Fortnite being able to integrate so much pop culture into the game really helps. Not to mention the frequent updates, live events, new maps, the story behind it. They made something special like it or not
@@XxWolfxWaRioRxX trueee You can tell they have a sizable older audience because of the money they drop on old iconic skins. Like there ain't many kids out there that know who RoboCop, Predator or Alien are yet their skins are in game.
Also another BIG REASON why Fortnite SHOULD NOT DIE bcs FORTNITE IS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY Unreal Engine Devs get the juice so they can continue to work on it.On top of that Fortnite is USED by Epic and especialy UE devs to TEST the new additions,patches that came/come to UE. So Fortnite has MULTIUSAGE from FUNDING the Engine develpoment to being a TESTING GROUND for every UE feature/tool addition.
@@freedomextremist7215 this take may have been relevant years ago but not today. These days the fortnite Battlepass is SIGNIFICANTLY better then the competitions, its like night and day. Overwatch specifically is a terrible example because they replaced the arguably better loot boxes with SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive and anticonsumer store skins. The one up that Fortnite has is the Battlepass is A LOT easier to level and obtain. (Being able to level it in Save the World makes it ridiculously fast, I got to level 100 in under a month this season)
I think a game with high replayability that appeals to a younger demographic that gets updates and crossovers that appeal to that same younger demographic is impossible to kill off and epic is complete genius's at marketing more live service games should take notes.
@aslanthegold115 The main demographic is definetly 12-18 year old males. I also know people 20-30 but they are certainly the outliers beyond streamers.
No Build 100% saved Fortnite as of recent. I understand there were other past-problems they had to overcome to get to this point, but the addition of No Build is legit fun and (often) feels more competitive than normal mode.
It popular cause it's free, for kids and it's always keeping up with what's trending. Their game model allows them to keep them game fresh. Honestly is quite impressive they've been at it for so long.
@@Stealth86651 naaaaah, kids hop from game to game every time. Probably the most inconsistent market out there. If fortnite is still a thing it's because grown up teenagers and adults still play it lmao
Save the World had 1M players shortly after launch and the cheapest option was $30. The game made between $30 and $60M in the first month. Shortly after they added Loot Llamas which were loot boxes that were necessary to progress. Save the World made more than enough money but not nearly as much as Battle Royale would go onto earn.
I love Save The World. I still play that more than Battle Royale. Also, love the fact that I get V-bucks from STW that I can spend in BR if I want. I basically get unlimited free V-bucks for the $30 I spent. 😆 Best V-bucks deal around.
Fortnite is a good game actually, specially for me as a casual player. The story is very good and the collabs are on another level. The no build mode was the best idea they had and the new movements makes it better
I started playing fortnite like 5 days ago and honestly it's really fun. I prefer playing no build mode, and the crossovers always end up making me laugh cause they're cool or goofy.
@@PanRobak. considering the large amount of actually lol players that say they'lll quit but never fully commit, I challenge your statement. sometimes a player of a game can get really fed up with said game, but something always draws them back.
@@JDReC100 I'd say if someone returns to a game, they don't truly hate it. They might dislike certain aspects of it or simply can't stand losing, but they still enjoy it in the big picture. But well, there probably are people out there who are so addicted they can't stop, even though they don't take any pleasure in it.
I played it when it was new and got so outclassed by the builders that I quit cause I felt I had no chance. Then I heard about a no build mode, and I've included it in my regular rotation ever sense.
I remember when Fortnite was announced in 2007 alongside the Kinect. I was so hyped for Fortnite the entire way to release. Im one of the few people who paid the $40 for the original horde game. It was also the first Royale on console. But then it just pulled away from me and I never went back. It has transformed so many times, I just wish that the original game that I paid for still existed.
I started to play it in 2020 and I think it has becoming quite fun, including all the new updates and collabs. I didn't play it before because everyone around was always saying it was for kids and so on, but I actually have a lot of fun playing it with friends and people of all ages. And the concerts are really cool. I hope it stays for a long time.
@@DeLiCx91ut it hasn’t gone down in any way 😂 i’ve also personally had no problems with their mythics and whatnot, using today’s mythics as an example, deku smash and kamehameha are both quite easy to avoid so long as you see it coming and have the right items (that you should be carrying anyway) to avoid them. Any problems you have with normal guns that shoot normal bullets is a skill issue to end them all, just to throw that out there. It’s not like they’re locked behind paywalls.
@@DeLiCx91 Player since season 2 chapter 1 here. I think, honestly, fortnite is much better now than in chapter 1. I am also a competetive player, so don't say argument like "you dont know how to build probably". For me, new mechanics and new additions like sliding, climbing etc. are making game much more dynamic, competetive and fun. As you said, it's opinions, but don't try to assume that only chapter 2 players or later like the current state of the game.
How can you call it dying? It's an illusion. It always had good online, but when there are event coming, online start exploding and then goes back to norma. That's it. It can't die. It's a good f2p battle royal with interesting mechanics and a lot of content
Because new kids are made Edit: More kids = more players Edit Clarification: I was simply pointing out a statistic in a funny manner. I know it's not simply a kids game. I'm not saying it's bad. But if more people are born, over time more players will be introduced to the game.
