To be entirely fair to CoD they don't actually have short dev times, just short release schedules, three studios make the series, Sledgehammer, Infinity Ward, and Treyarch. and you can tell, Infinitiy Ward made, Modern warfare 1 & 2, Ghosts, and Infinite Warfare. Sledgehammer made, Advanced warfare, WW2, and Modern warfare 3. Treyarch (aka the good one) made the entire black ops series (1, 2, 3, and soon to be 4,) and World at War. AND FUCK ME IF YOU CAN'T TELL
Sledgehammer is really violent.
Infinity Ward is the most normal of them.
and Treyarch is the fun if fucking weird one.
I think its fun. If the film that discovered a what few have. Fan service is not story, its fan service and it also alienates audiences. as my husband is not a star wars nerd he is very casual (more of a trekkie kind of guy) and oh god did he feel very meh saying "I feel like I am missing a bunch of references. its just okay"