Suffice to say, even the FPS genre isn't all about copycats. I mean the new Call of Duties have been ripped-off only by a few games, like Medal of Honor (the new one) and Battlefield 3, the Single-Player component. Most other FPSs have followed their own design. For example the difference between RAGE and Call of Duty: Black Ops, is like heaven and earth. The first one is all about gadgetry, racing and switching weapons to better suit your needs; the second one is just a shoot-kill-advance and watch the fireworks affair.
There are countless FPSs that have tried to improve the mechanics, add something new, like Timeshift, Singularity, Half-Life 2 etc. In fact I must say that Activision and Call of Duty do not reflect the situation of the industry well, as there are less FPSs done now. A lot of people when discussing the bastardization of the gaming industry bring Fallout 3 and New Vegas as examples that follow the COD model, but let's not forget that (1) they're RPGs (2) Bethesda has been doing First-Person RPGs since the very beginning.
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