The FPS mechanic seems like it could be much bigger than Call of Duty style. You can have the gritty style without the violence: Brave Firefighters is an old co

The FPS mechanic seems like it could be much bigger than Call of Duty style. You can have the gritty style without the violence: Brave Firefighters is an old coin-op game FPS in which you put out fires with your water cannon gun, rescuing people in the process. Or you can keep the violence, but make it silly, like Mario games. Team Fortress 2 sort of points in that direction, and could be taken a lot further. Instead of abandoning FPS games, why not try to disrupt them by working on non-traditional FPSes? The genre is in a rut, and could use a big dose of innovation.