You just made me realise I’m a gamer, not a Fortniter. But I probably should’ve realised that based on my Steam "years of service* and disgustingly large catalogue.
yesman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Every game executive and investor wants a Fortnight. That’s why no matter how many times gamers reject it live service games will continue to be developed. Because AAA games are made for investors not players.
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ExFed@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The challenge is that requires creativity. Creativity isn’t a stable investment.
Viva La indie game studio!
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Problem with trying to get a Fortnite was that Epic was wanting to get it’s own PUBG after realizing that trying to get their own Minecraft was a failed endeavor. They quickly pivoted the game formula from a Minecraft type tower defense to a battle royale game.
Concord should have seen the writing on the wall early on and pivoted it’s game into something else thats flavor of the month.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Wait wasn’t the original concept for fortnite actually a wave based tower defence game? I remember being excited for that and then matte royal happened and I lost all interest.
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
People paid for that original game too, it wasn’t free. I don’t assume they got refunded. It was basically a massive bait and switch.
Dublin112@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was a sucker and my friend convinced me to get and pay $60 for the orginal game. I think it was only like 3-4 weeks after the game was available when they shoehorned battle royal mode in. It wasn’t long after that before they switched to free to play and gave us I think in game currency that was worth the $60 amount. I stopped playing altogether because I paid for a co-op PvE tower defense game, not a free to play PvP battle royal game.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yea I recall it being like 20 something. That’s why I never pre-order. Without having poof I would assume they got refunded if it stopped development, it’s epic games. I do recall it did get released eventually but I had lost interest by them.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yeah, the original trailer made it clear they were trying to go after the Minecraft style of gathering resources, building up a base and fortifying it, then defending from zombie mobs at night, like the Minecraft mobs.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That reminds me of hypixel.
ThoGot@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah the tower defense part of it was actually quite fun