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Questions tagged [first-person-shooter]

Games wherein the game world is viewed from the perspective of a character rather than an invisible camera floating near the character and via which the primary method of interacting with hostile characters is via firing ranges weapons at them in an effort to end their lives. Use this tag for questions about the genre, not questions about a specific FPS game.

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Why is camping considered bad gameplay?

Why is camping generally looked down on in FPS/TPS games? Some classes come equipped with long range guns that are nearly impossible to aim without stopping and aiming down the scope to spot an enemy (i.e. you wouldn't have a sniper class blindly…
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How can I aim better/kill people more often in first person shooters?

When I play FPS games, I find that I can rarely kill people before they kill me; often a whole SMG clip doesn't take them down, while they hit me with a few pistol shots and I die. I think this is just me being very poor at aiming. I go for the…
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Are there guides I can read to improve my aim on FPS games in consoles?

I have played Half Life and Counter Strike since 2001 and many others since, so I have some years of experience in playing First Person Shooter games on computers, with mouse and keyboard. While I am not very good, I manage to almost always be in…
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What are some key ways for someone new to FPS games to improve their game?

My question is aimed at death match games, such as Halo and Call of Duty. Assume a high degree of comfort with single-player FPSs, but no experience with multiplayer.
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Would using a smaller screen help me play first-person shooters better?

An old friend of mine (hardcore player) said once that a smaller screen is better as the area you have to concentrate on is smaller, so you can more effectively spot and shoot an enemy. What are the pros or cons of using different screen…
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Why do games for consoles include controller sensitivity setting?

On a PC - where everyone has different mouse/keyboard/hardware - having configurable input sensitivity makes sense to me, because everyone's hardware is different. But on consoles, where everyone has approximately the same (and mostly official)…
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Why is FOV so limited in first person games?

From what I know, human's FOV is close to 180. A lot of games offer you something around 90, and the highest I found was in Paladins - it was 120 and helped quite a bit against fast enemies. So, why developers cut FOV so much?
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What field of view should I choose in a first person shooter?

What field of view should I choose in a first person shooter? What effect does this have on aiming?
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Do first person shooters for console typically come with aiming help?

This is a rumour I heard somewhere on the internet I have little trouble in buying: aiming with console controllers does not sound too easy, especially when you need to go for "twitch shots". Is it, however, actually true?
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How to tell cracked servers from genuine servers hosting these FPS games?

In brief, I want to know whether there are any local cracked servers (hosted in my geographic location) for some games I am considering - like Call of Duty series, Counter Strike, Unreal Tournament etc. Let me mention, I am not looking to setup a…
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Is playing a FPS with lower resolution beneficial?

I have a 1280 x 1024 (4:3) resolution monitor. However, because my graphics card is absolutely horrible I have to play every game with the lowest possible settings. Even then games barely run at more than 10fps. To increase this, I always use a 800…
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Do Touch-Screen PC's give an advantage in First Person Shooters?

Possible Duplicate: Using touch screens with FPS This is out of curiosity (and a desire to actually own one), but do touch screens give an advantage in FPS's? If the finger tap counts as a mouse click, does that mean the cursor immediately jumps…
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Who invented directional damage indicator

Just out of curiosity. I'm talking about this sort of thing: In fact Half-Life is the earliest game I can think of that had them. Surely they'd been invented before? Or is it yet another seldom praised innovative feature of Half-Life? Quake 2,…
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What causes 'clicking out' in an FPS?

I play a lot of FPS games in windowed mode, particularly TF2. I find that when I need to make a quick turn and then fire, I will occasionally exit the window by clicking outside of it. Especially unfortunate since I'm usually trying to aim during…
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Why are bullet speed calculated by hitboxes?

I looked at these videos: http://www.wegame.com/watch/TF2_Hitboxes/ http://kotaku.com/208662/the-ugly-hi...f-css-hitboxes I don't understand this. Why are the engines compensating for bullet speed by putting the hitboxes in front of the…
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