I like it narratively, but it will get old with time, kinda like the zone music in UT. I have a hunch we'll be back there though, and we may restore life to it in the future in some form, it does seem strange that they went through all that effort making that beautiful zone only to have it exist for like, 2 hours.

In the interim, you can toggle on NG+ and get the old version back. It's not a perfect solution, but it is an option