Mobius and pet octopus
Member
It's 20 off at checkout. It's not a code or anything. Just applies to the account that had access.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Fortnite (PC/PS4/XB1/Mac, Epic Games) enters early access on July 25
- Thread starter Penguin
- Start date
It's 20 off at checkout. It's not a code or anything. Just applies to the account that had access.
Dayumn
Zombies Must Craft
Vincent4756
Member
Any idea when the preload might be up for PS4 NA? Also we can't get our friend codes until the 21st @ 10am?
John Rabbit
Banned
The art style on this is so boring/unappealing to me but the mechanics seem interesting. The trailer is also surprisingly light on specifics and the website is basically unhelpful at best.
Is there any kind of persistence? Either in levels or character progression/loot?
Local co-op?
Is there any kind of persistence? Either in levels or character progression/loot?
Local co-op?
Preloads should start 2 days before launch per a Sony rep phone call, unverified.
There is a matchmaking lobby. You can make it private to play Solo or with friends or public to get matched up.
The game is primarily mission based. Upon entering a mission, the map is procedural generated so that missions will unlikely be the same. There are however 4 maps representing difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard etc) where you can build a permanent base. In each of these maps your permanent base needs to be defend in order for it to be upgraded and unlock new ability/skills (related to the ability/skill tier tree).
SmoothRunningGun
Member
This is what I did since I had the alpha discount (bought on PC). Nothing in my PS4 account yet but we'll see tomorrow. Their forums are down to prep for release.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Thanks man you just killed any intrest i had in the game.
Gtfo with this shit in gaming.
What a waste
Hypu
Teaser
A dev on reddit made that sound normal, and that it should fix itself in the next day or so. I'm guessing that they've said the same on their forums, but not being in the Alpha I have no access.
Just logged into my PSN account, still nothing for me either, but it clearly shows I've pre-ordered on Epic's site.
PackAPunchedMick
Member
A dev on reddit made that sound normal, and that it should fix itself in the next day or so. I'm guessing that they've said the same on their forums, but not being in the Alpha I have no access.
Just logged into my PSN account, still nothing for me either, but it clearly shows I've pre-ordered on Epic's site.
Which region?
I'm in the UK and I'm preloaded and ready to go.
Oh, duh, sorry. I'm in the US. There's nothing about Fortnite in my purchase history, and when I look at the product page, it invites me to add it to cart, instead of showing that I own it.
This is on the web version, not the console version. Daughter is currently occupying the TV.
Just exactly how incomplete is the early access beta supposed to be?
Charging for packages upwards of a hundred some dollars to beta test a to-be free to play game seems pretty sketchy. It's like the marriage of the worst aspects of both AAA and indie developed games: micro transactions, loot boxes, and preorder bonuses from AAA and selling the game to beta testers from indie.
It's a little confusing, as reading their website I thought we were preordering for a few days of early access prior to release of a feature complete game, and not preordering for a few days of early access, leading up to a few months of early access, prior to actual release.
Charging for packages upwards of a hundred some dollars to beta test a to-be free to play game seems pretty sketchy. It's like the marriage of the worst aspects of both AAA and indie developed games: micro transactions, loot boxes, and preorder bonuses from AAA and selling the game to beta testers from indie.
It's a little confusing, as reading their website I thought we were preordering for a few days of early access prior to release of a feature complete game, and not preordering for a few days of early access, leading up to a few months of early access, prior to actual release.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
The game even in alpha state like 2-3 months ago (when I last played heavily) was in excellent shape. Basically when I heard the game was going to release I actually thought they were going to skip beta and go straight to release, because I forgot it was an alpha product I had played.
They should of put up some kind of early access expectations list or something. I'm not sure what the plan is for beta tbh but I never really followed that closely during the few months of alpha I participated in. But the game I played never felt like an alpha.
I would be surprised if it isn't 1080p/60fps.
Something is up with mine as well. I purchased it last night (I have the avatar to prove it) but it seems like something is up. I was trying to preload but its acting like I never bought it in my purchase history (nothing there). If I select the version I bought it shows me that I already own the pre order pack or something.
Press embargo drops tomorrow so I bet we are going to get a lot of info then. I still have questions about the game but from what I have read, looks like this early access beta will have 5 maps (very very large maps if I am not mistaken) but it looks to include all of the heroes I believe.
I'm sorry, I'm going to ask a super duper dumb question: If I go out and buy the retail copy of this game for PS4 on the 21st, what content am I not getting (or better yet, what am I getting)? The digital tiers for this on PSN are super confusing. I want to make sure I have all the characters, and like all the base content.
Also, will buying retail on PS4 also entitle me to a PC copy? How does that work?
Also, will buying retail on PS4 also entitle me to a PC copy? How does that work?
The retail version of the game is equivalent to the Deluxe edition.
If you link your account over at Epic after purchasing a Founder's Pack on either platform (PC/PS4), you will be able to play on both.
Cool, I'll do some research into the Deluxe edition. Thanks!
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I don't think buying PS4 gets you a PC copy. From what I understand though is that they can share the same save data.
If you buy the deluxe edition you do start with 1 of each hero. But I don't think it's important to start with 1 of each as you'll unlock heroes through progression and pinatas anyway.
OT is complete as far as my eyes see, guess it will go live about 24 hours before the launch on the 21st. So in about, 20 or so hours
Might be some interesting thing that drop during embargo lift.
Thanks for doing it. I am looking forward to reading more about it tomorrow. Busy day with Splatoon 2 dropping as well.
If you link your account via https://www.epicgames.com/account/connected you get access on both PC and PS4 as well as cross-progression.
:ThumbUp:
I thought this was pretty cool. I dont have a PC that can run anything right now but I have been thinking about building one at some point. I would love it if more games did that even though this one is kinda F2P.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I assume you can't play on both at the same time though?
Cynn
Member
Does Xbox also share save data with all versions?
Doubt it as it seem to use the epic account when you log in.
Some salsa for my salsa
https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/887038337256751105
No
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
So I just preordered it. Shows up in my purchase history. The launcher was trying to repair my manually deleted fortnite alpha. I told it to uninstall instead. Now I have to wait for the game to launch like everyone else. Looking forward to it!
piratepwnsninja
Member
What are most people going to be playing on? Trying to figure out which platform to go with.
PC for me
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I dunno how well f2p games do on console, but good ones usually have long lifes on PC. Maybe crossplay one day? Seems like a game for it.
If Sony ever gets it's shit together and allows crossplay that would be great. Ill be playing on PS4.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Crossplay with Mac users tho
They even let those dirty AMD users play with those obnoxious nvidia players!
Neuromancer
Member
Is it just me or is it a little odd that a game that's going to be F2P next year has a $60 early access physical release this week?
PackAPunchedMick
Member
I ran into something similar moments after redeeming a Deluxe Founder's Pack. Doesn't show in my purchase history but I am not allowed to purchase any flavor of Fortnite because it says I already own it.
Its a little weird but $40 is the entry fee. Maybe I am an idiot but I trust Epic a lot more than some other devs out there.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Maybe 5-10~ years ago. Even 5-10 years ago we had games release as pay to play, sometimes with subscriptions, then later converting to f2p.
Nowadays it's pretty normal to have paid early access. Even paladins had founder's pack buy in for access before open beta where it went full f2p.
nicholasbrutal
Epic Games PR Manager
Sölf;243935913 said:
There's about 300 hours between start and the game's current "end game." Which is to say, the team will continue to add content to the game through the early access period and beyond, so... yeah, there's a lot of stuff to do, see, collect, etc. Lots of game here already!
Can't wait!