Reddit reviews Fortnite - PlayStation 4
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HERO COMPLEX–Recruit and train commandos, ninjas, constructors, and outlanders to take on the monster horde. For the most dangerous missions, assign your best Hero Squads and take back Earth together.DESIGN AND CONQUER – The revolutionary building system allows you to create extravagant forts while juggling frenetic combat. But build wisely. The monsters can smell design flaws like fresh meat.MASTER THE CRAFT – Use scavenged resources to craft ridiculous weapons. As you move your heroes up the skill tree, unlock schematics for even wilder weapons of DIY destruction.MAKE FRIENDS – With seamless drop-in, drop-out co-op play and procedurally generated maps, Fortnite is fun for shooters, builders, explorers, and ninjas alike.Battery: no battery used
it already is https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56?th=1
Here's a fun game to play: Spot where on this page it tells you the game is in early access:
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56?th=1
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56
$60 game. Physical copy, no mention of 'early access' anywhere except in customer reviews.
Go to the Epic page selling the game... you can find the words "Early Access" if you scroll to the very bottom of the very long page that describes all the features you get in the edition you're purchasing.
I'm not trying to be cynical about it, but this isn't marketed as an Early Access title normally is. The fact that it's retailing for $60 with a physical disc is mind boggling for an Early Access title.
If you follow the developers, if you read articles, yes, you see that it's Early Access. I've played Early Access titles before... this doesn't feel like those.
It's not priced like Early Access usually is.
It's not sold like Early Access usually is.
It's not packaged as Early Access usually is.
The central gameplay is more finished than Early Access usually is.
The publisher is larger than the usual Early Access publisher.
The only thing that's like a usual Early Access title is that we're supposed to grin and bear it when they fuck up.
That doesn't fly when we're paying full retail cost for a free to play game.
Delux edition Weird. It's plastered all over this.
GameStop man...it's literally all over this page
Best Buy Nuts ....even the box art best buy uses makes it super obv....oh...nvm.
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Well surely Amazon ....oh wow the "from the developer" description here doesn't have it either.
"Everywhere". Just stop.
Your very first line shows that you, once again, haven't read (or understood, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here) any of my posts.
I'll repeat it one last time: The game is in retail for the price of a full game.
Here's some links from the US (where you presumably live based on what and how you're writing - correct me if I'm wrong here) in case you don't understand:
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1502935703&sr=1-1&keywords=fortnite&th=1
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX62G5477&cm_re=fortnite-_-9SIA0ZX62G5477-_-Product
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX62G5312&cm_re=fortnite-_-9SIA0ZX62G5312-_-Product
That's $60 each and nowhere does it mention early access or that it's a F2P game based on microtransactions. You'll find the same in stores without any mention either. It's literally sold like a buy 2 play game.
> The Micro-transactions are not heavy. I have purchased zero llamas not included with the original buy in. I'm finishing Plankerton right now with zero issues. I'm 100+ hours into the game. Heavy microtransactions much more heavily gate you or stop progression. Basically all of the Zynga games are good examples of this. Pay to progress is real there. Here it's "pay to be stronger than what you need to actually be". So yeah, if you want to be as overpowered as possible you can pay. But if you just want to play the game it's not required at all.
You're arguing based on personal anecdotes that wildly vary from others players' experience (the sheer amount of hours you spent in the first two areas alone for example) and a strawman here. It's not about 'Hey, I can't progress my story quests any more.' (those are placeholder in canny valley anyway). It's about not being able to progress your account at some point unless you're spending money or waiting for daily rewards for weeks/months and not being able to make gameplay decisions because everything is gated behind RNG.
> The only real issue atm is that the transformation system is broken. It's too expensive. Fix that and add relatively plentiful commons/greens and the occassional rare drop in and 90% of the complaints melt away.
So basically change the whole system when it comes to how much and how targeted loot can be acquired? So you tell people to shut up and yet think this much is missing?
> And remember, the free to play standard for "earning what you want for free" (set by MOBA's) is 26+ hours per character and getting as high as 40+ for the more rare ones. Even if you cut that in half because you'll replace your hero once or twice that's 13 - 20 hours of grinding for a single hero. That's meeting today's free to play standards. It took me a full year of play and 800+ hours to get all heroes in HOTS. I can't really put Fortnite on that level lol. Even starting with only a rookie hero and crap gun it's plain it will take nothing even close to that to "beat" Fortnite by getting basically everything.
First off, there isn't a 'standard'. DotA2 has all content for free and you only pay for cosmetics. PoE has all content for free and you only pay for QoL and cosmetics (arguably some stash tabs are required at some point but then you're talking about a one-time purchase of less than a retail game sufficing for ever). LoL and Heroes require you to unlock heroes indeed but you can actually choose what you're unlocking, both games are competitive PvP games (so account 'unlock' progress isn't one of the main motivators as it is in PvE games like Fortnite) and both games gave you a lot of competitive free heroes to begin with last time I checked - you don't have any of that in Fortnite.
