Playing PUBG On Xbox One Is Like Wading Through Some Very Ugly Porridge

Maybe save up for a gaming PC if you really want to get the most out of PUBG.

[TankCrossing]

Yeah but... Console exclusive porridge

/celebrate

[WilliamSheridan]

So, it's actually not that bad. It's an early release and has a few issues, but it runs and a pretty solid frame rate and I expect it to only get better.

[isa_scout]

What games are you use to playing if you think this runs fine with a solid framerate. It's fun no doubt, but I've had terrible hiccups and the framerate chugs pretty bad. Maybe you're copy is different than everyone else.... Or you're just not accustomed to playing games that are well optimized.

[bluefox755]

20fps is solid?

[supermonkeyfox]

Totally agree. Have watched quite a few you tube videos and it looks pretty solid and playable to me. Early access or not, it's great that xbox owners have access to such a great game (it's literally the only game I have been playing over the past few months).

[Zero_Suit_Samus]

@WilliamSheridan

“It's an early release and has a few issues, but it runs and a pretty solid frame rate and I expect it to only get better.”

Why do you keep defending this turd? It’s one of the worst unoptimized major games in history.

[NoPeace_Walker]

"20fps is solid?"

For an early access game that came out 2 days ago, yes..as it will get better.

The Last Guardian took almost 10 years to make and the final retail code of $60 can also run in the 20s....and it was fine for many people but suddenly people here are just now having issue with a PRE-RELEASE, a work-in-progress $30 title? Laugable.

[WilliamSheridan]

My copy is the same as everyone else. And even in the video you can see what I mean. Other than the "lobby" and the drop in, the game pretty much runs 30fps with occasional dips to 28 or so. On X I'm happy, and it hasn't even been given an X Enhanced patch yet, so it's only using a fraction of the GPU

[C-H-E-F]

it's not a console exclusive, it's TIMED console exclusive. It will be coming to the playstation 4 & ps4 pro

[TankCrossing]

Pipe down, you're cramping my style.

[Italiano1234567]

We dont need this crap

[morganfell]

Doesn't matter. It isn't a game changer. I called this months and months ago when the idea of it coming to console surfaced. As I said then, remember when they announced CS GO for consoles and people started with the world domination talk? Yeah that worked out.

This is an EA title with a ton of fake accounts and half the total accounts are from numbers generated in China. Also the devs do not seem to be focusing ion the actual game itself but rather are worrying themselves with the perception of the game.

[UCForce]

@morganfell “sigh” Pretty much like Ark Survival Evole which is a complete mess.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

The wording was changed from console launch exclusive of console exclusive. I’m sorry.

[G20WLY]

If it came to PlayStation, nobody would buy it. It's unfinished and a mess. Fortnite is better and it's free.

There's too much out there that's better on PlayStation. Why not do what most MP games do and run a frickin' FREE BETA?!

Then, you know, fix and patch as necessary before you charge people money!

Early access is straight up bollocks - you're paying them to test their game, it's madness and it's unhealthy.

[bluefox755]

Who cares really? It's pretty much garbage at this point. Fortnite is better, and it's free.

[ocelot07]

@343_Guilty_Spark

You are correct sort of. If you look at the xbox one box of PUBG. It says Xbox One Console Exclusive Game Preview Edition. Which is actually correct providing early access version does not arrive on PS4. If the full release does indeed release on PS4. Then the claim on the box still stands as the preview edition was a console exclusive to Xbox.

[Jinger]

@G20WLY

That is a very dumb and narrow minded view. "Saying that no one would buy it", "we don't want it because we have other games to play" is stupid. Its like the reasoning Sony gave denying EA ACCESS. More options and more games is never a bad thing.

[G20WLY]

^lol, Jinger, I can assure you I'm not dumb, nor do I appreciate being called that. Let's try this then:

Nobody wants unfinished or broken games with bad performance.

Is that something you can manage to understand?

[SierraGuy]

Sony wouldn't let this unoptimized mess on their console. I'm sure they will figure it out.

[Cuzzo63]

Naaaah. They can keep it

[rainslacker]

There seems to be a trend to compare stuff to food nowadays.

[TankCrossing]

Indeed. I quite like porridge every now and again, even if some people don't find it pretty :p

[rainslacker]

Yeah, it can be tasty, particular when cold outside.

I dunno about wading through it though....seems like it'd get into all the nook and crannies.

[TankCrossing]

Its the way it sticks in hair that really causes problems.

[Vincent91]

I’ve got this game on PC it’s trash, I prefer Fortnite.

