Fortnite

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3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1688 Ratings

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  1. TsukasaHiiragi
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    - Repetitive Grind
    -- Toxic community full of edgelord tweens
    -- Predatory micro transactions --- insane hacker problems One of the most cancerous games ever created, take everything cancerous from Overwatch and Pubg, add in predatory micro transactions and a completlely useless anti-cheat services and you basically have Fortnite, one of the most hacked games in existence, Epic    - Repetitive Grind
    -- Toxic community full of edgelord tweens
    -- Predatory micro transactions
    --- insane hacker problems

    One of the most cancerous games ever created, take everything cancerous from Overwatch and Pubg, add in predatory micro transactions and a completlely useless anti-cheat services and you basically have Fortnite, one of the most hacked games in existence, Epic Games basically has no control over the rampant amount of hacking, people stealing accounts or even resorting to identify theft to get access to accounts.

    I've known people who don't ever play the game to have hackers brute force their way into making accounts in order to hack the game, just because they have ego's and want to ruin the game for others, my account gets at least one or two "You recently tried to log in from a new device, browser, or location." email notifications per day on hackers attempting to infiltrate my account.    … Expand
  2. picopiochebot
    Sep 8, 2018
    3
    This game is dangerously mediocre. Learning the game is made extremely difficult by the decision to remove matchmaking. The decision to add weekly updates makes every update feel rushed, and are filled with glitches and bugs. The cosmetics and overpriced, and most of them do not feel creative. Guns are unbalanced and the addition of tilted tower made the whole map became unbalanced.This game is dangerously mediocre. Learning the game is made extremely difficult by the decision to remove matchmaking. The decision to add weekly updates makes every update feel rushed, and are filled with glitches and bugs. The cosmetics and overpriced, and most of them do not feel creative. Guns are unbalanced and the addition of tilted tower made the whole map became unbalanced. Shotguns feel unfair and most of other guns are totally random. Most of the time you just walk, and combat feels bland. the game is very overrated, go play wolfenstein 2 if you want a good shooter. Even after all that, i recommend the game if you just want quick fun with friends. This review could go on and on but just watch a video on youtube if you want more info.… Expand
  3. Osiris1975
    Sep 8, 2018
    4
    Once upon a time, some developers came up with a unique online co-op multi-player tower defense and building game in which players were charged with saving the world from zombie-spewing storms. The game was fun but needed further development in later stages of the game and a bit more variety to keep it interesting. Perhaps they struggled with the concept as it was too hard to execute forOnce upon a time, some developers came up with a unique online co-op multi-player tower defense and building game in which players were charged with saving the world from zombie-spewing storms. The game was fun but needed further development in later stages of the game and a bit more variety to keep it interesting. Perhaps they struggled with the concept as it was too hard to execute for them and they weren't making enough money off it. Nonetheless, beta-testers like myself saw great potential in the concept and continued to play in the hopes the developers would pull it off.

