Bioshock 2 graphics?

Whats up with bioshock 2's graphics? They look worse than bioshock 1 or is it only me?

I have latest nvidia drivers and playing on high settings.

Crysis which was released in 2007, still has one of the best graphics. :P

It has something to do with the overall presentation if you ask me. I think Bioshock had a much better design and really showed off what made Bioshock look great. In Bioshock 2 you can spot a lot of bland spots and easy to see poor textures

i think that bioshock 1 was way better. its not a bad game but needs some improvements.no boss battles ?? only big sisters ahh boring

i don't think bioshock 2 looks bad. but i did play bioshock 1 on my old crappy rig.

I'll paste here what I posted on the Steam forums (link):

Well, I couldn't care less about graphics, but...

Is it just me or the graphics in Bioshock 2 were a real step back compared to the first installment?

I even reinstalled Bioshock 1 here to check this out and yes, the game is much more beautiful to look at.

It has everything smooth, while the surfaces in BS 2 are, I don't know, too rough...

Not to mention the lighting/shadows: BS 1 had greater ambience and atmosphere IMO (although BS 2 is still very impressive in this subject).

But don't take me bad, I'm absolutely loving BS2; it's just that I try to find something that justifies the new graphics choice but I can't...

Like I said, I don't care about graphics: I'm just trying to understand what happened. Normally, in a sequel the graphics improve. Not the other way around.

I agree, I have a way better system and the water is not as well and the corpses all look the same.

ah how i miss the small time developers like city interactive.. there the only ones who seems to be moving FORAWRD (graphically) anymore. this is partially due to the fact that there far behind hardware wise but have amazingly well optimized games.. like had code of honor 3 come out in the same time span as the ati x1000 and geforce 7000 series itd be the crysis of its time lol.