@@kenyancarter People like him can't comprehend that just because you don't like a game, it doesn't mean it's bad, so they resort to dissing the games playerbase by calling them kids.
Facts on the smart targeted market choices. It’s one of the big struggles with Overwatch right now, balancing for the comp scene which is struggling. Instead of the casual and low skill scene that’s growing but is fickle if you get tired of getting stomped cause of skill based heroes dominating.
I’ve been gaming for like 5 years but my girlfriend was never really into it. She recently started playing fortnite and I was just so stoked that she was playing a game I started playing with her. Now we’re both addicted lol it’s a free game and they’re always adding new stuff. I think it’s here to stay.
For a free to play game the quality is amazing and Epic is very consistent with updates. Also the new content is always some sort of crossover event with another big franchise which in turn helps keep the game relevent.
My friends and I played it back in 2018, but dropped it. Ever since no build came out, it's one of the games we occasionally comeback to on big updates or if we're bored. No matter what age demographic, no build mode is really fun. With the UE5 update, added Ray tracing, continuous updates, and events, Fortnite really is one of the best live service games in a sea of garbage live service games
Man I love fortnite. I just can’t play it solo. I have to have friends to play lol. But it’s an absolutely amazing game. It gets hate for no reason so often.
I dont think there is a single game on the market that gets as much content updates funneled into it like fortnite does. The fact that the game is now running on the new unreal engine is also impressive.
I genuinely loved Chapter 2 of Fortnite because it was my first Chapter and it was a shooter I was actually decent at. I could get 9 or 10 kills compared to a cod match where I go 5-25. Chapter 3 got kinda dumb but still good but Chapter 4 has been a drag and Ive barely played it. Im 27 for reference.
18:17 Exactly. What I think happens, say for games like minecraft and others like it, a new generation who weren't old enough for games suddenly are and then the interests peak again as they discover them.
I think it was 2017 when I was excited for Fortnite when it was "SAVE THE WORLD" when it turned into a battle royale... I was kinda sad because at the time everyone else was playing PubG so I just played Paladins lol
I'm ok with building, but like building in season 1, when people built actual forts and defended their base when they were in the circle. Would be nice if they made a mode where there is less mats, slower building speeds but more durable.
The name actually did not originate from building forts at night. Back during early testing of the game the objective was to survive for two weeks or a "fortnight," hence the name.
I remember playing Fortnite for the first time on my Xbox. They used to have friendly fire, and I would always get killed by my teammates. I also hated the building because it was too sweaty. Now, I enjoy Fortnite with zero builds. I got my first victory soloe.
I hated friendly fire, omg. You'd get a golden scar and have to make sure none of your teammates saw you get it or you could just get blasted from behind.
Skill based matchmaking. Everyone plays till level 25 for nostolgic effect, is confused af at the updates and why they added them and didn’t keep it at the way it was during season 1-3 then gets shredded by the sweats and quits till next season.
Fortnite adding no build mode was huge and I came back to try it, as I was a casual that quit as I didn't want to sweat and have to spend every couple hours a day to git gud at building. Also they know most of their audience is kids and won't be able to spend much, so they are really generous with their microtransactions where with less than 15 dollars a month u can get battle pass with a lot of skins + a good amount of vbucks + extra skins + other perks, if only other games were as generous as them.
I had always said that if they added a no build mode I would come back to fortnite after being gone since season 2. So much has been added since then its crazy for me. It's SO different.
They've owned it for years but largely leave them to independently manage themselves which is why they aren't horribly monetized and they make enough to justify that they know what they're doing
It seems like these days almost every AAA release is an online live service game trying to make the same amount of success as Epic Games, while having no idea why their game doesn't actually recieve it. Every game is different in what makes it special, and developers should really harness that uniqueness instead of running behind the popular trends of the time.
I used to talk shit about Fortnite because of the color palette, but after they upgraded their engine I gave it A FIRST TRY! I had skipped the entire hype, and now I think of it as a decent relaxing game that runs great. I really! like the match making, feels like I get to fight normal players and not super sweats.
My biggest problem with fortnite is that it cannibalized some of my favorite ips of all time, unreal tournament and infinity blade. The entire staff of the unreal tournament reboot that got me into my all time favorite genre arena shooters was canned and the team were put onto fortnite. Then the Apple lawsuit ended with removing the best mobile games ever made Infinity blade 1-3 (that has an amazing story that isn’t just grifting off of other existing ips).
I played a lot of Fornite and got a lot of good memories from it. Now I've been working on the Fortnite team at EPIC for awhile. I'm glad to see that people are still passionate about our game, I appreciate everyone who still plays or just simply enjoys it! Will do our best to make sure everyone has a fun and enjoyable experience. :D
Same thing happened to LoL. The game got hype for a couple of seasons,streamers were all over it,then they slowly turned away,while the player Base remained constant in growth in the "backround" because they are fun games. Even if i don't like battleroyale games i can still look at it objectively and say it's a good,fun game.
