What even is Fortnite anymore?
this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
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Epic is trying really hard at making a Roblox-like ecosystem out of Fortnite. They even have a half-stripped-down-but-with-extra-things version of the Unreal Engine (editor) to build games that are a part of this ecosystem.
There's a significant enough overlap between the Fortnite/Roblox playerbase that Epic thought they could make a decent amount of money by "poaching" the Roblox model and keeping it under their roof.
Cash cow now making cheese? Though this cheese looked kinda delicious tho
what cash? I played the whole weekend for free
I did too and the racing is actually quite fun, but we don’t have to personally give Epic money to notice they are making bank off other people.
Idk, forrnite's been pure delicious milkshake for a while now. How old are u?
A metaverse, as Tim says.
So it's Legocraft?
I played this at lunch, and yes…a little bit but not fully.
By that I mean you’ll get crafting recipes, but it’s not the granular block by block building of Minecraft.
wtf
I’m coming back here a day later to say that in the couple hours I’ve played this game, I don’t think I’m having fun.
Maybe if you want a really light survival sim, this would be good. But as a building game, it’s not that enjoyable. You are not going to quickly or easily build up interesting structures like in Minecraft (or even Dragon Quest Builders). I spent so much time trying to make my own little shack, but the roof piece they provide wouldn’t fit on my walls at all until it was structured more like their pre-made recipe of how a shack should be.
And I couldn’t even really tell why my roof wasn’t attaching because I was on the ground. There’s no quick way to build up some makeshift stairs like you might in those other games to get a better view. You just have to stand on the ground and try to maneuver the piece somewhat blindly.
There was a moment that I needed an axe because I needed wood because I needed to build more walls. But my workbench was out in the open and it started to rain. You can’t craft anything in the rain; it has to be sheltered (and I was trying to build up shelter for the darn workbenches to begin with!). So your option at that point is to punch trees/shrubs for wood. Not the end of the world. But it’s just frustrating you can’t craft a tool in that situation. So if you want to explore out and make a new camp, you definitely have to cover any new workbench. And in something like Minecraft, that’s trivial. That’s like 20 seconds. But here it’s a process.
It's too light for my tastes, I'm hopeful for festival though since I'm a fan of harmonix
Fuck epic.