[smallmancontrov]

Can someone who has played it tell me if they really lit up most/all of Ravenholm like this or if they are just showing us a few lights cranked to 12 in the promotional material?

[accrual]

I just played it a bit - IMO it's plenty dark.

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.

[roboror]

The concern is overblown. The lighting doesn't seem out of place when you're playing, just in A/B testing. It's way better and more accurate overall.

[robin_reala]

Digital Foundry have a side-by-side playthrough and discussion of Ravenholm comparing HL2 RTX and the launch-day HL2 from DVD on a period-correct machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHRS0TO89UI

[hombre_fatal]

Man, this reminds me of watching the E3 HL2 physics demo as a teenager all over again.

[robin_reala]

Pachinko!