They certainly have the pedigree for it, but I can only see it as another mode in their next Battlefield game. I don't see it being the focus.
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Fortnite: Battle Royale had Over 1 Million Players on its First Day
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They certainly have the pedigree for it, but I can only see it as another mode in their next Battlefield game. I don't see it being the focus.
texhnolyze
Banned
The ๖ۜBronx;250292102 said:
Yeah, they made TERA after all. It was no small feat. I was mainly comparing it to the industry giants like Rockstar, Ubisoft, EA, Blizzard, etc who still have major online issues in their games every now and then. I'd like to see them try coping up with 100 players maps.
Ploid 3.0
Member
It should be tied to your account so it should. Apparently store stuff or something doesn't transfer. I'd have to look it up, maybe it's stats or record that don't transfer actually.
Eh the physics are a lot more complicated in PUBG (Fortnite's doesn't have much in the way of it, and the kind of destructible environment it has is really super damn basic. A couple of texture cracks and then a object simply disappears. Throw a grenade or shoot at a door in PUBG. That kind of physics is a shitload more taxing.). Not to mention Fortnite uses hitscan (which feels like crap in a mode like this), which is also less taxing than projectiles.
Even without taking that into account.... Epic are literally the goddamn creators of the damn engine lol, no shit they might have a bit more of experience with it.
Isn't TERA the one with a class that is just sexualized little girls? Had no idea PUBG was made by them. Gross.
Tumle
Member
*picture of an old timey hanglider
This could actually work.. with an inverted island kind of thing.. like a Grand Canyon setting where you start all around the canyon wall with hang gliders
catotheyounger
Member
Awesome that Epic Games, a company worth nearly 1 billion dollars and partly owned by the 10th largest company in the world, was able to find a strong player base for their middle of the road Minecraft+TowerDefense game. I am super glad they were able to "borrow" the gameplay mechanics of a game too stubborn to get out of Early Access and onto console. Like who do they think they are? An independent studio whose team size is unable to scale their development to accommodate 3 platforms since the game's launch in March? Pffft, not an excuse to me! What's the problem with getting it on console? Besides the PS4 unable to even support Early Access? Sure sounds like lazy devs to me! Sorry Bluehole! You snooze, you lose. Stop complaining about FBR being made in bad faith, especially since Epic is your middleware business partner. No one likes you complaining and moping about your sour grapes. More like Playerunknown Battefrowns, amirite?!
malboroking
Banned
I hope you realize you are coming off as extremely whiny.
You realize Bluehole isn't an indie dev right? They are actually a pretty massive company.
Ploid 3.0
Member
You're tripping all over yourself, but um...
Fortnite PVE is also in early access for months.
Snowybreak
Member
Judging from the few hours I've put into Fortnite: BR (and subsequent hours put into the PvE part), I think this game is gonna have legs. It did only go public two days ago, so I'm not in too much of a rush to see patches, but judging from what they've been saying in the forums, there's a lot planned for this.
Honestly I don't mind the initial barebones nature. It's fun to pick up and just play a couple rounds.
Honestly I don't mind the initial barebones nature. It's fun to pick up and just play a couple rounds.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
This mode isn't bad but it's no PUBG. The only thing it has over PUBG is that it "works" better.
Yeah according to some South Korean media, TERA was the most expensive MMORPG when it was released, I believe it's still one of the most expensive MMOs of all time and MMOs in general are very expensive.
I'm trying to figure out what the fuck you are trying to say, but I've read this 5 times now and i still don't have a clue.
PerfectFlaw
Member
...Which is extremely important and enough to sway someone on whether to play a game or not.
I don't care how fun your game is if it runs like ass. Luckily, FBR runs buttery smooth.
dirtyjfosho
Member
I started playing PUBG about 2 months ago, I love it but can't stand the bugs and how some games can feel very slow(tho i understand it works for that style)
Fortnite i played alot when it launched, Love the idea of their never ending PVE world and was super excited to see their Battle Royale mode.
If you are a fan of PUGB and even H1Z1 its worth a shot, it was built of a solid game and is FREE
Also keep a eye on the offical forum posts, they are working on a lot of requested things, i can't wait for the new inventory system, and character customization will be next lvl
Fortnite i played alot when it launched, Love the idea of their never ending PVE world and was super excited to see their Battle Royale mode.
If you are a fan of PUGB and even H1Z1 its worth a shot, it was built of a solid game and is FREE
Also keep a eye on the offical forum posts, they are working on a lot of requested things, i can't wait for the new inventory system, and character customization will be next lvl
well i dont even want to watch someone play PUBG based on it look like ass, so i guess i'm going with fortnite as of now.
Ploid 3.0
Member
I'm so bad at this, but I like that I only let myself down when I die, and I root on the person that kills me. I actually watch til the end a lot since I'm usually close to the final 20. If I die early though I just restart. I'll eventually get good. Heck I may even try steam controller, but I don't know about that.
I never been too good with mouse/keyboard, but I'm super comfortable with track pad on Steam controller, throw in the gyro for fine aiming. Total couch comfortable casual playing (I always play pc games on my couch, I'm just saying that with the controller have more relaxing options with just one item and no arm movements).
I never been too good with mouse/keyboard, but I'm super comfortable with track pad on Steam controller, throw in the gyro for fine aiming. Total couch comfortable casual playing (I always play pc games on my couch, I'm just saying that with the controller have more relaxing options with just one item and no arm movements).
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
Fortnite BR is free.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Haha. You typed exactly what I was thinking.
Mikey Jr.
Member
This game feels more action focused.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Gtav and pubg isn't the same.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
Buttery smooth is being very generous seeing as there are pretty bad latency issues with the game.
catotheyounger
Member
Not only do I find the context of FBR's development and release crass and in bad faith, the "fuck Bluehole" attitude I see in this thread is in poor taste as well. In my annoyance, I tried to mirror that petulant tribalism. Listen, I get clones will happen and I feel that more people should experience this kind of game. I just don't like the dismissive tone that folks adopt when contrasting the two games. Was I off base? Sure, I can see that. 1 million in a day is incredible though. People are hungry for this kind of game, that's for sure.
Ploid 3.0
Member
I think it's just because people expect this in gaming. It's always happened, it always will (cover system used before Gears, but so many games use it now and Gears is credited to making it popular). It's a risky business, and it's good to supply a demand if you see it. Luckily this mode didn't seem like it takes years to develop. Expecting more games beside GTA and Fortnite to follow.
PUBG was a fucking copy of h1z1 which was a copy of the culling which was a copy of the arma mod. So yes, i can confidently say FUCK BLUEHOLE when they are threatening a lawsuit over their so called originality.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
#1 - you understand that three of the four projects you just named were headed up by PlayerUnknown, right? I know you know, because you brought up The Culling, and damn near nobody on GAF knew or talked about The Culling before some of you noted that, hey, finally, it's a BR game we can point at that wasn't made by Brendan Greene!
#2 - The issue isn't over Bluehole believing they have some alleged claim to the Battle Royale concept and format. Bluehole wouldn't have had grounds to complain (they've said as much) had it been literally anyone else besides Epic to bring out a PUBG alternative like this. However, it was Epic. Bluehole's biggest business partner in the endeavor that is PUBG, undercutting PUBG during a time when PUBG is potentially breaking more and more records by being the first to market with a PUBG 'clone' by leveraging their unique position.
I don't think they'll litigate; I don't think they even have grounds to. Don't get so hung up on that, though. Fortnite Battle Royale is cool, but it's not hard to see how PU and Bluehole might not be suuuuper happy about Epic taking everything they've learned and developed through their collaboration with Bluehole (both tech-wise and how to effectively structure a BR game - mentions of other games might hold up better if Fortnite BR wasn't clearly borrowing from PUBG to a greater extent than it does the other games of this persuasion), and about how Epic has almost immediately appended that knowledge to an existing game of theirs.
As a player, though, I'm not too invested in this debate, and I expect Bluehole is kicking themselves hard for jumping the gun here and putting out something of a combative statement on the matter. After all, there's a reason I used quotes around the word 'clone'. Fortnite BR and PUBG are worlds apart in terms of both the intended experience and the way the games actually play out. As someone who has played both, that fact alone has me chuckling at how many people in this thread are implying quietly that Fortnite BR is simply a better game for fans of BR gameplay than PUBG is. I don't expect Fortnite BR to leech very many players from PUBG, and I don't expect it to get anywhere near PUBG's success, either, but it will be a success all its own, and the two games can absolutely co-exist without cannibalizing each other. They share a basic skeleton but they've got two totally different flavors: Fortnite BR feels more like this creative deathmatch variant and PUBG is more of this tense hardcore variant.
grandwizard
Member
Huh? I use regular headphones and have no issue telling whether shots are coming from behind or in front of me. Are you sure you aren't confusing the whip/crack sound of the gunshot passing you for the actual gun firing sound, because that tripped me up at first.
lol what is it about BR games that brings out the truckloads of salt?
Ill give this mode a shot next week for sure, Ill be busy until then unfortunately. Looks fun!
GhostTrick
Banned
Fortnite's map is also ridiculosly tiny, features far less things on screen, is more barren and more simpler technically.
Also has others said: It's made by the guys doing the engine and Fortnite as a game has been in work for longer.
Noisepurge
Member
i like it, there is no "realistic" camo gear, characters are big and blocky, easy to distinguish from backdrop, no one can adjust gamma or vegetation and shadowquality so the field is even.
H1Z1 (KotK) came before The culling.
Yeah, you don't need an insanely expensive headset to hear the direction properly.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
People pouring salt on top of salt in here. They're different enough to offer a different experience between them, and both are very enjoyable. Both need improvements, both are in early-access and will get them.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Ubisoft really could attempt this considering they upgraded their anvil engine to handle much more massive land sizes without sacrificing scene density.
Wonder if they're actually thinking about doing so.
Now that could get me off of PUBG.
Until the suppression hits ya
Merchandise
Member
Now every time I try to join a game it gets to the loading screen for lobby and then says my connection has been lost. My friend is literally sitting next to me with another Xbox and his is working fine.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
Ubisoft really could attempt this considering they upgraded their anvil engine to handle much more massive land sizes without sacrificing scene density.
Wonder if they're actually thinking about doing so.
They would be insane not to. The only reason I wanted that game was because of its similarities to ARMA.
In fact, I can't think of a better game for a Battle Royale mode than Wildlands. That map alone *drool
Huge Succeeded
Banned
I can only assume that gameplay would skew heavily toward long-range engagements on a map like Wildlands' Bolivia, as it sometimes does in ARMA. So it'd be pretty different from the get-go. But yeah, I'd probably play that alongside PUBG, as something of a more accessible alternative to ARMA 3 BR. Something like that might actually pull me away from PUBG, at least for a while.
TrAcEr_x90
Member
How do none of these have any relation to RUST? I am getting RUST vibes all day from this new 'genre" of games.
Yeah thats one of the things i like about this game, changing settings doesn't suddenly make your cover or some of the decisions useless because someone else decided to toaster their settings, i understand why people do it because the optimization is terrible aside from certain gameplay advantages. In the pc version of this you can keep the settings high or on epic and not worry about certain gameplay disadvantages. Pubg has improved on this front alittle bit but it still needs some ways to go.