In Fortnite the Nightmare Event is currently running: the Fortnitemares 2019. It’s getting spooky on the map and everyone is in Halloween mood. Our author Eilyn particularly recommends this Fortnitemares event.
I really enjoy the Halloween season and look forward to celebrating this time in Fortnite every year. This year, the Fortnitemares event is particularly well designed. I was totally excited by the Fortnitemares.
1. The limited mode: Storm King
The mode is a highlight: The mode is pretty cool. You are right in the battle bus and the eerie music begins. Then all players hurry to loot quickly and get to the center to reach the Storm King.
To defeat the Storm King, you need a lot of team spirit. It’s great to see everyone working together to win. So far, I have only had good experiences and have always been revived when I was down.
This mode is recommended for all players who want to have a coop experience: Because in Battle Royale, where everyone usually plays against each other, here you must cooperate to defeat a final boss.
It’s not that easy to defeat the Storm King, but when you succeed, you feel a bit of pride. I was certainly happy when I finally won on the third try.
2. The Nightmare Challenges
The Nightmare Challenges were good: I found the Nightmare Challenges quite easy to solve. You could complete the Storm King missions alongside during the game. It didn’t take much effort, and you can unlock cool free rewards.
The remaining challenges were quite easy to solve, once you knew where these items were located.
The only challenge that annoys me a bit is the one with the hiding spot, as it is time-consuming. You are supposed to hide somewhere on the map and then jump out when a player is 20 meters near the hiding spot.
I had to wait a long time until someone came by.
The idea with the Cursed Challenges is well planned: Epic has a good idea with the challenges. It’s supposed to encourage players to visit the creative mode, which they probably wouldn’t use otherwise.
The created community games are creepy and creatively designed. I would recommend everyone to try such a game. Especially the “Mansion of Power” games were really fun for me.
In the “Mansion of Power”, the whole map is foggy, and you cannot see very far. You then have to try to eliminate the other players. Up to 16 players can participate in the same match.
This brings variety to the Fortnite routine – just as events should.
3. The overall mood on the map
This year the map was better redesigned: For every Fortnitemares, the map is spooky redesigned. You can find Halloween decorations everywhere that are quite well done. Personally, I like that because I am a big Halloween fan.
What I particularly appreciate this year is that the monsters are not spread all over the map. Last year, it was tedious to be disturbed by monsters in the middle of a battle.
Now they are not so ubiquitous on the map anymore.
If you do want to fight these monsters, you can wreak havoc in the middle of the map. That’s where the monsters are now.
And sometimes they really scare you when they burst out of a car.
4. My personal highlight: the Halloween skins
The Halloween skins are worth it this year: Epic has put a lot of effort into the Halloween skins this year. We had a new skin to choose from almost every day.
There were so many different ones that there is sure to be something for every skin lover. Moreover, more Halloween skins are supposed to come. If you are a skin collector or simply a Halloween fan, you will surely find something to your taste.
The selection in 2019 is really great; there are creepy things but also funny outfits. Just as in real life, there are different costumes.
I must admit that I happily indulged and scored several skins.
In the gallery you will see some Halloween skins that were already available in the item shop:
What do you think of the Halloween event? Would you recommend it as well?
