PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds(PUBG)

According to the Urban Dictionary, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is an online multiplayer battle royale game developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole. PUBG is a non-Valve game on Steam to have the most number of players. It is not at all a normal phenomenon to overtake Counter Strike and Dota 2 which are top rated games on Steam by an Indie Studio. But PUBG had made it possible.

The game starts off with 100 players playing along. Battle royale basically means all against all, where you start with nothing and have to scavenge and collect weapons and equipment. The game is ultimately a battle to the last player standing, with 100 players on an 8 x 8 km island. There are three modes of play: solo, duo and squad, with the latter letting you team up with three other players for a team of four. Each is a little different with various pros and cons, the big pro of team play being that have people to support you, revive you and bring an element of co-operative tactics to the game.

The gameplay is surprisingly good and smooth, although there's an advantage for those with bigger displays and more powerful phones. There are three graphics settings you can use and the game will automatically select one. It's advisable to close down everything else, turn up the brightness and volume for the best experience.

The game itself is free to download and free to play. There is a rewards system within the game that will let you earn coins for your participation and completing various challenges - like login every day, travel a particular distance or survive a particular length of time.

It is also frequent where the game freezes or becomes unresponsive. Often it's just a pause that lasts about 3 seconds. There is a ping monitor on the display and sometimes you will see a pause in the game followed by the ping rising sharply, which could be down to the home Wi-Fi network demands. Typically the game runs smoothly with a reported 32ms average ping on our network. Excessive battery drain is to be expected. Not only is this a demanding game graphically, but it needs the display on all the time and that persistent connection. If you cannot play plugged in, then consider getting yourself an external battery pack.  

Then there are the times that your teammates just run over you in a car and instead of getting out to revive you, they just run over you again and again until you are dead. Sadly, we do not think anything can ever be done about people like that. In conclusion, PUBG is a very interesting and fun game however preacautions are to be taken to prevent addiction of the game.