The Downfall of Fortnite Battle Royale
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- Ever since the Fortnite Battle Royale player count peaked in Season 4, Fortnite has been bleeding active users. Now that we're in Chapter 2, Season 3 of Fortnite, I wanted to find out why the game has been losing players. This documentary will attempt to answer that question.
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first reply lol
My man what are you doing here 💀
I would say it probably is dying so much is because all the updates has either op items or a couple days worth of content its not like when they first made the game and there was so much to try and discover like metal for all the guns and the new locations suck to say lazy its basically a worse version of tilted and the old vehicles used to be fun like the quad crashers but not there just dumb like ufos and mechanics and planes the guns are either op or weak like fire bow makes it so you no longer can build with wood then there's the new ar that they added in season 6 of chapter two that has bad aim and the players are all sweaty and toxic making new players to bail on the idea of trying fortnite and old players that just want to chill and not stress while playing there favorite game and the new map sucks i would much rather have tilted loot lake and shifty shafts then any of the new locations in chapter two.
4rh reply
Did you update the documentary? Strange seeing a you here after 1 year
fortnite is like your best friend who starts doing things for the entertainment of people, but then goes mad with clout and drifts away from you.
Damn I think u just perfectly described it
This is the most perfect description ever
*Cough* *Cough* Tiktok *Cough* *Cough*
Burmble for tiktok I think that’s kinda the opposite.
@@Brycicle3d everyone agreed that tiktok was always complete trash and memed on it, now all my friends have that trash,I am immensely dissapointed in all of them, very few people have retained their braincells
Honestly, "casual" fortnite is now nothing more than an old legend...
I just got an official fortnite ad saying they added driveable cars I was like bruh
Yeah, this game changed a lot with the release of playground and creative. The players started thinking that they needed to be good to enjoy the game so they started trying more than they were supposed to. Before some dude named Timmy or Jimmy with only 1 armpit hair tells me "JuSt GeT BeTTeR, nOt OuR fAuLT yOu ClNDnT KeEp Up" we get it, you joined in season 8 when people stopped having fun, see this from a Chap.1 S.2 players' perspective. We started playing the game for the fact that we could build amazing towers and stay in it and have fun, not to lose 1 pound every match. I just don't see how people can enjoy having minute long buildfights. Hell, they barely shoot anymore, they just overbuild until they're down to 200 mats and box up and hope they get a lucky edit and hit you for 180 and then spam you with an SMG. I just cant play more than 5 matches per day anymore, I literally take day-long breaks. It really sucks that a game you would stay up till' 2 AM laughing with your squadmates and thinking to eachother: "Damn, really hope we keep on having this fun" turned into, "Alright bro I'm getting tired of this imma' get off" and then not play with him for 2 whole days. I really hope Epic Games stops caring about the comp. Scene and puts more effort into us; casual players. I mean, they added cars, great I guess...? It's not like that matters, you might make some friends that race around with you for 5 mins but at what cost? You're just gonna get shot it by a Dynamo or an Aura and get killed in less than 10 seconds. I don't care what anyone says, we all know this game is gonna be super irrelevant in less than a year, and it'll never the same.
woag, 110 likes. glad to see people agree with me :)
exentxl I tried to play this game, only to shoot one bullet into some TTV soccer skin nerd, as he builds a 10 ft tower in 3 seconds (probably spends 3 hours a day building in creative). I just leave the game at that point.
@@warv6552 :/
@@t2tech225 I agree until that last bit. I'm not trying to change your mind, however I honestly think this game will stay relevant. Epic is making moves to make this game a long lasting one rather than a game thats hot in the moment. I _think_ they're trying to find a balance of fun for casuals while keeping it balanced for competitive players (after all, they do still hold tournaments with pretty big prize pools.) Although it may not be like chapter 1, I think we'll feel nostalgic about current times in a few seasons. :D
“Fortnite was fun when everybody sucked” this is it. This quote you said is the answer and summary to this video. It stopped feeling organic. It also doesn’t feel fair for me to blame ppl practicing in Playground Mode cuz “practice makes perfect” and it’s a sensible thing to do but it changed everything. It wasn’t a game you could just hop on and have fun anymore like a player would literally have to do homework in Playground Mode to keep up with others and the newest meta build combinations.
the game has to evolve with the player base, I like the state of the game right now, you can play fun modes and pubs against complete noobs, zero builds or sweat it out if you want to. Also in other games people dont complain about players being good, like valorant or apex, of course people want to improve and will get better, they are looked up to in other games.
