PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2012 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 630 out of 2012
  2. Mixed: 456 out of 2012
  3. Negative: 926 out of 2012

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  1. Gaming_Bear
    May 9, 2018
    2
    It's a shame. The game play for this game is exceptional. Great concept and executed quite well. It has a very steep learning curve. It is a shame that it was overshadowed by so many bugs and glitches and cheaters early on. I personally did not experience the cheaters when I started playing Jan 2018, so that may have been resolved. I did however have to deal with consistent crashing in myIt's a shame. The game play for this game is exceptional. Great concept and executed quite well. It has a very steep learning curve. It is a shame that it was overshadowed by so many bugs and glitches and cheaters early on. I personally did not experience the cheaters when I started playing Jan 2018, so that may have been resolved. I did however have to deal with consistent crashing in my game. I went back and forth for a month between amd, pubg corp and forms online to try and sort out the issues, but at the end of the day I could not resolve the problem.

    I am running a amd fx 8350, Radeon R9 270x and windows 7 64 with graphics settings all the way down.

    The last thing I received from pubg corp was this email

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Sam D. (PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS)

    Apr 2, 20:31 KST
    Hello Survivor,

    Thanks for taking time to contact PUBG support.

    We are sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced while playing the game.

    We are working tirelessly to identify and fix all the critical issues with the game. We appreciate the active participation of all players in coming forward and reporting the bugs and glitches in the game so that our dev's can fix them. It really means a lot to us!

    Fortunately, our dev team is aware of the particular issue that you have reported and we plan to fix this issue in a subsequent future patch.

    Thank you for your patience and understanding. We hope you continue to support the game.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    So at least the support staff was prompt and polite. As of posting this however, the problem is still occurring. Neither player unknown battleground or steam would refund the money which was unethical as it was a fully released game that was effectively unplayable.

    I might come back to the game once the bugs are fixed and will rerate at that time. End of the day the devs rushed a beta into production just to be front of the races for the battle royale craze and they did it on the backs of a lot of unsuspecting gamers who paid $40 for a nun functional game.    … Expand
  2. MysticMatthew
    Feb 9, 2018
    0
    This game has made very little progress in a years time...Aside from adding a poorly optimized map and a few items, PUBG continues to disappoint with a subpar tick-rate, constant FPS drops, and hackers in the majority of games I've played in recent weeks. A region lock on China would be nice...but Bluehole Entertainment does not seem to want to listen to its already depleted playbase. AThis game has made very little progress in a years time...Aside from adding a poorly optimized map and a few items, PUBG continues to disappoint with a subpar tick-rate, constant FPS drops, and hackers in the majority of games I've played in recent weeks. A region lock on China would be nice...but Bluehole Entertainment does not seem to want to listen to its already depleted playbase. A hardware ban for offenders is a no brainer, but it is not about making a good game, it is about making money and dipping out.… Expand
  3. feday2
    Apr 23, 2018
    1
    Register at metacritic just for this comment:
    2 things ruined this game completely:
    1) cheaters, many, many, many cheaters
    2) wery, wery, wery bad network code - you hit enemy 5 times??? - Hah, no, enemy already killed you 2 sec ago.
  4. Gamexpert
    Dec 23, 2017
    0
    General Idea of this game is extremely fresh and great. This will be a new Genre of Games, but PUBG will not be on the forfront of this Genre. The developers cant handle this game.
    1.0 Release and still a lot of Bugs, Crashes and Server Problems.
    EU Servers even went out for 6 hours, its a mess.
  5. IvanKonMan
    Dec 30, 2017
    0
    This terrible trash Day-Z-wanna-be game is toxic to the game community and should be banned.
  6. Matheking
    Dec 26, 2017
    5
    Game idea is prefect , game play is good , the problem is on servers and bugs rollback , i hope you work on it , we spend about 30$ to buy the game + buy a new pc to play in good condition , i also hope you optimize the game to play with more fps . Thanks
  7. Xirhanna
    Feb 2, 2018
    4
    This game has way too much lag and server issues. It is updated often but I can't get past the fact that it's only popular because a bunch of streamers caught on to it. It's more of a fad game that will fade away and not be remembered. I ended up refunding this game after a few hours of playing.
  8. CPD98
    Dec 22, 2017
    0
    ¿Esto es un videojuego? Más bien parece una demo técnica de 2006. Aburridísimo y carente de cualquier aspecto positivo imaginable. La mecánica de juego es tediosa. Un desastre sobrevalorado.
  9. Grandmaster7
    Dec 23, 2017
    1
    the game came out because it did not want to drown in the **** EA, the problems with the game and the servers remained, it would be time to leave the Hype train,which launched the corrupt streamers, and Brendan Green to leave the sinking ship, as did Dean Hall with Dayz
  10. Xellemeister
    Dec 24, 2017
    1
    So I have played it a lot and now I can clearly say that with all that♥♥♥♥♥♥such as lags, crashes, bad servers, cheaters, bad optimization (here its a bit better than in DayZ but still♥♥♥♥♥♥) PUBG is one of the worst games I ever played!

