Raylan Targaryen
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Most people play the game and not the title. Same reason why Endless Legend is a better name than Sid Meier's Civilization V but no one plays the former
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Nothing stops this train. PUBG surpasses [-46,278,233,054] concurrent users (!!!!)
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Most people play the game and not the title. Same reason why Endless Legend is a better name than Sid Meier's Civilization V but no one plays the former
Jim_Cacher
Member
Just want to know, is it fun to play in solo? I want to see what all the buzz is about, but I am afraid that it is difficult to start as I will play it alone.
Backlogger
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alexbull_uk
Member
My theory is that the name is so weird, it made people have a look at the game.
I feel like if it were just called 'Battlegrounds' (or similar) a lot of folks would have skimmed past it for being too generic.
It's absolutely fun solo, as long as you aren't the kind of player that expects a win every game. If you're ok with winning one in every hundred games on average, there's nothing stopping it being a blast solo.
sixteen-bit
Member
congrats on the milestone
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Holy chicken dinner fuck, DOTA 2 has one more week at the top.
End of an era.
End of an era.
Duchess O'Death
Member
Yeah it's an early access game. That doesn't make his statements false. The game really needs optimization and it does look bad compared to other games. It's understandable but still his statements are correct.
What "other games" are you talking about? Which similar games with similar playercounts look better? I'd love to know
No shit it needs optimization. It still plays pretty damn well in new systems. Saying it doesn't is categorically false.
That's not a chicken dinner..
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Deleted member 325805
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I have to play on a mix of very low and low to keep above 60fps which is why it looks so ugly, every other game I play on a mix of high/ultra at much higher frame rates. I have a 144Hz monitor and most of the time I can hit the 100+fps sweet spot but it's not even close in PUBG. I'm playing it non stop and enjoy it a lot but it's a technical mess right now, and the servers suck but it's EA so there's still hope. Obviously people with insane PCs can brute force most of the issues, but the majority of people aren't using £500 - £600 GPUs.
Comparisons to Minecraft are a huge stretch but regardless, it's way too early to tell if PUBG has legs or is just a flash in the pan.
Hazardous Metal
Member
"PUBG is doing amazing so that means CS:GO is dying!1111"
Some people man... lmfao.
Congratulations to the developers. I'm personally not a fan of the game but it's great to see such a success story. They took the concept of H1Z1/other games in the genre and showed people what it looks like when a developer actually gives a shit about their player base and improving the game.
Some people man... lmfao.
Congratulations to the developers. I'm personally not a fan of the game but it's great to see such a success story. They took the concept of H1Z1/other games in the genre and showed people what it looks like when a developer actually gives a shit about their player base and improving the game.
Jim_Cacher
Member
As a Splatoon player, I am totally ok with not winning.
What should I know before getting started? Thanks in advance.
Wyndstryker
Member
Maybe it's chicken hotdogs?
Saucycarpdog
Member
What's your definition of flash in the pan? It's popularity is only growing, with probably 1 million concurrent players by the end of the year. Games that sell that well don't just drop off.
Hell for all the comments about CSGO dying in this thread, no one would call it a flash in the pan. It released 5 years ago.
Exactly, I dont know why people think it wont come out this year on Xbox one, its a Game Preview game most of those games are not close to being finished.
MS cant afford to delay another big game anyways too
Saucycarpdog
Member
Take your time early on, scavenging what you can. Memorize the places on the map with the biggest lootable areas like the towns, as those will be the places with the most danger. Work on positioning like making sure you're not in open areas with no cover. People can snipe you when you least expect it. Airdrops are high risk/high reward items. You can get great loot but you will expose yourself in doing so.As a Splatoon player, I am totally ok with not winning.
What should I know before getting started? Thanks in advance.
Biggest thing is knowing when you can avoid a fight you can't win. Remember, the winner is not the one with the most kills. The winner is whoever is the last one standing. If you know this you can place high up in the scoreboard.
yes. i was afraid of buying the game because i don't really play with friends and past mp-only games i've bounced off of for this reason (like overwatch) but i went ahead and bought it and it was definitely worth it. i imagine it's a bit more laid back and casual with friends, but playing solo it's still a lot of fun. i just got my first chicken dinner (finishing in first place), and oh my god the feel it gives you is so unlike other games. you really get tense--i started shaking after the match was over.
Duchess O'Death
Member
It looks fine for what it is. The graphics are justified but in general, it's not good compared to other games he's used to playing regardless of the genre. I'm not shitting on the game or anything. I clocked 40+ hours on it this week alone. The jank is excusable yes but let's not pretend it's not there. The game is still fun!
ShadowkillXNA
Member
And yet you still fail to explain why some can post about playing it on their console and others cant.
Careful, your agenda and set of double standards are showing,
The game will be on ps4. I posted about playing on it mine eventually.
