Released on 25th June, 2017, Fortnite has steadily risen to become a genuine cultural phenomenon and has also become the rage in the video game world, raking in serious cash for its developers, Epic Games. Attracting a range of varied age groups, from middle-school students, college students and to plain adults, Fortnite has so far not put a wrong foot forward and is just a joy for its many online players. You can consider yourself a cool video gamer if you are one of the two hundred million people playing the Fortnite game worldwide.
Fortnite online video game was released in three different game modes with different titles— Fortnite: Save the World, Fortnite Creatives and Fortnite Battle Royale which is primarily responsible for the game’s huge popularity. Fortnite: Save the World, the debut game mode, originally started off as a shooter- survival game where four players in a post-apocalyptic world, join forces, build shelters and defend themselves against predatory zombies.
Fortnite Battle Royale, the second game mode by Epic Games, is the free, fun and addictive version that has everyone raving about Fortnite. Rightly the biggest game of 2018, Fortnite Battle Royale is largely successful because it’s a free, multiplayer, cross-platform game and it has scored huge points on social levels. Fortnite Battle Royale, a game of skill with a fine sprinkle of luck, is a cartoonish graphically optimized game where 100 players are put into an island, an idea quite similar to the movie, The Hunger Games. The Island is full of loot and weapons and players search out and furnish themselves with these weapons. It’s a shoot for survival game with an ever diminishing battle area (a sort of death circle) and last man standing wins. Players can compete as individuals or as a part of a group of four players, nevertheless, only one player wins.
Creating walls, setting traps and building forts are just some of the many features that make Fortnite an awesome gaming experience. Owing to its cartoonish graphical style (seeming like an animated movie), the game runs smoothly on low spec computers without the annoying lag and glitches that are common with multiplayer games. Our CPU’s are happy for that! Its cross-platform nature is a huge attraction to gamers, who can play the game irrespective of the machine they use, whether an Xbox One, PS4, PC or just a smartphone.
Fortnite presents a great challenge to its players. Involving tactical abilities, winning this survival game does not come easy. So when you are left with just one player on the island, and you go all in, grenade in hand and finally deal the death blow on your opponent, it’s no small feat. The game rewards you with the coveted Umbrella and Victory Royale is yours. How deep are you into this awesome game? Take this quiz now!
