If you are a gamer or you love watching someone else playing computer games, surely you have heard about Fortnite: Battle Royal. This co-op sandbox survival game developed by Epic Games had a premiere a year ago and during this time it has over 45 million users.
Fortnite has simple rules and pretty, cartoon graphics which makes it pleasant to watch. It’s dedicated to people of all age. Ok, but what is it about? I could describe it by saying: the last man standing wins.
At the beginning of each game, you are dropped from the purple flying bus and land on the ground using the parachute. In the hands, you’ve got the pickaxe which can be used to deal the damage to an opponent or to harvest materials from walls, trees, cars etc., to build your own structures. The map is full of items such as bandages, weapons, shields etc. Like many other battle royal games, the whole action takes place in the habitable island. To make the game more dynamic, the living area shrinks. When the player is outside of it, the number of his health is decreasing. The game takes place until one person on the map is left.
We can play either solo or on the team. The game allows communicating in-game by using headsets and microphones. The time of each game depends, but It can last at up to 30 minutes.
Where did the popularity of this game come from?
Many factors have contributed to the success of this game. Nowadays, Battle Royal games are extremely popular. Developers from Epic Games noticed that and created their own version. It’s worth to mention, that we can play this game on PC, PS4, XBOX and the Epic Games is working on the mobile versions of the game. Before the Fortnite became popular the “PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds” was on top of Battle Royal games. The biggest difference between these two games is the graphics and the ability to build structures in Fortnite.
SuperData Research revealed how much Fortnite earned in April. Their report shows that this candy game earned $ 296 million in one month. It’s impressive, isn’t it?
1. Have you heard about Fortnite? What do you think about this game?
2. What’s your favorite computer game?
Sources:
https://www.dogonews.com/2018/4/27/fortnite-battle-royale-becomes-the-undisputed-king-of-games
Comments
My favorite games are strategic games, especially turn-based like Civilization.
It is hard to not hear about Fortnite if you're at least someway connected to the world of computers and/or games. I think it is a brilliant idea, simply because I didn't see any similar game before, so I think that was a key factor for Epic Games to success. I've played this game once and I liked it, but in my opinion it is harder than some people may think.
2. What’s your favorite computer game?
I am not considering myself as a fan of computer games, because I play the same 2 games for a long time now. Nevertheless, my favorite computer game is Hotline Miami and it's sequel Hotline Miami 2. I strongly recommend it to the fans of old, pretty retro 2D games with drugs and killing accent.
My favorite game? Hmm, CS GO/Fortnite.
I like to play games like CS:GO, Dota2 and single player games with a horror genre.
I've answered this question in the previous presentation, nowadays I don't have time for games, but sometimes I play "The last of us" on PS4, I've completed it three times already, so I can consider it as my favorite.
There are some of the games that I really like and it's pretty hard to decide which one I enjoyed the most so far. I like many strategy games as well as the ones that tell us the great story. Since I really enjoy the universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski as well as the characters that he has written, I can't resist on putting The Witcher 3 as one of my favourite games ever. I consider it to be a great piece of work and I think I would play it a couple of times, again.
I am not a big fan of games because for the most of my life I have been playing only some games for a long period of time but now I may just watch some big tournaments or something like this.
2. What’s your favorite computer game?
I have never heard about Fortnite and i have never played it. The only game i was playing is Counter-Strike. Honestly, i don't understand people who are playing games in their 20+ years. Our life is too short to waste our time for games. Of course, when you are doing it professionaly - it is your choice.
Yes, I did. And I never played any kind of the "King of the Hill" game type before (modes in games is different thing). But I heard about the lawsuit against Epic Games form the creators of the Playerunknown's Battleground. And for me it will be a big mistake, if the PUBG will win, because Daybreak Games Company will hit them hard with their own lawsuit of the copy of H1Z1: King of the Hill game (premiere was in 2016, a year before PUBG).
2. What’s your favorite computer game?
Planetside 2. Until 2012 I never played first person shooter, that was bigger in scale than the 64 players at once. And there you are able to meet more than thousand players at once in single place. With the addition of land and air vehicles, constructions and combination of tactics and strategy (note that they are much different things!) it makes this game unique. In fact there is no other game like it on the market.
1. Have you heard about Fortnite? What do you think about this game?
I have only heard about Fortnite from memes on kwejk and mistrzowie ;)
I don't like that much the RTS games (and others in real time). I prefer games where you play in rounds and don't have to rush.
2. What’s your favorite computer game?
The Witcher. Although I do not play much, so you could say that I am not a good person to answer this question.
At this time my favorite game is WOT but I also like GTA series and I think that this game gives movement in game industry.
Today is the first time I hear about Fornite, and it actually sounds great. I promise If I have had a little bit extra time this will be my first choice. Style of the game sounds great, anyway the number of players shows us a lot about this game.
What’s your favorite computer game?
I do not play a lot on computer, a little more time I spend playing on console. The game I played last on my computer was hardstone, I think this game is not needing to introduce also but it is fantasy card game and is very addictive.
It is hard to chose one best game, but I have many that I would be remember for all my life: Gothic, Wiedźmin and Tibia.
My favourite computer game is Battlefield, I sticked to it since BF3. It's the only FPS I play, sometimes I play HOMM too, but only with friends ;)
I love a lot of computer games. Especially from companies: Rockstar u Ubisoft. I like playing GTA, assassin creed or far cry the most. Now, due to the small amount of time I haven't played, but in the summer I have plans to play.
2. I was a player and maybe still I am but for sure I play much less now than few years ago. I spend so much time in front of computer's screen because I am already working as a programmer and it takes 8 hours every day and also I have to do a lot of projects on my studies which takes another hours so because of it I have stopped playing computer games. I am sure that I will back to this entertainment but when I have finished my studies.
My favourite computer game was The Sims so it show that i'm totally not in time with computer games.
I have played it, but it's not my kind of game. I am a type of person, who likes to shoot other people in online games, not to see them building big forts and just wait for people to come. This game is very big right now, even it's esport scene is very big, but I'm not into it.
2. What’s your favorite computer game?
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It's a very tactival FPS game, which I like the most
I don't have my top computer game. I'm a console player, I have fallen in love with Zelda and Horizon Zero Down recently.