    Smelling their impending doom and thirsty for their souls, Satan came to the developers with a magical USB memory stick and told them that on this stick were the the blueprints to their financial success, and all they had to do was sign their souls away to have it. Happy to pay Satan's price, they jacked the memory stick into every computer in the company and downloaded the blueprints. As their souls were sucked into Satan's mouth, their collective void was filled with a new idea: a way to get people to pay for useless digital fluff instead of compelling gameplay via a fad-like gameplay called Battle Royale. They learned to treat customers poorly by ignoring customer service requests sent by players whose accounts had been hacked (all for the profits). They sell useless character skins to players to cover up the poor gameplay and actually charge money for emotes. Emotes! And so the notion of cooperatively saving the world died along with the developers' souls.    … Expand
  4. IRussianSpy
    Sep 8, 2018
    1
    for BR. Gun fights are purely without skill in this **** game. The only skill is building (which is still not really good enough). Anyone who has a brain and plays good games knows this is not one.
  5. Krukerstool
    Sep 7, 2018
    3
    The graphics are nice, but the game-play is so boring. I played it for about 2h no mojo... shame I hoped it will be another great free* to play game...
  6. Forbod
    Aug 28, 2018
    2
    Please bear in mind that the review i'm writing solely applies to the free multiplayer aspect of the game! Overall fortnite is a decent party shooter for friends. This is reinforced by its free to play and cross platform model. However many aspects of the game are extremely lacking. First off, lets start with the feature that makes fortnite 'unique' its building. Building in fortnite inPlease bear in mind that the review i'm writing solely applies to the free multiplayer aspect of the game! Overall fortnite is a decent party shooter for friends. This is reinforced by its free to play and cross platform model. However many aspects of the game are extremely lacking. First off, lets start with the feature that makes fortnite 'unique' its building. Building in fortnite in short is a crutch. Used to create instant bullet proof barriers to avoid death, but even more so useful for players that use Macro keys. Giving them the ability to instantly build large, hard to destroy, structures while at the same time giving them a height advantage in fast-paced close encounters. I honestly hope that one day epic will start nerfing building times into a reasonable aspect of the game. Not its main focus. Secondly, the weapons. One of the largest gripes about the weapons ive seen while playing is the gun and bullet physics. Case in point, long range snipers in the game have the biggest draw backs having to contend with large bullet drop, and travel time compared to assault rifles, scoped or not with the same range but instant hit and no bullet dropping. While snipers do far more damage per shot they are utterly useless at long range outside of a lucky shot. Most players simply use them as a close or medium range burst of damage to a player before switching to another weapon to finish them off. Next is High fire rate weapons such as the Minigun and LMG. Both are completely useless in any type of confrontation. They are too inaccurate and low damage to be effective even at close range. Lastly is the hit detection latency in the game. Bear in mind, my adverage FPS in fortnite with shadows is 120 - 150 FPS with a solid connection of 40ms ping, fortnite does a fairly decent job of hiding lag in the game but its extremely noticeable in clutch situations where a enemy suddenly wipes you even though you've done more than enough damage to kill them off. This game was an ackomplishment of advertising. Building so much hype off of the battle royale craze, but has a long way to go before becoming a solid FPS.… Expand
  7. Uhhgames
    Aug 24, 2018
    0
    Worst Game of 2018? Check.
    Worse Than Sonic 06? Yes.
    Toxic Players? You Name It!
  8. Eburon
    Aug 23, 2018
    3
    I have a theory about this game. People have to pay for the game whilst it is in development, and it will become free once it is finished. So,it's not finished right now, but you can already buy the deluxe edition! I think they'll make it free once copies aren't selling anymore, to open the game up for new players who potentially can buy into the microtransactions. Those are wayI have a theory about this game. People have to pay for the game whilst it is in development, and it will become free once it is finished. So,it's not finished right now, but you can already buy the deluxe edition! I think they'll make it free once copies aren't selling anymore, to open the game up for new players who potentially can buy into the microtransactions. Those are way overpriced, I should add. In the BR version of the game, the cheapest skin costs 1200 V-bucks. The cheapest amount you can buy is 1000 V-bucks for $10, meaning you'll lose $20 for a digital thing that has no value in the real world. Some skins cost 1500 V-bucks, that is 1/4 of a new triple a game. The monetization tactics employed by Epic Games is rancid.… Expand
