New Summoners Rift is depressingly dark
After playing a few games on the new map (post 11/20 update), I felt like all the colors got darker, and colder. I honestly just didn't feel the vibes anymore from the old rift. I kind of just wanted to play something else.
Dark and cold themed colors tend to do that to you.
The beta map that was released post-update wasn't nearly as dark, and i felt like I enjoyed that one more. It was easy on the eyes, and unconsciously just felt like playing more.
This is not true with the noticeably darker and bluer themes. Even the "red" side of the map somehow managed to look cold, with purple hues and low saturation.
The boards beta has this same problem. I used to browse pretty often, but now almost never, favoring reddit's brighter color scheme.