Sora_ 48 Posted March 16, 2018 Game Name: Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds Platform: PC, Xbox,Ps4 Time Spent: Sora: 100 hours Shameless: 50 hours Do you recommend? Sora: Honestly, it depends if the gameplay is your kind of thing. The super over simplified version is: if you like tactical, but slower firefights, you’ll enjoy playing PUBG. More info in Gameplay. Shameless: To be blunt, yes. While the game can be a bit cruel with RNG playing a HUGE factor in the gameplay, it can be quite an enjoyable game with a few friends,and a whole lot of patience. What you rate the game: Sora: 7.2 / 10 Shameless: 6.9 / 10 Initial Thoughts: Sora: Right after receiving this game as a gift, I went in blind to a game to get the general sense of the gameplay and how movement works. The very first place I dropped in was one of the outer buildings in Pecado in Miramar. Pecado is well known to be a popular drop zone for players. Another player dropped with me and as the -much- less experienced player, I died pretty quickly. But, the gameplay interested me enough to continue playing, so I went into 9 consecutive solo rounds and some, I came pretty close to winning. That felt good as a newer player- the fact that I could get that close to winning with little to no experience. Gameplay and Story: Sora: Because there is no story in PUBG, I will be focusing on mainly on the gameplay. The gameplay is fairly smooth with several exceptions, in my opinion. The combat is as I have stated before, very tactical and drawn out most of the time. The movement is not like TF2, but more like a very straightjacketed CS:GO. What bugs me a lot when I switch between playing TF2 and PUBG is the difference in movement, as a lot of what you can do in TF2 to evade bullets is just not there in PUBG. However, this movement is a lot more realistic in an objective sense when actually in combat. That is, until you somehow fall 5 feet and die. Or if your car glitches into the ground. Or if network lag detected. Now let’s get into the strange happenings of PUBG. There’s a lot to be said about what can and does happen in PUBG. Sometimes you’ll be running along and you jump only to find that your jump didn’t go where you wanted it do go and you must wait the extra animations for landing to change direction and continue. Sometimes you’ll be driving along the terrain in PUBG and your car loses a jousting match with a pebble, which sends you flying 50 feet in the air to come crashing down and die in a vehicle explosion. The gameplay concept of a Battle Royale game is nothing new, either, but it is still fun to play against so many people. It gives a certain feeling of “you versus the 99,” which is really both intimidating and exciting to me. Shameless: There is no story in PUBG,you are a man or woman placed in a plane with 100 other players to fight, survive, and be the last man/squad alive. Backstory: There is no backstory for PUBG, only the idea of survival. Pros: Sora: Shooting others and eventually killing players is very satisfying Collaborating with friends is always fun Gun attachments add a lot to the gameplay, making some interactions play favorably for one player over another if they happen to have certain attachments Driving in cars makes for some hilarious happenings Shameless: Fun with friends Wide arrange of guns at your disposal Cosmetics to spice up your online avatar Cons: Sora: IMO, RNG decides rounds for the most part Movement is strangely straightjacketed and doesn’t give much freedom The guns system is fairly convoluted and takes experience of more than a few games to learn. Driving can kill you as easily as it can kill the other person Shameless: RNG will hate you The map will close with time Slow at the start Other players can get a unfair advantage on you Final Thoughts: Sora: PUBG is a fun game to play with friends. It has all sorts of strategies and mechanics that just can’t be mastered in a few games. The combat is tactical and drawn out, but it’s got great options while in combat. The idea of Battle Royale games has been around forever, and PUBG really isn’t very much different IMO. However, it is still a very fun game to play because of the moments when you’re driving and your car does a 1080 or when you ambush an enemy squad with guns blazing and wipe them. I can’t say it’s a step above any other Battle Royale game, but it’s on its way, though rather slowly, to being a great game. Update #7 is out now, which adds emotes and refines the UI of the game as well as makes the game more stable in general. I have high hopes for the game in this regard! Shameless: While PUBG can be at time furiously bullshit in some instances, it is without a doubt a fun experience for you and a friend. While most people will say: ”PUBG is shit, play Fortnite,” I say: “play both, have your own opinion,” because both are fun games with different art styles and mechanics. Credit to @ShamelessFapper for adding his input to the review! 1 Aegean reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
