Luckily we still have Crysis, and it's not going anywhere, so we're fine. If Crytek have made the right decisions with Crysis 2, we'll be able to mod all of Crysis' features in to it, or if that doesn't happen then Crysis itself will survive.
[quote]At no point at all did I mention removing the option of 'hardcoe' modes (or whatever makes you feel more pro). These are fine.[/quote]Good, so we're getting both casual and hardcoe modes. It's sorted then.
Discussion over - Crytek are catering for players of all skill levels and we can now be satisfied in the knowledge that Crysis 2 will be a success.