Saturday, December 20, 2008

Call of Duty Multiplayer Game Ideas

Spliced from my own split-screen play with others, here is a list of potential ideas for makeshift Call of Duty: World at War (or technically COD4) multiplayer games.

  • Suicide Bomber - Despite its controversial name, this doesn't have a lot to do with suicide bombing exactly. The rules are: no shooting, no secondary grenades, no knifing, and you can't let go of any frag grenades you pull out. The entire point is to kill your opponents by pulling out a grenade and being near them when it explodes. This leads to several interesting situations, as an attacked player is safe as long as they don't pull out a grenade, because they can sprint. If they pull out their grenade second, however, it becomes almost impossible for them to get away.
  • Sniper Duel - Fairly straightforward, not an incredibly creative idea. Just only use sniper rifles with no frag grenades or pistols allowed.
  • Group Hug - Nobody do any killing at all. Why don't we just put the guns away and give peace a chance? Rated T for Teen for mild lyrics. First one to kill anybody gets several damning books and blog posts written about them by all the other players as they get slaughtered over and over.
Alright, forget it, I had basically the one good idea with the Suicide Bomber mode. Try it, and you'll realize all sorts of funny situations pop up. Also, an optional rule for that mode for split-screen games, partially to discourage screen watching in general: Whenever someone yells "Compare Maps!" everyone press Up on the D-pad to show their map position for a moment. Don't overuse it.

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