There's also a very
noticeable lack of detail on characters and in the environment, along with quite a few problems and glitches such as bits of the environment, and sometimes enemies, popping into existence, NPCs sitting in mid-air and the camera occasionally dipping underneath the ground during combat.
Not exact matches
There's a
noticeable lack of grain that may startle purists, but considering
detail is consistently visible, this doesn't seem to be a case
of excessive digital noise reduction.
The 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation obviously
lacks the
detail and sharpness
of Blu - ray counterparts (and HD broadcasts), but is untroubled in any
noticeable way.
The most
noticeable of these blemishes is the
lack of detail in the game's descriptions and menus.
There is a
noticeable lack of chrome and good attention to
detail with the plastic parts.
That's not to say it looks brilliant; there's a
noticeable flatness and
lack of detail that doesn't manage to really sell the idea
of clinging mud and water that made the trenches so miserable, but overall it's nice to look at.
The
lack of OIS means the camera is much slower to capture, resulting in a lot
of out
of focus shots and a
noticeable lack of sharpness and
detail.
Video quality is unimpressive as well, with a
lack of detail very prominent in pretty much every scenario and
noticeable shake.
There is a lot
of noticeable noise and blooming in the highlights, and the overall image is just soft and
lacking in
detail or sharpness.