I stopped playing fortnite back in late 2018 Cause at the time I was more of a casual gamer. I started adulting more and only played fortnite with friends like maybe 3hrs a week So when people were grinding and doing these crazy fast builds it was off putting and I walked away and was one of my best decisions I'm glad I walked away
Me and some friends have been enjoying it (Age 20s and 30s). Mainly because of the No Build mode. Their BP and cosmetics are really good tbh. Like I haven't gotten them but they make games like OW look like shit. Nobody does collabs like they do or fun game modes. If it stays like that I don't see it dying anytime soon
No build Mode and their season-to-season updates are why the game is still doing so well. 100% no doubt in my mind. Building made it less accessible to a large percentage of players because the skill curve was too high.
yes, i never played fortnite cuz i was so afraid of these people who build like they never done something else. But now with the no build mode all my friends and me enjoying it alot and feel like we are okey medioke player yesterday we did the build mode and boy it was like you would expect like people builing a castle like in 3 seconds with various balkonies to fuckn shoot us :D yeah we stick to nobuild/custom/creative.
Fortnite Creative 2.0 is going to change everything , if mfs can make COD in Roblox then imagine what can happen in Fortnite . I’m hoping someone does an Escape From Tarkov version of Fortnite or a DayZ version
Only thing I dislike with Fortnite now is how cringy it can be, and how it lacks any kind of identity. It's just a hub for everything popular and it's not appealing to me.
The only thing that keeps it alive is the collaborations in their battles and shop. But now people are getting tired of thr battle pass grinding that the game forced you to do.
Just thought I'd add that Epic games was back of forth between the PUBG team developing the open world streaming part of the engine which made PUBG possible and the amount of work they did on that probably prompted them to want to reap some the rewards of doing most the leg work from a game which seem to heavily rely on that. They also probably wanted to jump on an new idea which was already deemed successful as well since they'd just failed not one but 2 titles simultaneously, Fortnite's original Survival Game and the Paragon MOBO. It was also apparent to them Unreal Tournament would never be wide appeal so maybe even consider it 3 games dying
i used to be a hater, now it's part of my library i play often. it's really appealing to me because I used to mod games back then (gta sa, unreal tournament, and css) to have characters from other media. it just feels good to play as masterchief or goku or whatever in a game that isn't halo or dbz. its literally smash bros with guns, its like a toybox with all those figures you have and you get to play with all of em in one game. its great
They keep changing it up just enough to feel fresh, but not too much to not feel familiar. They collaborations with endless IPs is crazy. Like it or not, it’s not going to die anytime soon.
It evolves nonstop. It stays fresh and exciting with new mechanics, collaborations, map changes, weapons/items, etc.. Zero build is huge, they're adding creative 2.0, first person mode, new mobility, attack on titan, etc.. next season. They know how to thrive.
I have never and will never play Fortnite. I appreciate it's existence in the gaming landscape though. I remember when I saw Avengers Endgame in theatres and all the kids in the audience got excited during the Fortnite scene. It kind of reminded me of when I was a kid and SMB3 was shown in The Wizard.
Fortnite was definitely a social game. The only reason I got on was to hang out with friends and family. Like everybody played and you could play on any platform so it brought everybody together.
No build completely saved the game from death for the casual players. Keeping the casual players base that they had and bring back other players that like myself can't build fort knox in 5 seconds to survive your first fight lol. By far the best update to the game. The only thing that would make this game even better is by making some of the LTMs like one shot and high explosives and so on permanent game modes to play other than the normal battle royal or creative maps.
death #2 is a stretch though. you cant copyright a game mode/genre. Imagine if you will that Nintendo had managed to successfully sue Sega for CI over Sonic The Hedgehog. Both Mario and Sonic are side scrollers from left to right, speed modes, pickups for extra lives, points for time, alternate paths.... Its ludicrous
for me fortnite died when they started adding the most random shit to the game, like i just wanna shoot people and have some building duels not worry about itachi kamehameha'ing me across the map. i think the first weird thing they added was the shopping cart which was all fun but after that it just got so cluttered with dumb shit
Whoevers in chargenof the decisions at epic is a very intelligent person cause man the fact they have saved themselves multiples times from death is amazing. And i totally agree on the square enix thing, its why they are still around. I remember when the loading screens said squaresoft and and square enix. Squaresoft produced the best games.
Take a look at TF2. There is a competitive scene, but it's a minority of the playerbase that watches or participates it. TF2 throws some custom badges their way and organizes tournaments, but they knew they inject TF2 with the same competitive elements CS:GO or Dota2 had. They hold 100k+ regular players without focus on high-level play. Just make a fun game that keeps people coming back.
ngl I played season 1.. and stopped then I seen their latest trailer for their season back in November.. been playing non stop.. its just been so fun ngl.. zero build is carrying
Biggest reason? They actually focus on fun imo. Quick in and out, wacky non hardcore gameplay, frequent meta changes, etc. Ever since no build it has been a really solid game. I just don't like how they treated save the world. Hot take: they also have the best value battle pass in the industry rn. It will never be a main game for me, but I'm enjoying jumping in for 30 mins at a time for some chaos that I won't be mad at if I lose or anything. Epic/tencent are debatable evil but damn it, those evil geniuses cracked the code of casual fun in a br style game.
I like building in fortnite but I hate it when people build structures that have zero structural integrity. I play zero build because I don’t play it like I used to, and because of skill based matchmaking I get screwed over by people who are as good as I was when I was competitive.
6:35 The mom complains the kid is asking her for money but doesn't simply limit or take away the games altogether if these problems arise or simply say "no".
