I was previously unfamiliar with PUBG, but saw it being played on Twitch a bunch. Between seeing the positive times streamers were having, as well as being a fan of survival games, I decided to give it a shot.
For personal context, I've played several online survival games in the past, including ArmA 2's DayZ mod, the DayZ standalone, some of the survival mods in Arma 3, H1Z1, and State of Decay. I found a fairly significant amount of enjoyment from most of them; but there were always compromises to be made. For example, DayZ (both mod and standalone) was immersive, but jank AF/ArmA AF. H1Z1 had fun gameplay, but I personally didn't enjoy the basebuilding, nor did I feel it to be very rewarding. Et cetera.
So far, I find PUBG to be the strongest balance of gameplay and immersion that I've yet encountered. Each round goes so quickly that, if you die, you can easily jump into a new match immediately without feeling the loss too hard. That in particular was among my chief complaints with DayZ - a "round" could take you upwards of 10 hours, an if/when you died, you could easily lose everything. Loot in PUBG is plentiful and powerful. You can find yourself fully equipped after just one house; but keep looking, because there's a broad variety of loot to find.
I have yet to win a round (you get air dropped in with ~90 other players, and the map gradually pulls you all to a concentrated area, similar to H1Z1), but have come in the top 10. The shooting itself feels pretty good, somewhere between the tactical shooting of the ArmA games/mods, and the arcadey feel of something like Rust. You can survive an attack if you're careful; but skill is rewarded, headshots are effective.
Anyways, this is just a quick initial impression. So far I'm fairly positive on PUBG, going to keep playing and write a real review later!
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