There;s really nothing WRONG with CoD. CoD is fun if that''s what you're into. Personally, I'm more of a CoD3 guy, but I am willing to [i]understand[/i] the niche that CoD4+ fill, and that people like that. Personally, I think there are some balancing issues (that I hear CoD9 or whatever addresses), and some mechanics that I'm not fond of (quickscope), but every game has it's flaws. The flawless game does not exist. There is something to be said of recycling much of a game and charging full retail for less work put into a game, but I suppose what qualifies as a new game may be different from one person to the next. I would be unhappy if a game that has it's own, different mechanics to CoD, like Halo (just as an example), started emulating CoD's system, no matter how much better balanced it would potentially be compared to CoD, because I play those games for the mechanics they do. I would equally be unhappy if a CoD game I liked threw out it's mechanics in favor of another games'. [b]This is not, and should not be taken as a knock against CoD, or other games[/b], but should be taken as a recognition of the value of diversity, even within the FPS genre.