At this point this game will milk and last for a very long time because they are not kept within the year or genre that they were released in. To elaborate, the collaborations with Marvel, Artists, Streamers, will allow it to stay with whatever trend is hot at the time. Unlimited market promotion.
would be cool if fortnite did something similar to WoW where they come out with "Fortnite Classic" which would just be like a season 2 or 3 version of the game. i think that would bring back a lot of the old playerbase that quit around season 5.
started playing fortnite 5 days ago no build its chill and so good big thing for me everyone has mic and are chill in 5 days i buiilt a discord of 30+ people to play with it has been amazing experience and i am lvl 92 on battlepass in 5 days that should put into perspective how much have i played it and now moving to consuming content to learn get good
I have friends who got game platforms just to play Fortnite together. We usually have a couple games each evening and catch up. It’s actually a pretty fun game with friends
Although I don't play as often it's still decent every now and then. But as you said those first early seasons of Fortnite were just a blast. Playing with friends was so much fun. I miss the care free charm it used to have.
I remember trying the game and quickly quitting because of wall-building stuff. My boomer brain just couldn't handle it. Didn't even know there was a no-build mode now. Might give it another shot.
I kept getting killed last night landing at the Citadel to kill the Ageless Knight and get the Geralt skin... I'm gonna try again tonight after all the kids are back from school for the weekend. Should be more impossible than before! 🤣👌
18:05 There was things they could have done to keep the hype. The biggest reason for a down spikewas becuase the map was so bad compared to the previous. They should have made a better one or fixed it faster.
Fortnite being able to integrate so much pop culture into the game really helps. Not to mention the frequent updates, live events, new maps, the story behind it. They made something special like it or not
@@Toonamik true
@@XxWolfxWaRioRxX trueee
You can tell they have a sizable older audience because of the money they drop on old iconic skins.
Like there ain't many kids out there that know who RoboCop, Predator or Alien are yet their skins are in game.
Also another BIG REASON why Fortnite SHOULD NOT DIE bcs FORTNITE IS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY Unreal Engine Devs get the juice so they can continue to work on it.On top of that Fortnite is USED by Epic and especialy UE devs to TEST the new additions,patches that came/come to UE.
So Fortnite has MULTIUSAGE from FUNDING the Engine develpoment to being a TESTING GROUND for every UE feature/tool addition.
@@freedomextremist7215 this take may have been relevant years ago but not today.
These days the fortnite Battlepass is SIGNIFICANTLY better then the competitions, its like night and day.
Overwatch specifically is a terrible example because they replaced the arguably better loot boxes with SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive and anticonsumer store skins.
The one up that Fortnite has is the Battlepass is A LOT easier to level and obtain. (Being able to level it in Save the World makes it ridiculously fast, I got to level 100 in under a month this season)
They made something that dumb kids and teenagers like, as opposed to harder, more sophisticated genres.
I think a game with high replayability that appeals to a younger demographic that gets updates and crossovers that appeal to that same younger demographic is impossible to kill off and epic is complete genius's at marketing more live service games should take notes.
its a high quality game. and most people i know that play it are 20 to mid 30s. its just that high of a quality that is not seen often these days.
@@colonelradec5956 true maybe appealing to younger demographics was a wrong thing to say cause really it appeals to all audiences like Minecraft.
I'm 30 and play it a lot it's a decent shooter and if you like games but don't have loads of free time its a great game for a couple of rounds
@aslanthegold115 The main demographic is definetly 12-18 year old males. I also know people 20-30 but they are certainly the outliers beyond streamers.
it was complete stroke of luck, they threw battle royale mode as an afterthought
No Build 100% saved Fortnite as of recent. I understand there were other past-problems they had to overcome to get to this point, but the addition of No Build is legit fun and (often) feels more competitive than normal mode.
I have not touched build since redownloading Fortnite
@@dixen9116 Same
@@PastPositive what are you talking about the new movement didin't ruin build mod
Its really good adition and bring more mobility
@@Karu_o_o cap it makes me have to learn new retakes
@@mysteriousmusicx you can still use old ones
It popular cause it's free, for kids and it's always keeping up with what's trending. Their game model allows them to keep them game fresh. Honestly is quite impressive they've been at it for so long.
its not a kids game, a game can be played by anyone, especially how high the skill ceiling is for this game
@@Stealth86651 neither do 10 year olds
@@Stealth86651 naaaaah, kids hop from game to game every time. Probably the most inconsistent market out there. If fortnite is still a thing it's because grown up teenagers and adults still play it lmao
No build was a very welcomed game mode, and people liked it so much they kept it. They adapt and make good changes - very quickly as well.
like Asmon who always steal all the trending video for his own channel, keep it fresh with least effort possible
Save the World had 1M players shortly after launch and the cheapest option was $30. The game made between $30 and $60M in the first month. Shortly after they added Loot Llamas which were loot boxes that were necessary to progress. Save the World made more than enough money but not nearly as much as Battle Royale would go onto earn.
For seven years of dev time it absolutely did not make “enough” money, not with a company like Epic.
I love Save The World. I still play that more than Battle Royale. Also, love the fact that I get V-bucks from STW that I can spend in BR if I want. I basically get unlimited free V-bucks for the $30 I spent. 😆 Best V-bucks deal around.
