DevilRising on 12 November 2013
Honest answer: yes.
I don't think they're badly MADE. But I don't think the franchise has much actual substance or value to it outside of people who love online deathmatches. They really have never been all that original or innovative in the FPS genre, and the single player campaigns tend to be rather short, with most development focus given to multiplayer. If some people enjoy the games, great. But I would not call it a "good" series.
I'm not a HUGE FPS guy, but if you're going to be into that genre, you can do much better. It's like I put it to a GameStop employee (in front of some customers) once. CoD is basically the McDonald's of video games. A lot of people eat it, but it holds little actual substance or value.
