Ha. "See it for what it is" 2.7 million people still haven't, apparently. But I certainly don't want to be around when they turn companies into canals!
Here is a quick Scene i built in UDK the poly count for the whole project is 23K quads. Used 4X1024 and 2x512. (everything in the scene is mine excluding the skydome.) juannuno3d.com