@@claudeheinrich3613 People absolutely complain about people being good at those games. In Fortnite you could get a win even if you just play 2 rounds a day. The chance to win now even if you are a good player but don't know enough about meta / building if you dont play zero builds is close to 0%.
In Apex and Valorant it's better as you can get good teammates that carry you to the win. But you also get a shitton of smurfs that are in the top 0.1% and will win against you 100/100 times.
Any new game will die as enough people get too good at the game. At that point there is no way for new players to get into the game which results in the original players getting better and better / eventually stop playing because of getting a job / older in general and the game dying off.
Easy solution is remove turbo build and add a build delay they should’ve done that a long time ago but the crack heads wanted to be faster niggas got no chill everyone trynna be the next buggha
"For some of you 2017 seems like a long time ago"..... this hurt my soul. Feels like it was last year basically.... kids man, they definitely age you quite a bit.
i was in year 9 of high school and was having the time of my life, now im in my first year of uni. Crazy how time flies, nevertheless I will never stop loving this game for what it was in its prime
Ya my kid was born in 2021 and I literally feel like I blinked and she’s over a year old now and I’m suddenly 25. Not fun.
Yep 6 years ago it's 2023
@@NativeAsElizabethWarren yo congrats tho 🥹 it's so precious to hear something like that.btw this is not towards you what about to say rn ok?.Idk whats going on people are making babies in 2022 and 2023 during hard times why??
@@OT_Shady babies are what makes this world a better place. I think God just wanted everyone to be happy so he gave us a whole bunch of sweet little babies to brighten up the mood during these difficult times.
The game used to be FORTnite where you would build forts and have fire fights with the other team, now it’s bob the builders castle adventure but bob is on 17 different hard narcotics
Or mabye u just didn’t get good with everyone else
@@omgryannn people like you killed the game
@@gunkymcsplunky i don't think its really fair to blame sweats for the death of the game. The game is naturally gonna have more skilled people over time you cant expect everyone to be a noob forever
@@chadcarroll550 notice how before sweats Fortnite wasn’t filled with tournament shit and that and when sweats started to take over the whole game was just tournaments.
@@gunkymcsplunky i get that but dude let's be real over time players are obviously gonna get good and there is nothing epic can do about it
“Battle royale, a style not used by many games” oh boy I wish I could go back to that
Minecraft did it
That’s all you see now
tbh i like those kind of games cuz you can choose how to play (just get into a fights,camping, or just chilling running around) but fortnite just.... doesn't give you that ability which ruins what is (imo) the fun of battle royale games
Now everyone wants to have a battle Royale mode like fortnite that's why I hated when treyarch and infinity ward came out with blackout and warzone instead of making they own shit
Wish I could go back when I played it
I agree with your opinion at the end. Creative mode allowed people to practice building a shooting relentlessly until they became so good that the average player who just wants to play a few games after school can no longer compete
I think the biggest deterrent for me was losing the old style the game had
The old HUD
The inability to sprint
The inability to climb
I miss those things
So many of the additions just aren’t good to me
Yea I miss the originality:
.It was crazy, but not too crazy to not be fun
. Epic cared abt the game and saw it as a game and not a cash cow
. The community wasn't a wasteland
. There was a lot of collabs but not too much and not too ridiculous like now
@@scrubz5326 I agree but the new chapter does contradict some ideas. The collabs were kept to a minimum and the c2 style map was nice
Without adding new thnigs most people would have gotten bored
Yet if they do that, people will complain about that too
@@tomlxyz no they wouldn’t
Because the more people improve, the more they play, getting constantly used to the game’s mechanics kept them going, and those at the top of the food chain would feel challenged eventually, inspiring them to get better and so on and so forth
I didn’t hate all the changes, but since chapter 1 season 8, it’s been a downward spiral (at least for me)
Remember back when u would see an umbrella and you'd land as far as possible from the person who had it
Yeah and I used to struggle to get an umbrella but now just enter solos and the bots will make you win. This game ruined itself. 😞
i remember seeing my random duo having an umbrella in season 2 and i was so excited coz i thought we would win together, but we landed at fatal fields and team killed me 😔
kuhnekt when I win my first game in season 2 with two mates we were shouting and just happy in general but that slowly went away the more I played it. Sure I was good at the game but I just didn’t find it fun. Now coz of fortnite I can’t really enjoy any br and haven’t playing since season 2 ch 2 came out
😢good times...