When it comes to the rate of acquiring stuff, I cannot really comment on that because I've had everything (aside from cosmetics obviously) unlocked in LoL and Heroes for ages and Fortnite's progress is pretty much a slot machine anyway. You're also making a crucial mistake here by extrapolating from your Fortnite experience so far because the game pretty much bathes you in Llamas and VBucks at the start and quickly (or, apparently in your case, not quite as quickly) dries down, especially since you're also still getting your buy-in Llamas at the start.
When it comes to microtransactions, there's also a huge difference that I already touched on previously. Just like with playing the game, other games allow you to spend money on things you actually want whereas in Fortnite you're merely paying to gamble (with really bad odds of actually getting what you want).
Oh, and I think you severely underestimate how many Llamas it would take to get everything in Fortnite, even excluding specific schematic rolls on items. I'm not going to do the maths here (mainly because I can't be bothered counting all the stuff and looking up previous posts on 'drop' rates) but just looking at the odds of getting a single legendary/mythic hero alone and considering that you cannot reroll duplicates, you're easily in the thousands (probably even low tends of thousands) of dollars worth of Llamas to be somewhat certain of having all.
> That's literally not how it works. Ironically, even if you are open and transparent and well priced it's nowhere near as successful as being deceptive, abusing psychology, and withholding most information.
> JC Penny proved this in SPADES. You should do a little research on that. The reason fair and honest pricing doesn't happen is, amusingly, US. We don't support it with our cash.
> Here's an article to start you on that research: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/fair-square-pricing-thatll-never-work-jc-penney-we-being-794530 . The article is a bit biased, but like I said I expect you to do your research on this if you care about it.
Your article doesn't even mention the word 'transparent'. My point was never that companies are supposed to price things fairly (whatever that is supposed to be to begin with), it's that they're not being transparent in what they're actually selling you. Look at the links above and tell me they're transparent about selling early access to an unfinished F2P product. This is also true for the PS shop and to a lesser degree for their own shop which merely mentions it in a place most people won't even see, not in a place you have to look at when purchasing the game as you'd expect (akin to small-printed text at the back-side of a contract). They're also not transparent (there aren't any mentions to begin with) about the in-game purchases and what they actually provide before purchasing the game.
> HOTS is another good example. Originally they had clear direct dollar pricing on heroes and skins. Now it's a lootbox system for skins and hero prices have an intermediary currency. Why? Because the more you can mislead your customer the better. And the savvy ones that can figure it out ironically feel like they are clever and "beating the system" but the microtransactions are getting them too. Because the idea you are getting a deal makes you much more likely to spend even if it's not a good investment.
I'm sorry but that comparison is ridiculous.
In Fortnite, you spend money on points which you can only use to buy one of multiple boxes which contain random content. You don't even know which boxes actually exist, what they contain, what their normal pricing is, when and what their reduced pricing is, etc.
In Heroes of the Storm, you spend money on points which you can directly use to purchase any hero you want. Any hero is purchasable at any point in time and temporarily available bundles even give you discounts for items you already own.
You don't see a small difference here?
> I've done ALOT of research on microtransactions. I understand where you are coming from, but it's nowhere near the actual truth. I really wish you were correct, the reality is far more depressing than what you expressed.
Feel free to point to where what I'm saying is 'nowhere near the actual truth' because so far you've not provided any evidence for that whatsoever. I know there exist thousands of games where the primary design goal is to get as much money out of people's pockets as possible - that doesn't mean we as customers have to accept it as the norm as you're suggesting by trying to shut me down from posting about it.
I watched an unpacking on the console games and I did see "early access" in the middle of the cover. wasn't really where I expected to see it, though.
I shouldn't have to do a deep investigation to know the game is Early Access. It should be right there on the front of the website just like it is on the loading screen. Might want to ask yourself "why didn't Epic just put it there to begin with".
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56?th=1 only mention of early access is in the review. the official description doesn't mention early access. Same for the XB1 description!
This is what I expect to see: http://i.imgur.com/h9Ga6JY.jpg I'd even be ok with a sticker on the cover so they can remove it when it's released!
Keep in mind there are no boxes for the PC.
[edit] Why does this very sub not have Early Access on the header bar?
well as much as i agree with you saying no warning is really needed. this game somewhat hides the fact it's in EA. it does not "literally says everywhere that the game is in Beta/testing"
https://www.gamestop.com/ps4/games/fortnite/149564
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56?th=1
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fortnite-PS4/55974659
there is no mention of EA anywhere unless you read the reviews, it's actually quite shady, and on the official website
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/buy-now/standard
it is only mentioned at the very bottom of the page "Jump into the Early Access season today!" so no not widely shared to people who never heard of the game.
also note it doesn't mention that it will be free to play either!
