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PUBG on Xbox [preview program]

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I thought it would be a good idea to have an Xbox specific Player Unknown's Battlegrounds thread.

Since PUBG on both Xbox and PC are in beta having one thread with multiple issues/feedback on 2 platforms could get messy. I hope the mods agree.

I have played the game for a few hours now. Mostly duo mode. The first thing I noticed was in my first game the graphics didn't look great. However from the 2nd game onwards it looked good. I am assuming there is probably some map content being cached so when you play it again it looks better.

The frame rate has been solid. I am playing on the OG Xbox One until I get back to my One X tomorrow.

It took a while to get my head around it after playing it on PC. There are a few short cuts on the D-pad that you should get used to.

I recommend upping the sensitivity to all the way to 10. It can feel sluggish until you do this.

*Be careful creating your character. If you back out of the character screen it saves the default as your character. You can then only change your character by using 3,000 BP to change it again. BP is the in-game currency. You can buy crates with it that award you with cosmetic items.

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SeanHarty

I hope they finish it as well, I really do, I'm just not prepared to pay 30e for a game that's not finished.

In a few months if its not dead on consoles by then and a lot of updates have hit then I might consider buying it but until then I think ill stick to fortnite.

Royale with Cheese

I, and many others had a nightmare buying off cdkeys. The order failed but they took payment anyway, and ignored my emails/tweets about it for 2 days. It was only when I started a paypal dispute that they even responded, they did refund in full though. There were a lot of people in the same position.

I've bought plenty off them in the past but would be wary of doing so again, I just bought it off the store in the end.

Toobz

How playable is it on the original Xbox one?

IvoryTower

is there any sort of ranking in it, i mean, will the better players move up ranks and play against each other.

IvoryTower

F1ngers wrote: »

Have PUBG en route from amazon.

I now need gold membership to play online, where is the cheapest place for codes?

cd keys using the 5% discount from facebook usually. Or else if you want EA Access you can get both for 44,99 on amazon

F1ngers

Have PUBG en route from amazon.

I now need gold membership to play online, where is the cheapest place for codes?

IBrows89

Blanchy90 wrote: »

I've been pretty hooked on fortnite for the past month. Is it worth getting PUBG now or should i wait for things to be ironed out a bit?

https://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/games/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-xbox-one

24 Euro on CD Keys, I'll play enough of it to make it easily worth that!

gizabeer

Blanchy90 wrote: »

I've been pretty hooked on fortnite for the past month. Is it worth getting PUBG now or should i wait for things to be ironed out a bit?

Get it , its cheap and fun

Blanchy90

I've been pretty hooked on fortnite for the past month. Is it worth getting PUBG now or should i wait for things to be ironed out a bit?

Stone Deaf 4evr

Agreed, taking I to account the Christmas break, you'd hope that it'll see a patch by mid February surely

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logik wrote: »

Not really acceptable is it though? Having to disable core elements of the xbox OS to get a game to offer better frame rates? Having forked out €500 on the worlds most powerful console, to be getting 20-25 fps is an insult.

Has John from Digital Foundry stated.

https://twitter.com/dark1x/status/940685089440239626

It's common on Windows 10 to turn off the game DVR for some games due to performance issues.

The game is exactly what I'd expect from the preview program. It's the very first build on console. With many updates to come. It will get better gradually.

However I'll be pisses if they don't show progress in a certain time frame.

Stone Deaf 4evr

logik wrote: »

I dont buy that sorry... The way the world works, if someone was to copy and paste this game they would be sued into oblivion. Epic only got away with their game because they have big enough differences.

They could have still released the game on xbox in a BETA stage for free. They should not have charged for it.

Charging people just screens either of 2 things to me.

1: They don't have the money or backing to actually finish the game properly
2: They have no intention of finishing it properly and just want to cash in on it as best possible now before the cat is out of the bag.

