lapal_fan Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Surprised this doesn't have a topic yet. I downloaded it a week or so ago, and have only had time to play on a couple of occasions, but it seems really good fun. It's FREE on PS Store, it's in open BETA for a year or so - but it works very well. It's like PUBG (Player Unknowns Battle Grounds) - you and 100 other people get dumped into a map (you jump out of a bus held up by a balloon somewhere along it's journey) into a large, open map with small towns, forests, lakes etc. It's all contained on a large island. You get dumped with nothing but a pick axe which you use to destroy the environment which gives you resources (metal, wood & brick). You also find weapons (different colours = different level items) and ammo, ranging from pistols, to DMR's, sub-machine guns & assault rifles and rifles. With the resources, you can build fortifications quickly - so if there is a building you know someone is in, you could build a ramp up the house and go in from the roof. The name of the game is to be the last player/team alive. The thing that stops camping is a big storm which encroaches the island in a big circle. If you don't stay WITHIN the circle, you lose health and eventually die. The circle gets smaller and smaller, which pushes the players together and forces conflict. The storm initially doesn't move, and then moves intermittently which gives you fair time to gather weapons, harvest resources and make plans. It's cartoony in style, you can jump about 6ft, the weapons have RNG (random number generator) accuracy (meaning there is spread to your bullets, making distant targets hard to hit apart from rifles), but it's fun as hell with a couple of you playing. Should you die, you can quit the game quickly and just start a new game, so you don't have to wait around. That said, generally speaking if you get shot and lose your health, you get "knocked out" which means you can potentially crawl to safety and get revived. You have to shoot knocked out players to kill them permanently. Lots of videos about it on Youtube - but it's FREE and you should definitely download it and have a few games with people you play with. Because it's arcadey, you don't have to be a pro at shooting games. Random video for your pleasure; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2017 I love how nobody gave a shit about this until they hastily copied PUBG following its success and they pumped it onto console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2017 Looks like a completely shameless rip off of PUBG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 This is the game where the devs have attempted to sure some cheating players, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 This game shares a lot in common with PUBG, but it also has plenty of unique things as well. I don't see anyone building in PUBG, I don't see loot rarity in PUBG, I don't see building destruction in PUBG. The building mechanic alone gives this game a completely unique feel and a unique strategy set to overcome. I have played more PUBG than most people, but I can't get on board with the whole "copying" mindset as gaming is built on iteration, the very foundations of gaming itself is built on iteration and as a result Fortnite BR is a unique take on the genre. The more games like this in the genre the more competition we have and the better the games should get. PUBG now has a reason to work harder and faster to get that new map out, that new vaulting mechanic and anything else that will keep the ball in their court. It's also on Fortnite BR to expand their game and their influence. This is something H1Z1 did not do and where is that game now? Anyone know? Yeah it died because PUBG happened and they realised their game was trash garbage, yet didn't have the will or the fight to try and fight back. So people may think they copied and yes they share some things in common, but so do millions of other games in other genres. We should be glad that companies cannot copyright gameplay and it's because they can't that amazing things like this happen where real competition and innovation can flourish. Fortnite Battle Royale is great regardless what anyone says or thinks about copying or any of that bullshit. Without iteration this industry would have died out 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 56 minutes ago, hogso said: This is the game where the devs have attempted to sure some cheating players, right? Yes and it about time a Developer/Publisher had the balls to actually do something that may make these people see sense. Just banning someone in game is not enough as it clearly doesn't stop cheating, or the person from cheating as they just make a new account. That said I will elaborate that these people being sued worked for one of the leading cheat/hack distribution websites. So it's not like they are just picking on two random kids here for hacking, but the end result will hopefully be the same acting as a deterrent for every little shit out there too lazy to get good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2017 I actually saw people playing this on YouTube and it's so similar to PUBG that I thought it WAS pubg but with a mod or something. But if I can play it on PS4 then I'll give it a go. @lapal_fan let's play! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 i saw it at E3 when it was a co-op fortress building game where you fought off waves of zombies that looked a bit like a fun cartoony version of left 4 dead...the battle royale mode completely changes the game and im not sure if its for the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: i saw it at E3 when it was a co-op fortress building game where you fought off waves of zombies that looked a bit like a fun cartoony version of left 4 dead...the battle royale mode completely changes the game and im not sure if its for the better Both still exist. Fortnite and Fortnite Battle Royale are completely separate games. Fortnite is still in early access and costs £40 to mitigate some of the grind, but will be free to play in 2018. Fortnite Battle Royale is free to play right now on all platforms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2017 I'm downloading it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 11 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I'm downloading it now Nice one, I'll probably be on at some point tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just now, lapal_fan said: Nice one, I'll probably be on at some point tonight. Samesies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2017 We need those scrubs @StefanAVFC and @villarule123 to get involved. Come on you Polish, midget cockbags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 9 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: We need those scrubs @StefanAVFC and @villarule123 to get involved. Come on you Polish, midget cockbags. Stefan is in Machester on business. it's 4 man squads, so 3 + a random shouldn't be too bad actually (If @villarule123 gets on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Stefan is in Machester on business. it's 4 man squads, so 3 + a random shouldn't be too bad actually (If @villarule123 gets on). What a Rocket POLISH-er HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA see what I did? Because he's polish. And it's Rocket polisher. So I combined the two w-... ahhh you get it don't you? Of course he's not actually Polish. He's English. But he lives in Poland, and has for a while. And speaks a bit of polish. So he's kind of Polish. Polish enough for that joke to work, which you'll understand now because I've explained it. Jono is short. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted October 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'll download it when I get home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Yay. Let's play tonight. I've mentioned how absolutely **** dreadful I am at FPS multiplayer games haven't I? Bare that in mind. Edited October 18, 2017 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 16 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Yay. Let's play tonight. I've mentioned how absolutely **** dreadful I am at FPS multiplayer games haven't I? Bare that in mind. It's cool. If you're smart you don't even have to fire your weapon You can literally sit in a bush (inside the moving circle) until it's so small you can just pop out at the end and rely on other people to kill for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 18, 2017 Yeah I've watched a lot of YouTube of people playing PUBG. I'll be relying heavily on hiding But it will still probably result in me popping out and immediately dying at the crucial time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'll be on Saturday onwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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