What developers do
Game makers can only agree that the average level of gamers is woefully low. When it comes to modern gamers and the huge rise in popularity of video games, many research offices count among them mobile gamers who spin pebbles, flip cards on an office computer screen, or press a button and a half on a smartphone screen in even weirder games.
Sooner or later, advertising and marketing efforts worth millions of dollars bring such players to serious games with serious donations, where the real development of the gamer begins. At least in WoT or PUBG Mobile.
The former pits newcomers in battles on lightweight tanks, shielding them from the main array of gameplay. PUBG Mobile offers several matches against bots, and is now trying to introduce a "Brothers in Arms" feature where experienced players are thrown in with the rookies.
Other developers are acting even more radically, turning shooters into MOBAs or constantly lowering the bar of required skill. The first option can be referred to Overwatch, the second can be easily illustrated by DOOM or Call of Duty.
In the video above, Dean, as a victim of unplanned social research, showed the essence of the problems of non-shooter players: they have a hard time navigating in space, they have small motor skills problems due to unfamiliar gameplay, and a bunch of other problems.
And that's what we saw in as loyal a shooter as possible, which shows the player everything from paths to ways to diversify the gameplay. But what would happen if Dean went into Half-Life and tried to get through at least the first five hours of the first part?
Why all the developer moves don't work
The learning curve in pure multiplayer shooters also suffers, but because of the focus on very new players. Somewhere you can gain experience in battles with bots, but this is only a minimum level. The developers want to see happy and satisfied players, but not skilled players.
Team battles also show low efficiency due to the fact that the newcomer to the higher level player used to play in the second role or change his style of play. In addition, the rules are dictated by the developers, who themselves may not understand what the professional player understands.
A critical problem can be the toxicity of the gaming community. Well, and simply perception problems - a bad player just can't figure out what differentiates him from a good player.
As a result, players don't learn how to play, but at most adapt to the situation at their level of play with little chance of getting out of it. Do you know this situation? Hidden pool, stupid teammates, terrible picking? Stop whining and take matters into your own hands!
So how do you improve your shooter skills when you're new to the game? To drag their bottom teammates and get moral satisfaction from the victories?
How do you learn to play shooters? Cyber-rockout, tears, trainers, and game developers' ideas
Try:
1. Accessible tools.
There are those people who do push-ups at home with weights, go to the bar in the winter, and save for the pool while surviving in the rivers of their area. If you have a similar will and discipline, the tools available in games can help you.
Play against bots, record demos, analyze match recordings. Trouble with demos? Record them yourself with OBS or other programs.
Where do you get your experience from? From streamers, players, and guide authors. Ignore Shroud and the popular guys, open bloggers with hundreds of subscribers, or even dozens, who are as close to your level - these simple guys at least try to create interesting content, not shouting and hype moments, but analyzing their own games and quality play.
That's why no one watches them, because no one wants a boring analysis of their own matches by unknown players. But you do. In terms of efficiency, it's like if you start studying material from a bachelor's thesis instead of a complex textbook. You'll find simplified explanations of mechanics and tests of interesting tricks, or just an outsider's view of how you should or shouldn't play.
2. Hire a coach
How do you learn to play shooters? Cyber-rockout, tears, coaches, and game developers' ideas
Until the phenomenon called Fortnite knocked on the culture, few people thought about tutors or coaches for regular kids. Yes, even professional players have only recently begun to use the services of coaches en masse.
But now moms and dads are searching the site for specialists who can coach their kids to a level where they can stop embarrassing themselves in school without achieving first place in Battle Royale and find friends to play with. And the "7ckng n00b" graffiti will disappear from the locker door.
Since the material is not advertising, no specific sites, but believe me - even a coach with an average game rating and good reviews can give a frankly bad player a way to develop, tell about the binds and chips.
He understands your current league, your capabilities, and can put himself in your shoes. Many midlevel players are soft on mentees, responsible, and reasonably priced.
Keep in mind that even here it will take your willingness to develop. In addition, the coach can help with morale, game stamina and even suggest specific warm-up exercises, in short - to develop a methodology.
3. find coaches.