  9. yxguice
    Aug 21, 2018
    0
    This game is pointless, you don't learn anything from this game like most fps game. Imagine you going into the game and got lucky and managed to survive for maybe 20 min and out of a sudden, you died... you just lost your 20 min for nothing.
    Primarily, I would say the concept of winning in this game is very vague, only one player gets to win and what the rest is going to do. The point of    This game is pointless, you don't learn anything from this game like most fps game. Imagine you going into the game and got lucky and managed to survive for maybe 20 min and out of a sudden, you died... you just lost your 20 min for nothing.
    Primarily, I would say the concept of winning in this game is very vague, only one player gets to win and what the rest is going to do. The point of this game is like going in and die. A really stupid game honestly.    … Expand
  10. CybortekM8
    Aug 20, 2018
    0
    I just hate this game. I mean, you just buy thing with real money just for SKINS and EMOTES. Also, the emotes are used for provoke someone in some of the cases. I know that is kind of fandom based, but why did you just have to do an emote that you make a signal that mean "loser"? The fandom ruins it, te emotes and the microtransactions also, so I just gave a 0. Epic Games is only goodI just hate this game. I mean, you just buy thing with real money just for SKINS and EMOTES. Also, the emotes are used for provoke someone in some of the cases. I know that is kind of fandom based, but why did you just have to do an emote that you make a signal that mean "loser"? The fandom ruins it, te emotes and the microtransactions also, so I just gave a 0. Epic Games is only good because of Unreal engine.… Expand
  11. RudolphFerreira
    Aug 8, 2018
    9
    Fortnite :I really think it is the best game based on a great concept .
    It is interactive but my big problem is that cross play is a great idea but why isn’t it available between Xbox and Playstation .In my opinion it is the best way to make money ,because a lot of players play on console .I switched over to pc fortnite from Xbox ,because my friends all play on Playstation .When I got my    Fortnite :I really think it is the best game based on a great concept .
    It is interactive but my big problem is that cross play is a great idea but why isn’t it available between Xbox and Playstation .In my opinion it is the best way to make money ,because a lot of players play on console .I switched over to pc fortnite from Xbox ,because my friends all play on Playstation .When I got my Playstation I couldn’t link my Xbox account to my PS4 but was fortunate enough to link my Xbox account with my pc.
    Why fix what’s not broken .The shotguns were perfect now they deal about 50 damage point blank or sometimes even 7.
    Overall ,the graphics is amazing and I love fast paced shooters but the biggest downside for me is that the submachine gun meta is really starting to get annoying .Other players just hold the shoot button and hope to get lucky .
    Overall the game is nearly perfect with constant updates and I will continue playing until I’m officially bored by it , but don’t think that will happen anytime soon    … Expand
  12. Tureq
    Aug 2, 2018
    0
    Chujowizna na maxa, nie da sie zalogować, TYLE. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. Sies
    Jul 28, 2018
    1
    bought the game for the solo mode to for 50€ and i feel screwed, updates takes to long and all resscours goes to the free to play pvp mode if i could i would refund it, early access trap.
  14. Vini122
    Jul 17, 2018
    10
    Best game!!
    Anyone who speaks badly is because the pc is weak and can not play, do not judge him for his anger!
  15. eiecctro
    Jul 15, 2018
    0
    Had to update from a 3 to a 0, the developers are ruining the game, each update makes the game worse, they just nerfed the shotguns, if you're a new player don't bother, building is abused and you'll get completely ignored if you have a default skin on, money grab simulator but not made by EA.
  16. guitarmaniac004
    Jul 14, 2018
    5
    This game is fun if you're good at it (which I'm not, even after 100+ hours of gametime). The new content, as well as the cartoony artstyle of the game, keeps it way ahead of any other game in the battle royale genre. However, the same map changed every season isn't enough. The content gets repetitive and boring, servers are unpredictable at times, an unfleshed out physics engine leavesThis game is fun if you're good at it (which I'm not, even after 100+ hours of gametime). The new content, as well as the cartoony artstyle of the game, keeps it way ahead of any other game in the battle royale genre. However, the same map changed every season isn't enough. The content gets repetitive and boring, servers are unpredictable at times, an unfleshed out physics engine leaves this game with much to be desired.

