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Fortnite BG. Free PUBG on PC/XB1/PS4.

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Last week Bluehole were getting a little bit shitty that someone stole the idea that they stole.
Epic have gone out and made a PUBG clone and already put it out as F2P on PC/XB1/PS4.

I don't have much experience with PUBG. I've sat and watched my kids play it. I don't really understand why it's blowing up so big.
Anyhow, I've downloaded Fortnite on both XB1/PS4 and it seems ok for a bit of meaningless fun I guess.
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This guy likes it.

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Epics take has more depth, thanks to the building mechanic carried over.

It's Epic's engine/code as the base for both games, although Fortnight runs a lot better than PUBG.

Interesting twist, I don't understand myself the huge popularity of the battle royal idea, It just it involves a lot of running and waiting imo. The action in this game mode is quite limited, I guess it's the thrill of survival, but we had last man standing game modes in DM games prior.
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Its all about the circle.

Is that new or has that been done before? I have no idea.
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Done before.
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Wish it was 1st person, for some reason I play 3rd person games with the default sick layout instead of southpaw, and I just can't aim for shit.
I played about 6 games last night and got smoked every time.

Gonna keep at it though, looks pretty cool.
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I thought I read that battleground style of game was a mod, then the guy who made that mod was employed to do the same thing for H1Z1 and then he left to create a stand-alone version with Bluehole. I'm not sure anyone copied anyone. I think it's all the same bloke.
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Just downloaded on PS4, will be trying it out tonight.
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Yeah, I'm also downloading the XB1 version. I doubt it'll be better than Playerunknown's but I'll give it a go.
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Why aren't you trying the PC version Cletus?
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I might yet. I have one or two friends on LIVE that don't Master Race. I'll just guinea pig it for them.
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Just played a few rounds. 1st game I died with no kills (ranked 22nd) 2nd game I got my first kill (ranked 19th) 3rd game I got 4 kills within the first 2 minutes of landing then died (ranked 72nd). Game runs smooth as, no lag either, haven't bothered trying to build anything yet, I assume it's best to work your way to the center asap and build a fort. Fog/storm rolls around fast after the initial appearance decreasing the playing area every 1&1/2mins.

I think I'll play this a little more after the weekend, see how it's come along community wise. Atm, games are full within a minute so not bad at all.
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I like fortnite more not sure why since its the same but it does run much better so maybe that's it. I'm equally shit at both.
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It must be a3rd person thing, but I cannot aim in this game... Playing southpaw now so I should be right but if I'm in a close quarters fight I wiff all over the place.

In halo I feel I have total control, I can't put my finger on why but I'm all over the place in this game, even with the shotty... As a result I stink at it!
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First win!

I hid in the shrubs like a little bitch, 2 kills for 1st place... Those shrubs are OP, they will have to do something about that.

The last guy had all the cover and weapons, I had a shrub... I waited till he was right in front if me.
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His fault for being impatient. Good game. :up:
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He had to move , did everything right except for checking the bushes but even then, the only way to do that is by firing bullets into them giving away your position.

Bushes are OP, they have to make it so you can't clip into them
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Getting used to the guns and controls now... Loving this game!

I was actually watching a streamer come up against a cheat with aim bot, you can have your master race if this crap is common on PC.
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I've been hooked on this lately, been playing with my brother and few of his regular team mates, it's a lot of fun. The building aspect is quite important to gaining advantage and success in this, you watch the top streamers and they're so quick at building forts/cover when faced with an opponent.

The gunplay to me actually feels very much like a gears of war game, where shotguns are really overpowered and one shot at ranges you wouldn't expect them too, the bullets have a lag/slowness to them that feels like gears and even the whole death/revive seems ripped straight from gears of war code.

The popularity of this game has really blown up, it's like PUBG is losing steam and more people are moving over to Fortnite. They've added cross play recently and now there is an IOS version. Crazy stuff.
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Also been addicted to it lately. Last night they removed the Teams of 20 mode, which is a shame, was really enjoying that.

It's definitely easy to get to the end without doing anything skillful, and playing to survive as priority certainly turns it into a pretty dull game. Testing it out on my laptop once and literally just walking to the next circle and waiting, I came 2nd without firing a gun. I don't know if PUBG is like that, but yeah, if you only avoid confrontation in Fortnite all you'll end up with is a lot of high-placing but boring sessions and will likely soon be done with the game.

The transition from survive-first to have-fun-first felt pretty ok for me at least, but I imagine this will vary per player. The Teams of 20 mode definitely made me more keen to jump into shoot-outs (or build-outs) and I'm now more understanding when the squad just wants to drop straight into Tilted Towers (the central death-trap).

I like the building mechanic, but I have to say I don't love how it governs the end game. You need to be as skilled at building as you are at gunplay, but I just want to run around and shoot. Lag issues are much more pronounced with building too, since a spike typically means a fall and a complete tactical loss.

Shotgun indeed is my main weapon; I worry if I don't have one. Boogie bomb and a shotgun can usually be turned into a free kill. Revolvers are weirdly terrible; not sure why they're still in.

The game updates too often.

Played it a fair bit with one on PS4 and one on PC in the same room. Obligatory KBAM vs controller wordage here.

Apparently even the mobile version (which will be the whole, full-featured game) will have cross platform play as well. Colour me skeptical, especially since it looks like they haven't done anything new or special with mobile controls at all.

Since the Teams of 20 mode has stopped, I'm not sure if my interest is going to wane now. It definitely upped my skill at least, so I guess I'll see. Still enjoying it at this moment anyway.
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I'd heard Fortnight is killing PUBG because its free.

I played it and the building part is boring. Would prefer it if there were enemies involved while players kill each other. (like zombie threat or burrowing zerg type aliens that randomly appear to kill people to add an element of chaos)

pvpve type thing should be standard mode. I think there will be many clones of these games in future.

What I would like is a game that is like the old arcade classic Xenophobe but with hundreds of people:
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In the time since Fortnite was announced and released invite-only for iOS mobile, PUBG has suddenly up and released on mobile too; ready to go in the Play store (and free).

Tried it on my Android (Note 4) and we won the 2nd game I played. Through no contribution of mine though; I had a terrible gun but got a kill thanks to an enemy who barely moved and super aim assist that somehow gave me a headshot.

That aside, the mobile controls made it simply impossible for me. It wouldn't be fair for me to make any comparisons between the two games since I've only played one on mobile, and I have no idea how people actually get into it.
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