Competitive game based on Skill, not Time played?

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Hey guys and girls

I'm after a competitive multi-player game with a ranking system that rewards players for winning and puts you against players of similar skill, rather than a game that rewards players for just playing (game time)

For example Call of Duty puts you against any level player and you can rank up even if you're terrible

So is there any game (don't mind if its FPS, Strategy ETC....) that has a competitive multi-player with a ranking system based on player skill?

Thanks

 

[McGray]

Get Halo 2/3 on the egg box.

 

[Spektor]

Starcraft 2

 

[nex20]

Starcraft 2

This. Even though in general as play-time increases, so does skill.

 

[Mailman86]

Starcraft 2

As for games made in the last few years, this is by and large the best choice for competitive gaming at the moment and certainly isn't going fizzle off in terms of popularity like most MP games do for a long long time.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Get Halo 2/3 on the egg box.

Yeah done that for years, well since Halo 2's release, trouble is I've played Halo 3 to death and not many people play it anymore (moved over to Halo Reach most likely)

I'm actually going to sell my Xbox 360 today as the only game I played on it was Halo 3.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

I may try Starcraft 2 again as I really enjoyed the gameplay, but I did get owned online constantly

Any other suggestions?

 

[Ezyryder]

Online is difficult at first - it took me and my mate around 10 games before we started winning.

 

[iB CoMpL3XiTy]

Online is difficult at first - it took me and my mate around 10 games before we started winning.

Yeah I feel the learning curve is brutal, but its very balanced, the only reason I would loose is because of lack of skill or tactics which is a good thing IMO.

 

[ColdAsIce]

I may try Starcraft 2 again as I really enjoyed the gameplay, but I did get owned online constantly

Any other suggestions?

You wanted a skilled game, so practice and get better

 

[EnzoSmithers]

Online is difficult at first - it took me and my mate around 10 games before we started winning.

only 10? damn i must have had about 15-20 games online and still get owned badly, im canny against the CPU as well lol

 

[bJN]

League of Legends / Heroes of Newerth / Dota 2.
Starcraft 2
COD

And just putting it out there...

Train Simulator 2011.

 

[platypus]

only 10? damn i must have had about 15-20 games online and still get owned badly, im canny against the CPU as well lol

I'm the same, I can beast the computer on Brutal, but I'm pants online. AI is predictable, humans aren't.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Counter Strike

 

[Indy500]

Supreme Commander/Forged Alliance (get the retail version for GPGnet which includes rankings etc).

 

[Spektor]

Supreme Commander/Forged Alliance (get the retail version for GPGnet which includes rankings etc).

Don't a large number of people play that via FAF though?

Also OP skilled FPS games like CS 1.6 that don't have inbuilt leagues / ladders still have those systems there, they're just privately run. You have to work your way to the upper echelons of clan play before it becomes properly available to you, so if you're good enough you will get there pretty quickly.

 

[Kamwah]

Starcraft 2 or competitive CoD are the best games to play seriously.

 

[FrenchTart]

Starcraft 2 or competitive CoD are the best games to play seriously.

CoD? Seriously?

 

[Spektor]

CoD? Seriously?

Sheer popularity crowbars it in, remember ******* Fifa is played at top game tournaments...

 

[arknor]

league of legends.

you need to get to lvl 30 first though