You know, I tend to find that games without the maximum HIGH-DEF graphics tend to be ones that have better gameplay.
Why?
Because those HD graphics that everyone bitches and moans about have a nasty tendency to take up roughly 60-65% of the game disc's precious space. You can only have so much memory on one disc. That's why larger, more lengthly games tend to have two disc's. But the additional disc means more expense in producing the product, so few companies ever try to make two and struggle to balance gameplay into one disc's memory.
Tl;Dr? The less the graphics, the better the gameplay will likely be. Quit bitching until you play it.