Jim_Cacher
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Saucycarpdog
Member
Ok. Go ahead and show me where I said you can't post about playing this on PS4. I'll wait.
OfTheOverflow
Member
Shame Siege still can't catch a break. As much as I enjoy PUBG, I still find Siege a lot more rewarding moment-to-moment. Mind you, Ubi isn't handling it's relative success very proactively.
Also lol, last night watching the Siege finals, you could hear a crowd cheering while watching the PUBG tournament nearby.
Also lol, last night watching the Siege finals, you could hear a crowd cheering while watching the PUBG tournament nearby.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I guess that tournament or invitational or whatever it was helped, but Jesus I'm happy. Love this game. Hoping it surpasses Dota 2 at least once by years end.
ShadowkillXNA
Member
Never said you did. You're coming across as extra salty about it though.
And since you're intent on playing forum cop I expect you will be issuing citations to folks you perceive as fanboys on all sides throughout the forum,
Better get started, you have tons of work to do.
So get over it, live with it or the ignore button. Your pleasure.
Permanently A
Junior Member
That's wild. I would play this game but... I suck at aiming in FPS, I feel like I wouldn't really enjoy it.
Vigilant Walrus
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you can play third person!
hanspampel
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Saucycarpdog
Member
Well now you're just engaging in revisionist history. From just half an hour ago. That's got to be a record.
Now this is what I call extra salty. You should take your own advice and get over it. After all, you're the one taking an extra paragraph to throw insults. It's quite childish.
This PUBG has millions of fans. That's not a "defense force", those are people who actually like the game.
MightyHedgehog
Member
I'm guessing we'll be seeing quite a few games add this mode in next year.
Ketchup? Hit the brakes on that shit. Yuck.
Ketchup? Hit the brakes on that shit. Yuck.
Not for long!
I'm happy too. I played this game for like 100h and now the honeymoon phase is over. Not enough new content for my taste+ old early access problems.
HOWEVER: I was able to get sooo much steam wallet funds out of this game because of the high item price fluctuations. It's not even funny anymore.
Let me give you only one example: Bought 50 gamescom crates for 1.10 each. Sold 25 for 2.55 one week later. Still 25 left.
Crazy.
ScientificPizza
Banned
I hope FPS only doesn't become the more popular mode because 3rd person is so much better for sharing footage and gifs.
But its not, FPP is superior in every single possible way.
ShadowkillXNA
Member
Yes Im salty, even though you're the one upset someone plans to play it on ps4.
The mind of upset fanboys.....
Back to your forum police work, gaf needs you!
After all whose going to look after all the poor non ps4 fans if not you ?
hanspampel
Banned
please no FPS vs TPS war here
and just to be clear on the topic:
do you also prefer Destiny as FPS over The Division or Anthem as TPS?
so even in those genres?
i need to know, if i have to block you right now
Saucycarpdog
Member
Well now you're just making up lies. When was I upset that people plan on playing this on PS4?
Are you ok? You're arguments are deteriorating and now you're just throwing insults. Perhaps you should hit the ignore button and move on if you're gonna act this way.
Valve doesn't give a shit about anything except Dota 2 and Steam, only one of which they work on.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
PUBG next week taking that crown:
I saw you from over yonder, persecuting the hell out of him. Don't pretend you didn't.
I saw you from over yonder, persecuting the hell out of him. Don't pretend you didn't.
please no FPS vs TPS war here
and just to be clear on the topic:
do you also prefer Destiny as FPS over The Division or Anthem as TPS?
so even in those genres?
i need to know, if i have to block you right now
I have no interest in those games so I dont prefer any.
For competitive PVP game I would pick FPS over TPS 100%
Saucycarpdog
Member
Well I wasn't. I called him out for bringing in console war bs. Not because I was upset that people played on PS4.PUBG next week taking that crown:
I saw you from over yonder, persecuting the hell out of him. Don't pretend you didn't.
I agree though this argument has gone one way too long and I'm partly to blame. I should have stopped replying at some point.
ShadowkillXNA
Member
PUBG next week taking that crown:
I saw you from over yonder, persecuting the hell out of him. Don't pretend you didn't.
Hes on my ignore list now, no bother.
It is pretty damn amazing how well this game has done so quickly.
Why would Valve care if another game on steam becomes more popular then one of their own games? Do you think Microsoft or Sony are unhappy when a third party game becomes more popular than one of their games?
Also what exactly is a patch to enable birthday more on CSGO's anniversary supposed to prove exactly?
paperspace
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Raylan Targaryen
Member
People were expecting a more significant update for CSGOs 5th anniversary and use that as an excuse as to why Valve doesn't care about the game.
Saucycarpdog
Member
The intense gunfights are what draw me to the game. And as the game goes on, the fights only get tenser and tensor.