10 Video Games That Punish You For Playing Well

10. Skill-Based Matchmaking Ruins The Fun For Casual Players - Call Of Duty

Call of Duty may be one of the most popular multiplayer video game franchises of all time, but a large portion of the player-base absolutely loathes the series' use of skill-based matchmaking (SBMM).

In theory, SBMM ensures that players are continually lobbied-up with opponents of a skill level approximate to their own, matchmaking players according to how they've been performing.

But in practise, SBMM often ends up punishing players who have just one or two above-average games, only to quickly find themselves flung into a server filled with high-skilled veterans.

While this isn't really an issue for competitive or hardcore players, it severely penalises casuals who perhaps only jump on for a few rounds every now and then, and after a few well-played games will end up thrown in at the deep end.

SBMM has always been controversial with CoD fans but it's been an especially major bone of contention in the recent Black Ops Cold War, its implementation aggressive enough that some players have reported quitting the game entirely.