Why choose? Always with the same story... who do you love more, dad or mom? Do you prefer sea or mountains? Paintball or airsoft? If you like one of these realism and strategy games, you will love the other one, if not even more! And both paintball and airsoft games are the best way to give free rein to your imagination and your more "military" side.
One of the main questions that a player who wants to get into airsoft games usually asks is whether the shots hurt more or less than in traditional paintball. And although it is true that both games are based on very similar rules, there are differences that will make you choose one or the other more.
Stay with the main ones that we present below and clear up your doubts quickly. Although we warn you, once you try airsoft or paintball battles, you will not be able to stop playing it.
Airsoft characteristics
- Weapons of 11 mm caliber are used.
- Plastic pellets are fired and are propelled by CO2.
- The weapons are replicas of the real ones.
- The impacts of the pellets, being through smaller caliber markers, hurt less (or even not at all) than, for example, in paintball.
- Does not stain.
- You must be an honest player and recognize when you have been hit by an opponent. You expose yourself to being kicked out of the game.
- The battlefields in airsoft are usually larger, which gives rise to greater realism within the battle.
- Their protective equipment and accessories are very similar to military ones, giving more realism even to the airsoft game.
Paintball characteristics
- Markers with a 68 mm caliber are used.
- Paintballs are shot and explode upon impact with a player.
- The markers are larger than a real weapon.
- In paintball you get stains since paintballs are used paint.
- The impact of a paintball is generally not very painful (and much less dangerous) but it can cause bruising in certain areas.
- Due to the previous point, your protective equipment goes from your head to your ankles to avoid any type of unwanted accident. They will make it easy for you on the playing field.
- It is very difficult to cheat in a paintball game because if a paintball hits you it stays on your overalls.
- There are multiple types of battlefields for paintball. It depends on the company, but you can find paintball fields with very different themes.
Now that you know what you're dealing with, and that it doesn't hurt (almost) at all... Are you ready for the best airsoft battle? Luckily for you, in our country you will find multiple fields where you can bring out the soldier inside you. Where? Click here and discover the best paintball fields in Spain.
