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VGPolyglot said:
Sounds like a game that is much more fun if you can gather a group of friends to play with. If you don't really know who you're playing with, it doesn't sound like it'd be as appealing.

A lot of people do play solo, I guess the issue with teams versus on your own is that you have to co-ordinate as a team, which means headsets a are a must yet if you are on your own, you can do what you want and play how you want. This appeals to people.



Hmm, pie.

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nanarchy said:

Ok given the huge amount of people now playing PUBG I figured their must be something special going on. So I got got it and have spent a couple of hours playing it and ..... well I just don't get it? it is just another generic FPS with average graphics, plenty of bugs and glitches and average game play. perhaps I am missing something?

And thus the snowball keeps rolling. Still about 1 in 10 purchasers play it daily.
It's just like the Pokemon Go fad, but for a smaller crowd.



I saw a couple of videos, and I don't see the appeal of it. Looks pretty boring.



Johnw1104 said:
caffeinade said:

This time we have a better infrastructure to enable for bigger successes on PC. 

I suppose, but we've always had plenty of people on PC's; even just amoung the FPS genre, the CS/RS/BF/Arma communities have long been huge, and there's been a long list of shooter mmo's through the years that included many of these features. Honestly makes me wonder if maybe it got going due to some famous streamers, much like how youtube and twitch helped Minecraft to explode.

That is my train of thought.

They used the Playerunknown name to gain the initial install base and attract some streamers.
It just snowballed from there.



nanarchy said:

Ok given the huge amount of people now playing PUBG I figured their must be something special going on. So I got got it and have spent a couple of hours playing it and ..... well I just don't get it? it is just another generic FPS with average graphics, plenty of bugs and glitches and average game play. perhaps I am missing something?

You spend all day pushing words around you can make anything sound bad.



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Looks like it could be fun if you're into that sort of thing
Looks not worth wasting a second of your life if you're not into it. I'm not. Judging by what you said you probably aren't either so just forget about it



I watched a guy streaming it a few weeks ago, a UFC champ actually, and wasn't impressed. Saw a bit more just yesterday and came away feeling cold. It looks kinda crap tbh.



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Mar1217 said:
Meh ... there's always a game that goes on like that each year on Steam. Except that it seems the phenomenon was even stronger with this one.

Maybe it's because I haven't really followed Steam beforehand, but this game seems much bigger than other ones I can think of.



Are you a streamer?
Are you an impressionable child?
If you answer no to any of these questions, then you more than likely will not enjoy PUBG.

But seriously, its the new craze among streamers so everybody wants to get in on the fun. Those loots boxes will really add to the fun too.



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For many, it's the first game that does battle royale right, without any zombies or other bullshit. It may look like a game from 2010, and have a lot of jankyness, but the gameplay loop is just so addicting. In contrast to dota or csgo, the game is very accessible for new players ( got fourth place in my first match) and is easy to pick up and play for short bursts of fun, one match at a time. Also, the game is not a fad, it's here to stay. Mark my words.



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