    In terms of community interaction, Epic Games are very in touch with their audience. They know their market. It's for kids, but can be just as fun for adults too. I'd recommend you try this game with your friends, as its free, but wouldn't waste a dime on this game.    … Expand
  17. DeaconDiamond
    Jul 13, 2018
    0
    Greed kills the fun of this game. If the devs can pull their heads out into fresh air then maybe I'll come back, but they've already hurt their playerbase enough to kill any game
  18. CandleVIX
    Jul 11, 2018
    0
    I love this game. HOWEVER! All console players have HUGE ADVANTAGE in aim assist. I have played Fortnite on console, averaging at least 10-20ish kills per game, but when I switched to a PC, I0m struggling to get one single kill. Disabling aim assist on PC is unfair, to say the least.

    Batlle Royale is very much fun to play, but it's so frustrating to constantly get headshotted by    I love this game. HOWEVER! All console players have HUGE ADVANTAGE in aim assist. I have played Fortnite on console, averaging at least 10-20ish kills per game, but when I switched to a PC, I0m struggling to get one single kill. Disabling aim assist on PC is unfair, to say the least.

    Batlle Royale is very much fun to play, but it's so frustrating to constantly get headshotted by bunnyhopping kids with shotguns. Won't buy the game NOR a battle pass for my PC.    … Expand
  19. doode37
    Jul 10, 2018
    3
    Honestly fortnite is a great concept of a building battle royale. but the thing is the game has lots of problems and they arent handling it in a great way.

    First of you legit have to spend about 5 minutes of the beginning just gathering enough materials to where you feel comftorable and by that time around 25-35 people already died. And if you get into just 1 build battle with just 1    Honestly fortnite is a great concept of a building battle royale. but the thing is the game has lots of problems and they arent handling it in a great way.

    First of you legit have to spend about 5 minutes of the beginning just gathering enough materials to where you feel comftorable and by that time around 25-35 people already died. And if you get into just 1 build battle with just 1 good player you spend most likely 500+ of those mats just getting highground. And everyone in the community is complaining that there isnt enough mats. So what do they do? They are proposing that they are gonna but even a more harsh material cap. But in Fortnite you have so many counters to building. They have buffed ALL explosives to where they go through walls. C4 is the most prevelent since literally if you place one C4 it can destroy almost everything in a 3x3 area. And dont even get me started on the minigun and LMG

    Second is and the most biggest problem is the Gunplay. The Current Meta in Fortnite is to get the higher ground and use the pump, tact, or heavy shotgun to kill your opponent. Now me and a lot of players dont really have a problem with that because it kinda makes Fortnite well "Fortnite". The problem though is that the inconsistencies with guns is so terrible. You can literally be point blank with with a Tact or Pump Or Heavy shotgun or other weapons for close range. And hit their head or torso. But for some reason (my guess is the tickrate of fortnite being pretty low) it has a pretty good chance to either 1 do no damage. 2 do little damage. Or 3 do the correct amount of damage. Dont believe me? Well just go on youtube and search "Fortnite Hit Registration". You will find many people having a problem even professional players. Now they improved it a while back (I believe beginning of season 4 when they increased the tickrate and many other things idk it was a really big update). Also with the older update they added a replay system. You can actually go into the replay system and see where your bullets go and you can see the bullet impact where they go and how much damage they deal. And its honestly really sad to see that most of the time when you die that you have to go into the replay system just to check if they hit you or not. To add on to the inconsistencies is this mechanic that is in Fortnite and that is called "Bloom". What is "Bloom" well bloom is a mechanic that even though if you have a the rarest Scar and Average to Good accuracy it can cause you to miss your shots (except if you use another mechanic called First Shot Accuracy). To make it simple and easy to explain imagine you have your crosshair and you have it on the guys head like spot on and everything. And outside of the middle dont you have an empty space of those 4 lines on the crosshair (idk if that makes sense or not but if it does than it does if it doesnt than it doesnt) now put a circle inside of those 4 lines. Now within that circle those are all the possible outcome of where your bullet will go.

