Im with marcus on this one I hope the release the extra sounds and effects in a patch of some sort - I for one feel ripped off by this optimization" as the game is neither fast nor better or responsive.
Man if they could have much more advanced physics and effects in coh which is 8 years old they can do it again in 2014 , that's not optimization its ripping people off. To me this removes the beautiful attention to detail that made the first game such a classic.
if i remember correctly it was done because of command delay a band aid so to speak. at the time it helped alot.
but yea i would like them to add it back in at some point.