How do you learn to play shooters? Cyber-rockout, tears, trainers, and game developers' ideas
Again, the analogy with the fans of ZHG - instead of crossfit or personal trainer, they can buy a bar, treadmill and dumbbells, put them at home and sometimes wipe the dust off them.
In the case of shooters, things are much easier, because many exercise equipment are games in and of themselves. Among them there are free solutions (Aim Lab, for example) and paid solutions. Free simulators are very easy to find in search engines, and sometimes they are modifications to existing projects or even browser games.
Okay, you didn't come here for redirects. Cards like Aim Botz and Aim Challenger for the already free CS:GO can help you, as well as other top skill progression cards. From the browser it is worth noting 3D Aim Trainer and other sites with Aim in the name, including the classic and well-known aim400kg.
There are two well-known myths: that it helps to pump up skill in shooters rhythm game osu! and assembling Rubik's cube on speed. No, you might as well pump yourself up with penspinning, push-ups for losing or speed dialing. But the usefulness of specialized simulators is recognized even by high-level professional players.
Accordingly, the various "brain enhancers" from your smartphone app store won't help you achieve significant results in improving your reaction speed either. There is no point in recommending them, especially since their main purpose is to monetize delusions and fears, not to help you directly.
In fact, the best solution may be a targeted training of skills in special software for personal computers. KovaaK FPS Aim Trainer, for example. It combines a gym and trainer with a program to improve the player's skills.
In addition, around the named game has formed a community that comes up with new ways to develop abilities and even walkout guides. Keep in mind that any training takes time, and its effect only affects the mechanical abilities, not developing an understanding of the meta of a particular game.
4. Buy cheats
How do you learn to play shooters? Cyber-jacking, tears, trainers and game developers' ideas
In some countries, you can go to jail for cheats, many free programs will lead to a ban in Steam. And the really good quality cheats cost serious money and require a subscription of $40 or more, sometimes even a day.
But even with cheats you have to learn how to play, which somewhat poisons the effect of their use. Self-limitation and imitating the behavior of a normal player can be even more debilitating for a cheater who doesn't want to get caught than self-improvement in a legal way.
It probably makes no sense to talk about cheats in single-player modes - their analogues are sometimes built into the project by the developers themselves to help completely helpless players.
5. Humble yourself, enjoy the game and drink water in time.
How do you learn to play shooters? Cyber-jumping, tears, trainers and game developers' ideas
This kind of passive resistance strategy - after ten thousand hours you will definitely become better than many other players at the same level. Better to be first in the village than second in the city, right?
Use different tactics, look for ways to have fun, try new modes, and don't get hung up on the current state of the game. Take the game as a game, but don't forget about your allies - some of them won't like too carefree attitude towards matches.
However, there is an example of several Dota 2 players who, even after 20 thousand hours, remained angry and bad players. In this case, be sure to educate your culture, grow up and develop as a person, not a player.
6. Just sweat it out.
How do you learn to play shooters? Cyber-workout, tears, trainers, and game developers' ideas
Turn off your phone, exit your browser, turn off your music, and turn your concentration on the shooter. A most unpleasant way, requiring high towel consumption, too much effort, and capable of leading to a depressing dead end.
The problem, of course, is that trying doesn't guarantee development. Abstract "effort" guarantees nothing at all and impresses no one: what matters is the result. No one will praise you for your sweat if you lose. Sweat will not help you understand and understand your mistakes. Sweat can't do anything at all, it's just a smelly mixture of water and salt.
So it is better to think about how to sweat less, but with greater results, choosing one of the above methods, thereby saving nerves and time.
Finally, I will tell you about a method that will not help you at all. We are talking about ordering boost, that is pumping the player's account hired specialist. Between the boosted player and his opponents chasm of incomprehension and experience, in which the money spent on the boost. If you have money for the boost, better hire a coach.
All this will help you not only in competitive modes, but in single-player and cooperative shooters - with high skills you will be able to increase the quality of gameplay yourself, take advantage of hidden game features and get more fun hidden by developers from bad players.
Want a more concrete example? Easy - take a closer look at Payday and how the game treats the player level. The skillful ones can get through the game with noise or by stealth in different ways, but for the nerds the variability is reduced by many times.
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