    Third and final reason is Epic isnt really fixing problems that many players are having. For instance there are many locations on the map where your buildings like ramps or walls will go underground (this is most prevalent in rivers). Another one that i personally been having is for some reason when for example im building double ramp double wall. I switch to a ramp after completing one set then i keep going forward but for some reason my previous build selection (which is the wall) and the location even if my crosshair is not even close to where the building has been placed (honestly if that makes sense then it does but if it doesnt than it doesnt). Honestly this is all i can think of. I dont know if this was a great review or not but i hope it helps.    … Expand
  20. klinken777
    Jul 9, 2018
    1
    The dev's managed to fail this game miserably. If they just would have listened to the community and fixed their bugs before adding new thing, maybe it would have lived up to its former standard.
  21. Lambisduck
    Jul 7, 2018
    6
    Fortnite is quite popular because of it's skill based combat and it's cartoon art style that still impresses. Fortnite is best to experience if you have the skill to compete with other skilled players like yourself. Fortnite has a lot of skill, luck, and situation playing it's hand at your opportunity of winning, since it involves a lot of luck this dis values it's opportunity at beingFortnite is quite popular because of it's skill based combat and it's cartoon art style that still impresses. Fortnite is best to experience if you have the skill to compete with other skilled players like yourself. Fortnite has a lot of skill, luck, and situation playing it's hand at your opportunity of winning, since it involves a lot of luck this dis values it's opportunity at being an e sport. Overall it seems really overrated, and compared to many other games seems just average.… Expand
  22. Pantufas
    Jul 2, 2018
    0
    The game style is pretty cool, the idea is pretty cool. Its impossible to play though, i cant play because everytime some dude that already wasted 2000 hours in the game just kills me every single game. Has anyone ever thought about match making? People with the same skill competing each other to make things more interesting? Nah. The worst implementation a game like this could have, andThe game style is pretty cool, the idea is pretty cool. Its impossible to play though, i cant play because everytime some dude that already wasted 2000 hours in the game just kills me every single game. Has anyone ever thought about match making? People with the same skill competing each other to make things more interesting? Nah. The worst implementation a game like this could have, and the developers only think about adding skins, since that's what makes money. A disgracefull game.… Expand
  23. urpokingmeh
    Jul 1, 2018
    4
    This game is fun for the first 100 games but after that you start realizing everybody is sweating all over each other to the point you can't win. Fortnite has been especially damaging on my wallet because they suck you in with all these "fun" "new" skins when every day their is new skins so all of they them eventually suck. I play mostly solo which also sucks because nobody carries you.This game is fun for the first 100 games but after that you start realizing everybody is sweating all over each other to the point you can't win. Fortnite has been especially damaging on my wallet because they suck you in with all these "fun" "new" skins when every day their is new skins so all of they them eventually suck. I play mostly solo which also sucks because nobody carries you. Overall the game has just become too mainstream and too many people are good at it.… Expand
  24. canadiangamer14
    Jun 29, 2018
    10
    Fortnite is the best game in the world did you know that and all the people that say its bad are ducks
  25. omer123
    Jun 29, 2018
    8
    why this game is so popular its very decent it just made for kids it got some style on it but i still prefer pubg
  26. mr-NachoMen
    Jun 26, 2018
    2
    Fortnite is that kind of game that you have to play constantly, like every day and the whole day if you really want to "master" the game otherwise you'll get kill pretty much instantly at the beginning of the match.
    The free update that the game offers is dumb, there are minimal changes in the game and most of those updates are for cosmetic stuff that Epic Games add and charge you for    Fortnite is that kind of game that you have to play constantly, like every day and the whole day if you really want to "master" the game otherwise you'll get kill pretty much instantly at the beginning of the match.
    The free update that the game offers is dumb, there are minimal changes in the game and most of those updates are for cosmetic stuff that Epic Games add and charge you for them without any special abilities, nothing, just stupid outfits.
    Fortnite and every battle royale game or mode out there are useless and stupid, if you want to play a "game" go and check out other real games, there are many to play instead of waste your time with this title.    … Expand
  27. AbrahamKabiag
    Jun 21, 2018
    4
    Overrated p2p game. Its not better than PUBG, its worse. Poor kids, spending money on this game!
  28. Jarvis
    Jun 19, 2018
    3
    Now I know it's easy to write off hate for this game as people simply hating on whatever's popular. But in all honesty, Fortnite is not only a deeply flawed game, but also one of the most overrated games in recent memory. For starters, this game's very concept is a testament to the sheer lack of creativity on Epic Games part. When it was announced years ago, it was primarily a survival,Now I know it's easy to write off hate for this game as people simply hating on whatever's popular. But in all honesty, Fortnite is not only a deeply flawed game, but also one of the most overrated games in recent memory. For starters, this game's very concept is a testament to the sheer lack of creativity on Epic Games part. When it was announced years ago, it was primarily a survival, crafting game in the style of MineCraft. Then, they get stuck in development hell for years, and now when Battle Royale games in the vain of PUBG get popular, and suddenly its main focus is early access Battle Royale. this sudden change of direction is a clear indicator that Fortnite has never been about passion or original concepts, but rather a pathetic cash grab meant to capitalize off of whatever c=kids are into at the moment. Now I am aware that there still is a survival based, story mode, and it does appear to be much more original than I'm giving it credit for, but this review is mainly about the Battle Royale game mode, since that's all Epic has been advertising recently.

