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Recommended
34.1 hrs last two weeks / 6,838.5 hrs on record (1,731.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: Jun 18, 2018 @ 3:38am
Updated: Nov 23, 2018 @ 7:52pm

This game is filled with too many casual players that have no clue WTF is going on. Impossible to read, and adding also the fact that the game is RNG as ♥♥♥♥, while also being very poorly optimized...

BUT STILL! It is indeed to my liking, the most thought out BR out there, enabling for great replayability and a "fun" factor for the casuals - all the while also retaining a very high skill ceiling and competitiveness through its balancing and various mechanics, which can take some time getting used to. To me personally, I sometimes see it and tell myself that this game feels in part like sort of a homage to some of the classics we grew up with in the past, albeit with a new twist.

I also have to rejoice that in my over a thousand now hours of playing, I've met blatant cheaters only 3 or 4 times so far (and I am playing at the highest rating/top100, if ELO matchmaking is even a thing in this game, not sure if it is or not?). Now of course, many of those I've faced could still be cheating by using map/radar hacks, indicators for loot and all that jazz, but that could be near impossible to tell anyway. The main reason I switched over from CS:GO to PUBG is because CS:GO turned into a cesspool of cheating scum from non-english speaking countries, so I found PUBG very refreshing from that point of view as well.

Now If only they can correct some minor yet important issues like hit detection and also penetration (shots hitting/blocked by bars/railings etc), raise the server tickrate, introduce some much needed QoL features in-game, etc etc... I am fairly sure that improving the game is top of their to-do list and in their best interests, so I am confident it will come sooner or later! Hopefully they don't lose their playerbase until then...

You will like this game If you can put up with it being very poorly optimized, and also if you can adjust to the desync/lag that is present as of now.
You will also possibly love this game if you've spent hours playing the old Battlefield games, games like CS and Siege, and also various others which strike some resemblance at times, all played out as a Battle Royale mode in which the primary goal is to be the last one standing - survive (yes shroud, you don't get chicken dinners for hunting the frags which proved elusive to you in CS:GO)

Edit for Steam Awards: Best multiplayer game of 2018
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