Three players left, you’re scrambling to get that sweet victory in your favorite BR title. Hands: sweating. Feet: sweating. Head: sweating. It’s been a long and intense game! On the flip side, your opponent has been taking the game super slow, maybe, has a kill–but most likely he’s running a goose egg. Love it or hate it, that’s an appeal to the battle royale system.
Look at it like this, standard deathmatch games, the “COD” and “Battlefield” titles come to mind, are pure go-go-go. You got your map and you run around it like a chicken with your head cut off trying to accumulate as many kills as possible. BR games throw that traditional game mode out the window, replacing it with an experience that can either be wild AF or chill. Players can choose to throw themselves headlong into the action or just kinda cruise around, looting and being passive. Anything to be the last remaining jabroni.
IMO, playing conservatively in any video game is a waste. If I want to relax, I’ll go to the beach. Catch me going ballistic in my favorite video game. “PUBG” and “Fortnite” give the player options and there is nothing wrong with those!