Fortnite Review
More a place than a game now, and the Battle Royale underneath is still sharp.
The Good
- Zero Build mode welcomes players who never learned to build
- Clean gunplay and a map that keeps changing
- Free, everywhere, updated constantly
The Rough Edges
- The item shop pressure never lets up
- Some seasons land a lot better than others
Fortnite is hard to review like a normal game because Fortnite stopped being a normal game years ago. It is a place. Concerts, movie trailers, crossovers with everybody from Marvel to, well, everybody. The Battle Royale underneath all that noise is still sharp: 100 players drop, the storm closes, and building separates the tourists from the threats.
The building is my line in the sand. In the right hands it is genius, towers and edits at speeds my thumbs refuse to learn. Zero Build mode fixed that for players like me, and that is the reason Fortnite stays in my rotation. The gunplay is clean, the map keeps changing, and Epic updates this thing like it owes them money.
Zero Build is the reason Fortnite stays in my rotation.
The rough edges are real. The item shop pressure is constant, the locker is a mess of skins you will never wear again, and some seasons land a lot better than others. Kids screaming in voice chat are a genre of their own.
But free, everywhere, and still printing cultural moments a decade in? An 8.7 with respect. Fortnite is not a game on the list. It is the water the list swims in.
More a place than a game now, and the Battle Royale underneath is still sharp.
The Good
- Zero Build mode welcomes players who never learned to build
- Clean gunplay and a map that keeps changing
- Free, everywhere, updated constantly
The Rough Edges
- The item shop pressure never lets up
- Some seasons land a lot better than others
Quick Answers
Fortnite review score: what did it score?
Moe Train scored Fortnite a 8.7 out of 10. More a place than a game now, and the Battle Royale underneath is still sharp.
What platforms is Fortnite on?
Fortnite is out now on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC. Moe played and scored it on Xbox.
Is Fortnite worth playing?
More a place than a game now, and the Battle Royale underneath is still sharp. Read the full Fortnite review above for the breakdown.
