I was surprised that Fortnite was the first high(er) profile game to adopt (steal) PUBG's multiplayer and roll out this mode. I actully got myself suckered into buying into early access Fortnite when they enabled that on PS4, so this just came as an update. I don't have a gaming PC so this was an oportunity to try this hot new concept after watching all them Murder Islands and then some.
Only after last UPF I decided to actually try and fire the mode up and I have to say, even though it is very, VERY simplified version of PUBG it's pretty fun. After ten or twelve games I managed to place second, with 6 kills which was solid, definetely got my heart pumping.
Players seem really agressive and the map is on the smaller side, so half of the players are dead by time the first circle forms/shrinks. The footsteps are really loud so if you use headphones, that is easily the main thing to pay attention to, even in open fields it allows you to sneak up on people, which is really satysfying. Also, crouch-sprinting is essential, for concealing your own noise.
I have seen some people do some building shananigans here and there, but by the end, when it's down to it, my experience is I usually have a spare gun to shred a hole in a fort and then imedietely switch to another one for the actual fight. It does add something to the experience though. Also I killed a guy with an electric ceiling trap, I was using it to cover my back and got killed under it, when the killer came to loot my stuff he got one-shotted so that is also a pretty efective thing, at least for now (the trap makes a noise and is easy to avoid, I suspect that guy won't foll that a second time...)
I don't think I will play much more untill some balance patches come in (shotguns seem very powerful at the moment), but the thing works and got me very interested to see PUBG on the consoles later.
Did you try the mode yourself and what are your impressions?
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