What's the Deal with Fortnight?

[tickle gamer]

Hi All! First off, I'm not bashing any of the fortnight players. Just wondering why that game, of all games, is so popular.

I haven't played it myself, but as near as I can figure, it's basically parachute down onto an island, build your fort, kill all the NPC's (or whatever)

That sounds a little like "Quake" style game play to me (mixed with a little Minecraft). TBH, I've always been more of a thinking -mans gamer. Now, I'm not talking puzzle games (although, a game with a few puzzles isn't a bad thing) I mean games like "Zelda ALTTP" back on the SNES, where you had to think a bit to beat the bosses.

Now, before anyone says it. Yes, I am a fan of Skyrim. But, at least on that you get to build your character. And, think about how their skills would play in-game (for instance, I hate the Brute style of character: no thinking, just run into battle swinging a War Hammer (or whatever). It's a lot more fun to play as a mage or other magic using or ranged character, IMO.

 

[tdh19882012]

I've never played Fortnite but I have seen many playing it and I think it's gonna be the same deal as you get with for example Rocket League.

You literally load the game, pick your character (or car) and go. That's it. Immediately you get into the game and are away, the only thing holding you back is your own skill. Kinda comes down to immediate gratification I guess.

Which I suppose actually is where the risk of developing a problem with games lies, kinda contradicts what I said on your other thread but my point there was more that 20 hours a week of gaming isn't actually all that much when you consider "adults" will happily sit and watch way more than 20 hours worth of TV per week. Plenty of them also claim to "need" alcohol to be able to relax especially after work or simply to be able to enjoy themselves, at all. That's just as much an issue as kids playing a game like Fortnite as soon as they get home and wanting to skip dinner for it. I did that too, with sonic the hedgehog and street racer on the Sega mega drive. But then having some dependency on alcohol, like caffeine, is a bit fashionable. Whereas people playing video games is "a sad waste of time". It really baffles me.

Anyway, Fortnite is a lot like rocket league because you just load up and go. Fast paced, competitive, exciting because while every round is basically the same, it's your personal performance that determines what actually happens so it's always interesting to see what goes on in the next round. Also lots of useless crap to collect for cosmetic purposes.

 

[duderino84]

Hi All! First off, I'm not bashing any of the fortnight players. Just wondering why that game, of all games, is so popular.

I haven't played it myself, but as near as I can figure, it's basically parachute down onto an island, build your fort, kill all the NPC's (or whatever)

That sounds a little like "Quake" style game play to me (mixed with a little Minecraft). TBH, I've always been more of a thinking -mans gamer. Now, I'm not talking puzzle games (although, a game with a few puzzles isn't a bad thing) I mean games like "Zelda ALTTP" back on the SNES, where you had to think a bit to beat the bosses.

Now, before anyone says it. Yes, I am a fan of Skyrim. But, at least on that you get to build your character. And, think about how their skills would play in-game (for instance, I hate the Brute style of character: no thinking, just run into battle swinging a War Hammer (or whatever). It's a lot more fun to play as a mage or other magic using or ranged character, IMO.

Fortnite came to prominence because Player Unknowns Battlegrounds wasn't a well optimized title and a lot of players (especially on the console side) got sick of it running like ass, and Fortnite happened to pick up on this. Also, Epic games, because they're so stuffed with money over Unreal Engine (which is used in the industry a ton) has made a killing on Fortnite, partnered with Tencent, and has been (when I say this I mean marginally; they really don't do much with it) running the Epic Games Store, which if you basically nix the concept of xinput (xbox controller input) on PC games, really is just a poor man's version of Steam pioneered by Tim Sweeney who says "Fuck the customer, developers need more money!" in not so many words.

If you're not really much of a kid, I don't recommend Fortnite...It's played out to me.