I don't believe this is all 343's fault to be honest. We've heard rumours that the dev kits were late so what are they going to do? If the goal posts keep moving then that's not really a fair argument that 343 don't know what they are doing. The previous games looked OK from memory. I do expect the games to look progressively better, but as a flagship title on the best piece of hardware, it looks terrible.
Dude!
Goto sleep and when you wake up tomorrow, after a good nutricient breakfast watch again with a clean and rested head the video you proclaim is "miles better".
Btw I replayed through campaign just 2 days ago, your wide fov is a disservice to reach
343 made Halo 4, which was maybe the best looking game on 360, and I know that was a while ago but I don't think the problem is talent. I think the game looked like a blast to play and am looking forward to it, but I can see why people are criticizing the graphics... the "free raytracing patch" is just a head scratcher though.
Yes, RDR2 with its 5 seconds of input lag and 5 minute animation to pick up a flower.