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Eurogamer: Fortnite is back again, and it's picked up a some of gaming's worst habits
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So now it's an Orcs must Die clone? Meh, I was interested when it was a better looking Minecraft, where you did stuff creatively and such
Edit: watching the game play, there's an open world, it seems, so it makes me somewhat more interested, though not sure I'll bother investing too much time in making forts
Edit: watching the game play, there's an open world, it seems, so it makes me somewhat more interested, though not sure I'll bother investing too much time in making forts
ashecitism
Member
Should have included this in the OP:
That's the news.
That's the news.
Daffy Duck
Member
Games a service, screw you.
Ah, Fortnite. I distinctly remember spending a few minutes signing up for the alpha only to immediately be told that my submission was rejected because it's not available in Australia. Thanks for not editing the country drop-down box accordingly, Epic! I always enjoy wasting my time.
I was just wondering what happened to this game the other day. Feel like I hadn't heard anything since it was announced.
While I was never that excited for it, it's disappointing to see it turn out like this. Games as a service can work, it just requires smarter design, not everything but the kitchen sink.
While I was never that excited for it, it's disappointing to see it turn out like this. Games as a service can work, it just requires smarter design, not everything but the kitchen sink.
The Greek Freak
Member
Outside of TLOU2 I can't imagine being interested in anything Zombie related they are so boring and have been for like a decade+
ALLseeingEYE
Member
When I tried this, I found it impressively good and fun, though I didn't play a lot. It will be interesting to see what it's like now. The building mechanics were great. What in the world Epic is doing taking like 7 years to release this though, still baffles me. It could have easily seen release when I last tried, a couple years ago. The game must be insanely polished now.
MHWilliams
Member
It's not open world. Discreet levels, thought many of them are pretty big.
As I posted in the other thread:
It's a hard game to classify.
ashecitism
Member
PC Gamer has similar thoughts: http://www.pcgamer.com/after-5-years-fortnite-is-a-fun-but-bloated-base-defense-shooter/
eXistor
Member
I'll never accept games as a service. To me they're inherently not a creative vision, but a cynical business model. Instead of making the game they want to make, they're making the game that is the most profitable which means designing the game around all kinds of proven formulas. It goes against everything I want gaming to be so I'll never touch one.
Brutuspedia
Member
I'll give it a try but I doubt it will be more addictive than Paragon
Paragon >>>>>>>> Gears
A "me too" MOBA is better than one of the most important and influential shooters of last generation? You're high.
MarineMountie
Member
Those game play videos look awesome! Excited to play this. Epic knocked it out of the park with Paragon, and I expect quality with Fortnite as well.
jim2point0
Banned
That PC Gamer gameplay looked very.... boring =\
Ploid 3.0
Member
After Paragon, I've become attached to Epic, love them, and this looks good to me. I don't mind spending money on free to play games that I really enjoy, and I hope this is fun to play. It looks fun.
Edit: Yeah the second video needs music or something. Though going by Paragon, beta can actually mean beta. Monolith launched in Paragon without finished textures, and it's still being finalized till this day.
MarineMountie
Member
A lot of the fun with this game will be social, IMO. Building with friends, finding great loot, exploring...Those things are always better with friends. There wasn't even voice chat in the PC Gamer video. It would be like watching Borderlands game play without the chit chat of friends when a legendary gun drops.
Brutuspedia
Member
I played the first 3 Gears, have you really played Paragon? Because doesn't seems like it...
Gears was a game with great gameplay but everything else was trash.
edbooneyebrows
Banned
>purchasable loot boxes
>collective cards
>collectible heroes
>rpg skill trees in games not even belong
>online "social" shooter
>dlc
>f2p
its dead jim.
>collective cards
>collectible heroes
>rpg skill trees in games not even belong
>online "social" shooter
>dlc
>f2p
its dead jim.
ashecitism
Member
Interview with some of the devs: https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/08/how-epic-games-brought-fortnite-home-from-the-wilderness/
music to a lot of GAFfer's ears
music to a lot of GAFfer's ears
SmoothRunningGun
Member
you're crazy or very drunk
Turin Turambar
Member
The title implies the game changed late in development to follow the modern, current trends of games.
But I tried it almost two years ago and it already had all that bloat. The game concept was from the start a f2p game as service thing, so it always was going to be bloated.
And it isn't all the extra progression bars and cards and loot boxes, the core game was always a bit weird, with exploration AND buildings AND combat all together.
But I tried it almost two years ago and it already had all that bloat. The game concept was from the start a f2p game as service thing, so it always was going to be bloated.
And it isn't all the extra progression bars and cards and loot boxes, the core game was always a bit weird, with exploration AND buildings AND combat all together.
Vigilant Gambit
Member
It's not a waste of your time. You now have an Epic account that can be used for things other than Fortnite, such as the Shadow Complex remaster, Unreal Tournament, or Unreal Engine 4.
It has been explained as them seeing "big game" development as unsustainable, but I'm always curious about how many unending "GaaS" titles developers think people have time for. Most categories already have popular games in place, and they're from the same companies that were making popular games before everything was a digital flea market. How much room is there for stuff that isn't being specifically targeted at new customers in China?
I don't, actually. The sign-up form didn't double as an account creation process.
Yeah the graphics were trash lol please stop