Both look pretty cool but which is better?

Paintball

Airsoft for sure

Airsoft can get alot more intricate than paintball specially depending on the map/area u do it in.Paintball tends to be a bit more fast paced or at least it has been in the areas i played,paintball also has Speedball which is pretty intense most of the time.
I like both but tend to do paintball more as i know a grp who does it often.

airsoft...

I have only tried airsoft so I can't really say for sure.

back in my day we just shot at eachother with bb guns

I still remember NERF WARZ. replaced the air cartridge with a CO2 cartridge from an airsoft gun, and put weights on the darts

i prefer airsoft but have never tried paintball

@BaronBattleBread back in my day we just shot at eachother with bb guns

BACK IN MY DAY, THE YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS WERENT FUSSING OVER THESE "PAINTBALL" AND "AIRSOFT" INVENTIONS.

*has tried neither*

@Rybye Airsoft for sure

yep

• as crafty said airsoft guns are replicas of real guns...
• if you just started playing airsoft you can buy some budget guns and modify and upgrade them with extra scopes, bipods, grenade louncher red dots etc etc...
• airsoft is usually less painful
• guns can be semi automatic and automatic, paintball guns can usually shoot only one paintball per time
• no paint on clothes

@Venetorem I still remember NERF WARZ. replaced the air cartridge with a CO2 cartridge from an airsoft gun, and put weights on the darts

lol sometimes I still do it with my friends to remember our childhood