PUBG vs. Blackout: Which Battle Royale Game is Better?
Map
PUBG’s original map is, and forever will be, a classic. It is the grandfather of military sim battle royale maps. That doesn’t make it the superior map, though.
It features a few different terrains, but up until recently, it was a tad lackluster. It had houses, but not enough. It had foliage, but not enough. It had unique locations, but not enough. That’s been remedied with patches and updates, and for those still not happy with the map, there are other maps to play on now. That’s something Blackout doesn’t have and possibly, won’t ever have. Who knows?
Blackout’s map has a few things going for it. First off, and most importantly, nostalgia. It’s a mosh pit of some of the best Call of Duty maps ever made. Your favorite Black Ops maps are mashed together in Blackout to create a memorable map. There’s Nuketown, Estates, Firing Range and more.
On top of nostalgia, there’s also zombies on the map, which sets Blackout apart from the rest in the genre, not just PUBG. Not only does the Blackout map force you to focus on taking out enemy players, but a few careful missteps and you could find yourself running (or killing) the undead. Either way, it’s a fun and unique distraction from killing enemy players. How you handle that, though, is up to you.
PUBG gets some bonus points for being the blueprint of military sim battle royale maps, but at the end of the day, everything the PUBG map does, Blackout’s map does better, and with more (zombies). It doesn’t help PUBG that Blackout does this by using maps engrained in the heads of longtime Call of Duty players.
