[citation][nom]tf2addict[/nom]i'd like to add. Crysis, if you haven't played it, which you probably haven't, is the best looking and most realistic game made to date. therefore, crytek made a choice to make it "scalable": to make it look perfect at max when future technology and machines can run it down the road. Crytek knew this because they did the exact same thing with Far Cry.so you, my friend, are ignorant.[/citation]
Agreed, I had someone boosting how Modern Warfare 2 was so amazing looking, I argued it doesn't look that good after a while I talking him in to playing some crysis (5870 DX10 max settings). He said it looks a little better. Then he played COD MW2 again , His words "wtf this looks like crap now". Showed him Crysis again, He said he wishes I would have never showed him the difference, MW2 looks like ass in comparison.
Just because Crysis is older and doesn't run max on your hardware doesn't mean it's poorly optimized. It simply means your hardware is under powered, Claims that its poorly optimized are akin to claiming someone is a cheater because they kill you repetitively. Its a poor argument.