Speaking of vehicles, tank fights are a riot and trying to take out a tank while on foot is a fun challenge. It actually kind of blew my mind a bit that you had to refill your vehicle's gas tank and there are a lot of other interesting mechanisms you can find. The map also has a ton of details and things to find that make it feel like an adventure where you're really discovering things as you go. You can still destroy parts of buildings, so knocking a hole in the back of the house so you can sneak out unseen or trying to level an entire building to find your opponent are valid and interesting options. The gunplay is enjoyable and strategic, there's a good amount of variety in what niche each gun fills (and they've actually been adding a fair amount of weapons this week). I only play solo and that feeling that you're on your own surviving in a huge warzone is tangible despite the cartoony family-friendly visuals. I love plotting out my path and scoping out the area for enemies.

I love how it feels after a big fight to just find a safe spot, heal up, shield up, and reload. If you get into a couple fights at the start, but manage to hold your ground and secure a safe area to loot, it's really tense, but satisfying. It really does feel like a sort of survival adventure. I played the Battle Royale mode when it first came out, but like many I didn't enjoy the building aspect and I felt like it didn't flow well with a shooter game, and that was a shame, because the shooting, performance, and artstyle were a lot better than PUBG which was the big thing at the time, so I kind of wrote it off as a disappointment and the few times over the years I came back to it I was still turned off by the building getting in the way of what seemed like it could be a pretty fun shooter.įor those who didn't see, Fortnite finally introduced a no-building mode and the game is now not only what I was hoping it would be, but easily the best Battle Royale I've ever played.

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