Breaking down some of the screenshots

[Jekyll]

And you're a lalafell? The bushes feel like a jungle, you can almost get lost in them!

I will make it a point to spend at least 5 minutes of every day inside a bush.

That's true. But you can't really judge gameplay from a screenshot. In this thread, we are just judging the screenshots, not gameplay. And from screenshots obviously 2.0 graphics are worse than current FFXIV graphics, the improved shadows notwithstanding.

While I agree these may not necessarily reflect improved gameplay, I think saying that 2.0 graphics are worse than current ones based on screenshots of unknown resolution is a bit premature.