PUBG Emulator vs PUBG Mobile

Fans of the globally renowned mobile game, were indeed hyped when Tencent released their PC Emulator for PUBG Mobile. Playing it on an Emulator meant that gamers would experience greater control over many aspects of the game, particularly the camera angle and the aiming. And this did turn out to be true, so much so that it is now difficult to go back to the mobile version of the game. The emulator allows for so much more freedom in movement and aiming.

My particularly favorite aspect of the emulator is that it makes it very easy to move around and shoot if you come face to face with an opponent. You can move left and right, jump, crouch and move around to avoid getting shot, all the while you are shooting at the other person. I have come across some talented opponents that that used the Peak and Crouch together in a face to face battle that helped them avoid my bullets and knock me out. You can't have that in the mobile version.

Even though all of that is great I think that is where it ends as well. The rest of the controls and setting are not convenient to my taste. What I find the most problematic is that when you are looting another crate there are so many things to pick up. The auto pick up does the most part for you but if you want something in particular you have to scroll with the mouse (and we all know how bad that works) and you have 3 keys (F,G,H) to pick up something from on of the rows. While the 3 keys may be acceptable, the scrolling control is so bad that I have to press CTR L and then use the mouse to select what I want.

The mobile version is better than the Emulator when it comes to the convenience of selecting the grenades and the medical equipment. Sometimes in the rush of things you can press the wrong button in the numbers row which is an easy mistake to make. And there is no button for the Adrenaline Syringe you have to press CTR L and select it via the cursor.

Opening up your inventory to attach or de-attach gun attachments is another hassle. You are completely vulnerable during that time and although you are vulnerable in the mobile version as well, in the emulator it takes longer to adjust everything.

So overall while I am more of a fan of PUBG on the Emulator than the Mobile version, I do have these concerns that make game play really difficult, and I feel like there could be better ways to do all of the above if PUBG really acknowledges this and intends to provide a more comfortable experience.