    UPD: Well, now after release of the game I need to update my review. And to be honest I see no need to do so. Because after all PUBG is still    So I have played it a lot and now I can clearly say that with all that♥♥♥♥♥♥such as lags, crashes, bad servers, cheaters, bad optimization (here its a bit better than in DayZ but still♥♥♥♥♥♥) PUBG is one of the worst games I ever played!

    UPD: Well, now after release of the game I need to update my review. And to be honest I see no need to do so. Because after all PUBG is still unplayable♥♥♥♥♥♥ Even though devs fixed a lot of bugs and now optimization is better. There are still tons and tons of bugs, servers are still in an awful shape, problem with cheaters isnt fixed at all. I HARDLY RECOMMEND NOT TO BUY THIS GAME. At least now. May be this all will be fixed some time later but again to be honest I still cant recommend you this game.
    And yeah PUBG is only game I know that after release is worse than in EA stage...    … Expand
  11. Jinx
    Jan 8, 2018
    5
    Don't believe the hype. It's a janky, messy game and I wish I'd bought it directly through Steam so I could refund it (which is what you should do if you want to try it).
  12. poodlelord
    Jan 1, 2018
    5
    This game is OK. It feels and plays like a beta version. All of the assets appear to be from the unity store. The game is very poorly optimized and needs a decent bit of hardware to run well consistently.

    Much of the game play is avoiding other players which can be fun... if you ever run into any, the maps are WAY too large for how many people are on the map.
  13. Vakuza
    Nov 5, 2018
    0
    Obviously out of their depth, Bluehole (PUBG Corp) is hopelessly incapable of making even a mediocre execution of their concept.

    Basic things, like strategically placing servers around major population clusters is ignored and the entire continent of NA plays out of a single location in Ashburn Virginia - this has been the case for over a year and looks like it wont be changing because    Obviously out of their depth, Bluehole (PUBG Corp) is hopelessly incapable of making even a mediocre execution of their concept.

    Basic things, like strategically placing servers around major population clusters is ignored and the entire continent of NA plays out of a single location in Ashburn Virginia - this has been the case for over a year and looks like it wont be changing because devs don't even acknowledge it.

    While you can play other games with sub 30 ping if you live in California, you will always play with 90+ ping when you play PUBG. In addition to their 18hz server tick rate. People will shoot you before you can see them, kill you behind corners, get a drop on you without you being able to react in time... if you played TF2 or CS:GO on 60hz+ servers you will feel the sludge almost immediately.

    Deathcam really shows just how out of sync the game is between players, it creates an experience where your skills are irrelevant. Both horrid ping and low performance servers add up to infuriating gameplay.

    If Bluehole has any chance of saving this game - let the community host the servers. It could be an excellent game this way. Have your skins and loot boxes on your own servers, but let the gameplay servers be hosted at a financial loss by people who want to love this game.    … Expand
  14. Raggot
    Apr 10, 2018
    5
    This game takes way too long to allow inexperienced players to learn. For a new player, each game takes 10 minutes to find weapons and equipment (making it feel way more like Elder Scrolls Oblivion while stealing useless items in a village than an FPS) and then in general if lucky you get the chance of shooting 5 bullets before hitting the floor.

    I see why many people love it, and still    This game takes way too long to allow inexperienced players to learn. For a new player, each game takes 10 minutes to find weapons and equipment (making it feel way more like Elder Scrolls Oblivion while stealing useless items in a village than an FPS) and then in general if lucky you get the chance of shooting 5 bullets before hitting the floor.