like when you take something simple and fun and add too much to it the players can’t cope that’s how they ruined it changed and added too much
This game has changed so much, I remember when u could shoot people and they might build a ramp at the most. Now when I shoot people they build a five star hotel with free WiFi and a water feature. This game sucks. Period.
Always has
Teonyi wouldn’t say that much...
Exactly, it’s like they want to play Sims instead of the actual game they are looking at
Yea never liked the game tho
Bro what if Galactus fuckin eats the chapter 2 map and brings back the classic one.
I think that the main reason that fortnite died was because they made the game too complex. Everyone loved the simple early chapter one gameplay but recently they ruined it by ruining and overcomplicating some of the most early and beloved features. They have also clearly sold out, based on the amount of items that are in the shop at once.
Edit: fortnite is back because they finally made a good update. It is very interesting coming back and seeing everyone roasting this comment, but I think I need to make the point that compared to its glory days, it is not even close. this momentum will die soon, as they temporarily got some players hooked with the old map.
Exactly, simplicity is what made Fortnite unique, because you feel familiar with everything you see and you feel like at home.
To Tencent none the less!
It is reborn
Game reached 44.7 million players in one day lol.
@@GHOSTOFENGLAND cuz they fixed the game by downgrading the chapter 3 and 4 bullshit and bringing it back to the game everyone loved. also autistic 7 year olds pretending to be nostalgic exist now.
It’s crazy how all this was wrong and Fortnite still popping in 2023
What Im saying bro, has the most active playerbase of any game on the market. Gaming is generally a cyclical industry, which is why this video is kinda moot.
yea its is at a new peak now
@@thetruegodofgeese”at its peak” ain’t nb playin dat shi 😂😭
@@kveus7753it peaked player count in chapter 5 season 1 with the newest season being one of the most praised in a long whilr
@@kveus7753you arent doesnt mean others arent
*shoots someone once*
Them: *panicks and speed builds the world trade center in a matter of seconds*
Me:alah akbar
I actually made the joke on xbox before that Fortnite is so sweaty these days that you can shot barely nearly someone and next thing you know they rebuild the twin towers in 2 seconds.
Lol
@@bigbaz4632 as you get older
you will realise that 99% of your ideas have already been thought of. I felt way more unique before the internet.
@@christophermiller3031 Yeah I figured that one out a while ago.
I think adults started leaving and children took their place.
The kids were always there
just that they keep increasing
No it’s the adults that act like kids and kids that think they are adults
Kids increased and adults decreased
And the UA-camrs r the fake giveaway channels
Update: It's gotten even worse, guns are now secondary and are a minature part of the game.
It is literally a super power testing simulator at this point.
N now?
@@osceyhercy4826
What they're doing now is alright but the main good part is that they removed the stupid OP mythics and actually made the game about skill now.
im a season one day 1 player of the game and after my 4 year hiatus from the game i can definitly say i cant keep up with the sweats and tryahrds, even in no build mode (the main mode i play these days) im only somewhat competetive against the other sweats. The game is too convultued these days and icant wrap my head around the new the mechanics, the thing i said when i jumped back in was "when did they add sprinting to the game?"
ye it was way more casual back then. now there are way too many tryhards its not as fun for me like it was 4 years ago
I played at Jan 2018 for few months then I lost interest for while then recently when I tried going back into game. It just felt like complete different game to me which made it much harder for me get into it.
