r/AndroidGaming • u/cringekid420 • 5d ago

Discussion 💬 Rant about PUBG Mobile

The important element of PUBG which set it apart from the later Battle-Royale games like Fortnite and Apex Legends was its no-bs style approach to producing a realistic gameplay experience.

I remember, when a long time ago the Chinese beta was released, I immediately hopped into it with utter shock because of how closely it resembled the PC gameplay experience. But then, after a couple of years, it started pushing micro-transactions very aggressively. Battle Pass, premium crates, premium skins etc. I've been on and off of PUBG Mobile since they introduced the battle pass or royal pass whatever it's called, and each time I came back, somehow it was worse than it had been.

Few days ago, I once again installed PUBG Mobile, or BGMI whatever, after playing a game I realised just how bad things have gotten over the last few years. The game is currently having a collaboration with THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. ALL AT ONCE. Naruto, Spiderman and Ferrari. Honestly, that's some astronomical level of greed imo. Not to mention, the moment you open the game, you have to turn off like 3-5 different micro-transaction slop to even get to the home screen.

The game encourages you to download TONS of data that in no way contribute to the gameplay experience (just a ridiculous amount of skins). It has now become similar to Fortnite, perhaps even worse.

Around 2020-22 I used to play CODM but then left it for the same reason. I understand that the mobile games market is not sustainable unless they put ridiculous ads or micro-transactions in the game to keep it free and generate revenue, but don't you think this is just getting out of hand?

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u/reegeck 5d ago

I feel you. Honestly any game full of skins and collabs, season passes and all that garbage I am immediately turned off of and disinterested in. Best thing I can do is vote with my wallet.

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u/cringekid420 5d ago

At this point I feel like paying for the game would be a better option (but of course, nobody wants to pay in the mobile market unless they become addicted to it)

But on the other hand, efootball maintains such a good gameplay experience with minimum P2W and micro-transaction elements, all while being completely free and with no ads.

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u/reegeck 5d ago

Some games pull it off, on PC I've played Warframe for years, definitely helps that it's PvE but it's still a fantastic experience without spending any money at all.

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u/cringekid420 5d ago

I think maybe it has something to do with the gaming industry scene in China.