Chances are COD was the first title that sprung to mind when reading this headline, as aside from Assassin's Creed it's the only other major non-sports title that receives annual releases - and is subsequently being ran into the ground because of it. For a time it was all well and good, as back when Modern Warfare's 1 and 2 came out they were suitably game-changing, revolutionising the way we all played competitive shooters in a similar way to that of the original Counter-Strike. Then came the sequels, and as Activision split development across two different studios so that they could trade off releases every year, things began to alter from changing the game, to just having to sell it. Although many of us got off the COD-train following Modern Warfare 3 or Black Ops II, last year's Ghosts' selling feature was that they'd accurately motion captured a dog to use in the game. That was it, a dog. A dog that you saw more of as he devoured your throat thanks to another player summoning him as a perk in multiplayer than anything worthwhile in the campaign. Later this year we're all set to get the Kevin Spacey-dictating, Titanfall-replicating COD: Advanced Warfare - as Infinity Ward hope to hook people back into the Modern Warfare label - but as many people have mentioned; there's just no appeal left in the series anymore.
