Unsurprisingly, the dude who didn't get around to playing Fortnite until 2023 doesn't really care for Fortnite, who'da thunk. I inherently find the battle royale format to be obnoxious (the odds of winning are lower and therefore the dopamine associated with it doesn't happen as much, and the length BR demands prevents the games from being pick-up-and-play), but even within that format, Fortnite is pretty far off from what I'd want a game like this to be like. There's so much emphasis on inventory management and a billion different types of weapons and items to track that the game feels less like a shooter and more like a shitty survival game. I played it with some friends which helped, but if you're just getting into this solo, it seems like it'd be an absolutely miserable experience, with so much unexplained esoteric knowledge and facing so many people who are clearly going to be coordinating with one another while you're on your own. The environments are also obnoxiously big which isn't something I like either. And also the raw shooting doesn't feel too great either.

There's not a whole lot I really like about this, though it is admittedly compelling just how big the featureset is now and how many IPs are featured in this. I also think that the aesthetic holds up pretty well in motion too.