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human
CMV. First person shooter games like call of duty and battlefield are boring and have lost any and all charm by having no actual original ideas.

Let me make this clear. I do not dislike ALL first person shooters. Borderlands? Love it. Cool art style with fun characters and dialogue that had me holding my chest laughing.
Bioshock? Incredible.  Immersive world with deep lore and life lessons to be taught.
Farcry? Lacking now but great nonetheless. Awesome open world gameplay with once again very funny dialogue, while knowing when its time to get real.
Doom 2016? Omfg i love it. Loud metal music, ripping demons heads off with fast paced and gory combat is awesome. Halo? Fucking space spartans with laser guns whats not to love.

But still: cod and battlefield are generic and lazy.
gpt
They are generic because they are genre defining. They are the first thing people picture when they hear the term, so everything else exists in contrast to these prototipical games.

Other games have more appeal that target specific audience, but are at the same time more off-putting to other people. The cartoonish aesthetic of Borderlands makes it something special and will be very popular with people who like that, but can also be a complete deal breaker for others. 

CoD is simply the vanilla flavour of shooters.