I just play with my friends and try to troll them but when we see a sweat, we do everything we can to eleminate them
im also a season 1 player, and indeed i also think tryhards kind of ruined the experience which personally made me stop playing for a long time, i recently started playing again thinking i would have the same issue, but somehow i dont, i manage to get 10 kills + matches and a good couple wins in a day without coming across a squad of tfues, kind of gaining love back for the game, but definitely not as likeable as the beginning
Bro you haven't played the game in 4 years obviously you're gonna be shit,give it some time learn the new weapons and mechanics and you'll get better naturally
For me, the problem with Fortnite nowadays is that one moment you are in a fight with someone, and then the next moment that guy builds the whole fuc**ng city of Jerusalem complete with windows on buildings because he lost like 3 hp. And if you somehow manage to survive squeaky 11 year old Bob the Builder on steroids, you will most likely be killed by a flying shark or be abducted by a UFO or die in a volcano eruption or be completely obliterated by whatever other crap they added. I miss the simple times before season 4. Those were the good days...
I was trying to have fun in creative with some 9 year olds my niece added but since I haven't played in 1 year, I got destroyed and "boxed like a fish" What the fuck
Yeah this pretty much sums up the state of the game
underrated comment
I basically quit BR and now i play save the world because its better and less toxic
i mean, you cant really blame skill level, the more people play, the more skilled they are, but what i dont like is the toxic community, but it makes sense (this is my opinion ok)
This game may be complete garbage now, but I will never ever forget the amazing memories I’ve made with my friends on it.
It's not garbage dumbass. Just brag you played season one and be direct
@@TheRealJaded it's garbage lol
complete garbage is very very verrrrrrrrrrry extreme
Jaded it’s terrible bro it’s so unbalanced and they took out everything good
The game shot itself in the head after making the more Childish to make quick cash of it
for me it was the new vehicles and sprinting. back in chapter 1 seasons 1-5 the storm was an actual constant threat but now you can get through the map super fast. The first vehicles like shopping carts and golf carts were balanced but they got super cars and motorcycles now, ended up quitting fortnite by chapter 2.
My issue was the no new maps thing. They kept "updating" the map, but the updates made the map worse imo, they tried getting too cute with it, instead of just making multiple maps.
“Bro don’t land there, he’s got a win umbrella”
The nostalgia
😪
Nostalgia
😢
man we was scared of this black knight, everybody who has a skin back then was a serious threat lol, cant feel that nostalgia on fortnite rn because the game graphics just dont look the same
Epic made billions. Their job is complete. They don't care anymore.
@@maheepsingh3861 are you kidding it's not even regularly it's like every month for a new season that gets slowly worse and worse and worse and worse they're going to bring out chapter 3 and then we're all going to quit that's what's going to happen they don't care about the game anymore it just keeps slowly getting worse and worse
@@maheepsingh3861 oh and also they added unfair mythics that you shouldn't even be allowed to get
@Robbo Chaplin problem every game dies, games could die in a month a year ect. Epic did a smart play they realized fortnite was dieing slowly and it would be dumb if they put more resources in the game.
@Leonard Gardner this would b a perfect season but those damn hands. Shouldnt even be a thing in squads
They don’t give a shit about the game now.
