Variations in gameplay is good I think and I sometimes miss it, but as for Modern Warfare they're obviously marketing the game towards all those who like shooting other players to pieces in online matches. I understand the criticism against the lack of variety in gameplay, but I think the game being tailored as a multiplayer action at least explains (I think) why one should expect less variation. In online matches, it would be hard to find a way for puzzles to make sense for one thing .. It's much easier to be original in 1 player games like Mirror's Edge and Bioshock.
1 Player FPS games still feel frequently fresh to me - aside from the ones I mentioned, Crysis was good, the new Operation Flashpoint just came out which is quite different and I'm sure Bioshock 2 will have some new tricks up it's sleeve.
Of course FPS games in general don't taste quite as fresh now as it used to but that's because FPS games have been around for quite a while now, much longer than they had in the 90s.
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