I have to say those before and after screenshots are very subjective to ones taste. Technically, maybe the before shots with the water reflections and all are more advanced but I don't like all that "bling glitter", I actually prefer the latest ones with the more greenish matte looking sea (reminds me very much of how the sea looked when going fishing with my dad on the Swedish west coast as a kid, very greenish kind of sea). So technically maybe they've toned it down for performance reasons (?) but artistically I actually prefer the current version. There are two sides to this, technical and artistic IMO.
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