What do you think happened? No really, because in this video below shows stuff that's not in the game but clearly it's actually done because the Crytek guy has done it in the editor.

Watch this if you haven't anyway(English) http://video.golem.de/desktop-applikationen/3586/gdce-2010-interview-mit-sean-tracy-ueber-den-cryengine-3-editor-sandbox.html

Also note that in the video he is running 64bit Crysis 2.



It's all pointing to the idea that Crysis 2 got released too early, rather than Crytek putting out a broken PC game. The video shows developement going just fine.

Have we been too harsh on Crytek?

All of these efffects are there. The only one that isn't there is the HDR Flare.

And more objects have physics in the video, while they are static in the game (the boxes), but otherwise everything is there, even that kind of destruction. Go play that level and see.