From the looks of the trailer the game was produced by Michael Bay, seriously enough with the explosions?

Every COD game that comes out, only 3 words can describe it:

"AMERRICCUUHHH *bleep* YEAAHHHH!"

oh and Copy and Paste

Edit: I honestly don't mean for this to offend anyone. I'm not posting this picture sarcastically or with any sort of contempt in an attempt to cause an argument. It's just the truth.

No matter what this trailer showed off, people who hate this game series with a passion would still hate it.

Even if they made radical improvements and changes in the game, people would still complain. It's like I was saying in the forums...

Keeping each game similar to the last = "What is this shit? This is the same game I bought a year ago! I want my money back!"

Changing things up (would very likely) = "What is this shit? This isn't a Call of Duty game! I want my money back!"

It's near impossible to win over haters and with record breaking sales, critical acclaim, and various awards, I don't think they care to win anyone else over.

This all isn't to say that complaints about the series are unwarranted or baseless. The series certainly has flaws, but so does every series. Radical changes like some seem to want are unnecessary in my opinion, but I'm all for improvements. The main reason people are so quick to point out the problems with this particular franchise is because of the game's massive popularity.

Of course, I could always be wrong, but I wrote about seven paragraphs. There's no way I'm wrong. /trollface

Nope. If they made good changes, say put in teamwork, take out auto-aim, stop putting "OMG EXTRA COOL SLOW MO SCRIPTED EVENTS" in every level, and stop making the series feel like on-rails shooter because of how incredibly linear it is, we might appreciate the series more.

Maybe you would, and it's great if you are so willing to change your mind, but I'm very certain that most people who resent the series would still hate it no matter what they do. I see it in the music industry all the time and I don't think games are much different.

And, with the high number of fans this series has, why would they make radical changes to win new fans over at the risk of alienating a few million?

If they take the risk and succeed, I'll be incredibly impressed, but I can't fault them for playing it safe. Well, I suppose I could, but I won't.

It's almost like saying a fighter sucks because he's not willing to take a lot of damage, but at the same time he's throwing everyone he fights a major beating and winning every match in such a dominating fashion. It's just not fair to fault him for that. The way he fights works, so why would he risk taking a beating and possibly lose a fight just to satisfy the people who insult him and try to bring him down?