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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out
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Can we get this thread combined with the PS4 one since we will all be playing together soon and we are getting updates at the same time?
The new updated Erengel is out on both consoles now along with the new season pass!
The new updated Erengel is out on both consoles now along with the new season pass!
I figured I'd check out the state of the game, first time I do so in many months now.
I think I gave up on the possibility this will be a smooth, polished game experience at any point of its life cycle. The menus are a lagfest on X, and the game decides to put me on NA servers claiming not enough people play the game in my region, Europe. Hard to believe but it is what it is. Matchmaking takes anywhere from 5 seconds to 5+ minutes, it's a dice roll basically. Even if you put performance mode, the framerate is nowhere near 60fps and it still has tons of drops, stutters, freezes, sometimes up to like a second even. ADS still feels laggy and unprecise, and again there's often a little frame loss when snapping from one mode to another. Parachuting and swimming are still janky as before, so is encountering slopes. Audio still goes from pixel perfect location of your enemy to random noises you can't hear for shit, and footsteps still come and go. Having separate playlists for Erangel and one with all new maps means 90% of the players don't want those maps, so finding matches on those becomes a lot harder.
There's some QoL changes I appreciated like the auto-equip attachments or some map improvements, but overall the game still feels as janky and unpolished as it did in its Game Preview state. The new assets look slightly better, but there's still texture load issues, pop-up and so on. But I'm glad that between all that they managed to add half a dozen ways to monetize the game, like an awkward battle pass system and such. Crossplay should at least make some of the less populated areas and modes feel more lively again, but when people in this very board said the game got drastically better, I expected more than some random QoL stuff. Movement, shooting, menus, and most game mechanics still feel extremely janky even when they work ideally, and performance is still not sufficient. Jumping to this from any other semi-competent battle royale game is going from Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox One X to Crash Time on X360.
And it's not even about the graphics, it's about how nearly everything in this game feels unfinished, laggy, slow, clunky. I could live with it when no other competent BR was around (Fortnite BR at launch was insanely boring), but just about anybody figured out how to do these games right by now, and yet this one remains in a state that does not resemble a game past its 1.0 at all. I've had so many great memories with this game, but at no point I imagined it would still be in such a state after almost 2 years on Xbox. I might try it again in a while again but if this is the pace they improve the core gameplay, it might take them years to go anywhere near what other BR games are currently doing, let alone what they'll be doing then.
A shame, really. I keep coming back to this game and walking away disappointed.
I think I gave up on the possibility this will be a smooth, polished game experience at any point of its life cycle. The menus are a lagfest on X, and the game decides to put me on NA servers claiming not enough people play the game in my region, Europe. Hard to believe but it is what it is. Matchmaking takes anywhere from 5 seconds to 5+ minutes, it's a dice roll basically. Even if you put performance mode, the framerate is nowhere near 60fps and it still has tons of drops, stutters, freezes, sometimes up to like a second even. ADS still feels laggy and unprecise, and again there's often a little frame loss when snapping from one mode to another. Parachuting and swimming are still janky as before, so is encountering slopes. Audio still goes from pixel perfect location of your enemy to random noises you can't hear for shit, and footsteps still come and go. Having separate playlists for Erangel and one with all new maps means 90% of the players don't want those maps, so finding matches on those becomes a lot harder.
There's some QoL changes I appreciated like the auto-equip attachments or some map improvements, but overall the game still feels as janky and unpolished as it did in its Game Preview state. The new assets look slightly better, but there's still texture load issues, pop-up and so on. But I'm glad that between all that they managed to add half a dozen ways to monetize the game, like an awkward battle pass system and such. Crossplay should at least make some of the less populated areas and modes feel more lively again, but when people in this very board said the game got drastically better, I expected more than some random QoL stuff. Movement, shooting, menus, and most game mechanics still feel extremely janky even when they work ideally, and performance is still not sufficient. Jumping to this from any other semi-competent battle royale game is going from Forza Horizon 4 on Xbox One X to Crash Time on X360.