What turned me away was after season 5. It was clear every few weeks there had to be something new and removed and it gave me an identity crisis if I really enjoyed playing or not. I was hoping developers would’ve taken the OG MW2 route in making every weapon powerful but most things they added are to never be seen by a player again
Great video. It’s very interesting to sit back & review the journey this game has been on after living through it. I know, due to Epic, this isn’t possible, but I would honestly find it very fun if they just closed the game down w/one final month of the game being reverted to its early state. As is the case for everything, all good things must come to an end. But I’ll never forget the amazing times I had playing the early stages of this game
Game went from 20 yr old casual players to 12 yr old “pro players”
9 year old*
You can’t even earn money unless ur 13+
IcaFlames that’s why it’s funny
Preax.MT oh yeah
8-12 year old fortnite kids are the worse and if you are a teenager that plays fortnite not as a joke what are you doing
The decline was when people started playing like their life depended on it.
children*
Do you mean they're just really good?
thats becuase of the insane prize pools epic were throwing in competetive events like millions and millions people were boud to play the game 24/7 and try there hardest yano
@@sparrow7368 True
for some people like big streamers there while income is really on the line
my friends that used to play fortnite all the time quit playing when they REMOVED the mechs. They always talked about how they would hide 4 mechs away in final circle and just spam them and they complained when the mechs were nerfed and removed
As a Fortnite regular player.. I must admit that the game has had a notable decline, and this is to be expected every game has its cycle.. it blows up like crazy and everyone talks about it ( and plays it)and at some point something new comes or just people are not enjoying it as much. However despite it's notable decline in popularity I don't think it's dead by any means. I'm surprised its held up , the zero built that came recently has given somewhat of a fresh start (somewhat)
Everyone made the game cringey, that’s a main reason.
Totally agree to this
Yeah
Yeah. I used to have fun, but the community ruined it for me
"we like Fortnite, we like Fortnite" so much cringey BS came from this game and just turned it into a laughing stock for loads of players and that only increased and increased as kids became more noticeable....... I enjoyed Fortnite for the first 4, maybe 5 seasons but after that it was a big rip to me.
Cringey? No it’s really the little kids training every day to be “good”
I miss the days when people were getting banned for jumping on the tire swing.
Ye ☹️
I remember that 😂
Yes, happy memories 😂😂😅😦😥😢😭
Good times
I loved that time by insanely a lot
I remember in season 2 when me and my friend would go to the corner of the map, and practice building as building was becoming the meta, and we got pretty good at simple techniques and we started getting common wins but then they released playground and we started losing more and more, it was getting difficult to keep up with all the advanced techniques coming along and with SMGs making building harder we just quit
I think fortnite is learning from their mistakes. The extra modes added later, the support of fortnite creative, and even better collabs are bringing back a lot of players
No that's just them being unoriginal
@@Jwolvescompared to the other free to play online games out there that amount of content is great
@@hatcrab4923 I mean its good to get players but its still unoriginal
That moment when you, a default skin, shoot a soccer skin for 10 percent sheild damage and they build the Buckingham Palace with a water fountain infront of you.
lmao
@@lilnigka Your name😂
That doesn’t happen u are just bad
@@blakemitchell9754 shut up don't be so rude
Your name is literally "Game King." Get a grip.
Fortnite is like a ex girlfriend, there where reasons why u liked her, but she isn't the same anymore
Damnn
Lmao
That shit hit spot on
Damn. This feels like a shotgun in the face.
jamanitsme damm lmao
I started playing in season 5. I was 13 and it was the first multiplayer shooter I ever played.
Some of my best memories with the boys came from Fortnite and that was how I spent most of my time back then.
I eventually got so good that I'd win 8-9/10 matches I played. It got boring and I slowly stopped playing.
I picked it up again in chapter 2 season 2 and a lot had changed and it was fun again for little while.
I haven't played since 2020 but it has a special place in my memories for all the fun and all the rage that took place over the years
Game literally broke new records in November 2023 and is still evolving into chapter 5.
Yea everyone quit in chapter 5
nope@@user-yd5cz9dq9g
@@Macotheboyworst chapter by far. Chapter is 💩
At this point, Fortnite is just Disney Advertising shooter
At first they were just trying to help everyone win, but then they became money hungry
Exactly
I was in champion division making montages and having a lot of fun until chapter 2 I didn’t play season 1 barely played 2 and played an hour of 3 I haven’t touched season 4 and quit the game months ago, it’s just not fun having to full try hard every game because of sbmm
@@porpus8011 that's what's happens when games get competitive mate, they're just filled of sweats all the time
@@aerophine yeah but my point is games like rocket league and war zone both have pro leagues but absolute noobs can go in and have a blast without raging and having to get good to even compete
Crazy to think that all those 12 year olds we came across are now 14.
