SPOILER ALERT: Lost Coast is just a single level. If you do not want to see scenes covering the entire level, please do not scroll any further - wait for the full release.

This first set of screenshots gives a good overview of the exterior locations in Lost Coast, and the way in which HDR affects the lighting. Blooming of the sun on the shack, obscuring the corner from view; the bright sun refecting off the Monastary's stone wall directly facing it; overbright exterior as we emerge from a dark archway.

The storyline for the level is fairy simple. You arrive at the gates to the coast, and are greeted by the fisherman dude. He asks you to go and kill a bunch of Combine that have landed throughout the area. You head up around the coast, travel through some exotic locations, kill the Combine then come back down again. All in all, you're looking at about a 15-minute experience.