And it's not even about the graphics, it's about how nearly everything in this game feels unfinished, laggy, slow, clunky. I could live with it when no other competent BR was around (Fortnite BR at launch was insanely boring), but just about anybody figured out how to do these games right by now, and yet this one remains in a state that does not resemble a game past its 1.0 at all. I've had so many great memories with this game, but at no point I imagined it would still be in such a state after almost 2 years on Xbox. I might try it again in a while again but if this is the pace they improve the core gameplay, it might take them years to go anywhere near what other BR games are currently doing, let alone what they'll be doing then.
A shame, really. I keep coming back to this game and walking away disappointed.
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Console Update 6.2 – Patch Notes
Added to patch notes on March 11: Added a dev note under Cross Party Play Added Sound section Removed Parachute Follow section due to the feature being temporarily disabled due…
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Yeah, you're doing good work!
Cant believe how long since it came out...feels like only yesterday.
Cant believe how long since it came out...feels like only yesterday.
Console Update 6.3 – Patch Notes
We're dropping the much teased Panzerfaust onto Karakin, rebalancing some weapons including one formerly only found in Care Packages, and summing it all up with some bug fixes and quality…
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Damn sounds like a massive update. Seems kinda late. The mobile port feels way more polished compared to playing it on my base Xbox one
Feels like I've heard this before, but we'll see what happens I guess.
Agreed. Looking forward to seeing it on next gen consoles tho.
At this point I've been in the "I'll believe when I see it" camp. Every now and then turn on the game, realize it's still a jankfest with poor framerate, and move on to something else. Game is turning 3 years old this year and we're long past the so called stable 1.0, so really no excuses anymore.
I really enjoyed the language of the update. Sounded genuine rather than the usual anonymised , marketing speak of "hearing" players and "acting on community feedback".
Have not really played the game for some time but was super proud of my chicken dinners at the time.
I hope they can keep pushing and it gets to be a better game.
Have not really played the game for some time but was super proud of my chicken dinners at the time.
I hope they can keep pushing and it gets to be a better game.
Console Dev Letter – Bots
Hello Survivors, As happens with many games, we’ve seen the general skill level of our players grow significantly over the last 3 years. While PUBG veterans continue to hone their…
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Gonna be interesting to see this game on next gen consoles.
Console Update 8.2 – Patch Notes
We're bringing some new toys to the Battlegrounds in update 8.2, along with some visual improvements to a few weapons, a nostalgia hit in the main menu, and more!
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Console Update 8.3 – Patch Notes
Season 8 is winding down, but we've got a few more big improvements to drop before we're out of the jungle!
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Xbox Series X hands-on: The big back-compat dive begins [Updated]
Xbox Quick Resume impresses. Plus: New controller, auto-HDR, venting holes, and more.
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Patch Report #9.1 - Paramo, Ranked Solo, G-Coin | PUBG
Season 9 brings a new seasonal map with a dynamic environment, but there's plenty more to learn about as well. Check out our latest Patch Report for the rund...
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Console Update 9.1 – Patch Notes
PTS Schedule: PDT: October 19 7 PM – Live server maintenance end CEST: October 20 4 AM – Live server maintenance end Please note that we will have the following…
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I actually just started to get back into this and have relaised I am terrible at it, as with so many other things.
It's a shame to see that I rarely get a full 100 people in a match these days. Seems to average out about 60 odd. I don't get much time to play these days though.
It's a shame to see that I rarely get a full 100 people in a match these days. Seems to average out about 60 odd. I don't get much time to play these days though.
Yes Heaven is a great map. My squad that I normally run with used to go straight to the steel mills get all our gear and get to the roof but now we go gor the red light buildings to get the level 3 gear. My go to weapon layout is a fully kit vector and a fully kit kar98.
I got back into earlier this year (after secureing a series S, that made the whole thing perform SO much better) but evolving child sleep situation mean I have no time to dedicate to it at the moment. It's still great though.
I throw it on occasionally.
I also throw it on for after pub entertainment even if no one wants to play and hit spectate when we die.
Say what you want about the various battle royale games. Nothing beats PUBG as a spectator sport.
EU
Man I can't believe how much I played this and now never even have it installed.
I'd kill for a version built/ported as slick as Apex et al in terms of performance, retaining the slower pace and themes.
I'd kill for a version built/ported as slick as Apex et al in terms of performance, retaining the slower pace and themes.
I still have it installed, haven't played much in a long time but I could be tempted back in. I've not got a huge amount of time but I'm usually one for an hour or two in the evenings. I play Xbox EU.