Where do I begin? I've been meaning to write a piece on Fortnite for a while and I've finally been given the kick up the arse that I've been looking for. It’s been a while since I've put words to paper and this is something I've always wanted to write about so.... here it goes.
Fortnite, what a journey this game has been on. I can’t say that I've been a part of it as long as most people because I jumped on the trend very late, I think I missed the first 3 or 4 seasons. Nonetheless the game and myself have had a love/hate relationship ever since I first jumped out that stupid bus. To be honest, it's been more of an abusive relationship, because I wasn’t always a lover of the game and it hasn’t always been too kind to me either. When I first downloaded Fortnite, Epic games must've been doing server maintenance or something because it took me over an hour to download the game, doesn’t sound that long but when you’re on Fibre optic broadband it's like watching paint dry in slow motion, or I was probably preoccupied and lost all perception of time. I digress. After waiting a lifetime to finally play the game I had been sleeping on for months, I dive into my first game with a couple of the usual people I squad up with and was immediately humbled.
This was my first experience playing a Royale based game, I'd seen clips on Twitter and YouTube but I really had no Idea what I was jumping into (Literally). My first game I got slaughtered within the first minute of me landing. I think I landed in Tilted Towers because it's the only explanation as to how I got the shit kicked out of me the way I did. Now anyone that knows me and has played online with me will confirm, I have quite the reputation when it comes to online shooters. I come from the generation of kids who would skip school just to go home and play Modern Warfare 2, so you can imagine the rage flowing through me when I waited all night to join a game, just for me to get slumped like it was my first time picking up a control pad. And guess what? I uninstalled the game immediately. I said “Nope, not today Satan, I am not the one”. I went straight back to COD where I knew my pride was safe.
A couple days later my ego healed and I thought I would give it another go, mama did not raise no quitter. So I downloaded it again, didn’t wait as long as I did the first time so I took that as a good sign. But I still couldn’t grasp this game as quick as I wanted to, I was fuming.
I thought I might be getting too old for gaming, maybe I had become that generation of gamers that I used to torment when I was skipping school instead of focusing on my education. I am not ashamed to admit that It took me over 6 hours to get my first kill, but when I finally got my first blood it felt too good to me. You get this weird adrenaline rush on Fortnite, it’s not like other shooting games. From that moment I was hooked, I had finally been sucked into the hype. Now the game is a walk in the park, I have people from every region trying to squad up with me. I had regained my pride, I’ve always been the guy that everyone wants on their team. Even when I’m on my solo I’ll carry my squad to the end.
Fortnite is changing though, every time I go online which isn’t as often as I’d like, there’s a new update. I don’t even attempt to complete the challenges anymore because I can’t even navigate the damn menu. I enjoyed my moments of glory while they lasted. There’s all these other Royale games like Apex and Blackout on the scene now too, so I’m really spoilt for choice on what to play. When I was younger we would have one new shooter a year and that was always COD, now there’s too many options on what to play. I’ll buy a game now, play it for a weekend or two then find myself diving back into Tilted Towers. Well normally I would just stick on Fortnite but now that ridiculous volcano has erupted and they’ve wiped out some of the iconic parts of the map, including Tilted!
I think my days on that game are numbered, I can see myself spending whatever free time I am lucky to have on Apex, maybe my next piece will be about that. Fortnite has been fun while it lasted but I feel like the hype has died, it definitely has for me. Now I am not saying the game is dead completely, it is just dead to me. But the concept of Royale based game modes is definitely the future of gaming, especially on a competitive level. I can see myself getting more of feel for a game like Apex as I don’t have to worry about building cover out of thin air or having to adjust to a map that’s constantly changing, plus who doesn’t love a good old FPS? I won’t get into too much about another game but I hope you have enjoyed reading about my experience with Fortnite, keep an eye out for my next piece.
Meloy Georgio
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