Leave it to Crytek to say something this dumb. There are many games out there have mediocre graphics with fantastic game play. There is also the other side of the coin, good looking games that suck balls. 
The better the graphics, the better the physics, the better the sound design, the better the technical assets and production values are – paired with the art direction, making things look spectacular and stylistic is 60 per cent of the game.