@@BraddahSpliff i thoguth STW was dead and was no longer purchasable
They also took way too long to post content
@@Plaufin u can purchase it but u no longer get vbucks. Only if u bought it in the past you are able to earn vbucks
Fortnite is a good game actually, specially for me as a casual player. The story is very good and the collabs are on another level. The no build mode was the best idea they had and the new movements makes it better
Fortnite is the king of the live service model, most games suck with it, but Fortnite shows that it can be done.
@@Zombina638 it is a good game for a casual audience, many updates, collabs, live-event, etc.
@@Zombina638 To you
@@ducky4605 its just a troll account
And best Battlepass of all games i talk with u Blizzard
I started playing fortnite like 5 days ago and honestly it's really fun. I prefer playing no build mode, and the crossovers always end up making me laugh cause they're cool or goofy.
fortnite, minecraft, cod, and league are those games that everyone hates but will continue to be more successful then most other games
"Everyone hates" basically means "People who hate things because they're popular"
@@PanRobak. considering the large amount of actually lol players that say they'lll quit but never fully commit, I challenge your statement.
sometimes a player of a game can get really fed up with said game, but something always draws them back.
@@JDReC100 I'd say if someone returns to a game, they don't truly hate it. They might dislike certain aspects of it or simply can't stand losing, but they still enjoy it in the big picture. But well, there probably are people out there who are so addicted they can't stop, even though they don't take any pleasure in it.
Heavy on Minecraft. It's the perfect game to turn to when you just wanna chill after getting sweat on in fortnite 😂
Alot of ppl quit Borezone bcz it's ass
I played it when it was new and got so outclassed by the builders that I quit cause I felt I had no chance. Then I heard about a no build mode, and I've included it in my regular rotation ever sense.
Deadass.
@@Caio-ow5tm it is what it is
Same, i also played it on it's first few days, battle royales aren't for me tho since it gets too stressful/repetitive instead of being fun
Same
Same
I remember when Fortnite was announced in 2007 alongside the Kinect. I was so hyped for Fortnite the entire way to release. Im one of the few people who paid the $40 for the original horde game. It was also the first Royale on console. But then it just pulled away from me and I never went back. It has transformed so many times, I just wish that the original game that I paid for still existed.
I bought the ultimate edition in pve and I had so much fun grinding haven't played save the world in a while wonder what's new
might wanna edit this to 2017 before you get some dudes sayin "akchtually, thish cam out at 2017 e3 rEVEAL! 🤓"
save the world mode is still there, and its till just as boring and grindy as ever. they even recently added first person mode to it
@@Cutlas I got back to it after 2 years and sadly not much has improved
I started to play it in 2020 and I think it has becoming quite fun, including all the new updates and collabs. I didn't play it before because everyone around was always saying it was for kids and so on, but I actually have a lot of fun playing it with friends and people of all ages. And the concerts are really cool. I hope it stays for a long time.
@@DeLiCx91ut it hasn’t gone down in any way 😂 i’ve also personally had no problems with their mythics and whatnot, using today’s mythics as an example, deku smash and kamehameha are both quite easy to avoid so long as you see it coming and have the right items (that you should be carrying anyway) to avoid them.
Any problems you have with normal guns that shoot normal bullets is a skill issue to end them all, just to throw that out there. It’s not like they’re locked behind paywalls.
@@DeLiCx91 Player since season 2 chapter 1 here. I think, honestly, fortnite is much better now than in chapter 1. I am also a competetive player, so don't say argument like "you dont know how to build probably". For me, new mechanics and new additions like sliding, climbing etc. are making game much more dynamic, competetive and fun. As you said, it's opinions, but don't try to assume that only chapter 2 players or later like the current state of the game.
How can you call it dying? It's an illusion. It always had good online, but when there are event coming, online start exploding and then goes back to norma. That's it. It can't die. It's a good f2p battle royal with interesting mechanics and a lot of content
Because new kids are made
Edit: More kids = more players
Edit Clarification: I was simply pointing out a statistic in a funny manner. I know it's not simply a kids game. I'm not saying it's bad. But if more people are born, over time more players will be introduced to the game.
This is some deepstate-shiet that Epic Games is doing
Or the game's just good?
@@kenyancarter More kids = more players.
@@kenyancarter People like him can't comprehend that just because you don't like a game, it doesn't mean it's bad, so they resort to dissing the games playerbase by calling them kids.
@@iaqh Did you even see my reply to his comment
Facts on the smart targeted market choices. It’s one of the big struggles with Overwatch right now, balancing for the comp scene which is struggling. Instead of the casual and low skill scene that’s growing but is fickle if you get tired of getting stomped cause of skill based heroes dominating.
I’ve been gaming for like 5 years but my girlfriend was never really into it. She recently started playing fortnite and I was just so stoked that she was playing a game I started playing with her. Now we’re both addicted lol it’s a free game and they’re always adding new stuff. I think it’s here to stay.
For a free to play game the quality is amazing and Epic is very consistent with updates. Also the new content is always some sort of crossover event with another big franchise which in turn helps keep the game relevent.
