Have you played the game yourself? How do you know the controls and the aiming? Watch the new video, that's full of both single-player and multiplayer footage. Shooting looks incredibly tight and responsive. So, before you play the game, don't give judgement on the CONTROLS.

BTW, raised the standards for what? Boring same-y environments with broken buildings? What, don't like some open air, forests, trees, and a little more variety than most urban shooters? Fine with me if you have a different opinion on what environments you prefer, but you don't even have the whole game. Have you seen all the environments?

COD4 has some of the most amazing, detailed, varied and atmospheric environments I've ever seen in a game.

It also has dumb scripted AI, spawning enemies, linear paths and forced choke points, all last, last, last gen gameplay, what's next gen about COD4 other than the graphics and sound? Certainly not the gameplay.