My eyes must be broken because I don't really see anything drastically different in my game. @RedDestiny92's first picture, with the moonlight on the sleeping sim, does remind a bit of the moonlight through the restaurant windows in an upcoming episode of my story. It felt like...maybe...it was different, but I'm not sure at all one way or the other. Maybe I need to go back in and have another look later. What is it you guys are seeing? Is it lighting or something else?
I have loved the look of TS4 for several years now, and I hope that TS5/Rene will only refine that look, not drastically alter it. The looks of TS4, the sims themselves in particular are very near perfection. Delightfully cartoonish with a hint of realism, please guys and gals, don't throw it all away and start over new. All the sims themselves need is a few tweaks.