Yeah absolutely. The dumb down of the story almost killed me back then. I had so much hope for Crysis 2 but was disappointed that it was just an ordinary shooter with meh enemies. The tech is there but the design is way worse.
Not quite following the dumbed down story part.
Crysis2 had Richard Morgan responsible for the broader story beats and it explored some quite interesting topics.
Maybe it's just my personal preference but I feel the aliens of 1 is a lot cooler than the one in 2. 1 also gives kind of hang at the end but I feel 2 concludes it a bit too quickly. Again just my preference. Don't know the right word for it, but I like when an idea is not presented clearly to the audience, for example in 1 the aliens are essentially lovecraftian, we have a lot of questions unanswered. I feel 2 answers these questions too clearly.
