Seems the same to me. Just different origin point of the light (sun) due to it no longer being middle of day. That of course adjusts the shadows, etc of everything else.

But the detail seems pretty much equal.

This is not like Watch_Dogs. This is pretty much spot on.

Still looks like the best looking open world game ever released on any platform, PC included.. [even horribly compressed]
Watch_Dogs on PC could take the title back though [if its not also downgraded].

it still looks pretty good to me.
not that good tho.

 Pics from early release:

Dat downgrade, keep on looking the ought to be some weakness to the ps4

Send the photo to a friend on psn

Pull up that email using the playstation phone app

Hit save, its now in your phones photo gallery

Up load to internet

Bam! Full 1080p uncompressed photos.

fanboys.. lol..
The PS4 (and the X1 for that matter) could drop a loose, steaming pile of shit right in the middle of everyone's face and there'd be no shortage of 'bend me over and lie to me' fanboys that would try... after cleaning themselves off a bit... their best to convince themselves and the rest of us that it didn't happen.

anyone in this thread trying to claim the current graphics aren't a downgrade are simply lying to themselves... and they know it.
those graphics look horrible compared to what Sony led with.
hmm. Same old Sony and same old typical Sony fanboy response.
(xbots are the same way.. so don't go jumping on me)

Moderated - Kresnik.

To everyone going on and on about the lighting, please remember this is in Seattle. We probably only have 10 days a year that the sun is out without a cloud in the sky. Otherwise it is overcast and there is no lighting or shadows.

This thread to me shows nice improvements and smarter choices that make the game look much better overall. Can't wait for next Friday.

Kudos to those who stuck with this. Reading through this thread was like watching a human berth up until a babies first steps. I felt a bit of "gross but still beautiful" in the OP. Then It was like the baby swaddled in a blanket still looking someone alien "oh different time of day, some plus, some minus in the flood light being taken down from E3 pics" Then I wondered "So what does it look like now with increased light" And then I saw the large Pezus post that, to me looks better than E3 and I just said "ejaculate confirmed"

Thank you same day delivery from Amazon.

You think just cause you're trying to go on some false neutral ground, that you're fanboy bias isn't showing through?

You think we're supposed to see this as a downgrade when this comparison is invalid? Unless someone authoritative like Digital Foundry says otherwise, I see no evidence of a downgrade period. Get your head out of your ass.

I'd recommenced you have a look through some of the recent screenshots posted. It's pretty clear there have been no downgrades in those screens, perhaps even some small improvements over the E3 build. The OP is simply a different time of day without a direct light source (the sun in this case) to create the distinctive solid shadows that appear in the the E3 screens.

While i do think the new screens in the OP look worse than the E3 ones, that's entirely a preference of the artistic choice. Tech wise the game as taken no hit, as can be very easily when a direct light source similar to the E3 screens is introduced.