The Only reason that epic got away with what they did is because they own the engine and are sharing tech with Bluehole - if anything, it was a really scummy move on Epics part as Bluehole were hardly going to pull the plug and go to a new engine provider.

With regards to your first point, wasn't the whole point of steam early access to get funding to finish the games? granted there are plenty of horror stories of devs who've taken the money and ran, but from what I've read of the PC version, they've cleaned up a lot of stuff since its original launch.
With regards to the second, just because the game has sold however many million copies, its not like you just hire hundreds of people to come on board a team and finish out a project within 6 months. I was more than happy to pay for it once I heard that it ran reasonably well, theres hours of fun there to be had, and not a microtransaction in sight.

IvoryTower

logik wrote: »

1: They don't have the money or backing to actually finish the game properly
2: They have no intention of finishing it properly and just want to cash in on it as best possible now before the cat is out of the bag.

They would be my concerns as well

But still, I'm going to have more fun with this than most games I could pay 50e+ for, so i'm not going to worry about it too much. I hope they finish it, but i'll probably get my moneys worth x 10

Mickeroo

Game preview has been around for about 3 years now though hasn't it? The only difference with this one is the big marketing push I suppose, which is pretty lousy for an unfinished game to be far.

ZiabR

IvoryTower wrote: »

no doubt they were afraid someone would get the jump on them, anyway im happy its released, initially disappointed but it really is a lot of fun for 20e, ill take that

I dont buy that sorry... The way the world works, if someone was to copy and paste this game they would be sued into oblivion. Epic only got away with their game because they have big enough differences.

They could have still released the game on xbox in a BETA stage for free. They should not have charged for it.

Charging people just screens either of 2 things to me.

1: They don't have the money or backing to actually finish the game properly
2: They have no intention of finishing it properly and just want to cash in on it as best possible now before the cat is out of the bag.

IvoryTower

no doubt they were afraid someone would get the jump on them, anyway im happy its released, initially disappointed but it really is a lot of fun for 20e, ill take that

ZiabR

maximoose wrote: »

But this is a bit different surely, as everyone who buys now is aware that this an unfinished game that they are buying at a reduced price as part of the preview program?

I would agree with your point but I would then like to point out that they game should have been released as a closed beta FREE of charge.

To charge 29.99 for an unfinished game just feels wrong. Even if it is in a Preview Program. We are opening the doors for other companies to follow suit. It will become to norm to hand over hard earned money for games that are only half finished.

It should be in beta with the intention of releasing in 2018 when bugs have been ironed out. Then people will have no problem paying for it.

It just think we are sometimes mugs for just handing over money. The game feels like an Alpha if I am honest.

maximoose

logik wrote: »

Its the sad reality of gaming in todays world. Companies release unfinished games and then spend a long time trying to fix them on the go.... if it was finished and running properly, it would be amazing,

But this is a bit different surely, as everyone who buys now is aware that this an unfinished game that they are buying at a reduced price as part of the preview program?

Now, if it stays in this shape when it is properly "released" then that's a joke.

I have never played it on PC, no idea how far it has come / improved since launch of early access there.

gmg678

after playing a few games of sold and then duo with a friend the game is a lot of fun. it is been compared to fortnite but it is not in the same vein. I felt tense playing games last night. I could hear gunfire and battles going on all around me. I made it to top 10 in one game the control scheme/inventory was my downfall. although more games I played faster I got with them. could not figure out how to aim down the sights in first person(it is double tap LT?)
All in all this is a fun game, a little bit broken but still fun.

ZiabR

maximoose wrote: »

Just saw this on reddit, apparently if you disable Game DVR it gives a noticable boost to the frame rate

Not really acceptable is it though? Having to disable core elements of the xbox OS to get a game to offer better frame rates? Having forked out €500 on the worlds most powerful console, to be getting 20-25 fps is an insult.

The games concept is genius and it does offer at its core, a unique experience but we are not looking at a game here that is new. It has been around since March 2017. This was massively pushed during E3 as a game to watch on the xbox one x, and what we get is a real mixed bag. The port is very very poor.

