4. Once A Year Is Too Often To Make Good AAA Games
To eek out as much cash from the series as possible, the teams behind Call of Duty aim to release a game every year. This is something that got replicated elsewhere, with Assassins Creed taking a similar approach to increasingly detrimental effect. The problem is that releasing this often doesn't give you the chance to actually come up with some genuinely innovative changes for a series. Considering how much criticism COD has gotten for being creatively bankrupt, there's nothing that would be better than taking a little bit more time to deliver a truly groundbreaking experience. That's not the only issue with the Call of Duty release cycle, either. With one game a year, any problems through lack of creativity are amplified due to just how fatigued gamers are with the series. There's no real rest between games, where anyone can get genuinely excited for the next chapter. Just look at how much of a sigh of relief there's been around Assassin's Creed taking a year off- it can work wonders.
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