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How to play FPS games if you’re over 30
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Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30
#92I enjoy more slower paced FPS' these days that don't require to maintain skill. Fini the Call of Duty and Battlefield days, these licenses have been milked long enough anyways. Even the newer licenses like PUBG or Overwatch require a regular time commitment to be any good at it (which make them enjoyable). I find myself having a great time on Rising Storm 2: Vietnam[0], Insurgency: Sandstorm[1] or Hell Let Loose[2].…
For what it's worth, I actually found PUBG fairly enjoyable, given I only played two games. The first I dropped with a group who seemed to know what they were doing, but I spent about half the game in the menus trying to figure out some settings to switch. The second I got dropped solo and ... won the game. That felt a bit silly, I'm not that good. I haven't been back since though.
I hate to break it to you, but PUBG throws you in with bots for 10 sessions until you can play on live servers. You can get out of this earlier by completing the 4 challenges listed [0]. Once you play on live servers, it gets really difficult. I tried for a while, got pretty decent, dropped the game for a few months, tried again when I got back and it felt like starting from bottom again. It's a fairly fun game with friends, especially if they are regular players and you get carried around by them, you just listen and do what they tell you, try to aim straight, and it works out.
[0] https://steamcommunity.com/app/578080/discussions/1/31801111...
Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30
#93All 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.
Look for old school boards and websites ? I think there's a "dadgamer" reddit, maybe people ran into that problem.
Personally, I got lucky this year by randomly picking up a server named "old guys" and I have only been playing there for months now.
Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why I don't play Call of Duty or other similar games. Overwatch and its successor/patch Overwatch 2 have had less toxicity compared to other FPSes I've played. And I've almost never encountered a cheater.
My experience with Overwatch (1) is completely the opposite. In competitive queue there's blatant cheating about 1/20 games. Then there's the smurf problem where it might as well be considered cheating for about 1/10 games. Of course I report them and I see that thank you message about reporting but it feels like it hasn't done anything to curb reduce the numbers. Toxicity is the the inverse where 1/10 games feels li…
That might be the difference between your experience and mine; I never play competitive, only open queue and arcade.
Re: How to play FPS games if you’re over 30
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can see something somewhat similar here, though I don't think many people use high acceleration anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEamcaYyoa0
In the handful of CS:GO/Apex competition videos I watched, none featured such extreme arm movements. I also asked my hardcore gaming teen nephew if he "arm aims" and he was not familiar at all. His exact reply was "you mean aim with your whole arm lol?"
I do a lot of work in pro level eSports, and while that video is a little extreme, full arm movement for aiming (especially for awpers/snipers) is normal.