So after playing for a few hours and checking out a few places, the game really took a nosedive in graphical quality with the new lighting changes... from over-saturated vibrant colors on characters to washed out bland colors throughout the environment. The lighting does look great in
certain cinematic scenarios, but the rest of the game looks disappointing to look at. Mostly because I used to admire a lot of the scenery in the game and it looked great.
Here is an example of Overgrown Ruins and how terrible it looks now. It's no longer dark nor spooky nor does it feel like a cold empty tomb. And even with all light sources turned off, it's so bright that you don't need a torch nor Dark Vision to go through it. The colors of the environment look washed out as if brightness was turned up, while the colors on the characters are so distracting due to their saturation and thus stick out like a sore thumb.
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/71NHDCT.jpg)
Really hope this gets tweaked and improved so the game looks realistically dark and gritty and immersive with proper colors again, because this is disappointing. Brought back memories of what happened to Diablo 3 between alpha and launch, when it went from a serious and gritty diabolical atmosphere to a colorful fantasy land which didn't match the setting whatsoever.