![]() This helps Fortnite foster a rabid community that regularly works in tandem to solve mysteries - not bad for a player-versus-player title. Each one is numbered, and some are earned through completing battle pass challenges or earning a required amount of XP, while many can be found on the map if the player is wearing the required Battle Pass outfit. All of this continues to ring true with Season 9, which offers the Gundam-esque Sentinel skin and the similarly upgradeable Rox outfit to start - and only gets more generous from there.Įarn everything on offer, and you'll have amassed enough V-Bucks to buy your next battle pass - plus countless skins, decals, emotes and more.Ī big part of this new battle pass are Fortbytes, a new collectible that takes a little more work. Someone hopping in for a handful of matches with friends will find just as much fun as someone who is grinding their way through the oft-imitated Battle Pass. With that in mind, we're re-evaluating Fortnite to give a more up to date perspective on the free-to-play juggernaut.įortnite, as we mentioned in our original review, is not only an excellent product, but one that rewards players regardless of financial investment. What started as another battle royale (albeit with building mechanics) has become a global phenomenon which is currently in the midst of its ninth season. Image credit: Epic Games (Image credit: Epic Games)Īs with any ever-evolving ‘live service’ game, Fortnite is constantly shifting. It's gone from gaming phenomenon to mainstream phenomenon, and it feels like witnessing a part of history - just with more XP now. To summarize, Fortnite Chapter 2 breathes fresh life into a game that's built on reinvention. The challenges are still there, but those looking to just play a match without having to "loot 10 chests" or something like that will find the time they invest respected more. Whereas before you could go a whole match without completing one of the season's arbitrary challenges and therefore feel under-rewarded for your time, the game now offers seasonal XP and medals to help level you up just by playing the game. Our favorite change for Fortnite Chapter 2, though, are the tweaks to the game's Battle Pass system. Aside from the aforementioned hiding spots, a ‘bandage bazooka’ allows for long range healing, while being able to carry comrades out of the line of fire is a neat new addition - help them up, and maybe they'll join you for a group high five (yes, there are group emotes now). Perhaps even more excitingly, you can now use environmental hazards like exploding gas stations to deal serious damage to enemies.įortnite has always been at it's best when it revels in its own slapstick sensibilities, and Chapter 2 leans heavily into that. ![]() There's more to enjoy in the map than just the water, and on land players are now able to hop into dumpsters and haystacks to surprise passing opponents. There's even fishing, now, and while we have some serious concerns for the ecological state of the new map (being able to pull a shotgun or assault rifle from the bottom of a lake raises all sorts of questions about recycling), it can be a nice bonus when all you really wanted was a fish to eat for health. These feel much more natural to play with or against than the previously added planes and mechs, and could bring back many players that were disappointed with those additions. Players can swim through the water (preventing use of weaponry but potentially allowing for a sneaky getaway), while you can also use boats to traverse it. For one, you no longer simply waltz through it as if it wasn't there. ![]() Previously as deep as a puddle, water has been completely redesigned in Fortnite Chapter 2. It retains the Dreamworks Animation aesthetic that has become so vaunted (and that helps it run on seemingly every platform), but the real draw here is the water. ![]() How many games can dominate the conversation two years from launch?įortnite's new map will be what pulls in many lapsed players, but for our money it remains a variation on a theme. It turns out that the one thing more talked about in gaming than playing Fortnite is the game being unavailable. Those same millions waited days for any signs of life from Epic or the game's social accounts, and yet this period of inactivity only served to increase the hype levels - pretty impressive for a game that's already the world's most popular. For one, it's not called Season 11 - instead it carries the moniker ‘Fortnite Chapter 2’, and in many ways it does feel almost like a sequel.Īt the end of Season 10, Fortnite's map was destroyed by a huge explosion, and swallowed by a black hole, watched by millions of players around the world. In case you hadn't noticed, a lot has changed with the start of Fortnite's 11th season. ![]()
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