MOBAs and MMOs are generally the worst if you have no clue what you are doing. It seems like the longer you are stuck with someone in a game the more hostile the community is lol.
MOBA's and a WoW raid/dungeons can take quite a while to complete while something like a fighting game a couple minutes.
It's easily Journey, hands down.
I don't know. I found them to always be extremely helpful even with stupid noob questions that they've probably heard a thousand times before. Always willing to point someone in the right direction or offer an opinion on what they should be doing. It always seemed like the Dark Souls community wanted you to come in and join in the fun rather than being exclusionary. That to me is welcoming.It's better than some (cough monster hunter fanbase cough), but still one of the more alienating communities out there. Especially if you even *dare* to suggest the game might have a problem or two, then prepare yourself for a 20 page gaf thread filled with some of the most stupid unironic ad hominem attacks you've ever seen.
Half the joy of Dark Souls is reminiscing about your struggles with other players and gaining new confidence and insights from their pointers and support. :)
GAF's Pokémon community is also incredible. There's always someone who can set you up with a strong specimen of whatever you're looking for, help you breed it and hatch it and train it, and formulate a good moveset and team in which to use it. Incredibly kind and generous people. :)
GAF's Pokémon community is also incredible. There's always someone who can set you up with a strong specimen of whatever you're looking for, help you breed it and hatch it and train it, and formulate a good moveset and team in which to use it. Incredibly kind and generous people. :)
dota community isn't that bad. you just have to have thick skin and be able to shrug off the (relatively little) amount of the casual flaming that goes on.
Flight sim community (VATSIM or combat sims) and the naval sim guys are easily the best.
Flight sim community (VATSIM or combat sims) and the naval sim guys are easily the best.
Kind of early to say anything definitive, but so far the community in Killer Instinct has been pretty great. For the most part, other players normally congratulate you at the end of games and more often than not seem generally cheerful, even when they are getting their ass kicked. Plenty of people have also offered me tips after I lose to help me improve, which is great because I am pretty new to fighters in general.
Super Smash. Brothers.
Specially Melee. There's always a lot of guys trying to help new people get better and feel welcomed. Even more if you're not from their city/state/country.
Specially Melee. There's always a lot of guys trying to help new people get better and feel welcomed. Even more if you're not from their city/state/country.
I literally gave up with chat in MOBA's this season, I used to think the higher the elo the less rage there was, the less predictable the comments were but its just not true, hell even on Challenger streams (Top 50 ranked lol players) there is rage. I now put chat in the corner so I cant see anything and play the game, its more peaceful but it doesnt half make for an isolated experience, sometimes feels like playing with and v bots :(Originally Posted by Fragamemnon
dota community isn't that bad. you just have to have thick skin and be able to shrug off the (relatively little) amount of the casual flaming that goes on.
Flight sim community (VATSIM or combat sims) and the naval sim guys are easily the best.
The ArmA realism community pretty much welcomes everybody, as long as you don't act like Rambo and are willing to learn how the game works.
Virtua Fighter
Guild Wars 2.
Definitely, all my interactions with strangers involve compliments or helpful advice.Guild Wars 2 has an amazingly inviting community. Especially the GAF Guild.
On the flip-side, I recently tried War of the Roses and was put off by how unwelcoming everyone in that community was. People outright quit smaller games I entered because my ping was over 150, they ganged up on my friends and me because we didn't understand some meta-game they were playing, and in the only "normal" game I entered, everyone was either dead quiet or cursing.
More on positive experiences, the late and great City of Heroes had the best community I've ever experienced in a video game. It became a virtual chat room sometimes. For example, there would be a player streaming a radio show and gave shout outs to those he was playing with. I remembered teaming up with a newly wed couple who had created champagne themed heroes, and we had tons of fun. That game attracted the friendliest (although, sometimes odd) people. Ugh, I fucking miss CoH. No MMO will ever compare, it's a shame that Champions is kind of garbage to play.
