PUBG- Battlegrounds is one of the most active games in the battle royale genre. As it has already been seven years since its inception, players have been missing the old Erangel map for quite some time. Although it’s for a limited time, the good news is that PUBG is bringing the Erangel map back this month.
The Erangel Classic event will be active on PC from 14 May to 28 May and on console from 23 May to 6 June. Taehyun Kim, Production Director of PUBG, recently spoke about the event and mentioned that reverting the whole map was impossible. However, their team has tried to recreate the same map as identical to the old one and hoped that it would be acceptable.
Difference Between The Old Map And The New One
Kim mentioned that the new Erangel event might not be a perfect replica of the old map, as restoring the old assets to their new versions would be impractical. However, the development team has put their efforts into recreating the old-school gunplay balance, fonts, and UI based on past records and data.
Players might feel like they are back in 2017, as during firefights, it would take the old timing to kill an enemy, and the recoil would be different. Kim stated that the recoil had to be increased according to the new ARs in the game, and players would get a classic feeling with old recoil settings.
With a rich history of PUBG being released in 2017 by Brendan Greene, it instantly became a pioneer among other games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty: Warzone. The game is really focused on bringing back the old retrospection and providing players with a little nostalgia.