Is the art and effects in CoD dated?

[seiseki]

Yes, we're looking at it objectively..

CloD will always lose to Crysis in terms of eyecandy..
Also the technology used is not next gen, and has been available for quite some time..

But everyone who's screaming "Its false! Its blasphemy!" should know better, CloD is a sim and does a lot more than most FPS games, and the team doesn't have the same budget and manpower either.

Remember, the comments the OP are talking about were mostly reactions to how the OP stated that Cliffs of Dover is a "New GOLD STANDARD for realistic video games."
Of course it's gonna get flammed, they were simply stating it looked quite bad because of how much you overhyped and overestimated it, claiming it would be a standard for (all) video games.

It doesn't look that good compared to other engines, but it looks very good for a flight simulator, considering the scale of everything.
The video shown also makes the game look worse than it is..
It's supposed to be viewed from inside the cockpit, at full speed, and not in slow motion where you can see how flat and undetailed the firing and explosion effects really are..