As PUBG For PS4 Looms, Xbox Unofficially Responds: Have the Game For Free (arstechnica.com) 52
Unannounced, unadvertised freebie lands ahead of Microsoft's X018 conference. PUBG, the game that kicked off an international "battle royale" gaming sensation, is currently free for all Xbox One owners. From a report: Even if you do not have a paid Xbox Live Gold subscription, you can head to this link and claim what appears to be a permanent copy of the game for your Microsoft Account. Timed trials of Xbox One games tend to be exclusive treats for XBLG subscribers. Bizarrely, the Konami soccer game PES 2019, which launched at a standard $60 retail price point in August, is also free to claim as of today. (Here's that link.) Of course, there is the caveat that these games' giveaways could be yanked from accounts by Microsoft at any moment. In the meantime, we suggest clicking first, asking questions later. Update: Microsoft says the games will be free only till November 11.
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I'm fine for with that. Bling wouldn't be bling if it were free.
It doesn't actually change game play
It might as well be free (Score:4, Interesting)
Given how often the servers are down for maintenance for the PC version during US prime time.
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Here's an idea: Take each of the regional server clusters down when it's not that region's prime time. Groundbreaking, I know, but it might just work.
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Yeah. They should never change a price to free or have sales or anything like that
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If you're willing to wait you can get just about any game for next to nothing. Considering most modern games either come with perpetual updates or a lengthy update/patch/DLC cycle, patience is a great way to get more bang for your entertainment buck.
Not only cheaper, but better (Score:2)
Still need Gold to play (Score:5, Informative)
It says right under the 'Get' button that Xbox Live Gold is needed to play the game. So, maybe you can *get* it, but you can't *play* it.
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Pro Evolution does have a single player component, which does not require Live Gold. The multiplayer component is unavailable without Gold, however.
Side note - I've got an XBox One and the UI is littered with ads and other distractions. I felt it akin to the Cable TV experience. The stupid thing sits in a drawer, disconnected.
Explanaton (Score:5, Insightful)
Speaking of which (Score:4, Informative)
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Nah, I invested the 80GB of download to take a look and although it's a simple shooter with fairly basic and repetitive gameplay the free version is already constrained in a way that merely cuts off progress rather than removing core elements of the game.
It's not good enough to entice me to buy the additional content but the free version is a playable game in its own right.
Cheater mess (Score:3)
I played PUBG for a few hours and in that time I got killed 3 times definitely by cheaters and 2 more times probably (out of 10). I really do not know why anybody (except the cheaters) would want to play this. Git a STEAM refund with this complaint without any problem.
From the numbers of actually banned cheaters I saw recently, things have not gotten any better.
Re:Cheater mess (Score:4, Interesting)
Were these cheaters? On Counterstrike high skill players were routinely accused of cheating (even myself). Although if there's a speed hack or something else silly then it is very obvious.
I never moved beyond CS 1.6, read about CS:GO was some kind of social media and my PC was too slow for it, so I didn't bought it and have not played a game online since..
It doesn't matter.
Starting a PvP game as a new player and being in competition with high skill players or cheaters has the same result. You die early and often, give up and move on to a more enjoyable game. There needs to be a ban on good players, so people who want to enjoy the game can do so. Maybe give them an overachieving_bastard_server option so they can play in a different box.
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These were cheaters. They did things the game ordinarily does not allow. For example, one was completely unaware of me being behind him for 20 seconds or so and when I shot at him he just turned extremely fast for an immediate head-shot directly after my first shot. Not possible without cheating with that speed, humans are just not that fast. On the rest I got fragged 5 times in clearly legitimate fashion.
So, yes, I am pretty sure. And no, I do not accuse good players of cheating, even though I know many pe
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Hmm. I got accused of cheating at Unreal Tournament. One defence I used was that I was regularly killing people that were clearly using aimbots.
But that was a proper online game, where map knowledge, skill and prediction could outperform reactive responses.
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I played a dozen times on my sons computer and found that I spend 15minutes roaming collecting my loot, then bam I die, often never seeing who got me. Gets boring after a while.
Yes, I suck, but the long respawn times and low success rates made me lose interest pretty quick.
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That in addition.
It's for Free Play Days (Score:5, Informative)
Get off my lawn (Score:2)
Internet Sensation (Score:1)
PUBG didn't actually kick off this battle royal sensation. It has its origins in Japanese manga and became realized in a gaming form with an Arms mod. This matters because the folks behind PUBG like to pretend they own this concept and try to sue others for copying "their" idea even though they stole it to begin with.
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Yea PU's Arma 2 BR mod. Was a mod of the DayZ mod. Then he did the ARMA 3 BR mod. Then H1Z1 hired him to fix that steaming pile of crap. Then he went on to do PUBG.