Fortnite No Build is like going on AIM and hanging out with friends... even Save The World is like chatting while having something to fidget with
Can we appreciate the pristine timing on that Fortnite? 1:24
My friends and I played it back in 2018, but dropped it. Ever since no build came out, it's one of the games we occasionally comeback to on big updates or if we're bored. No matter what age demographic, no build mode is really fun. With the UE5 update, added Ray tracing, continuous updates, and events, Fortnite really is one of the best live service games in a sea of garbage live service games
Man I love fortnite. I just can’t play it solo. I have to have friends to play lol. But it’s an absolutely amazing game. It gets hate for no reason so often.
I dont think there is a single game on the market that gets as much content updates funneled into it like fortnite does. The fact that the game is now running on the new unreal engine is also impressive.
I genuinely loved Chapter 2 of Fortnite because it was my first Chapter and it was a shooter I was actually decent at. I could get 9 or 10 kills compared to a cod match where I go 5-25. Chapter 3 got kinda dumb but still good but Chapter 4 has been a drag and Ive barely played it. Im 27 for reference.
Chapter 3 was my favorite personally. The map just felt a lot more entertaining than what it is now in chapter 4. Still enjoying playing tho
18:17 Exactly. What I think happens, say for games like minecraft and others like it, a new generation who weren't old enough for games suddenly are and then the interests peak again as they discover them.
I think it was 2017 when I was excited for Fortnite when it was
"SAVE THE WORLD"
when it turned into a battle royale... I was kinda sad because at the time everyone else was playing PubG so I just
played Paladins lol
I'm ok with building, but like building in season 1, when people built actual forts and defended their base when they were in the circle. Would be nice if they made a mode where there is less mats, slower building speeds but more durable.
The name actually did not originate from building forts at night. Back during early testing of the game the objective was to survive for two weeks or a "fortnight," hence the name.
I remember playing Fortnite for the first time on my Xbox. They used to have friendly fire, and I would always get killed by my teammates. I also hated the building because it was too sweaty. Now, I enjoy Fortnite with zero builds. I got my first victory soloe.
I hated friendly fire, omg. You'd get a golden scar and have to make sure none of your teammates saw you get it or you could just get blasted from behind.
I remember I started playing back when zombies were in BR mode then got hooked with the Air Royale mode and then Endgame was the peak of the game
Skill based matchmaking. Everyone plays till level 25 for nostolgic effect, is confused af at the updates and why they added them and didn’t keep it at the way it was during season 1-3 then gets shredded by the sweats and quits till next season.
I think it’s hilarious when people keep talking about how just younger or a kids game, but it’s also a game that all ages can get into.
Can't be that dead. I've been seeing adverts for the new characters. Dragon Ball.
@BooNah i just think it's a shit game. Never gonna play it.
Fortnite adding no build mode was huge and I came back to try it, as I was a casual that quit as I didn't want to sweat and have to spend every couple hours a day to git gud at building. Also they know most of their audience is kids and won't be able to spend much, so they are really generous with their microtransactions where with less than 15 dollars a month u can get battle pass with a lot of skins + a good amount of vbucks + extra skins + other perks, if only other games were as generous as them.
I love not having to level up guns. You can just jump into a game and not be at a disadvantage.
I had always said that if they added a no build mode I would come back to fortnite after being gone since season 2. So much has been added since then its crazy for me. It's SO different.
"Tencent owns 100 percent of Riot Games"
Well there goes my hopes for the Riot MMO. That's the touch of death in the genre.
They've owned it for years but largely leave them to independently manage themselves which is why they aren't horribly monetized and they make enough to justify that they know what they're doing
@@midas6753Valorant skins are $40 for the base model and $40 more to upgrade the skin. That game has one of the worst monetization models in history.
I can confirm from working between 2017-2022 at Epic....a lot of purchases were made by kids stealing moms card hahah
It seems like these days almost every AAA release is an online live service game trying to make the same amount of success as Epic Games, while having no idea why their game doesn't actually recieve it.
Every game is different in what makes it special, and developers should really harness that uniqueness instead of running behind the popular trends of the time.
I used to talk shit about Fortnite because of the color palette, but after they upgraded their engine I gave it A FIRST TRY! I had skipped the entire hype, and now I think of it as a decent relaxing game that runs great. I really! like the match making, feels like I get to fight normal players and not super sweats.
@@XxWolfxWaRioRxX yes but its not that bad like you really get still from time to time a win and its all you need to stay motivated with your friends.
My biggest problem with fortnite is that it cannibalized some of my favorite ips of all time, unreal tournament and infinity blade. The entire staff of the unreal tournament reboot that got me into my all time favorite genre arena shooters was canned and the team were put onto fortnite. Then the Apple lawsuit ended with removing the best mobile games ever made Infinity blade 1-3 (that has an amazing story that isn’t just grifting off of other existing ips).
“Who the fuck is Kelsier”never felt more personally insulted in my life😂
I played a lot of Fornite and got a lot of good memories from it. Now I've been working on the Fortnite team at EPIC for awhile. I'm glad to see that people are still passionate about our game, I appreciate everyone who still plays or just simply enjoys it! Will do our best to make sure everyone has a fun and enjoyable experience. :D
Do you know if they are going to bring custom bindings to save the world, we need them badly on controller
Same thing happened to LoL. The game got hype for a couple of seasons,streamers were all over it,then they slowly turned away,while the player Base remained constant in growth in the "backround" because they are fun games. Even if i don't like battleroyale games i can still look at it objectively and say it's a good,fun game.
