EPTIn no particular order:
- Last Blade 2
- King of Fighters 98
- any Street Fighter
these games are 100% skill based, easy to pick up, awesome to watch, the whole package.
Have fun! Or you can go train MMA and break your best friend's nose ^_^
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Kickboxer
Slovenia1308 Posts
In no particular order: - Last Blade 2 - King of Fighters 98 - any Street Fighter these games are 100% skill based, easy to pick up, awesome to watch, the whole package. Have fun! Or you can go train MMA and break your best friend's nose ^_^ | ||
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ain
Germany786 Posts
On September 09 2011 02:09 Scio wrote: If by "your point" you mean bashing DoW then yea i noticed that but it still doesnt mean its more of a squad based game than an RTS but hey i dont really want to discuss that stuff since its pretty meaningless anyways so i guess next time i will just add a smiley at the end of my comment so it doesnt come over as an insult or something  I'm not insulted by any means. You just seem to have trouble understanding the meaning of written words. | ||
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Scio
Germany522 Posts
On September 09 2011 02:30 ain wrote: I'm not insulted by any means. You just seem to have trouble understanding the meaning of written words. I never said i thought you might be insulted. So i dont really get where my reading skills lack. But since you seem to be so much smarter maybe you can enlight me | ||
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DerNebel
Denmark648 Posts
I don't know much about it's community though. I will have to check that out. | ||
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T3tra
United States406 Posts
On September 06 2011 23:41 deathly rat wrote: What kind of game? Team Fortress 2 is now free to play It's free to play but as far as 1v1 goes, the closest you can get to that is ammomod. The team competition can be fun, but the scene is pretty small and has been for a long time. imo just go play Quake Live. It fits all the criteria you listed above. | ||
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guoguo
United States121 Posts
On September 08 2011 22:07 Ruscour wrote: Competitive Pokemon, takes a lot of study and mental play but very rewarding strategy game. smogon.com This. Competitive pokemon is challenging and rewarding in every aspect, from assembling the perfect team to fit your playstyle to risky decisions paying off in battle. And the community is great. There are tutors to get you started, regularly run tournaments, as well as a ranked ladder with matchmaking. | ||
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ain
Germany786 Posts
On September 09 2011 02:09 Scio wrote: [...]next time i will just add a smiley at the end of my comment so it doesnt come over as an insult[...] On September 09 2011 02:55 Scio wrote: I never said i thought you might be insulted. So i dont really get where my reading skills lack. But since you seem to be so much smarter maybe you can enlight me At this point I'm fairly sure you're trolling. In case you are not let's take a look at the sentence. "It's closer to a squad based game of tag than an RTS." The 'game of tag' is the important part. The 'squad based' is just an attribute. Similar to how the important part of a sentence is generally a noun and adjectives are used to describe that noun. Therefore it is safe to assume that in most cases the adjective is less important than the noun. Additionally you'll notice that not only did I make my point clear by properly structuring my sentence, but I also made it foolproof by comparing a 'game of tag' to 'RTS'. You'll notice that 'game of tag' and 'Real-Time-Strategy game' are both nouns. You'll also notice that 'squad based' is not a noun. Therefore it is safe to assume that squad based is not necessarily relevant to the comparison. Both these factors contribute to the clear statement of this sentence and nobody in their right mind would be led to believe I was comparing 'squad based' to 'RTS'. | ||
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
On September 06 2011 23:41 deathly rat wrote: What kind of game? Team Fortress 2 is now free to play Yeah but its a lot more fun as a team game. 1v1 TF2 is pretty limiting. | ||
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
On September 09 2011 04:21 Cixah wrote: Magic the Gathering. Not the computer game/video game, but the actual game. Very expensive though  . | ||
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beg
991 Posts
 .. but it's a great game nevertheless. if you don't mind being a noob, play it. | ||
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SpoR
United States1542 Posts
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Cuiu
Germany410 Posts
 try fifa or pes they have a ladder and fifa a pro gaming scene | ||
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
