Which FPS Actually Takes Skill?

[Tomany2]

I Started playing Counterstrike Source after about 8 months away from it, and between all the Call Of Duty, and Bad Company, I lost the ability to actually kill something in CS:S.

So I ask all of you, What FPS's actually take skill to play online?

For Me Call Of Duty, and The Recent Battlefields are like a cake walk. they are so simple.

But in my opinion, the FPS's that actually DO take skill, would be...

CS:S and Battlefield 2 (the one from 2005 for PC, not Bad Company 2)

EDIT: Lots of people say that "All Multiplayer Games Take Skill" and i agree to that. BUT things like CS:S and Battlefield 2 do take a lot longer to learn, rather than Bad Co or COD, which can be picked up by even the newest gamers, and they can get kills, but this is also true for CS:S and BF2. 'Cause my sister cant play COD for her life, but is the top of the leaderboard for both CS:S and BF2 in most the games that she joins.

 

[Trolldor]

Counterstrike 1.6

Weapon Spam doesn't work like it does in Call of SPRAAAAAAY

 

[higgs20]

none of them really take skill, if you can play one you can play another, but they all take a certain level of practice.

 

[Argtee]

Ninja'd by OP...

Anyways: Yeah CS:S.
I haven't played it, but I've seen people play it.

It does look pretty difficult.

 

[Armored Prayer]

If its online multiplayer than all of them.

No game ever plays the same and each player plays and thinks differently. Thus you have to constantly adjust the way you play in order to succeed. So each FPS does take some amount of skill to play.

 

[Cogwheel]

From what I hear, Rainbow Six is very tricky to learn.

 

[Kortney]

I think Call of Duty takes some skill. Playing a game of hardcore free for all with 15 really good players can be hell sometimes.

I guess what I'm getting at is all FPS games take skill. It's the same kind of skill too, so I think if someone is very naturally good at Call of Duty, they will be good at Counter Strike and New Vegas and anything in between. Granted they might have trouble with the slower pacing, but I think they'd still be above average with it.

 

[Tomany2]

Battlefield 2 is horrible. Worst hit detection in any game I've ever seen.

The seem to be okay for me, possibly cause i set the games internal settings to 100 ticks, and the new update also helped...

it isn't so much the hit boxes, as that the guns have recoil, and spraying doesn't really work.

 

[Tsaba]

Battlefield 2 is horrible. Worst hit detection in any game I've ever seen.

That's because Battlefield has bullet drop.

I believe Arma takes a little bit of skill, I can't think of any other game at the moment that hasn't been stated.

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

Operation Flashpoint and ARMA. The FPS sims. And Ghost Recon at times.

Definetly not CoD. Not when dual wielded shotguns kill anything in front of you for X meters.

OT: OpFlash Red River looks quite good, especially the co-op heavy aspect.

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

Umm... I've noticed how COD players SUCK when they try to play Bad Company 2...

They also suck at Medal of Honor. Maybe it's a DICE game thing? But they usually aren't good at Halo either. Hmmmm....

 

[jmerridew124]

Team Fortress 2. If you're worth anything you'll pick a class that requires skill; i.e. anything besides the pyro or the engineer. Also if you're a sniper don't use the fucking razorback. If you're one of the two instakill characters in the game then your weakness shouldn't get nerfed.

 

[Arcane Azmadi]

The Tribes series. What's more important than knowing how to shoot? Knowing how to fly!

 

[TheTaco007]

TF2 definitely is the one that takes teamwork and know-how. (Except for the f***ing pyros)

BC2 maybe.

 

[HT_Black]

Team Fortress 2. There's definitely a learning curve involved, and the incompetent don't last long.

 

[jawakiller]

Counter strike's difficulty is epic but stalker was fucking ridiculous. (in other words, really fucked up and epic)

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Well it's not necessarily the game that takes skill, it's the other players. I find CoD rather easy because I'm good at the game, if I left it to play another game that requires different thought patterns and then returned, I would need to re-adapt to that game.

Just because you find a game harder doesn't mean it takes more skill, just a bit of adjusting.

OT: Fallout 3 without VATS. That game didn't have great shooting mechanics outside of VATS and took a bit of skill to come to terms with the shooting. It was even worse in third person mind.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Counter-Strike: Source. I've been playing CS and CS:S combined for about a decade. It's a skill game, but that doesn't mean "luck" has no part to play. If it wouldn't, it wouldn't be any fun to play.

Other FPS's like that would be games like Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament 2004 (if you've ever watched a professional gameplay video with a commentary, you'll know. They know with a second's accuracy when any armor or similar is going to spawn, and where the enemy is at most given points. They even know the health and armor of their opponents from what they've hit them and which armors and healths one figures the enemy having picked up. It's unbelievable.)

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Well SWAT 4 requires different skills to other FPSs. Like how to clear a room full of armed and armoured bank robbers without killing or injuring anybody.

A good SWAT commander can go in with nothing more than a TASER and a Wiffle Bat, and bring everyone out alive.

 

[Trolldor]

none of them really take skill, if you can play one you can play another, but they all take a certain level of practice.

Not really. CoD completely eschews tactics for S&P and grenade spam.