PUBG VS FORTINE
Fortnite: Battle Royale is the hottest video game in the world right now, and it’s easy to understand why. Celebrities are playing it, teenagers are using it to get prom dates, and colleges have started giving scholarships to the best players. More than that, Fortnite has become the entry point to video games for many young players – and even self-identified non-gamers – making it feel akin to nostalgic, widely recognizable games like Pac-Man or Super Mario Bros. But while Fortnite may seem to be in a league of its own, it’s one of many games in the emerging “battle royale” genre, which pits online players against one another in a kill-or-be-killed competition, similar to the “Hunger Games.”
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds was the most watched battle-royale game on Twitch before Fortnite exploded in popularity, and it’s widely considered the grungier, more mature alternative. An unspoken rivalry between the two games has effectively split the battle-royale audience and inspired many heated debates along the way. So for those who think they might be ready to outgrow Fortnite, here are the reasons that I prefer PUBG:
Fortnite and PUBG have a ton in common. They are both multiplayer online shooters that allow for solo or team play and subscribe to the battle royale format, which drops 100 players at a time into an enclosed space where they must scavenge for weapons, medical supplies, and other resources to be the last one standing.
Though both games came out last fall, Fortnite is a free mode of another game that was in development for roughly six years. The battle-royale mode is free on desktop, mobile, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.Meanwhile, PUBG – created by a now well-known developer and modder named Brendan Greene, known online as Player Unknown – began only a year before its release. PUBG costs $30 for desktop and Xbox One but has a free mobile version. The most noticeable difference between the two games is the level of realism.
PUBG does not allow characters to build structures out of thin air or tear them down with a pickax, and you won’t find any cute astronaut-style or “John Wick”-themed character outfits or brightly colored weapons in the abandoned structures scattered across the maps. PUBG relies on realistic art and controls to raise the stakes for the player, creating an adrenaline rush that makes each round more exhilarating than the last.
When I’m running from another player or hiding behind cover, my heart will start to beat a little faster and my shoulders will tense up – as if the threat were real.
Just last night, when I was searching a house for loot, another player snuck up behind me and killed my character with a single loud shot. I was so oblivious to their presence that when my character yelled and my screen went black, I screamed and jumped out of my chair.
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