[corroios]

Damn ugly. Omg what were they thinking. This is should be another year being worked

[badz149]

it's the most sensible thing to do but why would they do THAT? unoptimized mess or not, people on PC swallowed it RAW, and they are hoping the xbone crowd would do too! that's the upside for them selling under the label "Early Access"! no need to finish their game but rake in the money! I think, it's no coincidence that the abbreviation of it says "EA".

[Kiknyonutz]

That's exactly what they're doing.... It's early access but you all act like it's a v1.0 lol

[Codedan]

Have you played the game? It is not anywhere near how bad people are making it out to be. I have played with a crap ton of people, and rarely anyone has issues outside of the game crashing once in a while.

[Bhai]

Hahaha personal favorite, even Sega Saturn RPG did better textures :D ...
https://41zxbw463fq733z1kl1...

[mafiahajeri]

That mad me chuckle for some reason xD

[TankCrossing]

I clicked your screenshot hoping to see Panza Dragoon Saga. Needless to say I was disappointed, as that image is nowhere near as stylish.

[Relientk77]

Wow that's awful lol

[Bhai]

My God, x1x is sooo powerful, this gen's best 'soup' can also be brewed only on it:
https://41zxbw463fq733z1kl1...

XD

[Tobse]

Wondering when we see the ps4 Version as compar..... oh wait

[TKCMuzzer]

No offence, I would rather not have a PS4 version if their going to treat it like the Xbox version. This is not great PR for MS, maybe they should have been more concerned about making sure the quality was there before getting one up on Sony.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Fortunately, I don't have any problems with my eyesight and after seeing the game in action I wouldn't buy it even if it was released on PS4.

[Jinger]

That's not the X1X visuals tho...

[bamillington]

ive had some great moments good fun. yay

[bolimekurac]

this is just another game in the list of games being released to slowly be fixed as time goes on, im not liking this at all, and while this is on a ms console it happens to both sony and ms but less so on sony exclusives.

many games from many developers this gen have been released with issues after issue which eventually gets fixed with patches and the whole time im thinking why is this game even being released.
why arent devs hiring people to test these games, why are they being released while broken.
I dont want betas, i dont want pre release, i want games that are ready to play at release day

[Magnetar]

It’s an early access game, as in pre beta. It’s not a hard concept to figure out.

[SierraGuy]

Your a hard concept to figure out.

[bluefox755]

It's not just that it looks like soup, it plays like crap. 20fps? Dropping as low as 4fps? That's unacceptable. You could almost forgive the textures if it ran smoothly, but it does neither. What a garbage fire. Can't believe they're charging money for this.

[Elda]

LOL! The Bots were singing praises of PUBG being their end year savior.

[zuul9018]

I own an xbox and gaming pc and i really dont get the interest in this game regardless.
I understand everyone has different tastes but it really doesnt appeal to me at all. This is regardless of if it performed well/looked better.

[mokkeyrg2]

On the x it eent to bad tbh i enjoy it only can only get better

[Tobse]

Could look like a atari game. Still the most fun I and many others had in any game that came out this gen. Why dont you guys try to play it first?

[UCForce]

Oh really ? The game is still in early access. Like I said, Few people like you are lucky, but most of others are not. Even PC players have to find a way to fix the game by themselves.

[Tobse]

Lucky by what? Im playing it on PC. Most good Players play on the lowest possible settings to Spot enemys early. Noone gives a flying freak about what the game looks like. Its fun, that is what matters. I dont play games for the looks or an emotional story. I play games to have fun, you might feel different but dont come at people that wont agree with that Agenda

[nowitzki2004]

What do they gotta fix by themselves?

[FallenAngel1984]

That’s really embarrassing for a game Microsoft seemed so invested in, especially when you consider their prior 2017 exclusive performance

[BeOpenMinded]

I'm rather enjoying it on base xbox... typical alpha stuff though. I remember ark making me want to throw my controller moreso when a dino I spent hours training would glitch through a mountain and/or disappear. This is less stressful and still fun. It's worth 30 bucks to me as I have a not so good a laptop to play on PC and don't have to deal with cheaters so much

[TKCMuzzer]

I'm sorry but nobody should have to pay for anything in this state, look at Fornite, F2P, looks and runs a damn site better.

[Codedan]

Fortnite had a early beta for 30 bucks and the servers were trash for a week. How the hell are you going to sit here and talk about Fortnite.

[letsa_go]

No Man's PUBG

[SierraGuy]

Lol.

[RetroGamR]

PUBG sold itself. Back when it launched i saw it on the top of the list on twitch, didn't know what the hype was...just ignored it... butt as far as NO Mans Lie... I don't remember the developer of pubg going on a tv talk show to hype the game up . OR talk lies...(hype) this game was straight up PC hype organically! No mans lie will forever be the example just like anything else. PUBG never lied. Look at it!!