This is running on the Unreal 4 engine... one of, if not the best gaming engine out there. The game for the most part looks horrendous. Poor textures, clunky gameplay and poor fps.

Its the sad reality of gaming in todays world. Companies release unfinished games and then spend a long time trying to fix them on the go. Ubi and EA are the main companies that do this, its mad really. We keep buying into them, which just shows other companies, they can get away with it.

In a team, the game is alot of fun and if it was finished and running properly, it would be amazing, there is nothing really out there that offers the kind of experience this game does but for me at the moment it will be left on the top shelf.

Surely I am not the only one that sees this game, this way?

maximoose

Just saw this on reddit, apparently if you disable Game DVR it gives a noticable boost to the frame rate

Mickeroo

Honestly this runs like a dream compared to how ark did on console launch and I had no issues putting a couple of hundred hours into that.

Fingleberries

IvoryTower wrote: »

Thats it, the concept definitely wins over the state of the game. It would be nice for the game to be a lot smoother in many ways but I can still see myself playing it for the buzz

This is going to be one of those games on console that people get used to the Early Access / Game Preview model. (Like 'We Happy Few')

Yes, it's choppy.
Yes, the graphics are relatively basic.
Yes, there are somethings about the control scheme that could be better.
Yes, it's not the full game - that doesn't even exist on PC.

The game is not finished. We are paying to be beta testers. But, when it runs, it is such a blast - I don't even mind some of the times I died because it was fun getting there.

When the game does get a full release, it will be better. We can wait until then and pay full price, or start now and have fun along the way. I'm opting for the latter, knowing that it'll be bumpy along the way.

IvoryTower

Thats it, the concept definitely wins over the state of the game. It would be nice for the game to be a lot smoother in many ways but I can still see myself playing it for the buzz

Stone Deaf 4evr

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Got my first win last night. We were exchanging gun fire, neither of us noticing where the next circle was. I was out in the open with a slight crest as cover and he was behind a tree in front about three meters away. He had the drop and everything but I had 1 or two shots on him. Next thing he just bolts out of the left hand side of me from behind the tree and he just falls dead. Died outside the play zone. I had to take a shower after it.

I dont care how buggy and unfinished the game is, once you get down to the last 20, I dont think I've ever been on the edge of my seat like I am in this.

Mickeroo

I would use full auto in close quarters that's about it.

IBrows89

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Long range gunplay is difficult, had the drop on a lad last night, he was maybe 75 meters away from me, heading in the opposite direction, I got a few shots off, but he still managed to win the gunfight. If that was battlefield I would have been raging, but I'm chalking it down to poor trigger discipline on my part.

I've found better accuracy with single or burst fire shots. Full auto dumps the ammo amazingly fast and the recoil is very pronounced.

I stopped using full auto completely after the first time using it, absolutely pointless as the recoil is so uncontrollable.

GottaGetGatt

Got my first win last night. We were exchanging gun fire, neither of us noticing where the next circle was. I was out in the open with a slight crest as cover and he was behind a tree in front about three meters away. He had the drop and everything but I had 1 or two shots on him. Next thing he just bolts out of the left hand side of me from behind the tree and he just falls dead. Died outside the play zone. I had to take a shower after it.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Long range gunplay is difficult, had the drop on a lad last night, he was maybe 75 meters away from me, heading in the opposite direction, I got a few shots off, but he still managed to win the gunfight. If that was battlefield I would have been raging, but I'm chalking it down to poor trigger discipline on my part.

I've found better accuracy with single or burst fire shots. Full auto dumps the ammo amazingly fast and the recoil is very pronounced.

Mickeroo

emmetkenny wrote: »

Yea that's what I played. The other poster was going into team modes solo.

Yeah, what i'm saying is you don't need a pre made team to play duos or squad.

One thing I've noticed is they seem to have left out the ability to turn auto matchmaking off so you always end up with a randomer if you match make in squads with only 3 of you.