Announced several years ago, Epic’s Fortnite has finally made its way through some extremely protracted development launched with an early access build on July 21. There are currently several paid ‘founders’ packs to choose from, in addition to a basic free version on PS4, XBO and PC.
HIGH Getting something so bright and friendly for kids is fantastic.
LOW The trading economy should be simpler.
WTF How did they make all the animals so adorable???
HIGH Assembling paper butterflies.
LOW Too many dialogue-matching puzzles.
WTF Magic fire-controlling abilities?
HIGH Figuring out my rifle and executing that damn wolf.
LOW Having to restart after three in-game days because the food system wasn’t well-explained.
WTF Dear Main Character: Please put on pants. It’s freezing out there.
HIGH Wiping the Cryptark out by firing my super-weapon over and over…
LOW …after having the game crash the first time I tried to do that.
WTF Enemies can fly through walls now? That seems fair.
HIGH A limitless amount of user-generated content, a very reasonable price point.
LOW Extremely steep learning curve for those accustomed to EA’s golf titles.
WTF Unforgivable graphical stutter on backswings that turns drives into crashes.
HIGH Basking in the beautiful and surprisingly alive stadiums.
LOW The feeling you’ve done this before. Many times.
WTF Baserunning is still a disaster.
HIGH Finally going through the all the steps necessary to kill Jason.
LOW Why isn’t the phone box on the counselors’ map?
WTF Actually, it’s Ch-ch-ch, Ha-ha-ha. You’re making the game, how do you not know that?
HIGH Scraping out a win during a nail-biting slow-motion finish.
LOW The online still needs serious work on PC — connection issues are way too common.
WTF The reason for Akuma’s inclusion in the main storyline is weak.
HIGH Unloading so much ordinance that the boss blows apart before the intro movie finishes.
LOW Being trapped in a dead end, over and over again.
WTF So bosses get free hits? That seems fair.
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