He critisizes the MP because it copies COD, not because the COD elements are bad:
He doesn't call for the game to be like COD either.
Similarly, when I criticise the multiplayer for moving away from the Halo model it's not for the movement, but more that it copies the steps of other games (which do it better, and are now abandoning that dance for something greater.)
Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.
He doesn't call for the game to be like COD either.