[letsa_go]

oooook, whatever you say buddy! LMAOOOOOOOO

[THC CELL]

Be quicker if rockstar upgrades Gta to this game mode

[nowitzki2004]

GTA shooting mechanics are horrible compared to PUBG

[Ben12]

Wow I am a huge one x fan, but dam am I playing comadore 64 here?. Why release this game at the state its in. So so disapointing pure nonsense. Pull this junk off the shelf.

[Jinger]

1X looks significanlty better. These screen shots are from the base hardware, these are from the X:

https://www.thenerdmag.com/...
https://www.thenerdmag.com/...
https://www.thenerdmag.com/...

[Opinionatedlovesme]

I honestly dont see why you would BUY this mess. Just download Fortnite for free if you play on consoles lol. It is so much more polished.

[cellfluid]

It's clear Microsoft is rushing the devs to push this game out because they have nothing to offer their Xbox supporters. Time is needed for this game to run better which would close the margin of the exclusive deal they have with bluwhole releasing this game on ps4

[gamer7804]

hopefully when the game finally releases it looks much better. I'm sure the gameplay is enjoyable, thats why so many people love counterstrike, but there is no reason that PUBG can't look much better.

[Opinionatedlovesme]

It won't. The devs dont care. They already are profiting big time so why do the extra work??

[Gunstar75]

If you don't want to play a early access build of a game with the bugs and glitches that go with it, then don't play EARLY ACCESS games.

This game is massive having sold 25 million copies. It can't be that crap.

[TKCMuzzer]

You hit the nail on the head, its sold 25 million copies and runs like this, with that much profit there is no excuse for not funding a better port over to the Xbox. Early access , means early access, it doesn't mean a shoddy product.

[SierraGuy]

Exactly they've already made their millions and don't give a crap if it ever gets optimized or finished...too busy buying cars and watches. Good job MS/steam releasing unfinished crap. This shouldn't even be allowed just like MT. The stupid ones are the ones paying 30 dollars for it.

[C-H-E-F]

Fortnite for the win lOl..

[Relientk77]

Looks awful lol

[TheHan]

Yet it has just been a Day sense the game came out on Xbox. These people must be kissing ass if they’re so quick to dismiss the game. I for one don’t give a crap about reviews, it’s never influenced my opinion on a game in the past based on what someone else thinks of it. After a week of a game being out then I may consider the review. But not even 24 hours and it gets ridiculed, pretty shady if you ask me

[gtxgamer2]

Yeah games a mess rn. Definitely not worth 30$ to play rn.

[wheatley]

It's day one in early access, I would be annoyed if they said this was the finished game. I'm sure the PC version had some teething issues (probably not this bad) but it's not going to be amazing right from the start.

[TKCMuzzer]

Eh, seeing as the Xbox is pretty much PC architecture what is the excuse? I think people are letting them off. If one of the big 3 released an early access demo exclusive from their own studio that looked like this we would be up in arms.

[Legacy212]

You clearly lack reading comprehension skills. I mean it's not like it's in early access or anything lol. I have over 200 hours on ark and that game was a mess lol still had a blast playing

[Jinger]

The PC version STILL has massive issues. The problem isn't really too much the hardware as it is Blueholes lack of coding skills.

[rainslacker]

For all the people who readily admit the pc version has issues, it makes me wonder why they were so hyped for it coming to Xbox, knowing that it would likely have the same issues. Also.makes me wonder where their standards lay, because any official game released, even if only $30, still gets a ton of criticism. But also that early access tag on it and suddenly people are accepting of crappy ports and unfinished games.

I get that there are people that are fine supporting early access, but from what I've seen around here, most of the people saying it's fine, are the first to criticize games like druveclub or no man's sky for not working well or being incomplete.

[SirBradders]

Early access done very wrong Imo. The PC version should be completed then released on console. Same thing happened with ark.

Fortnite devs done it the best, released simultaneously and with a steady stream of updates.

[GamingSinceForever]

People want to defend the fact that it's in early access, but tend to ignore that thy were charged for it.

[RetroGamR]

I will be upset if they don't improve it and contact them. But i bought it knowing they will finish it. i am glad they did this early access. I am officially HOOKED on it!

[PS3_Noob]

Damn Xbox just can't get a break

[RetroGamR]

? PUBG was a nice break. I am now hooked on the dang game. Who ever has to pick on the obvious with this game is truly funny!

[Rhythmattic]

No Soup. Just porridge.

[Father__Merrin]

Soup like textures this version is a shame. Xbox one version is a comical slideshow Xbox one X is worse when you consider the price performance ratio.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

It’s not to bad on the X. Obviously it still needs work but I had a good time playing with my squad.