    I see why many people love it, and still play it with some friends at times, but it's highly demotivating to enter the arena knowing you had, and will hever have a chance to train your shooting and will likely just get shot by 300+ hours pro.

    So, sorry, but better investing hours into Rocket League.    … Expand
  15. Darius_84
    Apr 14, 2018
    0
    Most overrated game of history.
    Bugghy as hell, super poorly optimized and that game is most about luck (~80%) then skill.
    Idiocrazy is the only logical reason I find for its gigantic success.
  16. USMCScout0311
    Jan 22, 2018
    3
    Oh man, if you like buggy garbage that is only hidden and never addressed fully, you've come to the right place. First, lets look at the developer: A social justice warrior snowflake that cries about being bullied and then blames users as being racist because they inquire about region locks to keep out the Chinese hackers (which the game is infested with). So, you have that sort ofOh man, if you like buggy garbage that is only hidden and never addressed fully, you've come to the right place. First, lets look at the developer: A social justice warrior snowflake that cries about being bullied and then blames users as being racist because they inquire about region locks to keep out the Chinese hackers (which the game is infested with). So, you have that sort of brow-beating lecturing crap from the headshed right off the bat. Performance wise, you have a tic-rate of no more than 17 causing horrendous server performance because, guess what, they developed it on the Unreal 4 engine with too large of a player base for it to handle. That being said, Fortnite runs the same engine and same player numbers and is at least able to run a stable 18 tic rate. When I said 17, I meant you'll basically cross that threshold, re-cross it, and then cross it again in what will amount to a graph looking like the skyline of the Himalayan mountain range. Instability. But oh man, you finally got that one game that runs alright, and things are finally looking up! Oh but the loot crate hoarder from Asia with a 400ms ping speedhacks up to you, kills you with a recoil hack, and then speeds away with your loot. Even when your buddies shoot at him to avenge your death, the client-side only hit detection gives him the advantage with a high-ping and they can't hit him either. "Git good bro" is the SJW's recommendation. You report SpeedyHackerino to the SJW, and your report is looked at 5 months later, as you notice the email is finally sent to you notifying you of such. A 3 day ban is awarded, and SpeedyBingBing is back at it. Hardware bans are racist says the SJW as he laughs while shopping for a new **** on Amazon with your money, soon after coming over here to MetaCritic to pay for that artificial reviewer score of 85.
    I'll give this game one point for concept. I'll give it another for potential, and even another for the small glimpses of actual fun that can occur when you're not being plagued with server performance issues, hackers/cheaters, or hearing the developer run his mouth about how your opinions are morally wrong in between forging one-eyed purple headed warriors with his chocolate starfish.    … Expand
  17. Area51
    Sep 4, 2018
    5
    I bought this during early access while Pewds was playing. It was fun and challenging while everyone was a newb. Today the group loads take longer to get to 100, you are mixed in with pros (so you die quickly), and it's full of cheaters. In short, not fun anymore. It was a thrill to face real people as deadly enemies, and satisfying to win a gunfight. Now you only face people who spendI bought this during early access while Pewds was playing. It was fun and challenging while everyone was a newb. Today the group loads take longer to get to 100, you are mixed in with pros (so you die quickly), and it's full of cheaters. In short, not fun anymore. It was a thrill to face real people as deadly enemies, and satisfying to win a gunfight. Now you only face people who spend thousands of hours dedicated to mastering hand-eye coordination and perfecting game play strategies. Normal people don't have time for that. Battle Royale is a great concept, but they fail at controlling the cheaters and balancing skill sets.… Expand
  18. PedroBatista91
    Apr 21, 2018
    0
    Go update, comes update and the number of cheaters only increases, after the fall of the number of players, have decided to launch new lootboxs for guys to sell in Steam Market, which is the only motivation to continue playing this game logic, if it were not for this , this game would have been forgotten long ago.

    Joke crap full of cheaters, plus bad optimization! note 86 is a lot.    Go update, comes update and the number of cheaters only increases, after the fall of the number of players, have decided to launch new lootboxs for guys to sell in Steam Market, which is the only motivation to continue playing this game logic, if it were not for this , this game would have been forgotten long ago.

