So I downloaded I think 3 of the movies last night from the torrents from Gamersyde. The others were taking so long I ended up going to bed. People remember to seed! I will be online in about 8 hours, and be on Resistance 2 with the GAF clan later, but will be seeding the whole time I'm on my PC (and downloading the rest of the videos).
I really don't see how anyone is complaining about the footage shown thus far. Gamersyde's footage was good, but obviously highly compressed (a 200 meg file at 720p for 4-6 min of footage is highly compressed). Still looked good though! I'm just saying that when I was watching it I was keeping in mind that the game likely looks a lot crisper in real life so was watching it through those glasses.
I do like the weather changes that they made where it's not quite so dark. It also seems to address the gaming press's criticisms of it being all dark and brown. Now it definitely pops off the screen. I'm pretty sure that all the embers being taken out and whatnot was a stylistic choice and that they could put them back in if they wanted to. I'd imagine maybe we'll see those embers later in the game. Seems like a lot of tech to work on to completely toss it aside. As I said, I think that might be overwhelming as a first level in a game, whereas this seems a little more "inviting."