The animation transitions are awesome. When he ran towards the guy with the shield I was thinking "no way, it won't look right, don't do that", and he fucking ran on it and jumped behind the guy and punched him! It worked!
It's just awesome, ND knows what the fuck they are doing with this game.
Love the way the environment reacts when you jump onto signs/lamps/etc. I hope they keep this level of polish for the rest of the game. I'm not a fan of what I saw from the icy cave location, doesn't look as good (I hate blue fog in games). But who knows, I hope it will look as good as this map in the end.
Anyway congrats to ND, this will be a good kick to the bawls to the competition that thinks their the shit when in reality they can't make a damn game properly without relying on bullhype.
EDIT: The wall slam, so awesome!