Considering how popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is, it was only a matter of time before I picked it up, and I am disappointed that it took me this long to get it. It is a ton of fun, and for only $30 (or less), it is more than worth your money. If you have a computer that can run it that is.
For those of you that are unfamiliar with Battlegrounds, let me tell you how it works. At the start of each match you and 99 other people jump from a plane to a large island and then start to look for weapons and equipment in houses and shacks. As the game progresses, a blue wall of static starts to close in around you. If you get hit by the wall it will kill you pretty quickly (more quickly as the game progresses), so you need to keep moving towards safe areas. You can find cars, buggies and motorcycles to help you move faster, but those attract attention, so you will be running a lot. You of course are shooting/punching everyone you see as you do all this. If you are the last person or team to survive, you win. I have never won.
Due to the random nature of A: How the plane travels across the island, B: Weapon and gear spawns, and C: Where the safe zones will be. The game is never quite the same twice. Sometimes you get the perfect spot, and you just get to wait for all the other players to come running towards your well fortified house. Other times it is like that movie Run Lola Run. You are trying to get from one side of the map to other, and you are blasting through and looting houses as fast as you can, and you are always just a couple of steps in front of the wall until some sniper ends your journey.
Some people complain that it is too random, but so far, even when I am the first person out, I am having fun. You just never know what to expect. I imagine that the randomness will make it hard for the pro circuit, since some teems will just get better starting points than others, but I am no pro, so it doesn’t matter to me.
If you have a decent PC, you should get this game. It is fun, and you can play a round in 30 to 40 minutes. It is in early access now, but they are working hard to create a full release build soon. If you don’t have a PC, you just need to be patient, they are working on getting an Xbox One version out late this year or early next year, and then a PS4 version will follow that.