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[Saint]

Honestly I think MW2 has the highest learning curve out of any fps I've played in a while. It takes me a minute or so to relearn the controls every time I go to play it again. To some people a minute of learning may seem like an hour, I mean, come on, that's about 1/45th of the average class for them highschool kids.
Hell, the learning curve even has an impact on competition, if I think that R2 reloads and I throw a grenade at a wall right next to me as a result, I'll do a lot worse than someone who doesn't throw a grenade at themselves.

Although I tend to sound like a broken record, I think Tribes has probably the most difficult learning curve of all FPS games I've seen. I mean, just try landing a mid-air disk. I've played the game for years and I never mastered that.

Has tribes and tribes 2 gone abandonware yet?
I miss my lost discs.

[Zai]

Honestly I think MW2 has the highest learning curve out of any fps I've played in a while. It takes me a minute or so to relearn the controls every time I go to play it again. To some people a minute of learning may seem like an hour, I mean, come on, that's about 1/45th of the average class for them highschool kids.
Hell, the learning curve even has an impact on competition, if I think that R2 reloads and I throw a grenade at a wall right next to me as a result, I'll do a lot worse than someone who doesn't throw a grenade at themselves.

Although I tend to sound like a broken record, I think Tribes has probably the most difficult learning curve of all FPS games I've seen. I mean, just try landing a mid-air disk. I've played the game for years and I never mastered that.

Has tribes and tribes 2 gone abandonware yet?
I miss my lost discs.

Tribes 2 did in a sense.

[beorn080]

Honestly I think MW2 has the highest learning curve out of any fps I've played in a while. It takes me a minute or so to relearn the controls every time I go to play it again. To some people a minute of learning may seem like an hour, I mean, come on, that's about 1/45th of the average class for them highschool kids.
Hell, the learning curve even has an impact on competition, if I think that R2 reloads and I throw a grenade at a wall right next to me as a result, I'll do a lot worse than someone who doesn't throw a grenade at themselves.

Although I tend to sound like a broken record, I think Tribes has probably the most difficult learning curve of all FPS games I've seen. I mean, just try landing a mid-air disk. I've played the game for years and I never mastered that.

Has tribes and tribes 2 gone abandonware yet?
I miss my lost discs.

Tribes 2 did in a sense.

I do believe they got permission to do this even.

By the way, relearning controls =/= learning curve. Controls are just pushing the gas pedal to get it going before the first turn, and if the setup is esoteric enough that it takes a minute to relearn, perhaps something is wrong.

And yes, Tribes 2 is the most complex FPS I've seen Re:learning curve. Skiing, skating, weapon ranges, armor uses, backpacks, tons of stuff. Can you even jump in MW2?

[Sensei]

It's a learning curve for people who aren't used to holding game controllers.

That's who reads MSN gaming. As much has already been established.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Can you even jump in MW2?

Barely.
You can jump, but you certainly can't jet.

 However, I do appreciate the limitation on jumping in MW2, keeps people from bunny hopping everywhere.

[ein]

Like the Halo games.
You want to dodge some bullets?
Mash that jump button.

[SHAD0Wdump]

Bleck...

Ok... here's a challenge, play Tribes for a while, then go play Halo for a while. I guarantee you'll feel like your controlling a guy who's been injected with snail DNA or something.

 Halo just feels sluggish.

[Vattic]

One of the only FPS's I've played with a reasonably steep learning curve are the Bohemia Interactive ones, Operation Flashpoint, ARMA, ARMA 2 etc, but mostly that's because you have to first go beyond heavily rehearsed standard FPS reactions.

Halo just feels sluggish.

One of the few complaints I have with BI's games. Wrestling with your player character, it's excusable given the genre though.

[Akura]

We should show msn gaming dwarf fortress...

MSN cancles Rate Learning Curve: Too insane.
MSN has gone stark raving mad!

[PsyberianHusky]

They best be trolling.
Its funny because modern warfare is like the perfect example of what current FPS games are like. What would be an easy FPS for them?

[Puck]

one of those flash games in which you really just have to point and click?

[DJ]

Shoot duck to win prize?

[Servant Corps]

Why do I always, always get enraged when I hear someone not read the link?

Once you get over the steep learning curve, the multiplayer options are insanely addictive.

Multiplayer, by its very nature, has a steep learning curve, since you're going up against experts who know every single trick in the book. Sure, you might do okay in single-player, but once you step online, expect to be clobbered senseless.

[Huesoo]

Why do I always, always get enraged when I hear someone not read the link?

Once you get over the steep learning curve, the multiplayer options are insanely addictive.

Multiplayer, by its very nature, has a steep learning curve, since you're going up against experts who know every single trick in the book. Sure, you might do okay in single-player, but once you step online, expect to be clobbered senseless.

No not really, I was playing multiplayer before I finished the campaign, its incredibly easy. If you play on insane before you go on to multiplayer you'll be a pro. This is from someone who plays Modern Warfare 2.

[ibot66]

Classic Doom has a steeper learning cliff. I mean, you can't even use the mouse! And then you have to bother with the whole 2.5D situation! Do you know how hard it is to learn half a dimension?

And the guns! So many guns, so few ways to master them. And your shields don't recharge after getting hit or anything!

Doom 2 actually is hard to play. never beat the second level.
and the game is sooo brutal! It sends hordes of 20, maybe even 30 or 40 or even more ! not 1 or2 or 3, But dozens at a time!