Currently, one of the means of entertainment among young people are video games, which are game systems where a player can control one or several characters in order to meet a specific goal which represents the challenge to complete. These games also allow several people to interact in the same game environment from anywhere in the world, thus being considered as a means of social interaction.
These games are often very popular, especially in the population of young boys, so they represent one of the most profitable markets today. It is for this reason, that video games have evolved from their beginnings, where they were simple movements and graphics, to the present, where the games have more advanced graphics that can imitate very well the real movement of a person or object.
Because of this popularity around the world it is very easy to find programmers who are responsible for creating video games every day, which improve as the years go by. Each new game represents a challenge that beginners and professionals accept with pleasure, so they can spend days without leaving their game consoles to complete the story that develops in the universe of the game.
In this sense, there is a game currently that has won the approval of players around the world, said game called Fortnite is one of the most popular video games among young people, because this, apart from being free, it provides several game modes that make it a very entertaining experience that is always being updated.
This game was launched in the year 2017 by the company Epic Games and is available for Windows platforms, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for free. Although its launch was in 2017, it was not until 2018 that the game began to be known internationally, becoming a global trend in social networks, which led it to be one of the best games so far this year.
It should be noted that, since its launch, this game has received numerous awards nominations related to video games and prizes related to popularity among young people throughout the world. Of these nominations has received prizes mainly in this year, highlighting the Teen Choice Awards.
What’s the game about
Fortnite is a game of interaction, this is, a system that works as a multiplayer game in which a lot of people from different parts of the world come together in the same section of game where s and forms a land where all players appear and interact the objective of the game is based on two different modalities provided by the system.
Then, in the world where the game is developed, players have the possibility to collect construction materials (wood, brick and steel) which are used to create strengths in order to defend themselves while the game is being played. The main feature of these strengths is that they can be updated in a way that provides more security to the player.
In this sense, there are different types of pieces with which you can create the strengths of each player among which are:
- Walls
- Floors
- Stairs
- Windows
- Doors
Modalities of game
There are two game modes in Fortnite which differ mainly in the objective that you want to complete in the game. These modalities are: Fortnite: Save the World and Fortnite: Battle Royale.
The first game mode (Fortnite: Save the World) consists of a game of few people, usually four, who cooperate in order to complete several missions distributed throughout the territory. The story of this game mode consists of the existence of creatures called “husks” which behave like zombies, then, the players act as the heroes of the territory and have the goal of saving as many people as possible, building shelters to throughout the territory and stopping the spread of these creatures.
The second method of play (Fortnite: Battle Royale) represents the most popular game mode today, since it takes place on an island with a finite territory, where approximately 100 players face each other at the same time, eliminating each other little by little, in order that only one player or a group of players survive. In this sense, it can be played individually or collectively.
The players start without any resource or weapon, so it is necessary to go through the space in which the game is developed to obtain weapons and sufficient resources to survive before the other players. The special feature of this game mode is that the terrain in which it develops is reduced every certain period of time, which encourages players to get closer and closer, forcing them to face each other constantly.
How to update your character
In Fortnite each player can create an avatar that has specific qualities that will depend on the taste of home player. In this sense, each player has personal tools that can be updated to improve the abilities of the avatar.
However, to achieve this it is necessary to have the so-called V-Bucks, which represent the currency with which the game is handled internally. This coin is obtained from the game play game Save the World, and can be used when you are in the second game mode. With this coin you can buy both cosmetic items, to decorate the avatar, and battle items, to improve the game skills of that avatar.
It is for this reason that the save the world mode is being updated so that the only way to enter that game mode is to buy a kind of access that allows the player to enter this world a win V-Block. This is the way in which the creative company of the game manages to obtain gains of the popularity of the same one.
In this sense, updates to the avatar in the game are difficult to obtain if you do not buy access to the game mode of saving the world, although it should be noted that the Battle Royale mode is still completely free.