If this version was a port, I would understand. Well, let me rephrase that, if we weren't told this was supposed to be the lead version, then I would understand.
As it is, I will not give in and say, "oh you know, things happen". There's no reason why the early effects should be missing on the PC version. There has been a lot of dishonesty here already, so we may never actually know the reason the PC version is lacking.
The way they have handled this entire situation is sad, and I have lost a lot of faith in them. Things would have been much different had they been up front about all of this. But I won't give them a pass just because others that are ok with being lied to told me I should.
because they realized with how many ambush attacks there are and how hard normal mobs hit that everyone would rage quit if they needed a torch instead of a shield in off-hand just to see
imo
Because adding light sources to dark areas is impossible. If that actually was the reason they took it out, it has to be the most backwards solution I've ever heard.