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PUBG is almost exactly like its predecessors, so I don't know how you can level "shameless clone" at Fortnite that has the whole building mechanic. That was a
by always_good 8y ago
PUBG is almost exactly like its predecessors, so I don't know how you can level "shameless clone" at Fortnite that has the whole building mechanic.
That was a big risk compared to PUBG's conservative and incremental iteration on the existing genre.
Though these Fortnite vs PUBG arguments sure sound like the Xbox vs PS3 forum debates back in the day... I was always thankful that I didn't encounter them on HN.
- chrischen 8y agoWhich predecessor is PUBG exactly like? PUBG is the originator of the Battle Royale type, unless you count the Japanese movie Battle Royale as a predecessor.
- mr-ron 8y agoDay Z and Rust are from 2013
- lostmsu 8y agoNeither is Battle Roayle in the sense, that the game does not force you to fight. I've seen Warcraft III maps that did what PUBG does though.
- throwaway2048 8y agothere were dozens of battleroyale type games that predate PUBG with near identical looting + random circle collapsing inward mechanics, most floundered.
- chrischen 8y agoI'm not sure what the other ones were, but for the popularly referenced Battle Royale modes in H1Z1 and DayZ, they originated from mods by the PUBG creator. That being said, both the games you reference, their Battle Royale mode was actually made by the creator of PUBG: > Brendan Greene, also known as PLAYERUNKNOWN, is the creator of the Battle Royale mod that started in the DayZ mod for Arma 2. Recently, Battle Royale has been licensed by SOE and made an official game mode in H1Z1
- haldean 8y agoIt was explicitly made to be a better H1Z1
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- kingbirdy 8y agoPlayer Unknown grew to fame originally as a modder who created Battle Royale modes for other games, and then used that experience/name recognition to launch his own game. If PUBG was the first Battle Royale mode, Player Unknown wouldn't have been famous and it would have just been Battlegrounds.
- chrischen 8y agoI guess I'm using PUBG/Brendan Greene/PlayerUnknown interchangeably. In spirit PUBG is the successor of the mods he created, the game engines that happened to host it were vessels. So PUBG the game is simply a continuation of the original modes he created. It's also currently the most popular, outside of Fortnite, so I consider it the originator.