Havent' really bothered with this post. but...

THe op cut pastes low res images onto high res and expects to compare?

Try bumping settings up. WHile characters do have a difference to compensate with a lot more environmental aspects.

My screens and game looks a hell of a lot better then those purposely low setting 2.0 images.

Another fact. Many areas of the environment lacked any texturing that now is featured, especially on walls, and the terrain