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  JayCat | June 06, 2008
  I tell ya, I totally understand this. FPS is intimidating. Now: before the flamewars start, hear me out. When you go in all alone, you don't know what you are doing, you get killed 20 times in a row before even getting close to shooting someone else, it's a bit tough for the ego. No one helps, you get called every name under the sun.
  
  That being said, if you can find a great clan, one that will teach you how to play MP (and there is NO comparison between SP and MP, it's two totally different things) then you will hav ethe most fun anywhere.
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  Taker4ever | June 06, 2008
  I know what you mean. FPS games online are great fun for the experienced, but pure frustration for the beginners. I mean, look at Counter-Strike - widely lauded as one of the best online games ever made - yet simultaneously the most vicious, infruriating game any beginner is likely to play. Starting out in that game is like teaching a child how to swim by throwing him in the Atlantic Ocean and telling him to make his way to shore.
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  Chris717 | June 06, 2008
  The first real FPS i finished was COD4 lol, I was intimidated about going on MP as i only just started with FPS's. So i decided to go on and just stick at it, i wasn't taught by a clan i just kept at it. Now i come first practically every time, it's really easy when you are used to controls and strategies.
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  Supernouva | June 07, 2008
  Aww come on, every game looks hard when you first play it. I remember playing Gears of War online for the first time. I think for about the first week and a half I averaged like 2 kills per match. Eventually I got good at the game and now I get at least 7 kills per match, 10 in matches with 5+ rounds. Everyone starts off as a beginner, that's just a fact of life. If you advance or not just depends on if you're willing to stick with it or give up.
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    Seeker X | June 07, 2008
    It's more around the fact that these people have trouble using both analog sticks at the same time. Ryan Payton mentioned this and explained that Japanese gamers were going to have to start getting used to the "Shooter" control scheme sooner or later. At least starting with MGS4 which has TPS controls.
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    JayCat | June 09, 2008
    I have to disagree with you a bit, supernova. on-line FPS are really rough because you play against people who have been playing FPS for years, and these folks are generally not casual type players. I mean some FPS people play every single day multiple hours, it's just tough to compete.
    
    yes: there are ways to make the leap easier (play the campaign, join a noob loving clan etc.)
    
    I believe that one of the problems with FPS is that not a lot of time seems to go into the SP campaign. I mean most of them are what... 10ish hours at most. Not that much to become really proficient, like the lads and lasses who have been playing for years.
    
    It's a tough genre to break into.