I loved how compact Skidrow was: it felt like every corner you turned there was someone on the other side. The long hallway in the centre of the map is definitely one of them but the rundown apartment building it resides in has holes far and wide so they won’t be there for very long. While there are a few places people used to camp in Skidrow, there are also many ways they can be killed in that spot as well. Holding that house down with a full party of friends is some of the best times I had in MW2. It felt like a tower defence game of some sorts as my team and I made sure each entrance was covered and rotated as people went down until we were overtaken. But Estate is a map built for camping as most games entirely depend on if you and your team can hold that house down, so technically I should hate it, but I don’t. I’m the run and gun kind of CoD player and I can get pretty annoyed when people are just camping in one spot the entire game. I have a love/hate relationship with Estate. Which made the Intervention sniper and the SPAS-12 shotgun my go-to for this map.

It’s quite a large map which makes sniping a viable option, but because of all the derailed train cargo placed nicely all over the map, it makes for great close-quarters action too. When it comes to snowy maps, I enjoyed Derail far more than Sub Base simply because of how versatile a map it is. It was also absolutely chaotic when you would end up with Rust while playing Ground War: it was just constant respawn screens.

Back in the day, my friends and I would settle countless disputes with a quick 1v1 quick scope battle on Rust, as I’m sure many others did. It was really the MW2 community that made Rust an enjoyable map to play on with the constant trash talk that always led to wildly intense 1v1s. In all honesty, I don’t think Rust is as great as most of the CoD community does, but I’m just not a fan of the tiny maps in general (Nuketown, Shipment, etc.). The CoD community has an undying love for MW2, and as we wait every year for a remaster (of the multiplayer…), I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane and rank my top 10 multiplayer maps! But since I didn’t own the DLC maps, I won’t be including them here. With excellent maps, weapons, and customisation (for its time), it’s no wonder that I’m not alone in my praise. MW2 is still the best Call of Duty to date.

At the end of the day it will always feel like Call of Duty, but it will never feel like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ( MW2). I don’t know if it’s me, but I’m just not into all the new features they are trying to incorporate to make it feel ‘fresh’.

Call of Duty ( CoD) has been going downhill for me for a long time now.

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