CoD4 adventures: Knifing n00bs is fun (for non-n00bs)

I finally had the nerve to play Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare online today (not before upgrading my PS3’s firmware to 2.20). Sadly, my first foray wasn’t very encouraging. To make the long story short, I never managed to take anyone down. I don’t even know if I was able to land a single bullet at an opponent.

It was good to see that I hardly encountered any lag while playing, so I guess I have no excuse for sucking completely.

“It can’t be that bad,” you say. But it is. It was so bad that I was knifed several times by opponents. Yes, I was using a high-powered rifle when I was sliced into two in several occasions.

I don’t know if it was just me, but my opponents seemed to have taken a liking in giving the level 1 n00b a particularly tough time. If my suspicions are wrong, is knifing really necessary? Based on my experience on PC multiplayer games, those kinds of takedowns are usually reserved for humiliation—something that I think is unnecessary since my no-kill tally is disgraceful enough.

Image for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare courtesy of Activision.