I really do hope they go back to the pre-8 pallet, contrast, and lighting. It just looks better and there are better ways to increase visibility in the darker. low light areas of the map than a brute force, global change like this. It kinda reminds me of the Disney HD "updates" of classic animated features:
Wow, I'm actually shocked how terrible the Bluray version looks. I'm quite grateful for my DVD collection now, that's just nightmare inducing what they did