I think a lot of people here are confusing the general community with the gaf community. Being an asshole on gaf usually gets you banned here, whereas on other places of interest it's almost encouraged.I don't know. I found them to always be extremely helpful even with stupid noob questions that they've probably heard a thousand times before. Always willing to point someone in the right direction or offer an opinion on what they should be doing. It always seemed like the Dark Souls community wanted you to come in and join in the fun rather than being exclusionary. That to me is welcoming.
And Dark Soul's is only welcoming as long as you don't insinuate there might be a problem with the game, but it's gotten better over time I will admit. Back when the game came out you were basically crucified for even suggesting there might be something done not quite as well as it could have been. Then you have the guys who defended that awful excuse of a PC port like people should have been happy they were getting the /opportunity/ to play their glorious Dark Souls at all, and should have been graciously throwing money at Namco's feet for even considering putting a game as perfect and wonderful as Dark Souls on PC.
I've found every game I've ever played to have really welcoming MP communities. TF2, CS, BF, Dota 2, SC2, all the MMOs, etc. There are a lot of nice people everywhere.
Eve Online is the most welcoming and mature community I've come across. The game mechanics allow for semi scamming and griefing but everyone acts like a gentleman, Imo it's as far away from the childish acts of immaturity of CoD or LoL as you can get.
Mass Effect: Got the "I don't play with girls" a few times while voicing and once while not voicing one of the guys in the match kept calling another guy n****r, but other than that my experiences have only been good. And I've logged more than 800hrs in multiplayer.
Pokemon XY: Only ever had positive experiences.
Pokemon XY: Only ever had positive experiences.
Back when I did play Eve Online I did get griefed, but it wasn't as bad as in some other games and definitely not as assholish.Eve Online is the most welcoming and mature community I've come across. The game mechanics allow for semi scamming and griefing but everyone acts like a gentleman, Imo it's as far away from the childish acts of immaturity of CoD or LoL as you can get.
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Someone on Pokemon X Favourite'd me even though they absolutely battered my Level 10s with a team of 100+'s :D
Not sure why the game even matched us together :P
Not sure why the game even matched us together :P
TF2 competative community is pretty great for the most part. Everyone rallied round to raise money to get the best American and Austrailian teams to the UK for I49. Same happened last year and the same will happen next year. TF2 might not have the biggest prize fund in the comp community but it doesn't stop players and teams coming from all over to play the game at lan where pings are not an excuse.
There are also server communities in games that are really good. UKCS being one.
There are also server communities in games that are really good. UKCS being one.
Mostly MMOs really.
The Secret World
FFXIV ARR - eng speaking players in japanese server at least
The Secret World
FFXIV ARR - eng speaking players in japanese server at least
Smash is definitely one of them, though, some of the people in the community can get out of hand. Went to a few local tournaments and most of the people were chill.
Surprised no one has said Runescape yet - never had a hard time finding nice people on there. Always were willing to help out a new guy when I played years ago.
Not sure if that's still the case, however.
Not sure if that's still the case, however.
Path of Exile.
When it entered open beta I thought it would change. Nope.
Full release? Still nope. Everyone in chat is still friendly. You almost always get questions answered.
When it entered open beta I thought it would change. Nope.
Full release? Still nope. Everyone in chat is still friendly. You almost always get questions answered.
I played Runescape for about 10 years; there were a lot of jerks encountered.
the only game i've ever made "friends" while playing was gears of war 1. that was in the early days of xbox 360 though before all of the hostility and nonsense. other than that, i've never managed to find a group of people to play with--even when reaching out to people here on gaf in OT's for specific games.
I would agree about Pokemon. I might back into it when the bank is releases. Lack of postgame killed my interest.Half the joy of Dark Souls is reminiscing about your struggles with other players and gaining new confidence and insights from their pointers and support. :)
GAF's Pokémon community is also incredible. There's always someone who can set you up with a strong specimen of whatever you're looking for, help you breed it and hatch it and train it, and formulate a good moveset and team in which to use it. Incredibly kind and generous people. :)
Everyone's been really cool on Warframe.
Guild Wars 2 is very frienndly, and generally mature, from what I've seen.
