The Three Greatest Multiplayer Games Ever

MP1st writer, Graham, discusses his top 3 multiplayer games. Ever.

[TheBeast]

Ah Mario Kart, those were the days. *brings out N64*

[Baka-akaB]

Oddly i prefer the snes mariokart and even more the ds one .

[Sunhammer]

Mario Kart and Street Fighter but no Battlefield 2? Just laughable is all.

[Baka-akaB]

How so ? 3 is a very low number to pick from , and those games deserves easily as much to be there .

They were as genre defining than BF2 if not more , and even more popular .

[TheOtherTheoG]

Battlefield 2 was genre defining?

[buckley]

@TheOtherTheoG Um, yes, yes it was.

[evrfighter]

I'll agree with this list. Though I would make it a top 5 and move mario kart to 4 and put WoW at 3. Goldeneye at 5

[ATi_Elite]

in NO particular order!!

World of Warcraft - millions of gamers at any one time and is the benchmark for online social gaming. No way in HELL can you mention any multi-player game list and not have WOW on it. I'm no WOW fan and I do not play WOW But I dam sure know how important WOW is to Video Game history.

Street Fighter 2 - brought back millions of gamers to the arcades and helped define head to head tournament gaming. Possibly the greatest arcade game ever plus it did not loose any Gameplay in it's console transition.

John Madden Football - I'll put Madden over Mario Kart (they both have the same party gaming atmosphere and are always played with friends) but I know people who pay their bills by making money from playing Madden like it's a 9 to 5 Job and the Madden phenomenon, culture, and following is just way larger than Mario Kart. Plus Madden is the Gold standard of sports games today with FIFA and MLB the Show being PERFECT examples of Maddens importance to the multiplayer industry since 1988.

Battlefield 2- Defined teamwork in online multiplayer gaming and has yet to be duplicated (planetside is closest) and is the GOLD standard for Online Combat. BF2 has almost perfect balance with it's rock paper scissor format that many DEVS still today just Do NOT understand. Just edges out BF1942 and Quake IMHO.

Counter Strike-The Gold standard for any multiplayer FPS on or offline. Tribes COD Halo TF2 etc etc. all are patterned after the Godfather of FPS. Even Quake was remade in Counter Strike image.

All these titles are still some of the most played MP games on and offline and show no signs of slowing down.

[xtremexx]

Mario Kart FTW

[Criminal]

Counter Strike is my pick.

[buckley]

I expected to find trash picks here. I was wrong. :D

[Criminal]

I'm glad you like the article. :D
It means a lot.

[GunofthePatriots]

socom 2

[Jasko45]

Would agree with this, and would add to the list; Goldeneye N64.

[Baka-akaB]

Quake 2 , Starcraft , super street fighter 4 (or any street fighter you prefer , they said 3 games , and i like them all , except the EX games) .

[SuperStrokey1123]

I can only pick 3... thats tough then.

I would say WoW (cause people love it, i dont play it myself though), Counter Strike, and Street Fighter 2.

[gillri]

I think the best multiplayer are the ones you played with your friends all around the same tv screen

there was something so scoial and fun about it, seeing people instant reactions and having a laugh and jokes about it

perosnally I would have Mario Kart SNES there instead of the Mairo kart 64 one, as for FPS, it would be close between Halo and CS, BF2 was great but the formers were so much fun to play

EDIT: oh no just rembered Goldeneye, that would be my first choice FPS for sure

[Harelgur]

TF2 and Halo

[Captain Qwark 9]

for consoles....
goldeneye or halo combat evolved
mariokart (snes ) or ssx tricky
street fighter 2, MK2-3, or Tekken 2-3

for PC ( not my specialty )....
WOW
starcraft 2
CS or BF2

[TitanUp]

why do people choose the snes version of mario kart? mario kart 64 had better graphics,better driving,more power ups. imo the 64 trumps the snes version in every category.

[Baka-akaB]

because some people dont agree with mk 64 having better gameplay that's all . To me the definitive gameplay wise , version of mk was on ds .

Super Mario Kart :

. The computers arent cheap (no rubber banding)

. There is only 1 item per lap (unless you drive backwards, a few exceptions)

. Two players can unlock everything

. Time trials is about racing, not mushrooms or mini turbos

. Shorter courses encourage more time trials

. No boosting or snaking

. Probably the hardest to finish

And in MK ds , the snaking made it a blast to play imo , control are smooth .And it was the most mp friendly imo , with an awesome selection of old and new tracks

Only thing 64 got on them imo , is the superior battle mode , and the graphics

[SpartanZero]

I had the most fun with Sonic and Sega All Star Racing Mario Party 2 Halo 3

[Grizzl3]

Mario Party 4 was the best. Hoping the 3DS one will be good.

[TheDivine]

For me the only multiplayer games ive really gotten into are
goldeneye 64
mariokart 64
cod
socom
kz2/3
Im not much for multiplayer i prefer campaigns and co-op. Id rather hop on cod zombies, firefight, or hoard mode.

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

I would have put Quake III in place of CS but CS isn't a bad choice. Never played much SF2 in the arcades, I was more of a MK player but I can see it's appeal. And Mario Kart 64? Hell. Fucking. Yes.

[Sidewinder-]

A sound trio of choices i say.

[Grizzl3]

Perfect choices, but MK64 trumps all!

[DEATHSTROKE-cro-]

I enjoyed this 2 franchises the most this generation

- Warhawk / Starhawk
- Battlefield BC1 / Battlefield 1943 / Battlefield BC2 / Battlefield 3

Killer Instinct , Golden Eye , Diddy Kong Racing and Timesplitters were also fun when I was a kid

[SheenuTheLegend]

Uncharted

[blackhammer]

I can agree somewhat with Mario kart 64, but the others mean to me about as much as a piece of poop.

It's a joke to even consider Counter-Strike.