Ranked Game Start: Battle Bus vs. Area Drops

Great post! 👍

TheZintis wrote:

I understand that the Battle Bus is a genre staple, but honestly it doesn't improve the game, at least for ranked. 

Fun fact: H1Z1 is the original Battle Royale, which only had dropzones. I have no clue what the whole map looks like in H1Z1. The aerial vehicle/plane drop method isn't really a genre staple, IMO. It's just a "feature". End zones in H1Z1 were always fun.

Playstation gamers didn't have access to PUBG until 12/7/18, and it wasn't F2P. 

BR players who didn't like Fortnite played H1Z1. That's where my BR journey begin. From there we all moved to Blackout, which was lit at the time. My friends back then were more adamant to pay for COD over PUBG. Then Apex came out, and the rest is history. Personally, I still moved on and played Realm Royale, then Firestorm, which was lit. Overall, I've played almost every BR to come out. 

I came back to Apex when Wattson and Ranked was introduced, the infamous Season 2.

Lastly, when researching BR origin and the first BR games it seems as if drop zones are actually the real genre staple. I'm not 100% sure though. 

Where did battle royale originate?

What is the first battle royale game?

I've been a BR fanatic since H1Z1. No other game mode compares to BR, and never will. Hopefully the devs will stick to the roots of BR and not cave to deathmatch players, BR will always be a survival genre.