I still think its way better than most 90+ games out there.
Take Episode2; linear, short, nothing new (except the hunters and the strider ball) and everyone loves it. Crysis is longer, better graphics, lots of new gameplay things (nano suit, customizable weapons, lots of vehicles, freedom etc)
Both games end on a cliffhanger ( I don’t get why people hated the crysis ending, it was all over and they went back to the island) in hl2 you see Eili die and that’s it.
Still everyone praises hl2 and they diss crysis.
Also anyone who says the Crysis graphics aren't nice is just being stupid. The one thing everyone should agree on is that the engine is superior to anything out at the moment.