PUBG MOBILE DOWNLOAD SCRIPT 1

PUBG MOBILE DOWNLOAD SCRIPT 1

Across the board, critics note how impressively this port captures the spirit of the original battle royal game. Their one issue, though, is that the controls can be difficult on a smartphone's touch screen.

Here's what the critics are saying about PUBG Mobile:

Polygon

Polygon's Charlie Hall is enjoying PUBG Mobile, and he's surprised by how well it runs on his older phone.

"Overall, everything is in its place. It’s quite a feat, considering how small the real-estate is on an iPhone and leaps and bounds better than the bizarre acommodations needed to play with an Xbox controller." — Charlie Hall, Polygon

The Good

"I’m here to tell you that this version of the game is surprisingly good. It’s a full-featured port with a clever user interface, and it runs astonishingly well even on my older iPhone."

The Bad

"If I have one complaint it’s that running in one direction and looking in the other is a bit fiddly right now and takes some getting used to."

"Attachments and other items on the ground flash up on the screen in a grid and you have to pick the ones you want individually, which can be tedious with a smaller touch screen and a long list of items to choose from. I definitely recommend an iPad or Android tablet if you want to spend time fine tuning your loadout."

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Android Police

Over at Android Police, Matthew Sholtz side-loaded PUBG Mobile onto his device, and discovered that external gamepad support isn't quite there yet.

"The first thing I did was connect my Logitech F310 over USB to my Galaxy S8+, and sadly the gamepad only works halfway." — Matthew Sholtz, Android Police

The Good

"The graphics are actually pretty good, especially when playing on the highest settings. I have noticed very few frame drops, though the textures and map detail are less than the PC or console releases, but that is to be expected."

"The gameplay isn't that much different from the PC and console releases. … You still play with 100 players that are dropped on an enormous 8x8 km battlefield"

The Bad

"The first thing I did was connect my Logitech F310 over USB OTG to my Galaxy S8+, and sadly the gamepad only works halfway. I can move my player perfectly fine with the analog sticks, but the rest of the buttons on the controller do absolutely nothing. Maybe this means the controller support just needs more work, though it isn't unheard of to see popular ports landing on the Play Store without an option for physical gamepads."

"The next issue with the controls has to do with the touchscreen. As we all know, shooters played on a mobile device can be terribly challenging, and PUBG Mobile is no different in this regard. The on-screen buttons are responsive enough, but the problem is that there are too many of them, and you will have to use each one if you plan on succeeding."

The Verge

Even though The Verge's Sam Byford admits he's "still bad at" PUBG after playing for nearly a year, he's loving the mobile port.

"It’s just really cool to see that a groundbreaking gaming concept that brought monster PCs to their knees a year ago can already run on phones." — Sam Byford, The Verge