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PlayerUnknown's Battle Grounds - What did they do so right?
MightyUnclean
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What is so incredible about PUBG that it's breaking all these Steam records? Is it that good? Did they find some magic recipe? Isn't the game still in early access?? http://steamcharts.com/top
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When you watch them play , you know what's going on . Honestly when i watch overwatch steam , i like "what happen ? IDK"
H1Z1 ? sony , that's all i can say , sorry .
1) Solid core gameplay - good weapons action, aiming and movement. sounds silly, but too many games have clunky core gameplay
2) Lots of players - can't remember if it is 70 players or 100 players each game, but it is more than most others. The result is increased likelihood of meeting other people and having a fight. This creates more tension.
3) A shrinking safe zone - a common problem with these types of games is campers or not being able to find others. PUBG has a shrinking zone of safety, so over time all players are forced into the centre of the map. This, I believe, is the driving force of the success of the game as it adds a layer of intensity not found elsewhere. You cannot camp for long, you cannot hoard stuff. Eventually you will be forced into the centre and a winner will be crowned.
4) Word of mouth - I don't think this game is anything special. The guy that created the game even agrees. However, it is a cut above its competitors and so got recommended. It eventually reached a critical mass of recommendations to be noticed by mainstream media and so it gets tons of free advertising. This is helped by honest and fair pricing, something of a rarity amongst the early access crowd. The game has reached the point where people are buying and playing it just because other people have done so. Hell, even I considered buying the game, despite the fact I don't like this type of game!
5) China - Tencent bought a stake in the company and publish it in China. This has driven sales through the roof and helped break some of the records. However, take a look at steam reviews now. Since launching in china, reviews have dropped massively due to influx of hackers, so the game may now have peaked and will slip back into the background.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
Success and skill are not directly linked. If you hide face down in a shed the entire round, you might still win. For the average chump who sucks at games, they can FEEL like they are elite even if they only killed one guy. Chump finds a weapon before anyone else in their dropzone and kills some unarmed enemies, chump still FEELS like a pro.
Failure is often funny instead of crushing, especially with a group. Minor successes within a round like killing an unarmed noob offsets the repeated failures of mere top 30 finishes.
It can be played with "casuals" without the typical impact having a noob in the group creates in other games like Dota.
Despite only one map, it plays almost like it was procedurally generated because of the random spread of loot, enemies, and the closing pattern of the circle. The same game is slightly different each round.
The crisp fps combat makes it popular, and highly replayavle by everyone, from nube to pro.
I truly hope they can get the hacking under control quick, or it wil be the end of it.
Who would've thought? lol