| konnichiwa said: Can't get this out of my head... |
OK, several things.
One, I have the original version of that 2014 screenshot on my desktop and I can tell you that the version here has been doctored with tweaks to color and contrast.
Two, the 2014 screenshot is a direct screenshot taken on a system and uploaded by Nintendo while the 2016 one is ripped from a 720p YouTube video, so that misrepresents the whole thing right there.
Three, the time of day is entirely different and that has a HUGE impact. If you watch the various direct feed videos you can find, the lighting is dang pretty and the effects seen on the grass and the sharpness of shadows and all that are essentially the same.
Four, the 2016 image is taken in an area with no grass with the camera tilted down looking at the ground, which is not even remotely representative nor a good comparison point to the 2014 image.
Five, the grass in the 2016 game looks worse in this image but actually looks as good or even better in the footage we've seen with more details.
Six, since the camera is tilted down and the location is crappy, the 2016 screenshot doesn't show off the areas where it trumps the 2014 version by a mile. For example, LOD is much, much more detailed in the 2016 version.
Anyway, that's just a short list of reasons this comparison is bull :P
