| JNK said: Half Life: Opposing Force (1999 Graphics; 8 Years back from Crysis)
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There was a big graphical leap from Half-Life Opposing force to Crysis 1, nobody is denying that. But this upscaled 200x160 picture in your comparison with heavy JPG-artifacts ain't what the game really looked like in 1999.
Here is a similar shot from IGN in 1999:

And there were much prettier levels in the game:


So the comparison should look more like this to be fair (bigger leap between 1992-1999, much smaller leap between 1999-2007, bigger leap between 2007-2015:













