Brothers in Arms is a completetly different ball game. I hate COD a lot but I find that an unfair comparison. COD is just about arcadey Rambo style chaos. Brothers in Arms is tactic based squad play, they even use that game to do demonstrations at the West Point Military academy.
I'm glad you see through the COD facade, they are very below par games, good for only acne ridden teenagers who have no concept of fairplay or teamwork.
One of the things I love about BiA is you have to keep your head down under fire - forget to do that, and you're dead. Like in real life.
CoD used to be an innovative and gripping series, but for me that came to a shuddering halt after CoD 2. After that, it was online this, online that and a story that was not only too short, but simply couldn't match the emotive stories of the first two CoDs. And I read in PC Gamer that there's a rumour the next one will be set in.... space.
It wouldn't surprise me. CoD is a series that needs new life breathed into it and fast - but that's certainly not the direction to take. A new CoD used to be something that I'd look forwards to - but not any more. Now, a new BiA game, that would make me take notice! I have Earned in Blood and Hell's Highway winging their way to me as we speak - for less than ?10 in total - result!
One of the major problems with the CoD games, especially online, is how badly balanced they are for new players. The best players get the best guns, the best everything and as PC Gamer said (AND I QUOTE.

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'a XXXX helicopter to kill everyone on the map for them. Yeah, that'll even things up.'
New players in CoD don't have a sodding chance.