rokkerkory
Member
Holy cow, didn't know it was THAT big of a thing.
Wonder how well it'll fare on the xbox
Wonder how well it'll fare on the xbox
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PUBG tops 8 million copies sold and 700K concurrent users
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bonesmccoy
Banned
Amazing accomplishment, really. All this with the one beta map, a bunch of UE store stock weapons.
Japan has seen some rise on the PC gaming lately, dno is that the cause of japanese developers/publishers having more interest on the platform or the other way round
Pubége
You pronounce it Pee-u-bee-gee
This game is inspired by a japanese novel and movie, so this is just going full circle.
This game is inspired by a japanese novel and movie, so this is just going full circle.
DieNgamers
Member
Man, I still have no idea what this game is about.
Is it like Day Z?
Is it like Day Z?
The controls, gunplay and inventory are similar, but that's about it.
It's 100 people on a huge island that shoot each other until only one player is left.
To ensure that people are able to find each other there's a blue zone around the island that constantly shrinks, if you step out of it you slowly die, so players are forced to move in progressively smaller territoy as the body count rises.
jim2point0
Banned
I've never played Day Z but...
100 people are on a plane. Plane flies over large island. You can jump out whenver you want. When you land on the ground, you have nothing. So you start checking houses for items. You can find healing items, weapons, weapon accessories, backpacks (for carrying more stuff), and body armor.
As time progresses, the game will put a large circle on the map and tell you go move there in a certain amount of time. After that time, anyone outside the circle will start taking damage. The circle will continue to grow smaller. Last person alive wins.
There are also a variety of vehicles that will spawn on the map to make for some quicker traversal and\or road kills.
A plane will also fly over from time to time and drop a supply crate with vary valuable items, including a powerful weapon that can only be attained from said crates.
The concept is pretty simple, but the game requires a ton of situational awareness to survive. Even the choice of when to jump out and where to land has a lot of nuances to consider. You'll be more likely to find good items in an area with a ton of buildings. But that's also where most people will try and jump to, so you'll likely be fighting a lot of people for those items and your chance of surviving is much smaller.
You could land at one of the quieter areas on the map, but you won't get geared up as quickly. But you can still survive until later in the round. If you manage to get the drop on someone, you can take all of their items and suddenly you're fully geared up and ready for the end-game.
DieNgamers
Member
Heh, sounds a bit like an awesome movie I just watched ("Battle Royale", with Takeshi Kitano). An island, school kids slaughtering each other and deadly zones. Hmm.....
Ok, thank you guys! Considering the hype they must have executed that premise in a satisfying way. Interested now.
Heh, sounds a bit like an awesome movie I just watched ("Battle Royale", with Takeshi Kitano). An island, school kids slaughtering each other and deadly zones. Hmm.....
They literally refer to it as a battle royale game
https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/main.pu
Heh, sounds a bit like an awesome movie I just watched ("Battle Royale", with Takeshi Kitano). An island, school kids slaughtering each other and deadly zones. Hmm.....
Ok, thank you guys! Considering the hype they must have executed that premise in a satisfying way. Interested now.
It is directly inspired by that film. They even have outfits from the movie you get from loot crates.
jim2point0
Banned
It's satisfying enough to be addicting as hell I guess. There's just a ton of memorable moments that the game creates.
The other day, I was racing to get into the next play area. Thank god, I found a motorcycle. I immediately took off going as fast as it could. Then I hit a hill and launched into the air. Where should I land other than... a fucking river. I'm forced to abandon the bike and swim up... but through the water there's a dude looking right at me (saw me go in). I realize he probably can't see me in the murky water so I swim downstream a ways. When I surface, I realize I have to get by this dude if I'm going to make it in time. But when I turn around.... there's a fucking boat in the water. So I hop in and start going down the river when I see him swimming really slowly across. So I drive up to the shore, hop out, and gun him down before he reaches land. Then get back in my boat and proceed
I don't even care if I win. I just play for shit like that. Just about every encounter is tense as fuck. Especially if you're one of the last 10 surviving people.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
So it looks like we've moved on from
People who don't know anything about PUBG making commentary on PUBG
to
People who don't know anything about PUBG threads making commentary on PUBG threads. Ain't that some shit.
If you had been paying any attention in the other PUBG threads, you'd have noticed that what you describe as the "You don't even understand this game" crowd are people generally responding to others who -- actually don't know what PUBG is AT ALL or why it's successful -- ...but feel qualified to shit on it anyway, or make blithe comparisons to DayZ, or openly wonder how this game could see success when it's not a console AAA, the only games in history that aren't niche apparently
The attitude you're describing, as it relates to PUBG discussion on GAF, is less "hurr durr you don't understand this game" and more "shut up and go back to the kids table, you obviously ignorant asshole". And it's usually right-on. but I know you don't care and you're just on some contrarian bullshit
^^^ facts
Captain Tuttle
Member
What's the difference?
martincrimson87
Banned
Why not "Battlegrounds, powered by Playerunknown" someting like:
B - PbP
It would sound like : "Beepee Beepee"
B - PbP
It would sound like : "Beepee Beepee"
martincrimson87
Banned
to put it lightly, Sony does not have the game. That sure irks most of GAF.
One is developed by Microsoft-owned studios and wouldn't happen without Microsoft's involvement.
The other is happening anyway, and Microsoft pays them off to keep it from coming to the other platform.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
The only 'pattern' at play here is Cabbagehead's pattern of PUBG shitposts.
Star Citizen stan over here had this to say about PUBG only one week ago:
dude doesn't know what he's talking about.
Mass Effect
Member
Everybody*
except people who will be using XIMs and whatnot. If Overwatch is any indication, there will be quite a few of them.
damn
I definitely be picking up the game when I build my new PC in a couple of weeks.
"I just got this new game called Beepee Beepee, you should check it out!"
Love this idea
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