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Games and skill

35 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/games-and-skill.181257/

Nanducob
Nanducob Original post #1
Feb 7, 2014 at 8:29 PM
Which gamers have more skill?
Or
Which games need more skill to play?

P.S:Is it true that for playing COD you need no skills;)?
gameranand
Feb 7, 2014 at 8:37 PM
Usually a general idea is that RTS, TBS and classical RPG requires more skill to play. But TBH all games require skills and its more about the preference of any gamer about what he wants to play. :)
theserpent
Feb 7, 2014 at 8:43 PM
DOTA needs high skill.
Nerevarine
Feb 7, 2014 at 9:09 PM
A player's skill is determined by how he faces his opponents..
Remember that, before you jump into conclusions like "Dis gaem is for n00bs"
A multiplayer game's simplicity should never mean that it requires any less skill than a game that is complicated..
seamon
seamon #5
Feb 7, 2014 at 9:14 PM
A player's skill is determined by how he faces his opponents..
Remember that, before you jump into conclusions like "Dis gaem is for n00bs"
A multiplayer game's simplicity should never mean that it requires any less skill than a game that is complicated..

League of legends.

Easy to play, pain in the @$$ to master.
snap
snap #6
Feb 7, 2014 at 9:16 PM
how about Eve Online
flyingcow
Feb 7, 2014 at 9:40 PM
Counterstrike requires some serious skills
gameranand
Feb 8, 2014 at 9:33 AM
Someone try DAO at nightmare difficulty and you shall know what real difficulty is. Also you'll know what it needs to kill a High Dragon and Archdemon. :D
flyingcow
flyingcow #13
Feb 8, 2014 at 12:50 PM
^^something looks fishy there..he is playinh against bots and he disabled the comments and like meter :lol:
see some professional matches if you wanna see some skill hehe..na'vi etc
iittopper
iittopper #14
Feb 8, 2014 at 1:27 PM
Dark Souls require Skill :D
Alok
Alok #16
Feb 8, 2014 at 3:39 PM
Dark souls
Fifa 12 with online players
Age of empires ii vs online players
Any street fighters final boss
Nanducob
Nanducob #18
Feb 8, 2014 at 8:56 PM
Bots, that too easy. He is no where near to even good game play, just that he's pretty comfortable playing CS.

bots in the ultra hard level with very small reaction times
gameranand
Feb 8, 2014 at 10:31 PM
Dark Souls is quite hard for sure and requires perfect timing. :)
mikael_schiffer
Feb 8, 2014 at 10:51 PM
When it comes to recent single player games, i think Dark Souls deserves a mention. The PC version is pretty buggy but give it a try if you like hair tearing challenge, which includes falling off ledges fo no apparent reason lolzzz.

For XBOX nothing ruined my school days like Ninja Gaiden. Screw you TeamNinja...hated them for keeping me up all night full of anger but still loved them for such an awesome challenging game.

In multiplayer games Starcraft is the most skill based game. It started the whole APM craze (thats "Action Per Minute" for non multiplayer gamers) and its requires not just a quick,adaptive strategic brain, but also requires top notch skill and physical dexterity, way higher than any game on this planet...considering you are playing it competitively with decent players and not with noobs who simply give attack command.
On an average Starcraft players have 300 APM, that's 5 clicks per second, how friggin crazy iz that. All 5 fingers are completely shuffling around Shift,Ctrl, Alt, Tab and all the short cut alphabet keys+ your 2 mouse buttons. There are dedicated training centres for Starcraft players with dormatories and hostels. Must be worth it, PRO Starcraft player Jaedong earned half a million dollars from 40 tourneys..... Lol and i thought i was so pro playing Dota tourneys for Rs25,000 prize money hahah :D
flyingcow
flyingcow #21
Feb 8, 2014 at 11:00 PM
QWOP requires some skill ehehe :lol:
Gollum
Gollum #22
Feb 8, 2014 at 11:53 PM
tekken 6 and tekkenn tag tournament 2 online [here I have like 12 wins vs 100+ losses lol]
DIrt 3 online - never won a single race
Rocksmith 2014 - well not easy as you are learning a real guitar
prince of persia games - pain in the A$$
seamon
seamon #23
Feb 8, 2014 at 11:56 PM
tekken 6 and tekkenn tag tournament 2 online [here I have like 12 wins vs 100+ losses lol]
DIrt 3 online - never won a single race
Rocksmith 2014 - well not easy as you are learning a real guitar
prince of persia games - pain in the A$$

prince of persia games are easy. Just have to land those combos , dodge those traps and think fast in sand wraith/dark prince mode.
gagan_kumar
Feb 9, 2014 at 2:16 AM
srsly all u guys couldn't see he was using walls??? tats y he disabled the comments........
anirbandd
anirbandd #25
Feb 15, 2014 at 8:54 AM
Play Super Meatboy.

Skills and difficulty will come and poke you in your a$$
gameranand
Feb 15, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Play Super Meatboy.

Skills and difficulty will come and poke you in your a$$

Its a arcade platformer, yes its difficult but don't require much skill. What I mean skill is by your brain should be used. :p
Alok
Alok #27
Feb 15, 2014 at 9:48 AM
Limbo
$hadow
$hadow #28
Feb 15, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Battlefield 3 at hard on aim support off.
anirbandd
anirbandd #30
Feb 15, 2014 at 12:18 PM
Its a arcade platformer, yes its difficult but don't require much skill. What I mean skill is by your brain should be used. :p

Oh don't worry... Your brain and limbs will be taxed to the extreme.
Piyush
Piyush #32
Feb 15, 2014 at 12:50 PM
All gams require some level of skills. If a game didnt have any skill requirements, it would be like playing "toss a coin".

I like to say that skill is a combination of game knowledge (experience) + reflexes + coordination

People starts to say that this game doesnt require ay skill when they see players using a particular strategy time after time to win the game. In COD, I used to see people firing bullets in walls because they knew the respawn areas in game. So at that point I left playing COD simply bcoz I thought the game is getting nowhere.
Similarly in games like CS 1.6, Urban Terror, you require good reflexes more than other elements of skills. An experienced player with fast reflexes will own with any type of weapon. These games require Reflexes and exp more.

Coming over to games like Dota, LoL, SC2, HoN etc its even more complicated. Because here the skills refer to team skills rather than solo player skills. And more than skills, perfect coordination is necessary. A casual team with good coordination can out play a team with good players but with no coordination. I've seen this many times, I've been there many times. So we can say game like these are dependent on coordination and knowledge than reflexes.
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vonbets #33
Oct 19, 2016 at 12:19 PM
online games are easy n funny
TheSloth
TheSloth #34
Oct 19, 2016 at 12:44 PM
how do these people even dig threads so old
gameranand
Oct 20, 2016 at 7:35 AM
God knows what they use the search term and what they actually want to post.
Going to a random gaming thread and posting "I like this game" is simpler than this. :p