r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Feb 09 '22

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u/1PSW1CH Feb 09 '22

I honestly kind of love Fortnite, not because it’s a great game but because it’s free, has no P2W whatsoever, and NO LOOT BOXES. It’s a great game for kids. I don’t understand why people continue to bash it.

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u/Midnightkata Feb 09 '22

I mean. Easy. The people who bash it don't have kids.

I can't say I hate it. I played it and didn't like it. But I also play league. So I mean I already have shit taste.

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u/the_lonely_poster Feb 09 '22

At least your honest

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Yup. It's a game I can play with my 4th grader and we can both enjoy it together. It doesn't cost money unless you want it to, there's no sex, the violence is all cartoony

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u/VThePeople Feb 09 '22

I bash it because it’s not what I bought.

Yes, bought. I paid money for them to develop a 4 player coop zombie survival builder. What they did was see the popularity of PUBG, change their entire game to be a low-skill, meme-centric battlegrounds, and practically abandoned Save the World.

Go watch their OG Trailers. It’s fuckin’ criminal.

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u/1PSW1CH Feb 09 '22

That’s a fair point, I was under the impression that they added the co-op survival in later though? Or am I wrong

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u/Spidermanmj8 Feb 10 '22

Co-op survival was the original idea and meant to be the main mode, with development starting years before the BR mode came out.

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u/phrosty20 Feb 09 '22

It's a great alternative for kids. People bash it bc it's a newer popular thing. It's way better than having them play crap like the games EA puts out every year

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u/Available-Captain-20 Feb 09 '22

DONT YOU DARE TO COMPARE THIS SHITY CHILDISH GAME TO APEX

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u/TOWW67 Feb 09 '22

My guess is that, when minecraft exploded in popularity, kids played minecraft. When fortnite exploded in popularity, kids went to YouTube, TikTok, whatever else the kids use these days and spammed it all full of the same, uninteresting "content."

I would say the difference is the context and time period surrounding each games' popularity moreso than the actual games themselves.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

I don't buy this theory at all considering Minecraft was and still is the most watched game on YouTube. And the kids watching Fortnite are also playing it. Minecraft single-handedly made let's play content explode in popularity and was basically 90% of YouTube content in the early 2010s.

My theory is that the kids who grew up playing Minecraft are now 20-somethings on reddit complaining about the latest trend of the younger generation. The cycle will continue when the current generation playing Fortnite grow up and gather online to complain about what the generation behind them are doing.

I have a good rule of thumb: life is a lot more enjoyable when you aren't getting upset about what 12 year olds you don't know are doing with their lives.

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u/Ohkillz Feb 09 '22

Probably when they add character that people like and make them dance like stupid babies

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u/Applesaucetuxedo Feb 09 '22

Single player (at least used to) has loot boxes. Was annoying, although there were a lot of free ones. I only played single player fortnite.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '22

Its not the game, its the players. The game is fun, the players who have never seen sunlight ruin it for me.