On September 09 2011 04:15 ain wrote: At this point I'm fairly sure you're trolling. In case you are not let's take a look at the sentence. "It's closer to a squad based game of tag than an RTS." The 'game of tag' is the important part. The 'squad based' is just an attribute. Similar to how the important part of a sentence is generally a noun and adjectives are used to describe that noun. Therefore it is safe to assume that in most cases the adjective is less important than the noun. Additionally you'll notice that not only did I make my point clear by properly structuring my sentence, but I also made it foolproof by comparing a 'game of tag' to 'RTS'. You'll notice that 'game of tag' and 'Real-Time-Strategy game' are both nouns. You'll also notice that 'squad based' is not a noun. Therefore it is safe to assume that squad based is not necessarily relevant to the comparison. Both these factors contribute to the clear statement of this sentence and nobody in their right mind would be led to believe I was comparing 'squad based' to 'RTS'. Did I miss the part in the OP where he was specifically looking for an old-school RTS? Grow up. You can bicker like a child over the definition of RTS, or just accept the fact that it's an offshoot of the old-school RTS genre that Relic started with Company of Heroes. I wouldn't recommend DoW2 to anyone that's truly after a competitive game, for a few simple reasons 1) the current playerbase is really small (~4000 players online at peak time, and they're spread between the RTS part, and Last Stand) 2) there are lots of random effects in the game that can swing the outcome of fights one way or the other (random special melee attacks that send units flying, sync-kills that lock your unit up in combat for a time, etc.). 3) it's just plain imbalanced in a lot of different counter-related ways e.g. some armies have Infiltration long before other armies can reasonably counter it, thus fall behind very quickly with little hope of catching back up, units like Wraithguard are absolute killing machines unless you get something into melee with them, which some armies are terrible at, etc. But, it still has its merits. If you're looking for team-based RTS matches (i.e. non-competitive), which SC2 is horrible at, you'll probably have a lot more fun with DoW2:Retribution. The number of different choices along the simplicity, elegance and power of teamwork make it much more enjoyable than smashing your head against the brickwall that is SC2 2v2, 3v3 or 4v4. | ||
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ain
Germany786 Posts
On September 09 2011 05:20 Bibdy wrote: Did I miss the part in the OP where he was specifically looking for an old-school RTS? Grow up. You can bicker like a child over the definition of RTS, or just accept the fact that it's an offshoot of the old-school RTS genre that Relic started with Company of Heroes. [...] I'm not arguing whether DoW2 is an RTS or not (it obviously is). I was just comparing it and saying I dont like it. I don't see what's wrong with that. | ||
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DarkEnergy
Netherlands542 Posts
You should pay attention to the units and voice actors in the game its just amazing. Have jet to see another game that even comes close to this one in that department. "If a mouse farts in this god damned minefield, I want his ass blown sky high!" -American Engineers "Some people think we are compensating for something" - King Tiger haha good times gold i say GOLD. | ||
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masterbreti
Korea (South)2711 Posts
I guess it depends on where you see the community. the gamereplays community for DOW2 is awesome. There are a few whiners and bmer's but like in sc2, the respective amount of those people to good people is heavly in favour of the good people. There are weekly tournaments afaik though They are starting to slow down as of late. The game itself is a mix of rts and squad based. Its far more tatical than sc2. You have to carefully plan out what you want to secure and when. What units will do well in certain terrain. Where to go for cover and such. in sc2 the skill is more macro based and more about having the right unit comp. DOW2 is more about getting the right upgrades for your troops and putting them in the right place to take points and win the match by basically choking out your enemy. Auctally on the same page COH is pretty good too. Same type of thing and again a amazing community. I auctally pefer coh to dow2 just because coh is a little more tatical and requires a little more skill. Auctally HuK was a top COH player before he started playing sc2. There is a competitve scene in COH. With a few tournaments going on here and there. Many of the tops players have moved on but a number still remain. A lot of replays are getting released too and the community still wants the game to flourish Also Warcraft 3 is a big one. HUGE scene compared to my other suggestions. A lot of history and still a good sized scene. Nothing like it was. I tend to think of it as what bw was outside of Korea. Same size, and a decent league and tournaments going on. Still many pros for wc3. Some do stream like Lucifer. FPVOD's are still coming out often by chinese players. youe likely to find more games via waaghtv then by stream. Though blizzard has stopped supporting the game. Many orgs like WCG still support the game. | ||
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TaShadan
Germany1969 Posts
did you try sc:bw or did you only play sc2? | ||
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NerO
United States2071 Posts
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LML
Germany1764 Posts
On September 06 2011 22:48 humbre wrote: QL, you could also play blood line champions but its more about team vs team than 1v1 yea, but you can play 2v2 ladder and there are tournaments, it's pretty fun. | ||
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