@aldro

we all know how fantastic uc3 looks but i think your pics just prove what op said. all facial close ups miss the lightning of the e3 trailer. at least all i saw my internet is slow so i didn't load all, only half of the pics.

The point is where the terrible screens in OP came from???

hmmm...I don't remember the U3 looking that bad compared to the E3 build, will turn on my PS3 and compare later...as for the MP of course the characters had to take a hit as ND put in the ability to customize your character, the maps look good as well(except for highrise...looks "iffy" for some reason)

they aren't so terrible because the "good" comparison pics don't look as good as the real pics as well. both have a worse quality to let's say aldros pics but you clrealy see the difference. even if they quality would be even worse doesn't change the fact that the real game doesn't look like the e3 trailer and that's what the pics are made for to show the difference.

it is still best looking console game but with this quality of the e3 trailer it would be even better and that shows that naughty dog as well likes to let a game look better than it really looks not only oother developers.

@crissindahouse
I don't think anyone can even bother to discuss what you just said because of how insane the game looks anyway. I truly feel sorry for Guerilla Games. In 2009 KZ2 was overshadowed by UC2 and it just got repeated. Oh Sony.

The E3 trailers are cutscenes... the final build cutscenes are like it.

Same graphics from E3 trailer... just cutscenes... now ingame the game looks better than the pics on OP (WAY BETTER).

just watch the part of the pic in the game and you will see that the lightening and some details aren't there anymore. that's all i say not more not less. can't even say something to the multiplayer pics because i didn't play the multiplayer.

sure it look better than op's pics because they have a bad quality but good pics aren't needed to show which things aren't in the game anymore. if i make a pic with a six years old phone cam it will look super bad but you can still see that there isn't a shadow anymore for example.

i'm out now have to sleep :(

With the new patch I can see the cutscenes again... I will put a screen soon .

I thought that the images from the top two comparisons were from pre-rendered scenes anyway.

These shots aren't gimped at all, I definitely noticed the scene with Chloe on the bus looking a lot worse than the trailer, especially with that horrible yellow fog. The shot with Elena I didn't notice but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually like that. Once again, I don't know if I'm right, but I think both of those scenes are pre-rendered anyway, maybe they tried something new and messed it up, I don't know, but rarely does the game look like that.

I think this is another case where the graphics were limited by the implication of 3D, (just something I've observed since KZ3) which might explain why the final game doesn't look quite as good as the E3 trailer.