts of bloom[0] as HDR..
I used Alt + X to get into settings and decrease the brightness from 50 to 40, but even without that it felt dark, dark enough that I couldn't see anything down an unilluminated hallway.
It looks and feels great though, I'm excited for the full release.
My impression is that they were more interested in showing the improvements than being faithful to the original atmosphere.