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. BananaManTalks
    Feb 16, 2018
    0
    Good idea, possibly the worst execution. Wish a competent studio made this game.
  2. beakerboy666
    Feb 16, 2018
    0
    Everyone is hacking / cheating to ruin the experience for everyone else and the majority of them don't get banned. If all the cheaters were banned, half the playerbase would be banned. You can just do a quick google search and bam, tons of premium hacks available that you can buy, that don't run on your computer, the makers say, run a VPN and connect to our server, you'll never be banned.Everyone is hacking / cheating to ruin the experience for everyone else and the majority of them don't get banned. If all the cheaters were banned, half the playerbase would be banned. You can just do a quick google search and bam, tons of premium hacks available that you can buy, that don't run on your computer, the makers say, run a VPN and connect to our server, you'll never be banned. I believe them, and I'm disappointed in the incompetence of the game's anti-cheat. Every single match ends with, someone knowing exactly where I'm going to be and lining up a head-shot minutes in advance, because they see every player position on the damn map with their hack. This is the single worst thing I've ever bought in my life.… Expand
  3. zona_auto
    Feb 13, 2018
    7
    Как и любую другую он-лайн игру, портят читеры. Здесь они полным ходом набирают обороты. Игра хорошая, графика, все мне нравится. Только анти чит работает отвратительно! Уже в наглую на ютуб видео с читами выкладывают.
  4. StudentThinks
    Feb 11, 2018
    8
    Hi! Everyone, this is Owen. Today, I am going to make a review of the new game – the Mobile PUBG. The PC PUBG is one of most the popular computer games in the world so Tencent made a mobile one for us so that we can play the game more easily.
    Let’s start! First I am going to enter it. I can choose my game character’s gender and appearance. It is just like the PC one. After choosing that,    Hi! Everyone, this is Owen. Today, I am going to make a review of the new game – the Mobile PUBG. The PC PUBG is one of most the popular computer games in the world so Tencent made a mobile one for us so that we can play the game more easily.
    Let’s start! First I am going to enter it. I can choose my game character’s gender and appearance. It is just like the PC one. After choosing that, I finally begin our game. In the waiting hall, I can choose 1-player, 2-players or 4-players mode. Let’s try the 1-player mode and see how the game works!
    It’s very quick to enter the map! That’s not laggy at all! The game offers different graphics and although I am using the highest graphics, the game is still running smooth. Alright, I am going to jump. I would like to land at school! I am sure there will be a lot of people so I could check whether the control is good. Let me pick up a SCAR. Oops, I was shot! Somebody behind me must have found me. I turn around and find him. “Bambam”, I killed him! The control is fine because the sensitivity is great. The game’s sound system is also awesome! It feels like I am in the battle, the sound of footsteps, bullets, and cars all make the game more exciting and real. I got 23rd out of 100 in the end. I think Mobile PUBG is really an interesting game and I’d like to play it in my free time!    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. hallllloo
    Feb 6, 2018
    7
    Sehr kompetetiv, jedoch von Bugs übersäht und in den teilweise riesigen Patches werden Sachen eingeführt die niemand braucht. Die Grafik ist toll sowie auch der generelle Druck der auf einem Spieler lastet da man nie weiß ob man sicher ist.
  7. syn_tax
    Feb 5, 2018
    0
    Why does Metacritic hide the real comments by people who actually play the game?
    When you click Games>PC you only see what the critics say. You have to hunt down the truth on this website.

    $$$$$$$$$$$
  8. 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.
  9. 1ambit1
    Feb 2, 2018
    8
    I see why people are annoyed at this game, but it easily beats fortnite. I almost never get any lag and I dont have many complaints at all.
  10. Phoenix123
    Feb 1, 2018
    0
    Just like Fortnite, the gameplay is very repetitive. I always feel like I;m playing the same thing over and over again. At least Fortnite is free, this was 30 bucks down the drain.
  11. fdxcd
    Feb 1, 2018
    7
    Alright, so I've bought this game for 18$ (regional prices and all that), and by selling every lootcrate i get for three months, i got the whole price for the game back on my steam account. So I guess it is fun enough to keep me grinding for ingame coins to get lootcrates, and sometimes you die because of lag.
  12. PUBG
    Jan 31, 2018
    0
    Developers cashed out and are no where to be seen.. are you guys even working on the game anymore ? do not waste your money on it, they say out of early access ?? yet still full of lag, glitches and bugs.. makes for some funny YouTube videos but impossible to play - congrats .. cant wait for the next update that gets us.. absolutely no where.
  13. sinanduran
    Jan 30, 2018
    7
    I really liked this game very much. the only problem is like fps. in it https://www.globalklavye.com/pubg-fps-arttirma/
  14. agentken
    Jan 27, 2018
    5
    The concept is great but I hate Pubg because stealth- focus game play tactic leading to camping game play.
  15. Tebby617
    Jan 27, 2018
    3
    Boring and pointless glorified CoD or CS:GO.

    PUBG is not bad as first person shooter, however the only incentives to play it are to get a chicken dinner and unlock loot boxes that give lame clothing. Other than that, the only reason to play it is to become a pro (Although I can't see it taking off as an esport as it requires too many players) or if you are trying to become the next big    Boring and pointless glorified CoD or CS:GO.

