Poll: Call of Duty requires Skill... or not?

[MisterGobbles]

The question is not "Is there skill involved?", it's "How much skill is involved?".

Call of Duty is an interesting shooter, and it really is different than any other online FPS that was previously on the market. Let me tell you why.

In Call of Duty, as you level, you unlock better shit. Perks can be equipped to better your class, and your starting weapons can be customized. This alone cripples its ability to be played in tournaments.

A game such as Halo, where everyone generally starts off with the same thing (not necessarily so in Reach, but the weapons are mostly balanced), can be played in a tournament setting because everyone is on equal foot, and the maps reflect this. As evidenced by the MLG scene, there is massive amounts of skill required in Halo.

There is much, much less skill required in Call of Duty, simply because of the customization. Players who are higher levels are always going to be better equipped, and this is going to impact the skill. Even in Black Ops, where the guns are largely the same, this is present.

In game, you need CoD eyes (my term for being able to spot people who are sometimes difficult to see), twitch reactions, a good connection, and knowledge of the map, just like in any other FPS. Most of the time, it just comes down to who saw the other person first, and hit detection is always an issue.

 

[Tomany2]

lol i posted somthing similar to this and hit... man i cant even remember how many comments...

So ill just say what was mostly said in there.

Every FPS takes Skill. because all skill really is, is the repetition of a similar task until perfected. so basically every game and every person has / takes a certain amount of skill

 

[Zakarath]

Yes, the person who sees/reacts to the other first is, in general, the victor. So I would say that taking people by surprise/engaging them first is a skill, whether you do it with stealth, by outflanking them, or just being a little bit faster... any of those things are ways to win, and I'd say that each of them is its own skill, be they more tactics-oriented or speed-oriented.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Of course it does.

If it didn't. No one would be measurably better at it than anybody else.

I'm sick of these threads. It's just full of elitists using it as another chance to reminisce in their halcyon days and complain about how everything's gone down the toilet since counter strike.

If the game was so easy. Why do you lose at it?

having fast reactions in of itself is a skill. Sure it requires a completely different set of skills than some other shooters. Doesn't mean they're any better or worse.

And before I get the inevitable knee-jerk reactions here. I don't personally like COD anymore. I've gotten really tiered of it. That doesn't mean I'm just going to storm off in a huff and complain that the game takes no skill to play.

Then why did you read and comment in the first place when you said you hated threads like these because to me it seems illogical for you to want to come here and comment on the hate instead of just a simple yes or no.

That's a ridiculous argument. Simply because you hate something doesn't mean you shouldn't talk about it.

And a yes/no answer serves absolutely no purpose what so ever. Explaining what you answered yes/no does.

It makes no difference from your viewpoint.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

A little. Not too much. I mean, getting into it and strategizing with your team takes some skill (making your team listen to you in the first place is just luck).

But come on, if I can pick up a controller and go +3K/D on my first match ever, then there isn't much involved here.

Exactly. I got a 27-14 with only knifing so it can't be that hard. And i almost never FPS game online.

Then the other team must have been terrible.

OR I'm good. And it doesn't take much skill.

OR the other team was terrible. And it does take skill.

So by your logic...If someone who never plays the game does good then the opposite team must suck. I would argue it but then you probably wouldn't understand since you are already hell bent on thinking they must have sucked.

No, I'm not. I'm simply arguing that we should consider the possibility that they did. A follow-up question, how well did you do the next round? Or the one after that?


I would like to hear your argument, by the way. Unless of course it would be wasted on such an ignorant, narrow-minded person as myself?

My KDR Remained about 1.4 for all the rounds after that. As for my argument I would say i don't play many FPS games online. But the ones i have played and do play i am great at. To say that they suck only because i have never played it before is like saying an apple pie will taste bad because i have never made it before. All you know is that i haven't played the game before and don't play FPS online nor do i like to brag about my skill. I did something with ease and thats it. Also in one round one person did suck. They admitted to it. Aside from that everyone was about equal.

So if you seem to do great in every FPS you play, wouldn't that indicate a natural ability for FPS games on your part, rather than every single one you've played not requiring skill?

It was a great deal easier while still being diminished down to "Whoever pulls the trigger first"

So COD was easier than the others, as indicated by KDR over time and across several lobbies?

 

[standokan]

For tactics, maybe but not much to play it, the game is mostly reflexes.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

That Call of Duty requires no skill is a myth perpetuated by elitist 'hardcore' gamers.

I'm looking at you Team Fortress 2 players.

It does, but it depends upon which one you play. World at War probably requires the most because the guns and perks aren't quite as annoying, especially if you don't use the MP40. It's much more stripped out, I prefer it a lot. If you use a bolt action or assault rifle on it and tell me it takes no skill you're probably just lying.