mario64 on 16 March 2010
Let's face it, every game development is about getting the most of the machine you're working on. So of course you need tons of tricks. If a trick makes you lose basically nothing in picture quality and gain 10 % CPU time then of course you'll use it. It's all about pros vs cons for every trick.
The thing is : this is true for EVERY game, including KZ2 AND crysis 2.
Thinking Crysis 2 is somehow "less optimized" or deliberately chose not to use tricks is beyond stupid : of course they're optimized and used tricks too, that's the name of the game in game dev.
