What Is Fortnite And Why Is It So Popular?

The original version of Fortnite was intended to be a zombie survival game. Where players fight against waves of zombies while having the ability to gather resources and build bases to defend against the oncoming hordes.

Coming around the time that PUBG was gaining popularity, the development team decided to build and release a new free-to-play mode for Fortnite with a similar Battle Royale style. 

This new style of game is based on the Japanese thriller "Battle Royale"  The premise of the gameplay is simple enough - 100 players are dropped from an airplane (or in Fortnite a Battle bus) onto a large island where they then need to fight it out against one another until there's a final survivor or surviving team left. 

To add to the tension, a randomly placed shrinking circle forces players into closer and closer proximity as the game progresses. Anyone caught outside this zone will start losing health and eventually die and be removed from the game. The game is therefore not just a fight against other players, but a race against the clock. 

This design was popularised by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, but with Fortnite, Epic Games added something new. The resource gathering, base building elements of the main game appear in the Battle Royale version too. Meaning players have a variety of choices in how they play which include building a base at the end to defend themselves from other players, building walkways into the sky or onto nearby mountain tops or even quickly building defensive walls to protect fallen teammates from incoming gunfire while they're revived.    

The game starts as a race to gather resources, find and collect better weapons and kill or avoid other players who happen to be in the vicinity. Players need to be constantly aware of the shrinking play zone and aim to remain inside it while not getting eliminated along the way. The game ends when the final players shoot it out and one team or individual is victorious. (VICTORY ROYALE)

But Why Is Fortnite so popular?

1. Free To Play on PC, Xbox, Playstation and IOS devices.
2. Battle Royale games are all the rage right now
3. Fun and Unique Gameplay - as in, “Fortnite = Minecraft + PUBG”
4.  Extremely youth-friendly - as in, your 15 year old kid would probably play it
5. Wildly active social media scene.
6. The Fortnite developers care about the players
7. A variety Goofy/Exhilarating ways to kill your enemies - - -  Content you wouldn’t expect in a battle royale shooter game.

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Hopefully This answered some of your questions.

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    Clayton

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