Call of Duty receives undue criticism among the gaming community.

Sorry, after reading back my argument I can understand your confusion. with my formatting or lack thereof. To be honest, I do not think that I can make that compelling an argument for Metal Gear considering I have never really got that into one, but I will attempt to make one nevertheless. To say that metal gear has also suffered from a lack of innovation would be incorrect. If you look at the difference between Metal Gear 1, and Metal Gear Rising, you will see a massive number of innovations and changes. The difference is that gameplay changes, while in CoD the changes in gameplay are non-existent. While yes the standard formula is working for them, that is still not what gamers like. That is the main reason why it receives criticism is because of this. Gamers want games that change and innovate and CoD does not offer that. CoD offers the same old gameplay with different maps and often less guns. That is not what the gaming community want. The gaming community are all for changes, for innovations. While Treyarch, or Infinity Ward or whoever might not care about that because it makes them money that is not what gamers want. They are more interesting in games that will be different than their predecessor and offer something new. While, yes Metal Gear solid stuck to the same sort of gameplay mechanics they also brought in new things, most notably long campaigns to keep gamers interested offering something new. CoD on the other hand offers repetitive online mode to keep players playing their game. That is the difference between CoD and Metal Gear, it is a different kind o frepetitive. And why should Infinity Ward care? Well because games that change and innovate while it may be taking a risk, will get more praise, more praise from the gaming community and more sales which has shown throughout gaming history. Comparing CoD to Starcraft is just plain stupid. Surely you can realise that Starcraft and CoD are different games marketed at completely different people.The majority of CoD players I would bet have never even heard of starcraft let alone played so to compare the two is irrelevant. In addition Starcraft has had massive gameplay changes between the two games and a large amount of time and effort went Starcraft while CoD has suffered from a lack of innovation. Also Starcraft is played by completely different people and while Starcraft is a game of strategy and skill CoD is a MUCH more simplistic game. The main problem that I have with your argument is that you said that the criticism it receives from the gaming community is unjust. What the F***have IGN got to do with anything. IGN may be a reputable gaming network but I think that we can agree that the gaming community seem to not care what IGN give CoD, so please leave them out of it. You know that the gaming community and real gamers seem not to like CoD as you are arguing against that, so then throwing in IGN scores are irrelevant because that has failed to change our minds up to now so throwing things at us that we are already aware of is not going to change our points of view. My point was not that gamers are not real gamers, but MOST CoD players are not real gamers. That is the thing that amazes me most about CoD it is a game that is popular without being played by actual gamers and was one of the first video games to be popular without being that popular with the gaming community. I am saying that MOST CoD players are not actual gamers which is one of the reasons actual gamers do not like it because of its fanbase. And come on I am not talking about the age of gamers, but I am talking about the age of CoD gamers. I am not calling all CoD gamers not real gamers, but the vast majority are not. I don't know what you are talking about but I did not use the word action-y that is when your argument began to make assumptions. I did not even mention the games that I liked and you were already telling me games that I did not like, and opinions of mine that I did not say. Yes I am saying that most CoD players are not `proper` gamers which is why people who are gamers do not like it. And to clarify anyone who plays a game is not a gamer it is someone who is passionate about and interested in games and tends to play many different games. I would use you as an example of an actual gamer because you claim to play a number of games. I find it hard to consider someone a proper gamer when they tend to stick to playing one game.