As a bonus, the game is pretty awesome :)
As a bonus, the game is pretty awesome :)
Spy Party, omg. It's like my opponents are customer service reps.
Exactly this pretty much. Any game where a single person is not really crucialOriginally Posted by Goldenroad
Halo has a very low barrier to entry, and so many modes to play that you can almost always find a match where you are going to be able to do alright.
Really, any non-team based game or game mode should fit the bill too.
Fighting games - good
ARPGs e.g. D3, POE - good
MOBAs/MMOs - generally not good if you are a noob
Sports games like FIFA - generally good from experience
FPS games - Usually good, depends on the game
The remaining Socom players out there.
Heck, I saw someone ship a memory card across the world for someone wiith the memory card exploit on so someone could play his American copy.
Heck, I saw someone ship a memory card across the world for someone wiith the memory card exploit on so someone could play his American copy.
In general, the easier the game (wow or ff14) or the least at stake for losing (dark souls) the more welcoming a community. The games where a win is a win, hard, and teams are the worst.
Nope. I visit a number a DS communities and it's always as on Gaf, if not better even. Maybe there exist places where people behave like idiots; I haven't stumbled across them yet. It also probably depends in what shape a site's community is in general. I tend to participate in friendly ones.I think a lot of people here are confusing the general community with the gaf community. Being an asshole on gaf usually gets you banned here, whereas on other places of interest it's almost encouraged.
Again, that has not been my experience at all. Even Dark Souls fans pretty much universally acklowledge the flaws of the game. They are the first ones that will tell you about framerate problems, about the DSFix, about cheap bosses, about broken online aspects etc. People only refute dumb shit. For example when someone comes and claims "the game is shit because the animations are slow," stuff like that.And Dark Soul's is only welcoming as long as you don't insinuate there might be a problem with the game, but it's gotten better over time I will admit. Back when the game came out you were basically crucified for even suggesting there might be something done not quite as well as it could have been. Then you have the guys who defended that awful excuse of a PC port like people should have been happy they were getting the /opportunity/ to play their glorious Dark Souls at all, and should have been graciously throwing money at Namco's feet for even considering putting a game as perfect and wonderful as Dark Souls on PC.
The fiercest battle is actually fought among Souls games fans and it's about whether Demon's Souls or Dark Souls is the better game. And even that is always in good fun.
And then there's this whole "honor" thing going on online, with people bowing before fighting, being really considerate about only engaging in duels when the other player is ready etc. Obviously, not everyone does that but it happens pretty often and it feels awesome.
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I was going to say Starcraft 2, but I haven't played it since eh.. a few months after launch.Originally Posted by shagg_187
Starcraft 2 in its early days.
It was a very pleasant experience compared the usual fare.
I should also mention Planetside 2, which was friendly near launch as well. Other than that, I don't play online. Mostly because you're going to run into some asshole at some point anyway.
But if ANY game counts: Chess.
FF14Arr
Nowhere else youll see players behaving and waiting in line for hours because a quest was bugued.
Nowhere else youll see players behaving and waiting in line for hours because a quest was bugued.
The Monaco PC community is probably the friendliest I've ever encountered. Shame there probably isnt one any more.
In a very weird way, this is one of the most depressing things I've read recently. I avoided Monaco only because I didn't have enough friends I could convince to play it, and it seemed like the sort of game where people would be complete assholes if you weren't playing it right.
Funny you mention SFIV, I think 99% of the messages I ever received on Live were salty bitchy whining from opponents on there. I though the community was terrible.
As for the very best current community, Natural Selection 2, easy. The structure of the game encourages it. Nine times out of ten all you need to do is tell the commander you need help and you will get it.
Runners up are Arma (depending on the mode and server culture), Red Orchestra 2, and Dark Souls, if it counts. Dark Souls fans are so excited about the game all the time, it's refreshing compared to the constant whining about every little flaw you get with games like CS:GO and Dota 2.
I think in general medium sized communities are best. Too big and its the unwashed masses, !most of whom know they won't be around in two weeks so they just don't care about their reputations. Too small and you see the same six guys dominating and telling you to fuck off.
