Now that half of you are browsing crappy unauthorized cellphone pics...
TO BE EXPLICIT:
All textures in this Alpha Test build are at 25% of the final game's resolution. So if you're staring at a 256x256 texture, that's actually a 1024x1024 texture in the real game. 512? That's a 2048. It's a huge, huge, huge difference. Especially on terrain, weapons, cockpits, hands, effects, etc.
There's a reason the build is under NDA. It's not for showing off, or giving people a fair idea of what the game looks like, or for pixel counting. You'll still have your chance to scream "lolz pixels lazy devs Goldeneye N64 lololololol", but now is not the time.
(Well; menu images are probably full res.)
That's good to hear. Because I'm actually playing it on my HDTV, and the graphics had me worried. But this is great news. Can't wait for the final build. The game is incredible to play, it's easily some of the most fun I've had in a long time in a multiplayer shooter. I can tell people are going to be floored by this game.
Glad my faith that the final build would look much better is vindicated.