What is the BEST online game to play?

[Ted Striker]

Alright I have gone from having not enough time on my hands to having way too much time on my hands. Suggest to me a fun online game to play.

How I define best:

1) Most fun to play
2) Not having too steep of a learning curve. (This usually rules out flight simulators).
3) Good teamplay. (Not just me going around shooting things and there happens to be a couple of other guys on my team who are also individually running around shooting other things.

[Asher]

CounterStrike with a team of people you know, plus audio chat.

[Asher]

Or if you've got an Xbox, play cat and mouse in Project Gotham Racing 2. Or Capture the Flag in MechAssault. Or many of the mission-based Crimson Skies multiplayer modes.

[joncha]

Crazy Arcade. It helps if you know korean, though (especially in terms of teamplay).

http://www.crazyarcade.com/

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Asher
CounterStrike with a team of people you know, plus audio chat.

With a team of people you know being the operative words

[Ted Striker]

Hmmm Counterstrike looks pretty dope.

I used to play alot of Team Fortress and also Battlefield 1942

Hey, I got another question for your guys.

Is it worth it to invest in the more expensive sound cards?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Is it worth it to invest in the more expensive sound cards?

It depends how much you value sound. I LOVE having immersive sound in my games.

On my PC I've got an Audigy 2 with digital surroundsound speakers.

It makes a huge difference in games like Knights of the Old Republic and Call of Duty when you enable surround sound and EAX-HD (High Definition Environmental Audio). Things echo as they should, sound reverbates as it should, there's multiple environment effects from different directions, etc. See: http://www.soundblaster.com/eax/

It's most impressive with Call of Duty in the middle of battle. Bullets dinging off all around you with distinctive sounds and positions.

[Ted Striker]

With EAX, does it also work well with headphones? Or should you only use EAX with a surround sound system?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Asher
CounterStrike with a team of people you know, plus audio chat.

COUNTER-STRIKE

best multiplayer game ever!

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
With EAX, does it also work well with headphones? Or should you only use EAX with a surround sound system?

It would work...okay...with headphones. It's primarily designed for surround sound, but it still sounds better than without EAX if you use headphones.

[Ted Striker]

word

I'm downloading counterstrike

This, "Steam" client is kinda annoying

[Ted Striker]

bah

there doesn't seem to be a demo

the download link goes to this steam

and steam expects you to enter a cd key

[Asher]

CounterStrike is a mod for Half-Life.

[Sava]

yeah Ted, you need to either have half-life or buy the game... it's only like $20 bucks at some stores.

[Aeson]

America's Army is worth every penny you spend on it, and probably more. It's free. First person shooters aren't my cup of tea, but I do enjoy playing it from time to time.

I personally prefer MMORPGs.