More games are starting to feature changing environments but it still remains something a rarity in multiplayer.

Recently Borderlands 2 has shown the difference between attempting a mission at night and trying the same task during daylight but what I want is to see this in competitive MP.

I often imagined how different my favourite CoD maps would have been by simply changing day to night, that favourite spot in Terminal that proved so good for defending B now sees you stand out like a sore thumb, likewise the upper window that enabled you to stay almost invisible in the shade now has your silhouette acting like a beacon to all and sundry. But why stop with day and night, a map bathed in glorious daylight is altogether different when swathed in snow or under deluge from driving rain.

It doesn't just change the map either, it changes the gameplay. The sniper that has been sat miles from the objective is useless now a heavy wind is blowing up dust and debris eliminating any view he had of attacking forces, the doorway the people use to sneak up to A is now a no-go as the changing sun now casts your shadow, alerting the OpFor of your approach. This would also apply to the audio, driving rain and a thunderstorm enabling you to run without fear of your footsteps sending out an aural beacon of your location, the darkness of night that now enables you to move through the shadows seems to amplify every rustle of clothing, every clunk of a reload.

This doesn't just apply to FPS's, we already see this happening in FIFA with night games and matches payed in rain and snow, PGR littered the track in standing water that effected your lap times so why don't more devs include it? Why should my story with Nathan Drake be exactly the same as yours? Why shouldn't you have broken into the museum in relative ease under the cover of darkness whereas I am faced with a teeming lunchtime crowd?

For now I can only hope but fingers crossed that this may be something will change when the next consoles see the light of day...