Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Android, Switch & Xbox One) has been boring for days. At least that’s what our author Jürgen thinks. Why he is so grumpy is explained here.
Since I accidentally took over the topic of Fortnite: Battle Royale here at Mein-MMO I have been excited about the game. The reason: Epic constantly brought something new. There were regularly new modes, new changes in the game, and quirky events at the end of a season.
The end of the season has always been awesome: Especially the final phase, when the current season ends, has always been something very special. That’s why I was really looking forward to last weekend, hoping that Epic would finally reveal something crazy and bring a lot of wild stuff for the finale of Season 5.
At least I had the cool actions from the end of the last season in mind. There, Epic brought:
- A rocket launch that covered the sky of the game world with cracks
- More cracks that suddenly sucked in objects from the game world or spat out new items
- Items from the game, including the Durr-Burger, which suddenly appeared in real life in the desert of California and started a cool augmented reality game
- Real loot llamas that suddenly stood around in European cities, including one in Cologne!
On top of that, there were daily teasers with a fox mask and a Viking axe. The theories were boiling, everyone wanted to know what came next.
Season 5 is ending soon and nothing has happened
In a few days, on September 27, 2018, Season 6 will start. But so far, unfortunately, hardly anything has happened. Only the purple cube “Kevin” has been rolling around for days and in the end turned Loot Lake into a giant bouncing castle.
That was already exciting, and I expected a continuation of this quirky story 24 hours after Kevin’s end.
But nothing happened. For days, the lake is now a trampoline, but otherwise, nothing has happened:
- No teasers
- No further in-game events
- No real-life PR stunts
In my opinion, Epic should have continued the brilliant augmented reality game from the last season. Unfortunately, it seems that this time is not the case.
I have nothing to do here!
Even as a casual noob I have been done for days: Another problem I currently have with Fortnite is that I simply have nothing to do. I play the game extremely casually, and even I have completed all the challenges of Season 5 for days. There is simply nothing left for me to do.
No fun without achievements: Sure, I can have fun without tasks, but the game doesn’t really captivate me if I don’t get anything special for my efforts anymore.
Especially if I were to pull off some great stunt with X-kills now and then a challenge came later that would have asked exactly that of me. I would be really annoyed.
An event would be great right now: Especially the dry phase at the end of the season could previously be well bridged by Epic with events for the finale. But this time there is simply nothing in the game that excites me to play Fortnite right now and not something else.
Epic needs to come up with something
After all, Season 6 is particularly important for Fortnite. Some players found Season 5 not particularly exciting.
Season 5 was not particularly exciting: There was simply nothing really groundbreaking new, the map was still the old one despite some changes, and the new meta with less building and more spray was not optimal for every player.
You could also see this in the Twitch numbers, which noticeably dropped in August. Signs of fatigue are slowly becoming apparent in Fortnite.
The competition is not sleeping: Meanwhile, new games in the Battle Royale genre are about to rise, with Black Ops 4 leading the way. So Epic has to assert itself with fresh new ideas and should not let Season 6 drift like this.
Is there anything else to come? So far I have always thought “Yes, Epic will surely start soon, it’s just a matter of time!”. After saying this for days without anything happening so far, I am getting worried.
The hope dies last
But perhaps I’m complaining here completely unjustified. Because tonight, Epic allegedly wants to bring the first teasers for Season 6.
And I haven’t given up hope yet that Season 6 will be something truly gigantic. So it remains exciting.
Update: Meanwhile, the first teaser for Season 6 is here and it has confused me more than it has excited me. It hasn’t dispelled my worries…
What do you think? Are you also disappointed with Fortnite right now or is everything okay?
