» Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:51 pm
Really? And what PC games have you played that only gave you 3 preset choices? I too have not encontered this in playing PC games for the last 8 years (and yes I have played a lot). Your reply is absolutely ridiculous!
From 2007 to today, I have bought more than 50 games. Many of them give more than 3 options but with the classical illusion for the typical brain dead PC gamer: "Very high" that is completely equivalent to "High", with no increase in overall quality but with big performance hits.
I can list you a bunch of games with just few settings: Stranglehold (you can change only the resolution), Darksiders (you can change only the resolution), Street Fighter IV (useless settings with no difference), Devil May Cry 4 (again, fake settings), the first edition of Unreal Tournament III (few settings, you need to use the INI to obtain a performance loss without increasing anything in quality), Split/Second (two settings without differences). The first Assassin's Creed gave no advantage when running under DirectX 10 compared to DirectX 9. Far Cry 2, instead, was a joke: DirectX 9 quality was even better than DirectX 10. Even the first Crysis have few advantages in the highest settings compared to the performance loss. Does this sound ridicolous? Ridicolous is someone who asks for things he doesn't even understand. Exactly like you. Try to play at least 10 games per year before trying to judge a blockbuster like this. I repeat. If you have not encountered such games in 8 years, try to spend more money in games and less in hardware. You haven't played sufficient games to be able to judge a game like Crysis 2. Now, tell me. Which game you have played in 8 years that you can compare to Crysis 2, graphically speaking? Come on, don't be ridiculous.
So let us see... I have never played Stranglehold, Darksiders, Devil May Cry 4, Split/Second, or Assassin's Creed. However I have played DOOM 3, Quake 4, all of the F.E.A.R series, Call of Duty series, Medal of Honor Series, Battlefield series, CRYSIS series, Alien vs. Predator (old and new), Bioshock series, Far Cry and Far Cry 2, Frontline: Fuel of War, Half-Life series, Left 4 Dead series, Metro 2033, Homefront, etc..
Now I would consider these games more comparable to CRYSIS 2 (a true FPS) than most of the games you listed. I played through CRYSIS and CRYSIS Warhead mulitple times with different settings and my opinion is that the higher the settings the better the visual quality of the game thus making it more fun to play. I did see a difference in DX10 versus DX9, sorry you didn't. Try playing Alien vs. Predator in DX11. It is sweet.
"Which game you have played in 8 years that you can compare to Crysis 2, graphically speaking? Come on, don't be ridiculous."
Well as listed above, only a couple.. F.E.A.R was close but not quite there. However Metro 2033 and Alien vs. Predator showed the potential of DX11. So again based on the list of games I have played (which ALL have included the ability to change advanced graphic options), why would I want to settle for a game that gives me limited graphics options? This game was built with the "cash cow" of the consoles in mind and not the PC gamer!!!