Think before you type!
Tell me which one of those was labeled as 'early access' when they hit the shelves.
And calm down there, buddy. That's a lot of assumptions you're making there. I don't want a refund, I never said I didn't like Fortnite. I don't care if a game is in early access or not.
You missed the entire point, I wasn't saying that all games that hit the shelves are finished and polished. I'm saying that they should be judged as such. In that regard, are games like BF4, ME:A, and AC:U failures on release? Absolutely. It's pretty disgusting to pay full-price for an unfinished/broken product. That's my argument with Fornite, we should be able to criticize it as a full game, because it's advertised as such on the physical copy and digital marketplaces. People who act like this is a legitimate 'early access' period are out of their minds.
$60 for console, no mention of early access. That's fine, if it's sold as such, then let it be judged as such.
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56?th=1
I can't find scans of the full case, but the Amazon store page essentially has the back of the case verbatim. There's also no mention anywhere on the page that it's early access and incomplete until you get to user reviews. That's seriously not okay.
Paid early access with multiple bundle upgrades and a fully fledged out cash shop. The Xbox and PS4 versions already have box copies for sale that don't even mention early access in the advertizement.
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56?th=1
Not even amazon says early access or free to play anywhere other than user reviews. The physical box also has no mention anywhere as it is sold in brick and mortar stores. They are also full price since you cannot get the standard physically.
I keep hearing that, but many folks on their platforms had 0 mention of 'early access'/beta when they bought their copy. I don't see any of that labeling here, do you?
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56
Also, 'early access' doesn't have weekly events, permanent storage, etc.
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But Fortnite isn't advertised as such on their box, on amazon, in the xbox store, & even in the PS4 store apparently.
Well you said Amazon, so here is Amazon :)
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56
As a Canadian looking to get the PC version I am not liking the exchange rate hit to buy direct. To bad it seems like only consoles have the retail/regional prices.
Though having just checked on Amazon the difference between console retail versions in the USD and CDN price looks like in line with the exchange rate my credit card would hit me with right now. Guess I am no worst off.
Otherwise if the PS4 and PC version really did share a license to play might of been worth getting the PS4 version even though I don't own one.
>And you are ignoring how Warframe is free and the updates are free.
Never mentioned war frame. But how is that $79.99 Equinox Prime Access pack?
- 2625 Platinum- Equinox Prime: Night and Day in final balance the graceful perfection of the one that walks the borders- Stradavar Prime: Between measured staccato and staggering crescendo, Stradavar Prime never fails to call down a devastating finale- Tipedo Prime : With their final breath they look to the moon, and are gone- Exclusive Equinox Prime Glyphs: Show your loyalty in-game and in our community with these exclusive Profile Icons
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>Because Fortnite is doing something doesn't make it right. And it doesn't give someone else a pass to do that.
And yet Fortnite is praised for their set up and defends how it works against every criticism. And their peak they were literally making millions a day off the sales of skins.
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>Rockstar released a complete single player GTAV and RD2 - and all the singleplayer content is in the MP games right from the start.
No they don't there was literally jack shit to do in GTA Online on release in free roam besides kill players and rob stores. Literally all the content at the time was contact missions, races and death matches which took place in lobbies and not free roam. RDR2 Online had all of Rockstar's history of GTA online to pull from as well as previous RDR online and still a massive multi billion dollar company did nothing but copy and past a few basic fetch quests and hunting and fishing into online mode. Then they spent the next what 4 or 5 months in beta for RDR2 so they could validate all the rebalancing because they some how thought an hour of work to earn .15 was a good thing when a good gun costs $10.00.
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The only thing single player and multiplayer shares between them is game assets. Which incidentally people complained about Bethesda just flipping game assets from FO4 and giving players an empty unfinished (in their words) game.
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>Fortnite doesn't have a single player game.
https://www.amazon.com/Fortnite-PlayStation-4/dp/B071WNVX56/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=fortnite&qid=1554410049&s=gateway&sr=8-20&th=1
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Yes it does it is a horde mode game system. The BR game mode was a last minute addition by Epic based off the growing popularity of games like PUBG. And much like how Rockstar they dropped the single player game in favor of the money maker. Because when GTA 5 was released rockstar said they would release updates for online and story mode. At least until online showed to be more of a cash cow and dropped all story mode updates for the game to focus exclusively on online updates.
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>RD2 and GTAV you are paying for SP content and then getting a free MP mode.
Then why isn't it a separate free to download game? Shit Lost and the Damned was originally DLC for GTA 4 and yet they released that as a stand alone game.
FoRtNiTe LoOkS kInDa PrIcEy
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