I stopped playing fortnite back in late 2018
Cause at the time I was more of a casual gamer. I started adulting more and only played fortnite with friends like maybe 3hrs a week
So when people were grinding and doing these crazy fast builds it was off putting and I walked away and was one of my best decisions I'm glad I walked away
Me and some friends have been enjoying it (Age 20s and 30s). Mainly because of the No Build mode. Their BP and cosmetics are really good tbh. Like I haven't gotten them but they make games like OW look like shit. Nobody does collabs like they do or fun game modes. If it stays like that I don't see it dying anytime soon
Fortnite is a genuinely fun game. Especially the zero build. It's has issues like any game but hopping on with some friends is always a great time
No build Mode and their season-to-season updates are why the game is still doing so well. 100% no doubt in my mind. Building made it less accessible to a large percentage of players because the skill curve was too high.
yes, i never played fortnite cuz i was so afraid of these people who build like they never done something else. But now with the no build mode all my friends and me enjoying it alot and feel like we are okey medioke player yesterday we did the build mode and boy it was like you would expect like people builing a castle like in 3 seconds with various balkonies to fuckn shoot us :D yeah we stick to nobuild/custom/creative.
Fortnite Creative 2.0 is going to change everything , if mfs can make COD in Roblox then imagine what can happen in Fortnite . I’m hoping someone does an Escape From Tarkov version of Fortnite or a DayZ version
S1: lore event easy accesibility
S2: improvement, npc ,new map concept creative mode , bounty battle pass glow up
S3: more mobility , mission lore , no build mode , slide kick, more free content crown coumpter
S4:visual quality increase ,adding gameplay changing item every season ,more crossover and gameplay crossover
S5: coming soon..
Only thing I dislike with Fortnite now is how cringy it can be, and how it lacks any kind of identity. It's just a hub for everything popular and it's not appealing to me.
The only thing that keeps it alive is the collaborations in their battles and shop. But now people are getting tired of thr battle pass grinding that the game forced you to do.
nothing forces you to grind the battlepass.
@@Pistaa13 that's true, but FOMO does its job well
@@PanRobak. i cant name any (big) multiplayer game without fomo... maybe csgom but thats all
That witcher is unforgivable.
@@ibrahim5463 who's garelt?
Unforgivable for whom? CD Projekt?
they could've just give every player an internal rank and allow to compete only with people of the same rank when doing random games.
Just thought I'd add that Epic games was back of forth between the PUBG team developing the open world streaming part of the engine which made PUBG possible and the amount of work they did on that probably prompted them to want to reap some the rewards of doing most the leg work from a game which seem to heavily rely on that.
They also probably wanted to jump on an new idea which was already deemed successful as well since they'd just failed not one but 2 titles simultaneously, Fortnite's original Survival Game and the Paragon MOBO. It was also apparent to them Unreal Tournament would never be wide appeal so maybe even consider it 3 games dying
i used to be a hater, now it's part of my library i play often. it's really appealing to me because I used to mod games back then (gta sa, unreal tournament, and css) to have characters from other media. it just feels good to play as masterchief or goku or whatever in a game that isn't halo or dbz. its literally smash bros with guns, its like a toybox with all those figures you have and you get to play with all of em in one game. its great
They keep changing it up just enough to feel fresh, but not too much to not feel familiar. They collaborations with endless IPs is crazy. Like it or not, it’s not going to die anytime soon.
If a game is fun to play I’m more forgiving, having fun is the most important aspect of a game
that kinda reminds me of how someone described tetris as a "inventory management survival horror game."
It evolves nonstop. It stays fresh and exciting with new mechanics, collaborations, map changes, weapons/items, etc.. Zero build is huge, they're adding creative 2.0, first person mode, new mobility, attack on titan, etc.. next season. They know how to thrive.
I’m 31 and play fortnite with my son. It’s fun.
I love fortnite and I don't think I'd stop playing in a while, especially when I have friends that are cool to play with
Same reason why minecraft is still popular. Kids play > grow up > new kids > grow up > nostalgia > etc
I have never and will never play Fortnite. I appreciate it's existence in the gaming landscape though. I remember when I saw Avengers Endgame in theatres and all the kids in the audience got excited during the Fortnite scene. It kind of reminded me of when I was a kid and SMB3 was shown in The Wizard.
Fortnite was definitely a social game. The only reason I got on was to hang out with friends and family. Like everybody played and you could play on any platform so it brought everybody together.
I just started playing again after like a year. Its actually really fun without the building
No build completely saved the game from death for the casual players. Keeping the casual players base that they had and bring back other players that like myself can't build fort knox in 5 seconds to survive your first fight lol. By far the best update to the game. The only thing that would make this game even better is by making some of the LTMs like one shot and high explosives and so on permanent game modes to play other than the normal battle royal or creative maps.
I used to hate fortnite because of the building, but I still liked how it looked and played. Then the no build came out and I play most days
death #2 is a stretch though. you cant copyright a game mode/genre. Imagine if you will that Nintendo had managed to successfully sue Sega for CI over Sonic The Hedgehog. Both Mario and Sonic are side scrollers from left to right, speed modes, pickups for extra lives, points for time, alternate paths.... Its ludicrous
for me fortnite died when they started adding the most random shit to the game, like i just wanna shoot people and have some building duels not worry about itachi kamehameha'ing me across the map. i think the first weird thing they added was the shopping cart which was all fun but after that it just got so cluttered with dumb shit
When Brimkade said fart knife poggers at 0:54 I really felt that. Thank you Brimkade, thank you.