    PUBG is not bad as first person shooter, however the only incentives to play it are to get a chicken dinner and unlock loot boxes that give lame clothing. Other than that, the only reason to play it is to become a pro (Although I can't see it taking off as an esport as it requires too many players) or if you are trying to become the next big streamer. I personally always found it quite boring to watch and hopefully so will the rest of the gaming community.

    it's plagued with cheaters and bugs, it's poorly optimised and running on awful servers. And on top of all that, you spend more time looking for vehicles and chasing the play area boundary than actually fighting other players. I understand the need for the shrinking play area, but it's poorly executed and results in players dying just because they can't find a vehicle. Meanwhile the players lucky enough to be in the play area to start with can camp and pick off weakened players as they desperately try to stay in the game.    … Expand
  16. Solomon_x_100
    Jan 26, 2018
    2
    Игра просто отвратительна!
    Я очень долгое время боялся купить эту игру и поиграть в нее.
    Спустя долгое время - я купил все таки - надеялся на лучшее - и игра мне не понравилась! ЧТО В НЕЙ ТАКОГО? Как хорошо что в стиме можно вернуть деньги за такие убогие игры!    Игра просто отвратительна!
    Я очень долгое время боялся купить эту игру и поиграть в нее.
    Спустя долгое время - я купил все таки - надеялся на лучшее - и игра мне не понравилась! ЧТО В НЕЙ ТАКОГО?

    Как хорошо что в стиме можно вернуть деньги за такие убогие игры!
  17. Alexandy4545
    Jan 26, 2018
    5
    The concept is great.
    The atmosphere is amazing.
    The gun play is good enough.
    The bugs are rampant.
    There are hackers.
    The server tick rate is abysmal.
    Players get an advantage by playing on the lowest settings, no grass to hide in...

    In the end i still enjoyed myself, but if you're like me, pick this up on sale and only if you have friends to play with.
  18. Majixz
    Jan 23, 2018
    0
    Waste of time and money. Non stop lagging servers and it's full of cheating people taking advantage of third party software like zero recoil macros.
    Great idea worked out completely below average. Even an indy developer would be ashamed of such a poorly developed product.
  19. smashbery
    Jan 22, 2018
    1
    this game had a shot at greatness 20 million hope for the best. chinese hackers, armys of no recoil bots. and the dev playing the race card for region lock.

    play anything else
  20. 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
  21. GoAlexGo100
    Jan 22, 2018
    10
    The game is very good! But it can lag a lot. Also the idea of the game is fine. Another good thing is the new map that really makes the game a more out there game then some other game.
  22. JCgamer18
    Jan 21, 2018
    3
    This game was not that good. i found it to be just messy and just not fun. i think fortnite did a better job when it came to distinguishing itself and less buggy. I also found it was just not as good as people said
  23. The_Newbie
    Jan 21, 2018
    0
    PUBG is an overhyped, unfinished beta like JOKE of a game. I've been playing this for a while : shooting empty my magazines on other players and still getting killed by them. Also : the controls of this game are a DISASTER. It seems that they hired a lot of people to get good reviews, because it's really a worthless POS. But heh, if you like running around for 20-30 min, and then gettingPUBG is an overhyped, unfinished beta like JOKE of a game. I've been playing this for a while : shooting empty my magazines on other players and still getting killed by them. Also : the controls of this game are a DISASTER. It seems that they hired a lot of people to get good reviews, because it's really a worthless POS. But heh, if you like running around for 20-30 min, and then getting shot by a sniper or shoot your mag empty on someone who is gonna kill you regardless how many times you shoot him, the this is your game. MY ADVISE : ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BUY THIS CRAP !
    There should be a law against crap like this, they only hype for the money,    … Expand
  24. Silverrorses
    Jan 21, 2018
    3
    Game would be great if it didn't have so many server issues. Constant rubber-band, especially early into matches, frame-rate drop on the new maps. It just ruins the experience of what could otherwise have been a great game.
  25. Apneal
    Jan 19, 2018
    1
    The idea of the game is good, there's definitetly playability and fun things about the game. However, this game was RELEASED as a paid game to the public in a very ALPHA state.

    The shooting mechanics are broken and if you're coming from ANY real shooter you'll be frustrated that bullet registering is non existent. The net code is very bad, and you'll frequently die from lagging thru the    The idea of the game is good, there's definitetly playability and fun things about the game. However, this game was RELEASED as a paid game to the public in a very ALPHA state.

    The shooting mechanics are broken and if you're coming from ANY real shooter you'll be frustrated that bullet registering is non existent. The net code is very bad, and you'll frequently die from lagging thru the terrain or unable to pick up anything from the ground. You'll warp and rubber band around.

    If you do manage to survive, odds are you'll be killed by someone with a string of random numbers for a name that aimed at you across 10km and instant headshotted you. They don't do anything to prevent hackers like any real competitive game.

    Overall, its fun at first, but then you'll grow to quickly resent the game when you spend 15 minutes just picking up items just to die and do it again because of game engine problems.