    The Battle Royale aspect of this game is abysmal for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the building mechanic, which is the one feature which makes Fortnite original, is not fun or even useful in many situations. Now, the idea of a littering the map with fully destructible buildings, and letting players create their own shelters sound good on paper, but are executed very poorly. While some experienced players can come up with creative ways to build and get the edge over their enemies, the vast majority of combat situations only require two tactics, building a wall for cover, and building a staircase so you have a sniper perch. Both of them are easy to do, and essentially are a win condition if the other player doesn't have any building materials. But for all the times no building is used in combat, the GunPlay is less repetitive, but still very unsatisfying and just not fun.

    Epic games has put no thought into designing combat zones. Most of the premade areas are just simple urban developments and buildings. With proper design and inspiration, this setting could be very fun and make for some memorable gunfights. But, Epic seems to have assumed that simply having the building mechanics and destructible environments automatically makes the environments work, and therefore they just made some very basic apartment complexes and houses and hoped that would be good enough. But that just isn't the case. If you drop into a densely populated area, then every battle will just be two players shooting at each other while ducking behind walls to reload. This is the bare minimum required to be a shooter, and by all means there is nothing exceptional about it. Compare this to pretty much any other BR game, all of them have much more elaborate and inventive combat areas designed to produce tense, and memorable gunfights. Even Totally Accurate Battle Grounds, a game made as a parody of the BR genre has level design miles ahead of Fortnite. Meanwhile the actual combat mechanics epic built into the game are so unforgiving and unfair that they destroy any potential for fun.

    The combat in Fortnight is a complete disgrace. Your max health is not nearly enough to survive more than a few shots from the weakest weapons, and as the game goes on and most players have the higher ranked weapons, then most firefights will be over in a matter of seconds. the ranking system in this game is so worthless that most weapons with any rank above common will kill in one hit given how most players won't be at max health after an encounter or two. Hell, the common version of the shotgun can erase a max health player in one hit. Now, some people may assume that if the game is so unforgiving, then maybe that's because it was designed to reward skill. But this cannot be farther from the truth. Fortnite is one of the first games I have seen to use a mechanic known as "Bloom" in its aiming. Bloom is a system where the game will randomly decide if you hit or miss your target. This mechanic essentially makes experience meaningless, as no matter how good you are, your actual success boils down to luck.

    All of these flaws can be attributed to one thing. Epic Games is a shameless developer who designed this game to extract money from children's pockets indefinitely. The way the game decides victory or failure on a whim, the way you die so easily, the lazy game design, the uncreative concept, The entire game is meant to be unfair and unsatisfying, so kids will keep feeling like they got close to winning and they might win if they just try one more time. This keeps them playing for hours trying to win, all that time seeing all of the fancy cosmetics other players are using. All of these cosmetics being locked behind paywalls.

    All things considered, Fortnite is not just a good game. It isn't even an original Game, it only exists as a pathetic get rich quick scheme by Epic Games.    … Expand
  29. PrimalBanana
    Jun 18, 2018
    8
    Fortnite is developed by Epic games and was originally designed to be a 3rd person co-op survival game, That part of the game is still around but when the Battle Royale genre exploded with the arrival of PUBG Epic games saw an opportunity and remoulded their game, enter Fortnite: Battle Royale. Although Fortnite shares some obvious similarities with PUBG it has a lot of obviousFortnite is developed by Epic games and was originally designed to be a 3rd person co-op survival game, That part of the game is still around but when the Battle Royale genre exploded with the arrival of PUBG Epic games saw an opportunity and remoulded their game, enter Fortnite: Battle Royale. Although Fortnite shares some obvious similarities with PUBG it has a lot of obvious differences. For starters where PUBG goes for the realistic mil-sim approach Fortnite goes for bright and colourful graphics. Instead of a military plane, in Fortnite we jump from a party bus. the premise is still the same though,up to 100 players are dropped into a map which is constantly shrinking due to the Blue Zone/Storm, with the goal of looting weapons and gear in order to become the last person or team left standing.

