Fortnite (new game by Epic Games)

[FrieChamp]

Glad to see this seeing the light of day finally!

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/pre-order/deluxe

Regarding the business model: what exactly do I get if I buy the "Rare Starter Hero Pack"? Rare skins for the heroes or the ability to play 8 heroes from the start (otherwise they would need to be unlocked by XP) or...?

[Beck]

1 hour ago, FrieChamp said:

Glad to see this seeing the light of day finally!

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/pre-order/deluxe

Regarding the business model: what exactly do I get if I buy the "Rare Starter Hero Pack"? Rare skins for the heroes or the ability to play 8 heroes from the start (otherwise they would need to be unlocked by XP) or...?

Yeah this is what confuses me. Also the pinata packs. I take it they give cards which you can combine to make new skins/weapons/heroes? 

[-HP-]

We were gonna get the 150$ version, until we realize that the two extra copies that come with the package is just the bare bones version with no heroes, not the delux. that's rather disappointing. Whoever came up with all those 4 versions of the game didn't fully think about this it feels like, nor do they do a good enough job explaining what they are. 

[2d-chris]

Cinematic trailer! 

 

[-HP-]

Out on 25/July. Actually really looking forward to this.

[Quotingmc]

This looks awesome! Definitly gonna try convince some friends to get it with me after release if it meets expectations.

[Vilham]

Better be good chris!

[FrieChamp]

So I am hearing this can be purchased for 40 EUR now but the game will turn into a F2P game come 2018? Whaaat? 

[2d-chris]

14 hours ago, FrieChamp said:

So I am hearing this can be purchased for 40 EUR now but the game will turn into a F2P game come 2018? Whaaat? 

It's early access. 

[Erratic]

Gotta be one of the most exhausting first couple hours with a game I've had in awhile. Not sure how helpful it is to front load this much of your progression/mission/item menus/systems etc this early. I'm being bombarded with information and now idea as to how it applies to the actual core game. Survivors. Defenders. Schematics. Items from crates. No idea what any of it is for. This is sort of par for the course with F2P but this is some next level shit. Would probably be better off just letting me get into the game itself and not explain all these things that don't seem to have any application yet. Took me 4 missions to figure out there are no loadouts for weapons and you can just equip them during the game, which I remembered being taught to me early on but I forgot about by the time I trudged through the rest of the intro.

Just get people in the game. You got me doing homework before I get to have 2 minutes and 30 seconds of gameplay and then it's back to the menus marking off exclamation points for about the same amount of time.

 

[FrieChamp]

9 hours ago, 2d-chris said:

It's early access. 

My bad. 40 EUR for an early access game that looks pretty much done and will turn F2P soon.  Anyway, I know how annoying it is for a developer when nobody talks about the game but only the business model. So, just like Erratic, let's talk about the game itself. Anybyody else tried it yet?

[blackdog]

On 26/07/2017 at 8:24 AM, FrieChamp said:

So I am hearing this can be purchased for 40 EUR now but the game will turn into a F2P game come 2018? Whaaat? 

Awesome business plan ?

[2d-chris]

9 hours ago, FrieChamp said:

My bad. 40 EUR for an early access game that looks pretty much done and will turn F2P soon.  Anyway, I know how annoying it is for a developer when nobody talks about the game but only the business model. So, just like Erratic, let's talk about the game itself. Anybyody else tried it yet?

I'm not noticing that at all hehe, we're being overwhelmed currently with actual game feedback  

No doubt though, what we've done for this launch is unique and hard to put into conventional buckets, it's a bit of everything, early access, pre order, typical delux editions, on the shelf, digital this, digital that, not going to blame anyone for not understanding, even I'm confused  Still, many people are enjoying it.

More feedback like Erratics would be great!

[Dark]

Congrats on the launch! ?

[-HP-]

Aye, grats!  I know this has been in the works for a while, awesome to see it out.