    Joke crap full of cheaters, plus bad optimization!

    note 86 is a lot. not even Steam users where the game was born is more accepting the company's mismatches with the players; A grade 53 would be too high for a game that does not amuse you and survives from lootboxs.    … Expand
  19. hamsta007
    Nov 18, 2018
    6
    Pros: Great realistic graphics and lightning. Great sound - gun shots, foot steps, etc. Also sometimes it's quite fun to play.
    Cons: Game is hardcore. Damage model is way too hard. It takes very little time to kill or to be killed. I think it's the main purpose why Fortnite became much more popular.
    I think they should add kind of an arcade mode to make the game less harder to master.
  20. Naruto78909
    Apr 29, 2018
    4
    This game is not good its still buggy and is very boring the game is literaly the bane of boring open world games and its very hard to find others and theres the stupid barrier and its a waste of money just play any other multiplayer games
  21. Voron
    Feb 23, 2018
    0
    как можно расхваливать игру в которой столько читаков?
  22. Nick_Mad
    Jan 9, 2018
    2
    Playerunkown's Battlegrounds is a bad quality mess. I just hate this game because it is very boring and stupid. There is no need for a sqill in shooters,everything is randomize. It have a bad graphic,bad control,bad gameplay. Everything in this game is bad.
  23. Tijk
    Mar 23, 2018
    8
    I love this game. Every game is different and there is nothing wrong with it. But the servers are not the best tho. That is Why I give pubg a 9/10!
  24. Gugap
    Sep 18, 2018
    2
    Played the game since the first early access release on Steam - back during that times, me and many others would forget all the flaws the game had, the mediocre looks while also having very bad performance, terrible car physics, terrible buggy parachute, desync and million other small things that one would expect to be fixed in the upcoming months.
    Sadly, 2 years later, the game is still    Played the game since the first early access release on Steam - back during that times, me and many others would forget all the flaws the game had, the mediocre looks while also having very bad performance, terrible car physics, terrible buggy parachute, desync and million other small things that one would expect to be fixed in the upcoming months.
    Sadly, 2 years later, the game is still in a terrible state and only thing that really improved at least a little bit is performance. The game is now long past its "1.0" release and still feels like the alpha version i originally bought.
    I feel like the game is not gonna live for much longer as its being overshadowed by better alternatives like Fortnite and soon to be released Call of Duty Black Ops 4.    … Expand
  25. BananaManTalks
    Feb 16, 2018
    0
    Good idea, possibly the worst execution. Wish a competent studio made this game.
  26. nknk
    Feb 19, 2018
    0
    Possibly one of the most addicting game designs out there. Brilliant play of contrasts and gritty realistic approach to visuals. I can't praise the design intent of this game enough. Pure brilliance.

    Unfortunately execution by Bluehole - a nobody in the FPS world, is so horrific that it brings the score down to zero. Its so bad, incompetent, and untested that most people should probably    Possibly one of the most addicting game designs out there. Brilliant play of contrasts and gritty realistic approach to visuals. I can't praise the design intent of this game enough. Pure brilliance.

    Unfortunately execution by Bluehole - a nobody in the FPS world, is so horrific that it brings the score down to zero. Its so bad, incompetent, and untested that most people should probably wait for another installment of this game by a different studio.

    PUBG is one of those games you're waiting to see AAA studio make. And EA has already hinted that they are seriously looking at taking this design further in next BattleField. Please EA, do it. I can't believe I am rooting for EA to do something well. Go DICE!

    The designer of this game is a brilliant dude, when it comes to design, he is a terrible community manager, awful technician, and an abnoxious public personality. When asked to region lock China (where 99% of cheaters come from) he called his NA community xenophobic. Never-mind that playing with people who cannot speak your language in a game where communication is not optional - completely ruins the experience.

    He ignores everything that annoys the community - the unfinished Miramar map, which should really be used as an example of how not to do maps, is forced on the player. There is no option to select the map, and because a lot of people don't want to play on it - it creates an over abundance of open servers with Miramar. Prepare yourself for a lot of Miramar - which comes with virtually undrivable terrain, busted loot and facilitates running more than running simulator does.

    Even after the game has been "fully" released netcode still sucks, although its not unplayable anymore. Loot field is filled with useless items like clothes (WHY!?! What does this add except blocking other items from being picked up?). Melee weapons are a checklist item - hardly anyone uses any of it outside of occasional gif clip on reddit. If you're used to awesome Battlefield melee system - you'll be in shock. Melee in PUBG is like drunken boxing where both parties will need to have their stomach pumped in the morning. Netcode is sluggish, molassy, unresponsive mess. If you're used to TF2 or Counterstrike - this game will feel broken. You'll be confused and irritated - as to why your shots dont land and why you've died running 5 feet behind a corner to a guy who should not be able to see you.