Whoevers in chargenof the decisions at epic is a very intelligent person cause man the fact they have saved themselves multiples times from death is amazing. And i totally agree on the square enix thing, its why they are still around. I remember when the loading screens said squaresoft and and square enix. Squaresoft produced the best games.
Tbh it's fun with friends one of those games where it's more enjoyable with people you can goof off with but still somewhat enjoyable alone
Take a look at TF2. There is a competitive scene, but it's a minority of the playerbase that watches or participates it. TF2 throws some custom badges their way and organizes tournaments, but they knew they inject TF2 with the same competitive elements CS:GO or Dota2 had. They hold 100k+ regular players without focus on high-level play. Just make a fun game that keeps people coming back.
What's the game at 20:46? Absolutely love the art style.
Its actually a fun game and im 30 years old. I could definitely see the appeal and if i was a kid i would’ve loved this game
I was a founder of Fortnight... still have the special glider. Hardly touched the BR, I wish they would have expanded the PvE.
ngl I played season 1.. and stopped then I seen their latest trailer for their season back in November.. been playing non stop.. its just been so fun ngl.. zero build is carrying
No Build mode legitimately consolidated the playerbase for more years to come. The building was a detriment to the entire pace of the gameplay loop.
Children’s games never die off, the player may out grow it and move on but there’s always new kids to take their place.
Biggest reason? They actually focus on fun imo. Quick in and out, wacky non hardcore gameplay, frequent meta changes, etc. Ever since no build it has been a really solid game. I just don't like how they treated save the world. Hot take: they also have the best value battle pass in the industry rn. It will never be a main game for me, but I'm enjoying jumping in for 30 mins at a time for some chaos that I won't be mad at if I lose or anything. Epic/tencent are debatable evil but damn it, those evil geniuses cracked the code of casual fun in a br style game.
I like building in fortnite but I hate it when people build structures that have zero structural integrity. I play zero build because I don’t play it like I used to, and because of skill based matchmaking I get screwed over by people who are as good as I was when I was competitive.
Because it's fun, fortnite is a solid game especially when they added the zero build mode in the game
yeah i think fortnite is actually a good game . had lot of fun playing it with friends together in a squad
@@alexanderqwertz1387 i had fun playing alone, it's fun don't get why people shitted on it a lot
6:35 The mom complains the kid is asking her for money but doesn't simply limit or take away the games altogether if these problems arise or simply say "no".
the double pump meta was so ass but when they nerfed it and buffed the smg meta it made no difference cuz the smg meta was equally cancerus
At this point this game will milk and last for a very long time because they are not kept within the year or genre that they were released in. To elaborate, the collaborations with Marvel, Artists, Streamers, will allow it to stay with whatever trend is hot at the time. Unlimited market promotion.
“Whos Travis Scott? Oh hes the guy that had alot of people die at his concert…” lmfao I spit out my drink
would be cool if fortnite did something similar to WoW where they come out with "Fortnite Classic" which would just be like a season 2 or 3 version of the game. i think that would bring back a lot of the old playerbase that quit around season 5.
started playing fortnite 5 days ago no build its chill and so good big thing for me everyone has mic and are chill in 5 days i buiilt a discord of 30+ people to play with it has been amazing experience and i am lvl 92 on battlepass in 5 days that should put into perspective how much have i played it and now moving to consuming content to learn get good
The dip had nothing to do with a social audience, it was the addition of bots and skill based matchmaking
I have friends who got game platforms just to play Fortnite together. We usually have a couple games each evening and catch up. It’s actually a pretty fun game with friends
Never thought I would buy skins in 2017 but fast forward and I have Xenomorph, Ghost Rider, Green Goblin, Naruto and Sasuke..
Although I don't play as often it's still decent every now and then. But as you said those first early seasons of Fortnite were just a blast. Playing with friends was so much fun. I miss the care free charm it used to have.
I remember trying the game and quickly quitting because of wall-building stuff. My boomer brain just couldn't handle it. Didn't even know there was a no-build mode now. Might give it another shot.
I kept getting killed last night landing at the Citadel to kill the Ageless Knight and get the Geralt skin... I'm gonna try again tonight after all the kids are back from school for the weekend. Should be more impossible than before! 🤣👌
I have a 9-year-old and Fortnite is far from dead It is actually thriving
There will always be children in the world. This is like asking why toys still exist.
There are plenty of other games out there though. It does help when all other kids around play the same game.
I'm glad to see that they brought no build because yeah it's crazy how fast someone can build something
18:05 There was things they could have done to keep the hype. The biggest reason for a down spikewas becuase the map was so bad compared to the previous. They should have made a better one or fixed it faster.
Its called not being greedy. You can literally get their battlepass and skins for free if you play long enough
14:13 Wrong. Fortnite’s lore started in like Chapter 1 Season 4 and has became pretty complicated since then
"There's no lore of Fortnite"
This had me dying
Battle royal mods for Arma existed way before any of these games