The fact is they are different games marketed to different play-styles COD is more run\'n\'gun, Where that stuff will land a bullet in your head in BF3 And the 'aimlessness' of BF3 is lent to the fact that there is more to do in a much larger area - again a feature more than a problem. Where in COD you are never more than 100M from your target Long range in COD is so cute :3 Its like a little firefight in market on Karkand