It Would Sacrifice the Enjoyment of Many for the Enjoyment of FewĪssuming that only a handful of Mass Effect-style power suits spawn on each map, the one or two players that manage to obtain one would likely have such a significant gap in power over the rest of the players that it would detract from the majority's experience. Sure, you wouldn't feel so bad if you were the one in the exosuit, but that means. In a game where snap decisions mean so much, getting shot down in an unwinnable duel against someone dressed like a Spartan IV would be nothing but a letdown.
Now imagine the frustration of knowing that no matter what strategy you choose, you won't stand a chance against that one guy that managed to parachute closest to the power armor at the start of the match. Every decision could be the difference between failure and chicken dinner. This means that your choices carry weight. Do I take the shot and reveal my location? Do I open the door and initiate the fight? Do I try to battle for the air drop? Whereas bad decisions in most online shooters merely send you back to the spawn point with another tick in the death column, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS ends your match right there. What separates PUBG from so many other first-person shooters is that decisions matter. While some might relish the idea of running around the map in a form-fitting bullet sponge like the one pictured above, the presence of such an item in the actual game would severely detract from the overall experience - and for a number of reasons. Though players were quick to point out that this particular asset is actually from an Unreal Engine 4 C++ template - DevinWatson himself even noted in the gallery that this suit was found with other development and testing assets - it does raise the question of whether power suits of some kind should ever come to PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.