Ok i appologize if my post upset anyone. What i was trying to say was that when HL2 appeared it set a new standard in graphics, just like HL1 did. It had incredible graphics and was scaling very well with older/budget rigs. I remember i played HL2 when it showed up on a sempron 2400+/fx5500 256 mb 128 bit/1gb ddr pc3200 in 1280x1024 all high 4x aa and it was smooth. I didn't even think i would have been able to play it but i installed it anyway and i was shocked how well it was running. I would rather have a crysis once every few years scaling well with older/low budget rigs and an incredibly well built story, then a crysis every 1 year with almost no story, bad scaling, hardware killer. I'm the type that either playes the game for its story disregarding graphics, or play the game for the graphics if story sux. Buying a game that lacks story-wise + i can't play it maxed out on actual hardware unless i have a nuclear reactor in my rig to hold quad sli gpu and xxxx$ cpu doesn't sound like a good investment. Ofc i'm saying this because i'm not swimming in money. I know there are some ppl that will afford buying a rig each time a crysis appears, but then when you consider the price for a game it should be game price+rig price, so you actually pay 50$+xxxx$.
Again though i appologize if my post has upset anyone, i'm not a valve fanboy and i don't have anything with EA or their games. I actually loved alot of their games, i just think crysis is better as a benchmark then a game.