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Fortnite: Battle Royale – Colorful and Crazy
Genre: Battle Royale Shooter | Developer: Epic Games | Platform: PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Mobile | Release Date: September 26, 2017 | Model: Free-to-Play
The colorful shooter started as a purchasable co-op adventure and then transformed into a free-to-play giant. The developers recognized the hype surrounding Battle Royale games, utilized their existing gameplay mechanics, and created a massive BR game.
This versatility continues to be the secret to its ongoing success. While titles like Warzone provide little new content, Fortnite continues to release game-changers years after its release.
Sometimes it’s Spider-Man gloves to swing around, sometimes a mysterious cube named Kevin causes excitement, and then suddenly there is a big pop concert in the game that you can experience together.
How big is Fortnite? The colorful shooter is a massive game with many fans. The Fortnite tracker tracks the statistics of over 120 million players across nearly all platforms (via fortnitetracker.com).
For a first impression, we embed a trailer here:
How does Fortnite differ from other Battle Royale games? Basically, there are two obvious things:
- Fortnite is colorful and full of crazy skins. A playable comic full of life.
- You can build your own cover anytime during the match.
The basic gameplay mechanics would make Fortnite more of a slow-paced Battle Royale like PUBG. If it weren’t for the building and the wacky gadgets that sometimes appear in the game.
You start the match with a pickaxe, which can transform into a baseball bat, a wallpaper roll, or an accordion on a stick through skins. With the pickaxe, you gather materials on the map: wood, brick, and metal.
With the materials, you can build cover anytime and anywhere. Initially, your improvised protection consists of a makeshift wall, but with some practice, you’ll be able to build whole fortresses within seconds.
This makes the fights unique and gives Fortnite a certain gameplay depth – easy to learn, hard to master.
In addition, regular events and ongoing innovations in the game make Fortnite the game with the most variety on this list.
Who is Fortnite for?
The free Battle Royale offers you extreme variety and features an interesting mechanic with building during matches that makes fighting equally diverse.
If you are okay with the colorful appearance and the quirky gameplay mechanics, then Fortnite can accompany you for years, constantly trying to keep you entertained with new ideas.
How tough is the entry? The building aspect makes Fortnite a Battle Royale with a significant skill gap – good players will lead you by the nose for a long time, making the entry not so easy.
Also, the limited mechanics, such as cute but angry dinosaurs, demand a higher level of adaptability from you than with other games in the genre.
As an experienced shooter and Battle Royale player, you can also accomplish something in Fortnite from the start. However, only those who engage with the current additional mechanics and the omnipresent building system will excel.
However, Fortnite is easy to practice, as it offers a creative mode where you can create and play faster game modes.
What problems does the game have? If you want to play Fortnite but have no interest in building, it can eventually become difficult to continue succeeding. Additionally, especially around updates, there are often server issues.
Personal assessment of Fortnite
For a personal conclusion, you will find a few lines from our Fortnite author Christos Tsogos here. Christos has already spent several thousand hours in the colorful Battle Royale and is there at the start of each new season.
Personal Assessment Christos Tsogos: Fortnite possesses a personality in many respects. Not only the exciting and sweaty fights you can engage in with your favorite skin, but also the constant variety makes the game special.
Through live events and other actions regularly organized by the developers, you don’t feel like a visitor for a short match but rather part of a large community.
Fun games that can be created in creative mode support this feeling and create a pleasant atmosphere that I haven’t experienced in any other game.
The next title on page 3 places a greater focus on the player’s character – Apex Legends. The “Legends” all have their own story and a unique skill set that differentiates them in gameplay.
Together with the fast movement, Apex therefore offers you a completely different experience than Fortnite with its love for speed architecture.
