i get that it leeches the colours from the view making things look less vibrant and interesting from an artistic view. however darkvision has always had the limitation of being shades of grey with no colours.
so maybe it's throwing the atmosphere off because it's trying to subdue the colours you can see?
an alternative is when light is limited the whole view could go black and white, making it clearer darkvision has kicked in and the trade off between being able to see without lighting your character up vs burning a torch (or a spell) to see normally while reducing your chances to hide
anyone recall the first aliens vs predator PC game where the predator could cycle vision modes? something like that
personally i'm happy as things are, but i figure it's worth thinking of some alternatives