    At first glance you might be forgiven for thinking that Fortnite is a kids game and that would be a huge mistake. Whilst the game is massively popular with kids there's a lot more going on than just jumping around the map trying to shoot each other. Take the building mechanics for example. Building in Fortnite can be just as crucial a skill as shooting. Out building your foe can be the difference between an early return to the lobby or that much sought after Victory. It's frustrating to learn the art of building but it can't be overstated how rewarding it is when you manage to out-build someone, knowing that your skills were just better in that encounter. Building used in this way is pretty groundbreaking and sets Fortnite aside from its competitors. Building forts and trying to get the high ground can be important but if like me, you aren't very good at it then you can for the most part get by with just using simpler structures. It's clear though that to really become good at Fortnite then building is a skill worth learning.

    The game is in third person and whilst you do have an inventory system it's very simplified when compared to something like PUBG. It works well though and suits the pace of the game. you can quickly manage your weapons and consumables and each item is easy to identify.

    Battles with other players are very different to what i'm used to on PUBG. They can be chaotic and over very quickly where as in PUBG I've had battles which last for a good 5 minutes or longer. whilst Fortnite doesn't have the tension of PUBG it certainly doesn't lack in the fun and chaotic feeling. I love the loot system in Fortnite, no matter where you drop it is possible to get yourself reasonably well kitted out and get you in on the action or keep you alive long enough to get yourself better loot. Weapons come in a variety of rarities and these rarities can turn the tide of a battle.

    The progression system in Fortnite is really good, especially if you purchase the Battle Pass and is the area that PUBG fails miserably in perhaps the most. In Fortnight you have challenges to complete and levelling up your tiers provides you with fun rewards or XP boosts. Cosmetic DLC can be purchased from the store and there's none of the frankly pathetic Loot box system found in PUBG where you buy a key and end up with a billion red T-shirts. In Fortnite you visit the store, see what you want and buy it. Prices for Skins are a bit steep but you can earn Skins just by levelling up your tiers during a season and as it's a free to play game I guess we can't really say much about it.

    I think for me though the standout area where Fortnite absolutely trounces PUBG is in the way the game runs. Fortnite is so well optimised that its totally understandable to me now why so many players are leaving PUBG behind. Don't get me wrong i will still play PUBG just as much as I always have but one can't help but admire Fortnite for how smoothly it plays.    … Expand
  30. Kamamura
    Jun 12, 2018
    2
    Casual pew-pew for the 5 second attention span crowd. If 10 seconds of waiting, 20 seconds of sneaking and 15 seconds of aiming is a lethal dose of boredom for you, join the pew-pew Fortnite crowd, start the game in 3 seconds on a crowded mini-island, where half the players die in the first 30 seconds. Positioning and tactics do not matter, just spam jump and keep shooting until you killCasual pew-pew for the 5 second attention span crowd. If 10 seconds of waiting, 20 seconds of sneaking and 15 seconds of aiming is a lethal dose of boredom for you, join the pew-pew Fortnite crowd, start the game in 3 seconds on a crowded mini-island, where half the players die in the first 30 seconds. Positioning and tactics do not matter, just spam jump and keep shooting until you kill or die. Pew-pew-pew! Super fun. If everything else fails, just spam buildings until you can pew-pew-pew from above. Oops, I have spoiled the whole game for you, there is really not much else to see. See you on the pew-pew grounds... bro!… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#56 Best PC Game of 2017
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PC Games
    Sep 9, 2018
    80
    Although it has some flaws and typical free-to-play mannerisms, Fortnite is fun, both in co-op and in PvP.
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  2. Game Informer
    Jul 19, 2018
    95
    Fortnite is an ever-shifting entity, but strong footing has solidified it as a verified phenomenon with fast, fun gameplay and ubiquitous reach. Anyone can play it and have a great time, and although Save the World might get grindy and shotgun climb-and-dives might get a little tiresome, there’s real magic here along with the promise of more in the months and years to come.
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  3. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 3, 2018
    80
    Whether we're talking aesthetics or the accessibility of its gameplay, all is good for Fortnite, which provides a beautiful vision of what Battle Royale should be.
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