But the real test came an hour later: the fight against the Basilisk on the boat.
The most useful thing the HD Texture Pack did wasn't just upscale pixels. It removed the barrier of blurry tech so Alex could finally see the game the way the developers dreamed—and play it all the better for it.
Her reply came quickly: "That's the useful part. A texture pack shouldn't just make a game prettier. It should make it playable again. It should respect the original artist's intent and reveal the clarity they couldn't show on old hardware."
Alex was skeptical. "Sounds like a scam. Or a virus."