PubG Mobile vs Call of Duty Mobile

Has PubG FINALLY met its match?

This is one of the hottest debates doing the rounds right now. Has PubG finally met its match in Call of Duty Mobile?

Before we find that out, let’s have a quick look at both the games:

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground better known as PubG is an open world FPS game where a player lands on a map along with 99 other players, a Battle Royale. The main objective of the game is survival, player who survives till the end is the winner, quite simple. The players have to do this by killing the other players with weapons which can be found scattered throughout the map.

This game was released on mobile in the year 2017. Post release, the game quickly grew in popularity and became one of the most downloaded and played FPS games of that year and has been winning a lot of awards ever since. The game has a whopping 100 Million+ downloads on the Android Play Store. You must have also seen a lot of tournaments conducted with thousands of dollars been given as prize money. PubG is becoming the next big thing in e-sports.

Review aggregator Metacritic has rated PubG Mobile – 82%

Call of Duty is an iconic game which was released way back in 2003 on PC and then later on PlayStation and Xbox. When released in 2003 it was based on World War II, but over time the game adopted a more modern and futuristic warfare gameplay. Coming to the mobile version, CoD Mobile was launched in 2019 and has surpassed 50 million downloads, since. It also won the best mobile game of the year 2019 award.

The CoD mobile has a Battle Royale mode just like PubG but it also has a few other gaming modes like the multiplayer mode, warfare mode, the classic mode and Zombie mode.

Review aggregator Metacritic has rated CoD Mobile – 85%

Has PubG finally met its match? Um, lets see:

Graphics – Call of Duty outdoes PubG in the graphics department with much cleaner and crisper detail, smoothness and color. PubG looks a little dull when compared to CoD. The graphics in CoD are much livelier.

Gameplay – The gameplay in PubG is very good but is slow. Call of Duty’s gameplay is fast and very exciting; it just makes you want to play more. The gun recoil, shooting, driving and the other aspects are a little more realistic when compared to PubG.

Weaponry  – There are some iconic weapons in PubG like the AK-47, AWM, Kar 98 Rifle and M4 and more. The weapons in CoD are more modern versions like DL Q33, PDW-57, S36, HS2126 and more, while retaining some of the cult weapons in AK-47, M4 and a few more. The range of weaponry in CoD is much more than PubG and the skins in CoD are better.  CoD edges PubG in the weapons department.

Final Verdict – It is a tough decision to make when we talk about the popularity of these two games as PubG has become a cult in itself over the last few years since its launch. On the other hand CoD is already an iconic game on other platforms and aiming to make a mark in the mobile platform.

For me, CoD tops this contest as the gameplay is simply better with a better engine, crisper and detailed graphics, fast and immersive gameplay. CoD is just more fun to play! The gun skins are better in CoD but the character skins are better in PubG. But we will have to wait and see how the promoters of CoD take the game forward and howl they approach the eSports scene as PubG is already quite big.