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1. Play games where there are options that don't lean heavily on precision/twitch shooting. E.g. class-based/hero shooters, or battle royales where positioning is more important and enemies are usually spotted at a distance.
2. Play with friends.
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Still playing TF2. It is currently as popular as it has ever been, even though you could have concluded that it was dying around 2018 or so. It's a little different from other FPS since you can play several roles that aren't just twitch-n-click.
I tried dipping back into TF2 a couple months ago. The first two servers I tried had a cheater join and aimbot the bejeezus out of everyone. Gave up and uninstalled after that.
All I want to know is where are the servers with the adults on them? I have enjoyed the more realistic FPS, but the kids running around everywhere just cussing at everyone or using aimbots kind of kills the fun.
I am 100% resolute in my opinion that turning off comms in online games and treating your teammates as if they were really advanced bots improves every game. If I want to play a game with someone I will call my friends on Discord and ask if they want to play. nearly every game I play has a workable ping system so if I am playing with random players, that's how I communicate. Otherwise I don't want or need the validat…
When I've played I've turned off comms, but kind of hard to ignore the aim bots and chat if you're at least trying to work with your team.
One thing as an old gamer (who played many tournaments 30 years ago), tactics is really the key for good players. Map awareness, spawn points, lines of sight, travel directions, common congestion points. Learning weapon recoil of the game, learn what weapons have advantages. I probably won't beat the younger reaction times, but I can still make the leaderboards, and still have fun. The only thing that sucks, is most…
FPS games require skills along two primary axis. One is your physical skill. Can you click on heads very quickly and accurately? This skill has an age related peak. If you're good at this alone, you can be successful playing these games. Another axis is "game sense" which is a combination of map, player and meta knowledge. What are the most common routes taken by the enemy on this map? If we secure this site, what ar…
- I don't think reaction times matter as much as people think it does, positioning, movement, and general crosshair placement matter a lot more as does map knowledge and situational awareness.
- Having good equipment is pretty standard these days, a good GPU and gaming mouse + keyboard is almost a must have as well as a 144hz or higher refresh rate monitor.
- The biggest constraint on my ability to beat the best at an older age actually just comes down to how much time I can dedicate to the games. With a full time job, a wife, and 2 kids, gaming will always just be a side hobby and something I do with the little free time I have so I basically just don't practice as much as younger kids with more time. That's what 99% of it boils down to.
I playing lots of FPS, started with Wolfenstein 3d, today mostly TF2, I'm 50+, mostly no problem.
I find myself having a great time on Rising Storm 2: Vietnam[0], Insurgency: Sandstorm[1] or Hell Let Loose[2]. They tend to have more mature audiences and less skill grind, easier to just jump in a casual game once in a while without getting obliterated for a consecutive hour.
[0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/418460/Rising_Storm_2_Vie... [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/581320/Insurgency_Sandsto... [2] https://store.steampowered.com/app/686810/Hell_Let_Loose/