This is rather frustrating...

[Huginn]

I am probably waaaay late on this, but i think that the screenshots were just taken from the demo setup. I do not think that they paid >$1200 for the demo systems, and people would be screaming foul if the screenshots were better than the demo gameplay.

In 2003, i lent Castlevania Symphony of the Night to a neighbor kid whom i knew. The kid was 14, and when i was 16 i loved playing it. I asked him about it a month later, thinking he was probably halfway through it and he gave it back telling me "i only played it once, the graphics sucked." As to how i am not in prison for aggravated battery with a welding torch right now, i do not know, but somehow i did not kill him. I think it was because i had a brain aneurysm when i heard the words "i didn't play it" coupled with "because the graphics sucked."

[Kagato]

The new Graphics engine has a proper shadow-casting system. Even if it is technically "lower," those shadows make everything look far better than they do in the current engine.

Seriously, people don't even realize just how important proper shadows are to video games. They help cover up flaws while also making the good stuff "pop" more.

This new graphical approach is nothing short of brilliance. It's why it looks better despite being technically weaker in graphics power.

[Punainen]

If they call that a 'downgrade' then I'm all for a 'downgrade'. Its beautiful. The atmosphere created by the shadows and lighting and less patterned arrangement of the landscape is so much nicer in the 2.0 screenshots than in the current game.

[Madrox]

bobbygunz is showing up as gifthorse in deebeeps quote.. what?