    What's worse is that the developers have made it clear they arent focused on fixing any issues. They will not introduce region locking and the North American server is just all Chinese players which completely defeats the purpose of having a team game (can't communicate with any players). Also, lag favors the person lagging since hit registration etc is client side, so the same overseas people intentionally choosing a bad server for them will kill you before you can even see them on your screen. Besides this, the developers have already been forcing paid loot boxes down our throats before fixing ANY issues.

    Don't waste your money on this game, support developers who actually work for a living.    … Expand
  26. leltrollface
    Jan 18, 2018
    5
    To be honest i really dont like battle royal games, especially when its all up to chance. I mean, is it fair that you the "skilled" player get nothing but clothes and a fork while some other guy finds a tactical nuke in a god damn trash can? the answer should be clear for you. This game crashes a lot even on the lowest settings and even if you had the specs to run a game like that.To be honest i really dont like battle royal games, especially when its all up to chance. I mean, is it fair that you the "skilled" player get nothing but clothes and a fork while some other guy finds a tactical nuke in a god damn trash can? the answer should be clear for you. This game crashes a lot even on the lowest settings and even if you had the specs to run a game like that. Possibly because this game was made by modders instead of some body like EA or Nintendo. although i dont think EA would want to make another game, because there **** and only want money. Like any other game with a multiplayer experience, you can legit see your friends get **** by strangers on the internet. Either it being them getting **** over by people with max luck in fallout 4 because they found the best gun in the game, or them tea bagging there dead corpse. I dont see why they think they can sue anyone who makes a battle royal game. If that was the case then they wouldn't exist either. But hey, at least there not sueing a kid for cheating. Honestly if you like the game and already bought it good for you, if your just looking for a game to play with your friends that's cool, but if your looking for a good game then i think you should go some where else… Expand
  27. Kingphazer
    Jan 17, 2018
    4
    From when I first started playing, the game has improved. It's getting a lot of flack for performance issues, but those are not as bad as they used to be. Rubber banding rarely happens, lag isn't noticeable if you have a halfway decent PC, and overall the game's controls seem to have been smoothed out. Regardless of all this, the game just is not fun.

    The map is huge and most of my    From when I first started playing, the game has improved. It's getting a lot of flack for performance issues, but those are not as bad as they used to be. Rubber banding rarely happens, lag isn't noticeable if you have a halfway decent PC, and overall the game's controls seem to have been smoothed out. Regardless of all this, the game just is not fun.

    The map is huge and most of my games end within the first few minutes or I spend 20 minutes running not being able to find anyone, being picked off by someone who had their eye on me. There is so much downtime if you "play the game safe" that it makes me wonder why I'm playing. I realize the appeal for some, and in theory, the game is a great idea that is just poorly executed.

    If you have friends, you might have more fun than someone who plays alone. I was able to play with a couple of friends over the holidays and I actually enjoyed myself. Games either turn from hilarious clown fiestas or intense 4v4s. Playing with friends is the only reason why I'm giving this game a 4 which would have otherwise been lower.

    The graphics are another issue, which at first I thought was an indie game being developed by a few designers, but for this review, I checked my facts and it is actually being developed by a team of 70 people at this point. While the graphics are not terrible, but being that it is not 2018, the graphics fall far from the expectation tree. While other players don't blend into the environments like in the Call of Duty franchise, they certainly don't pop out and are easy to see. Some could argue this is done intentionally, but the map is already too large and I do not think it adds much of any strategy to the game.

    Overall I regret buying this game. I bought into the hype and this time it did not pay off. I'm shocked to see critiques raving about this game and while reading their reviews, I think to myself did I even play the same game? Like most games, your taste will weigh heavily on a million different things. I prefer Fortnite, it's free and the map is way smaller, giving you more action and a bigger scene of urgency.

    If I were to make any recommendations to improve the game itself, they would be to make a smaller map, change character models to pop out even just a little bit and reward different kinds of play styles (Though I'm not sure how you'd achieve this last one.) Maybe try and improve the graphics while we're at it (At least they're working on this one!)    … Expand
  28. Legionnaire
    Jan 16, 2018
    6
    A fun game definitely, but covered in gross micro-transactions and dung beetles for bugs.
  29. Andre19926
    Jan 16, 2018
    0
    The game is over-hyped. In the very moment this game got into the release state, they started to add incredibly ridiculous micro-transactions (2,20€ for 1 key!) to the game!
    Instead of focusing on what the people want, its always what the corporates think they need...
    I guess I just have to stop expecting companies to listen to their customers... After all we are eating up the dirt    The game is over-hyped. In the very moment this game got into the release state, they started to add incredibly ridiculous micro-transactions (2,20€ for 1 key!) to the game!
    Instead of focusing on what the people want, its always what the corporates think they need...
    I guess I just have to stop expecting companies to listen to their customers... After all we are eating up the dirt people call "DLC", "Expansion Passes" and all that trash to bleed dry your wallets...    … Expand
  30. KGB2018
    Jan 16, 2018
    3
    It's quite a good game. However, operational unreliability is destroying all of its merits.
    This game will eventually fail because of cheater.
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Awards & Rankings

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