I don't 100% love the direction and tone they went with the series, sometimes I think some of the newer aspects lay it on a bit thick (over gametime), but I think we're also - rapidly? - moving past Gen X edginess (not Gen X, not edginess, but just this particular flavor) and that includes whatever contributions Jaffe may have wanted to include.
I feel similarly about Mac Walters with Bioware/Mass Effect. I tolerated it in ME2-3, noticed it annoyingly in the shadows of MEA, and by now I just want it gone and the series to actually evolve like it should have several years ago. God of War did, Bioware's still stuck until at least next year.