i think that the hi-rez guys are like chrysler in the early 1990s
lame plastic body cladding along the bottom of cars became fashionable around 1992/3
chrysler decided that the body cladding had to become larger, bulker and multi-hued, specifically on the grand cherokee models of 1994 and later
by 1998, the jeep grand cherokee had an astonishing 7 vertical feet of plastic trim rising up from the base of the vehicle and the civilized world concluded that plastic trim -- especially the bulky, cheap, easily scratched chrysler type trim -- has absolutely no business being on cars
cod style gameplay is the contemporary fps equivalent of the plastic on cars in the early 90s, and hi-rez are dead set on doing it wrong, just like chrysler