BroMagnon

Exactly... it wasn't a slam at all. The GR preview was just recognizing all the single player notes BF3 cribbed from Modern Warfare. I don't think it's a bad thing at all, and from what I gathered, neither did the previewer. It just sounded like it felt familiar. He was extremely positive regarding the normal M-COM multiplayer play. Since it changed the least from the previous iterations, he spent the least amount of time on it. It was great, and still is great... which is good to hear.

OK, this has been bothering for me a while, need to get it all out.  When playing games, there a few things that really get under my skin.  Some are everywhere, some pop up once in a while, all I feel are easy fixes.  So here's a few bullet points, with explanation... 
 
-The same old reload animations.  To me, nothing feels more stale than seeing the same'ol reload animation in an FPS.  Especially since the average player will reload hundreds if not thousands of times in a typical FPS experience.  Seems simple to me... add a finger twitch, hold the gun or mag at a different angle when reloading, maybe even fumble around a little bit.  Add a little variety! 
 
-RPGs that STILL don't alter player character equipment to reflect loadout.  Come on... it's 2010!  I don't play many RPGs, but it blows me away that characters in some games look the same from beginning to end, no matter how much combat they've seen, and what sort of arms and armor they purport to carry.  If I buy a set of armor made with dragon scales or some shit, I want to SEE it! 
 
-Main villains that turn out to be, wait for it... your boss and/or superior!  Come on, this shit didn't work in 48 Hours 2.  If I only knew what I've seen in video games, I'd think the CIA, military, PMCs and various assorted kings and royalty spent 75% of their time conspiring to kill their own best and brightest.

 
I'm sure there are plenty of other small things in games that bug people... whatcha got?