Which FPS Actually Takes Skill?
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Fly, shoot, AND kill with weapons that largely have low shot velocities.Arcane Azmadi said:
You learn physics really damn fast in Tribes.
Bean-Bag Shotgun or silenced 9MM SMG with FMJ rounds.thenumberthirteen said:
If you know where to aim, you can always incap rather than kill with the SMG.
Don't get shot in the legs if you have to disarm bombs though. LONGEST. STRESSFUL. GAMING EXPERIENCE. OF YOUR LIFE.
It matters what type of "skill" you're talking about.
CoD/Counterstrike type games are the king when it comes to a precision-twitch reflex reaction to enemies since that tiny split-second is life or death a lot of the time.
Something like Halo tests your ability to aim over the long term and ability to control the distance between you and your enemy in your favor.
TF2 is heavy on the teamwork, each class really taking a different type of skill. I rock the spy and engineer who rely on stealth and positioning, respectively, but am terrible at something like the sniper or scout which heavily require precision aiming skill.
For me something like TF2 or Halo is a better test of skill than a CoD twitch reflex type game.
CoD/Counterstrike type games are the king when it comes to a precision-twitch reflex reaction to enemies since that tiny split-second is life or death a lot of the time.
Something like Halo tests your ability to aim over the long term and ability to control the distance between you and your enemy in your favor.
TF2 is heavy on the teamwork, each class really taking a different type of skill. I rock the spy and engineer who rely on stealth and positioning, respectively, but am terrible at something like the sniper or scout which heavily require precision aiming skill.
For me something like TF2 or Halo is a better test of skill than a CoD twitch reflex type game.
Nope doesn't apply for KZ. You could be the best COD player ever, play KZ2 and you'll get raped by vets. Coincidentally, KZ2 and Resistance 2 are my pickshiggs20 said:
Doesn't change the fact that their is horrendous auto aim and the other fact that people may/Kortney said:
Bulletstorm "KILL WITH SKILL!!!"
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it depends on play style and other things...also the whole definition of skill... does someone who gets a consistent 25+ kills in blops have the same skill level as someone who gets 4 kills in a much more technically challenging game?
I found Socom 2 pretty hard.
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it depends on play style and other things...also the whole definition of skill... does someone who gets a consistent 25+ kills in blops have the same skill level as someone who gets 4 kills in a much more technically challenging game?
I found Socom 2 pretty hard.
Well, "Kill with Skill" is Bulletstorm's tagline, but to be honest it plays out more like "kill in the least efficient but most flashy ways possible". Still fun though 
Any FPS without auto-aim.
If you can lock-on to an enemy by aiming, if the reticle slows when you move your reticle over the enemy, if the reticle follows your target when they move, then "skill" doesn't matter much outside of "pull trigger when reticle turns red".
If you can lock-on to an enemy by aiming, if the reticle slows when you move your reticle over the enemy, if the reticle follows your target when they move, then "skill" doesn't matter much outside of "pull trigger when reticle turns red".
Bean Bag guns are actually quite good. Just shoot them in the balls. Also you can fire without having to shout "POLICE! I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU DIDN'T KILL ME AND PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO THAT'S OK!"Atmos Duality said:
Quake.
You could play other types of FPS games and pick up another one and do alright but drop someone from CS or CoD into Quake and they will get annihilated.
The twitch based aiming that FPSs "grew up" on is the sort of aiming that takes skill. Not this auto aim spray and pray bollocks.
Being able to strafejump around a map whilst hitting targets and taking in where everyone is you have skill.
You could play other types of FPS games and pick up another one and do alright but drop someone from CS or CoD into Quake and they will get annihilated.
The twitch based aiming that FPSs "grew up" on is the sort of aiming that takes skill. Not this auto aim spray and pray bollocks.
Being able to strafejump around a map whilst hitting targets and taking in where everyone is you have skill.
Oh I didn't mean to imply that the Bean Bag Shotgun wasn't good; quite the opposite; it's the best practical weapon in the game.thenumberthirteen said:
High Ammo, low risk, no chance of instant failure from "friendly fire"..
battlefield 1942, alot players think the game has the horrible hit detection, but the good players realize that for every 10 ping added to latency, you have to aim farther ahead of your target, which is just frustrating, and yet alot of fun once you get it down
Wait, isn't that the game that has that sniper rifle, the AWP or something, that does one hit kills no matter where you hit someone? Yeah, then that game REALLY takes skill.Trolldor said:
OT: Red Orchestra.
I know, but it seems lots of people I've seen play the game are like "Bean Bag gun? It's for pussies and is useless after the first level". Granted I give my AI team mates real guns since they always take righteous shots.Atmos Duality said:
