A very cool project, kudos to the developers. I don’t want to take anything away from it, but I did stop noticing the graphics pretty quickly and just started watching the gameplay. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of remembering the original overriding the cool-factor of ray tracing.
Same here. Maybe it's partially because I remember the game, and partially because graphics here are good enough to not to distract. In a similar vein, I recently played the remastered version of Modern Warfare 1, and it felt just like I remember playing the original - i.e. a good contemporary game. Were I to play original now, it would feel dated.
Except full scene water reflection. This is pure awesomeness, and completely distracted me from watching gameplay.