multiplayer games, video game console  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition

Pick whatever video game console you prefer and there is a good chance the reason you play a title over and over again are because of the multiplayer games. My platform of choice is an Xbox 360. Like PS3 and Nintendo consoles, 95 percent of the 360 releases out today have a heavy focus on multiplayer games either split screen or online. Games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are a testament to how multiplayer games keep a limited experience relevant. Modern Warfare came out in November of 2007 but there isn’t a week that goes by I don’t play online and this is for one reason; the competition.

Two years of practice on the same handful of online maps has created some amazing Modern Warfare players. I have played a lot and still can’t crack 10,000th or under in world ranking. Leaderboards are a reason why I keep coming back to online multiplayer games. The prize of online gaming respect and improvement is an alluring one. One that has kept me practicing, finding better ways to do a similar task in the hope to come out of a match the top player on a team.

Multiplayer games feed off competiveness. Knowing that the person next to you is ranked better then yourself and then coming out the winner is addictive. When my original Modern Warfare scratched it only took a few hours to hop online, in my case visit Bolluck Mall at http://www.bolluckmall.com/ and purchase the Game of the Year Edition I didn’t have before.

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 My most memorable moment playing Modern Warfare multiplayer games occurred during a “cage match.” A cage match is one on one in one of the few smaller maps. You are able to speak to the opponent the entire time to set up custom games, talk trash or learn new techniques. Randomly I was paired up against a kid who was ranked 3,000 in this specific game. 3000th doesn’t sound great but it really is when you consider the hundreds of thousands of people who play this game. The first match he won but the second match I figured out his tactics of rushing the right side, setting a mine and lying in wait and exploited it. A well thrown flash bang to blind him and then flanking from behind had me beating him point after point.  By the end, the score was 16-11 in my favor and we both congratulated each other on the level of play. I felt good because it was a personal best playing and winning against someone ranked so high and he I think learned how to defend against a new strategy. Multiplayer games make every match a learning process, which keeps me coming back.