    Vehicles still flip at random on flat terrain. Glitches and messed up textures are everywhere. LOD does not seem to have been crafted beyond default Unreal Engine auto-lod. Hit registration is horrible, you'll routinely end up thinking you've hit the guy, and will see blood but when watching replay - you either never fired the gun or you've never hit the other player.

    Sound is insanely confusing and more often than not makes no sense - because its seemingly coming from a random direction.

    And lets not forget the stupid crates. Bluehole is bent on selling you crates. You thought EA was crate-obsessed? You're wrong - Bluehole is the new king of crate peddling - to a point where is an entire economy around it now (primarily from China) full of cheaters who only play to win the games, get the points, buy the crates, and re-sell items on the market.

    In conclusion I'd advise to wait for a AAA studios to make better versions of this game. It would suck if your first Battle Royale experience was as bad as PUB. Looking forward to DICE efforts.    … Expand
  27. allwititnowsuck
    Aug 1, 2018
    0
    I don't understand why pubg players are still kissing the devlopers' asses when the developers charged 30 dollars for an early access buggy mess, that seemed to focus more on selling crates than actually fixing and improving the game, then the developers had the guts to call the game "officially released" when it was still an awful buggy mess. On top of that, the developers basically triedI don't understand why pubg players are still kissing the devlopers' asses when the developers charged 30 dollars for an early access buggy mess, that seemed to focus more on selling crates than actually fixing and improving the game, then the developers had the guts to call the game "officially released" when it was still an awful buggy mess. On top of that, the developers basically tried to claim the Battle Royale genre as their own idea, and tried to sue Epic Games for making a battle royale game. They are disgusting excuses for game developers and need to be run out of business.… Expand
  28. PatrickAlexande
    Feb 23, 2018
    7
    Very good game but it gets harder with so many people playing soooo much so you have to play a lot to be good at this game!!
  29. RustyCoin
    Jul 5, 2018
    3
    Cheaters, monotony, some bugs and lots of crashes - these things are the main content of this game. It's absolute boredom to play it alone/solo. It's quite fun to play in squad but only for a limited time. Eventually, it's starts to get boring. You get no rewards for playing this game, except loot crates and most of them requires a key to be opened so pretty much no rewards at all. ICheaters, monotony, some bugs and lots of crashes - these things are the main content of this game. It's absolute boredom to play it alone/solo. It's quite fun to play in squad but only for a limited time. Eventually, it's starts to get boring. You get no rewards for playing this game, except loot crates and most of them requires a key to be opened so pretty much no rewards at all. I honestly can't understand why ppl so obsessed with this game. And also there's so little variety in this game - only maps (3rd map coming soon), developers haven't added new weapons in game, but the main thing that is worst about this game is hackers/cheaters - constant wall-hacking, auto-aim etc.… Expand
  30. Cafe4life
    Mar 5, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game reminds me of Arma series, like DayZ which is bad game (mod). Can't say PUBG is any better because it just looks like DayZ, the game looks bad and i dont understand the hype around these **** games ever.

    I havent played the game but i hate when people are mislead to buy games that is only a multiplayer and has 1 map and time limit and is spinoff amonst many others, easy way for youtubers to make easy money off of funny videos from PUBG but it's bad marketing for the other gamers out there.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

17
#17 Best PC Game of 2017
8
#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
3
#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Games.cz
    Apr 24, 2018
    90
    The whole madness around PUBG is well-deserved. This is the best possible praise for this great battle-royale-genre shooter. What a pity there are so many bugs, mad vehicle physics and occasional cheaters, but it bothers you only for a while. When you frantically get into the hectic, slightly frightening struggle for life and death you’ll forget anything else.
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  2. CD-Action
    Mar 14, 2018
    90
    PUBG’s version 1.0 not only brings a new map, but primarily introduces numerous crucial gameplay improvements to a game which was already hard to resist. [02/2018, p.28]
  3. games(TM)
    Feb 22, 2018
    90
    PUBG lives up to its monstrously large reputation. [Issue#197, p.74]
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