While, to me, not as important of an aspect as a solid Single Player, Modern gamers place high importance on a solid multiplayer mode.

So of course we went and made a list of the 5 best multiplayer experiences of the year.

Read and and see our 5 winners for this category!

Borderlands

What makes Borderlands’ multiplayer interesting is the different classes you can use, and how everyone can customize them however they want, making each character relatively unique. Taking on quests with different teams leads to different strategies every time you play since everyone will play their characters a bit differently, and mixing up all the different skills can lead to deadly combos. There’s a good amount of quests to take on and going through them with multiple people is great fun. Not to mention DLC which adds more quests and things to do(instead of plain weapon packs), along with constantly adding new areas to explore as a team. And playing in multiplayer gives more experience and better loot, so what’s not to love? (thank you Josh for helping out on the text here)

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Fighting games always offer some fun competitive play. And BlazBlue is definitely no exception. Trying out combos on other players or just testing who’s the best, BlazBlue is as fun as it gets in fighting games. Add in the great online play featuring near lagless matches at all times, using a special “synchronization” system that pretty much removes any lag.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

Well, the follow up for the most popular online shooter is definitely gonna land a spot here. Taking up basically the same online system as CoD4, with some modifications like killing sprees and death sprees, as well as new perks, this will surely live on as the best online shooter until Modern Warfare 3 comes out. The PC version ended up getting a bit gimped, but it’s still a solid multiplayer title.

New Super Mario Bros Wii

While NSMBW is a great single player experience, it’s great to finally play a Mario platformer with up to 4 people at the same time. It’s chaotic and a lot harder than playing on your own, but it’s so damn fun. Pissing off friends by forcing them down holes or blocking their jumps by jumping on top of them never gets old. What I first thought would suck ended up being a great idea. Great job Nintendo.

Uncharted 2

For Naughty Dog’s first competitive multiplayer outing, Uncharted 2 is stunning. With many maps available, and with each being sizeable with many nooks and crannies to be explored, you’ll rarely find yourself bored of your surroundings. The upgrade system is well made, players being paid cash to spend on new skins and boosters for each kill and for performing specific actions during each match. Multiple game modes add even more depth to the Multiplayer and there is promised to be much on the way in terms of DLC. In short, there’s as much to enjoy in Uncharted 2′s multiplayer as there is in its singleplayer. (Thank you Wintrale for the text)

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