You CAN NOT tell what the graphics are really like on a youtube vid. Most of the BC2 graphics on the early vids looked crappy to me but look awesome on my tv so I'll hold judgement.
But in Freedom Fighter the 1st level is awesome. Just some plumber out plumbing when the Soviet Union shows up and the packed streets of Manhatten are full of panking people and Hind gun ships shooting up the joint.
This game has that whole Distopic vibe going. Like Half-Life 2.