Have you adjusted the brightness within the options menu? Its one of those where you move a slider until a particular image is barely visible, I had to turn the slider down a fair bit so may be worth taking a look at that if you haven't already.
Glad you're enjoying it now you've finally got to play.
i might readjust the settings via my Panny, the game is too garish, but this is only a minor complaint
in the fair/ market there was a giant human mechanical thing, i noticed he didn't like the camera Flash, i bet he appears later too !!!!
that area of the game is brilliant just before all hell breaks loose !!!
there is an arguement that sais that the game is too beautiful, it's too much of a distraction when the attacks start, because i always get attacked whilst looking at the posters, or what makes the buildings float, i've never had this distraction before.
finally, there's loads of stuff to loot and explore, i spend all my time eating apples, drinking Scotch, finding bake beans, you can even use the toilets and wash your hands, it takes flipping ages to move on, i've never experienced anything like this before.... the closest is when i played Fallout 3
generally speaking i hate RPGs, i avoid them .....but maybe i should try a few more, because i deffo liked DEUX EX as well.