Why do Air Stomps affect the air around the person? If I see someone air stomping, the first thing I think of is to jump. A smash on the ground shouldn't affect things in the air above it, right?

Is it something that was overlooked? Something that's there for the sake of balance over logic? Or is there some logical explanation for it?

Well, air stomps don't make much physical sense in any case, so it's kind of like ehhhhh anything goes.

But I know what you mean. I think it is what it is though.

Well I guess people complained about how glitchy the Crysis 2 air stomp was, if the enemy was even a centimetre higher or lower than your air stomp surface it would do zero damage

Its the shockwave that kills you. The suit err uses thrusters to accelerate faster than gravity to smash the ground or something.

Higher makes sense, but not lower. I guess I'm just thinking of how Crackdown did the air stomp, really. If you were at all above the ground they landed on, or your head (roughly) was below the ground they landed on, then it would do no damage. Another thing is that the distance you fell while doing the stomp made a difference in damage done, and I'm fairly certain that's not how it is in Crysis. Honestly, I think it worked better that way, but the Ground Strike (as they called it) also had fewer drawbacks than Crysis' Air Stomps, such as being able to get up much quicker after landing.

I think that's what it really comes down to, though. I'm comparing Crysis 2/3 to Crackdown 2, and it's starting to frustrate me, because Crackdown 2 was made in 6 months, and felt much better to me than C2/3 ever has. I love both series, but Crysis still feels like it's missing out on so much of it's potential.

Its the shockwave that kills you. The suit err uses thrusters to accelerate faster than gravity to smash the ground or something.
And breaking every bone in your fist.