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Fortnite Vs. PUBG: Which Is The Best Battle Royale Game? | Versus

PUBG and Fortnite: Battle Royale are two of the biggest games in the world right now, but which one is best? Fighting for PUBG is Oscar Dayus and repping Fortnite is Dave Jewitt. Watch and decide who you think argued their case better in our poll! New episodes of Versus every Wednesday!

Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds are two sides of the same very big and very successful coin. They're two of the biggest games in the world right now, and they tackle the same genre--battle royale--in their own unique ways. PUBG is of course a little more focused towards the military sim crowd, while Fortnite has embraced its silliness to good effect. The question is: which game is better?

We decided to sit down and have a lighthearted but passionate debate about which game we prefer. Fighting for PUBG and its slower, more considered pace is Oscar Dayus, while resident flosser Dave Jewitt is one the side of Fortnite's over-the-top action.

Watch the video above to see how the debate turned out. The discussion begins with randomly selected topics, and the pair argue in support of their respective picks. Alongside the serious analysis of each side, there's also some friendly fun-making and jokes at each other's expense. Be sure to watch till the end to see the quickfire round, which gets a little goofy.

Last week we put the original Crash Bandicoot games up against the Spyro the Dragon series to decide which of the two is the best of the PlayStation platformers, and Oscar Dayus duly burned Will Potter with his hot takes. Make sure to get your voice heard this week by voting for who you think won the debate on YouTube or by commenting down below. Check back next week for another episode of Versus; new episodes drop every Wednesday at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM BST / 11 PM AET on GameSpot.com and YouTube.

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both garbage, once bf5 and cod bo4 puts out their versions of battle royale we won't be talking about pubg or fortnite anymore. fortnite is for kids with ADD and PUBG has the worst developers on the planet behind it.

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fortnite

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PUBG is best for the hardcore Shooter fans. Mainly Military Tactical Shooters. My type of shooter.

Fortnite is more geared for the casual shooter fan.

Both however have their hardcore advance player base like all genres do in that regard.

The better optimized game is Fortnite though and it's Free.

So yeah saved you some time.

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CLIIIIIiIIIIIIICK BAAAAAAAIIITTTTT!!!!

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If you think you're somehow a more 'skilled' video game player by playing PUBG over Fortnite...you're delusional. They are both games that have heavily random elements (weapon placement) and everyone is on the same playing field. You have 10x the player-base in fortnite...you honestly don't think there's more 'skilled' video game players playing it, just out of sheer volume? You're only as 'skilled' as the competition you beat...

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This again?
I think everything has been said and done on the subject already, no?
It all depends on what you're looking for!

If you're an hyperactive gamer who likes to wreck havoc and quick paced game, Fortnite totally blows PUBG out of the water.

If you prefer slow paced, tactical, smarts over reflexes, PUBG requires more survival strategies than Fortnite.

I spent lots of games in PUBG where I could roam around for 3-4 minutes without coming across anyone at all.
PUBG games are often made of two messy phases, The drop and the final 2-3 shrinks.
In between it can be calm.

Fortnite games are NEVER calm! xD

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I tried Darwin Project and found it more fun than both of those. But I'll probably get tired of that pretty fast as well. One mode. One map. Same shit all the time. Got too little time to waste precious gametime on shallow mainstream crap games.

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But also we have to remember that this is a huge gaming company (Epic Games) copying PUBG and adopting the building mechanic of Fortnite to make a "different" game. It is a bit derivative.

I'd wonder what this would look like if it was a smaller company like Bluehole who was copying a game from Epic. Epic has the financial muscle to make a well optimized game quick and easy.

Then the F2P aspect helps as well.

Personally, I prefer PUBG. Something about jumping around and flying in a 100 man deathfight does not vibe with me.

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Trick question. Answer... Zelda!

-Ninja... Zelda's not even a... ugh... never mind.-

-NONE OF THE ABOVE NINJA APPROVED-

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Young kids play Fortnite & PUBG's clone-like game (i dont remember the name).

The reason they play these games is because they are free to play.

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@Geogyf: H1z1 ?

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@mightymike26: Not on mobile.

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