As for the very best current community, Natural Selection 2, easy. The structure of the game encourages it. Nine times out of ten all you need to do is tell the commander you need help and you will get it.
Runners up are Arma (depending on the mode and server culture), Red Orchestra 2, and Dark Souls, if it counts. Dark Souls fans are so excited about the game all the time, it's refreshing compared to the constant whining about every little flaw you get with games like CS:GO and Dota 2.
I think in general medium sized communities are best. Too big and its the unwashed masses, !most of whom know they won't be around in two weeks so they just don't care about their reputations. Too small and you see the same six guys dominating and telling you to fuck off.
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I really had a great time playing Tera Rising. It is free to play and just installed it to scratch that MMO-itch i get from time to time. I was pleasantly surprised how warm and friendly the welcome was.
Voice chat, was for once, a real blast and quiete eloquent and entertaining.
Not really a MP Community per se, but i also really like the multiplayer aspects of Animal Crossing New Leaf. I had a lot of friendly and fun encounter.:)
Voice chat, was for once, a real blast and quiete eloquent and entertaining.
Not really a MP Community per se, but i also really like the multiplayer aspects of Animal Crossing New Leaf. I had a lot of friendly and fun encounter.:)
Most of the TF2 servers I play on are pretty friendly to novices.
TF2 is pretty decent.
Mass Effect 3's was pretty awesome. Helpful tips, fun matches and a loads of community made unofficial challenges. So much fun
Yeah I wanna agree with this, though FPS has huge gaps in quality of the community, typically niche FPS games will have a really solid community that encourages new players and so on like natural selection 2.Originally Posted by fluffydelusions
Exactly this pretty much. Any game where a single person is not really crucial
Fighting games - good
ARPGs e.g. D3, POE - good
MOBAs/MMOs - generally not good if you are a noob
Sports games like FIFA - generally good from experience
FPS games - Usually good, depends on the game
MMO's are weird, they're awful on forums but in game they're generally relatively polite. Unless you run into the elitist crowd. Honestly the best online community i've ever seen came not from a multiplayer game but from the fans of character action games like DMC and Bayonetta, they're all just making videos of each others new ideas for combos teaching each other tricks and so on.
Probably MMOs in general if we're going for a genre purely because guilds need their players to be good for end game stuff so they are likely to help you out, show you the ropes and help you improve at the game as it not only benefits you but the rest of the guild too.
If we had to pick a specific game though, going from my experience it'd be FFXI. First time I played (EU launch) I didn't group, went it alone and didn't have fun. Tried it again a while later, new server, new race, new job. Met a lvl cap player while soloing as a noob Black Mage who decided to help me out and invite me to the linkshell (guild). Shortly after (like, a few hours later) when it was time for me to start grouping up a White Mage from the LS helped me get to the Valkurm Dunes (nooby party zone) and even helped me get a party. Easilly the best guild I've ever been a part of in an MMO. So helpful both in teaching me what to do and how to be better and for helping me progress and get gear.
If we had to pick a specific game though, going from my experience it'd be FFXI. First time I played (EU launch) I didn't group, went it alone and didn't have fun. Tried it again a while later, new server, new race, new job. Met a lvl cap player while soloing as a noob Black Mage who decided to help me out and invite me to the linkshell (guild). Shortly after (like, a few hours later) when it was time for me to start grouping up a White Mage from the LS helped me get to the Valkurm Dunes (nooby party zone) and even helped me get a party. Easilly the best guild I've ever been a part of in an MMO. So helpful both in teaching me what to do and how to be better and for helping me progress and get gear.
mmo Id have to say Eve online.
Team Fortress 2 -- I'm convinced that pretty much everyone who plays is toking it up while playing.
Agree. If you stay away from the big boys most MMO's have pretty friendly communities. Even the big players have decent communities as long as you aren't looking to be an elite raider or big time corp guy or something like thatSmall time MMOs generally have pretty inviting communities because they don't want to scare off newcomers.
Personally I would say LOTRO, but it's been some time since I played the game. Awesome and mature community at least on the RP server.
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