Review By The Walrus: Player Unknown Battlegrounds

[SvennoJ]

Dulfite said:

SvennoJ said:
What is so original about it? Last man standing, massive maps, perma death, lots of players, all been done before. So it's just the random spawns and circle of death?

The game is fun because it's popular. It's popular because it's fun. Self reinforcing cycle. It's quick to find a match, always other people to play against. And that randomness keeps it interesting. 2,557,336 24 hour peak concurrent players today.

Sure, large maps free for all has, but nothing this large, with only one death allowed, with the ability to win by killing people or hiding in amazing places. Never has there been this much freedom before in a shooter, at least in my experience.

True, large scale 100+ player etc maps have usually been team based, for example Joint Operations: Typhoon rising from 2004. I guess the originality is the realization people don't like to be part of a team :)