A reason why FPSs are so successful

[Griffin]

Shadowblind said:

Or...

Its because the challenge is FPS is extremely real. To get good at them, they require many skills, including patience, hand IQ, precision, and reflexes. Add to that the fact that you are able to test these reflexes of yours against living, breathing people makes the challenge real.

Really real. Which makes them exciting and fun.

I've always considered it to be more of luck, lag and knowing the map layout.  Once you know what will happen in a battle then the only thing to stop you are noobs who don't know what they are doing and catch you off guard by being in spots they should not be.  Or random grenades and the rest of the time it was lag.