Fortnite.

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chili1

Original Poster:

416 posts

247 months

Thursday 10th November 2022
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Morning,

Anyone playing Fortnite?

My son played for a few years but has now moved onto other games. I'm bored of COD, GT7 etc, so I've picked up his old account.

Played a week or so and I'm enjoying it so far. Good mix of tactics, building and full on gunfights.

Wayoftheflower

1,423 posts

245 months

Saturday 12th November 2022
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It's great fun with friends although like other battle royales I find solo stressful albeit very satisfying to win.

Never got the hang of building so I love the new demolition weapons like the goo gun.

mnaylor

285 posts

139 months

Saturday 12th November 2022
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Yeah I play, my son got me into it, so it's his fault.

There is also the non build mode now, I switch between the two.

the-norseman

13,739 posts

181 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Just a quick question do you need Xbox Live for Fortnite?

Missus has been paying £10.99 a month for the premium pass thing on Xbox because her son "needs" it for Fortnite which I'm under the impression he doesn't.

He only plays Minecraft, Fortnite and Warzone as far as I'm aware doesn't need Live for any of them?

LankyFreak

763 posts

38 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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the-norseman said:
Just a quick question do you need Xbox Live for Fortnite?

Missus has been paying £10.99 a month for the premium pass thing on Xbox because her son "needs" it for Fortnite which I'm under the impression he doesn't.

He only plays Minecraft, Fortnite and Warzone as far as I'm aware doesn't need Live for any of them?
He probably needs it to talk to his mates. I thought it was mandatory for online multiplayer too? (it may have changed, been a while since I've checked)

the-norseman

13,739 posts

181 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Maybe it is, I'll get her to downgrade to the £6.99 live only thing anyway.

LankyFreak

763 posts

38 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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the-norseman said:
Maybe it is, I'll get her to downgrade to the £6.99 live only thing anyway.
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Defcon5

6,334 posts

201 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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On PlayStation you can play it online and use voice chat without having to pay for PlayStation online/plus/whatever it’s called.

Fortnite is a great game IMO, the concept of once-you-are-dead-you-are-out is fantastic, coupled with the reducing map to prevent people just hiding.

A breath of fresh air compared to the frantic run gun repeat gameplay of modern FPS.

I which they could do something similar with the battlefield franchise so it makes squads use tactics to stay alive rather than suicide runs and respawns

simon_harris

1,916 posts

44 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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The problem I have with the Battle Royal style games is the lack of any decent tiering, I am rubbish, no amount of hours playing is going to make me any better (not that I have the spare hours to spend trying) but I never get put into a game with similarly rubbish players!

daddy cool

4,033 posts

239 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Pretty much played Battlefield with my mates since the start, then a year or so back one of their gaming PCs blew up so we needed a game with low requirements he could play on his laptop, and gave fortnite a go.

It's now all we play on our Thursday night gaming session, it's a right laugh.

the-norseman

13,739 posts

181 months

Tuesday 15th November 2022
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CheesecakeRunner said:
You need an Xbox Live account, but you no longer need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to play Fortnite.

Microsoft opened up free play multiplayer on a whole bunch of games earlier this year

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/04/21/online-mult...
Excellent.

Wayoftheflower

1,423 posts

245 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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simon_harris said:
The problem I have with the Battle Royal style games is the lack of any decent tiering, I am rubbish, no amount of hours playing is going to make me any better (not that I have the spare hours to spend trying) but I never get put into a game with similarly rubbish players!
I think the Fortnite matchmaker has been pretty reasonable for the last few years. A few weeks into each season I don't see hordes of pro-builders or shotgunners anymore laugh

PomBstard

7,199 posts

252 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Ok - I need a bit of help here. PBJnr3 wants to have Fortnite on his PS4 but how do we start this? Do we need a particular disc to get going, or download a particular file? There seems to be a few different things out there but I’m not sure where to start. And this sort of game is def not my thang, so I’m lost before I’ve started…

Defcon5

6,334 posts

201 months

Saturday 3rd December 2022
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Download from the ps store, do what it tells you to do when you run it for the first time

That’s about it

Wayoftheflower

1,423 posts

245 months

Sunday 10th December 2023
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Latest season is the mega mashup of Lego and a clone of Minecraft.

There's a Fortnite Lego survival mode which seems like a good laugh. Building huge persistent structures on your own map, can invite friends etc.