Synboi: I spend a very significant amount of money on my rig, and I do expect it to play everything on max settings for the amount of money i've put into it. It has a wide variety of super high end components and I use a 120 hz 3D monitor to utilise the additional FPS (feels significantly smoother). It won't ruin the game for me, but I will wait till I can utilise my gaming investments.
TheEnigmaticT: I'm not one of the game devs, but I suspect that, like the original Crysis, there's a certain amount of "future proofing" going into the highest end setting where
nothing can run the game at full settings currently, but in two years when the "Platinum Special Diamond Collector's Game of the Year Complete Director's Cut Extravaganza" edition comes out it will still be able to max out new machines and look gorgeous then.
No I realise that, but my computer can play Crysis 1 with the additional lifesis mod with absolutely everything on max and I can get 50 fps average at 1920x1080. Crysis 2 was getting around 100-120 fps average. A rig of my calibre should be able to get at least 40-60 fps on ultra with the uber settings off and at least 30 FPS with uber on as it isn't that much superior graphically compared to Crysis/Crysis Warhead and Crysis 2. However I think this is down to the ATI drivers as they usually suck ass, I just wish game devs would spend a little more time to get the scaling right for crossfire as I think that's what is affecting my performance the most (It is a dual GPU card)
Edit: I will be getting two GTX 690s (quad SLI woot!!!) next year so hopefully I won't have to deal with this annoyance any more after that, as it seems devs prefer to use Nividia as their test hardware.