Remember that area from the pre-release demos?
That's how it looks in the final game:
Gets me reminded of N64 graphics.
Yeah, it's horrible. Absolutely disgusting... I'm so glad I have a gaming PC now so that I had to wait for the PC version... because if I had bought the console version and received that surprise? I'd have lost my shit..
I mean... that comparison right there... that's what made me cancel my preorder. It was the final straw, I have never seen a late cycle AAA console game look like something out of the previous generation or worse. When I saw it, I was no longer willing to leave $40+ on the table in hopes that the PC version would be better. If it is, I'll gladly put my money up again, but until there's some indication that the PC version is leaps and bounds over the downgrades seen in shots like these, I'm out.
Edit: I was looking at the second image you posted some more and I realized that the atrocity reminded me a lot of the DOOM games. :lol I'm now expecting an imp to start flinging fireballs at me from down there and the next door to tell me I need the red keycard.
I used de facto specifically because there are folks out there that would swear by the GC/Wii versions almost no matter what. There were some bugs that may or may not have been fixed by the latest beta patch.
Those people who believe the Wii version is the best simply for the Wii control scheme will probably never be happy with anything else.
Discounting that craziness, this game runs at 60fps. That makes it defacto already in my book.