[Jinger]

The X looks significantly better. Long draw distance, actual textures etc.

[Jinger]

As of right now, this is basically an Xbox One X game. No point playing it on the X1 or X1S until they can further optimize.

[rainslacker]

So basically ms doesnt care about the stock x1. Haven't you argued with me in the past about how ms still cares about the majority of their user base, and not the rather insignificant number that will buy into the x1x.

On top of that, ms mandates that games work well enough on release. Even early access has a standard. If they didn't bother adhering to their own standards just to get this game out for their pitiful holiday line up, then they should be doubly criticized for their actions as they were more interested in marketing than providing a quality product. That seems to go against the notion that competition is good,

[ZehnDrachen]

Ppl will say "this game is only in preview"... is the game at work this bad on PC? Maybe the game was just poorly optimized for the Xbox

[CrimsonWing69]

is it that demanding of a game from a hardware perspective?

[sprinterboy]

This games getting a free pass with how awful the performance etc is, Id rather support EA battlefront 2. Seriously the lobby lol, parachuting out the plane what 12fps, foliage looks like 2005, gfx 360 era, character movement back in the 2000s, I know it's early access but wow, it ain't gonna get much better

[will313]

We really making a stink about an early access game? Grow up fanboys...

[will313]

Just played 2 games. Please tell me whats so unbearable about it... Shit works fine for what it is....If I can deal with Doom on Switch, I can deal with this.....

[DaGreatOne]

I don't know if it was intentional or not. But if you are arguing that you don't care how this game performs or how it looks, than trashing the pro in comparison to the 1X seems stupid.

[PUBG]

The game plays good and looks last gen. No different from most other tactical shooters.

[Mexxan]

I don't understand about 60fps on 1X, surely this was PU fantasizing about it ever being the case. What about it running at 30-40 FPS on vanilla? False advertising I say. The reason why thier is no uproar is because owners of copies don't want to admit they got shafted, even for a game preview release.

[DialgaMarine]

After all the soup hashtags from Xbox fans, I think it’s time for a new one #PorridgeBoxOneX

[RetroGamR]

But there is not a ps4 version to compare textures though? I mean if people have to pick on a game like this...says it all. I am hooked on it now.

[DialgaMarine]

There’ll be a PS4 version, and likely a PS5 version as well, but that doesn’t matter. Fact is that Xbox are trying to gloat about how important resolution, performance, and textures are, when they were accepting the worst of all those for 4 years. This game looks and runs like crap on both Xbone consoles.

[Kiknyonutz]

If anyone thinks this is going to look significantly better or run a lot smoother on PS4 is in for a ride awakening ...

[ASBO-5]

whaaaaaaat?!?!? an xbone game didn't deliver? im acting astonished!

[RetroGamR]

Allll a sudden they making FUN" of unfinished games....anyway yes first time playing it was rough but oh man do i get it now what the hype is. I actually want to keep playing. There will be others trying to replicate this big seller! IM actually surprised they released so soon but it all makes sense now. Ill be with this game till the end ...will be good to see how they update it. Def has PC game feel but no problem for this console gamer. This whole *glitchy thing makes it harder as in challenge wise. Accept the challenge! Kinda like old school challenge...there is something special about this game...(once you figure it out top to bottom) glad i have the open mind. Today tried the 4player..was intense to "spectate" the last player of our team almost make it...he was #8. HA look forward to see other games try to mimic this concept/twist. So much potential! Game on.

[Specter229]

Might as well pick it up for 30 before it gets bumped up to 60. Like ark and we happy few

[JokerDem]

The amount of delusional people on here is astonishing, why is it so hard for them to understand that people play the game for "fun". Though looking at the ridiculous commitment they've put into trashing such an incredibly popular game because of an article from some no name website does say a lot about n4g's community.

[TheOttomatic91]

GOTY

[Vectrexer]

I'm sure they will fix whatever issues there are. These articles sound like they're written by children with the attention span of Dory...

[OneLove]

People forget that fortnite played and looked like ass when it first came out.

[Greedsin]

Besides the fact that the games frame rate sucks, the graphics kind of suck right now and your game can crash at any second, we have to understand that this game is only in alpha on console. To be honest the PC version it's self has performance problems to begin with so is it really that surprising to see the console version have the same sort of problem, even tho I will agree it's a little worse here.

Over all, when the game isn't running like crap the game is still very fun with or without friends, I just hope they make the game run a little smoother soon.

[CJLogix]

yeah needs alot of work still, but then again. This game is an Alpha Preview. It will get better later on.

[demonicale]

Love it currently, sick of the anti xbox attitude on this site.