Lmaooo
Yes
its funny looking at old footage when i was that age and being squeaky wish i could go back to that time
@@miljenko4209 that's sad honestly
I'm one of them
Do love your content bro, very informative.
As an OG fortnite player, I have to say what killed Fortnite for me was 1) turbo build in Season 3, 2) playground mode, 3) the pointless weapons introduced. Earlier on, the game relied on your reaction time and decision making to build and fight, sure there were kinks they had to iron out like the aim assist on Xbox when aiming down sights (in particular the sniper). What really frustrated me was the level at which Epic tried to bridge the gap between players rather than balancing the game out with some sort of ranked mode earlier on, which they did release very late on. There is a sense of achievement when you put in the hard work and effort to get good at the game like I and many of my friends did. Once they made building easier and it was all about shotgun and CQCs, it wasn't a fun anymore there was no sense of achievement just brain dead BS.
It's a shame the game went that way and even now when I try to play the game (alright maybe a year ago) it's full of 'sweaty' players. Not planning on playing Fortnite anytime soon, Apex is better IMO.
introducing zero build completely changed my views on Fort. it's so much fun now, especially with all the other new features
Agree
Remember when the game wasn't just an advertisement for bigger companies?
The new season theme is just marvel like
@@patonite5508 I know, I find it really annoying. I wish they went back to what made the game fun.
People: Can u please make Fortnite better and care about us?
Epic: Haha money needs to go grow community go BRRR
Me too
umm ua-cam.com/video/tA0Zx5sxSuw/v-deo.html
Now all you’ll find is cars, toxic nine year olds, and crushed dreams.
Yes... 😪
Yes. I was playing an rpg(starwars jedi the fallen order) after playing fortnite it didn't feel spontaneous it felt forced (peace control)
@@galaxygamewiz2664 star wars gang rise up
@@D4C_Gaming if you watched star wars you'll never be a millionare like me
So it's basically the same as it always was, except now it has vehicles?
i remember playing this game before it took off…before all of the trash that was thrown into it through the years. back when Dakotaz and High Distortion would post duos together. the double pump being discovered. when the launch pad first came out, it was the most fun i’ve ever had to jump across the map and land on someone. this was probably one of the best games ever made and somehow they let it crash and burn
The first few months were amazing man
The no build mode has actually made this game fun and very enjoyable again
Back in my day, battle royale was called hunger games..
@@thezachry2599 don’t care why’d u comment in the first place
@@thezachry2599 that was a meme?
Pretty sure Battle Royale was a thing before Hunger Games.
@@GundamSplats nah I'm talking about the movie 😂
holy crap this brings back memories, same
Fortnite now:
One bullet fired:
Some 11 year old:
*builds 5-star hotel with a 35 ft pool and 8,000 rooms*
i dont want to be that guy but why did u steal this?
Vert I didn’t man
@Benjamin Kealy who tf cares are you going to put him in a prison
Not even WiFi wow
@@jur260 yeah I’m in prison he put me here
I must admit, I was a terrible builder in the game. When I first started playing I had no idea in what I was doing. Enjoying the 'zero build' mode. Great video.
For me it was the lazy battle passes and the far-too-many collabs following the “MCU season”
Bro i loved the time where good aim and rocket rides were called being good and not building 5 star hotels
Maninhu do you still play fortnite
At this point you can have the aim of a child with brain damage but if you build entire Paris you're considered good.
@@lolyourdumb well MANINHU is speaking facts tho
@@mn1083 bro cap it’s called skill and u ogs who didn’t build think that everyone is over building just get good
@@Jb64271 just go play a good shooting game. For example cod, cod is way better then fucknite
I remember a UA-camr who talked about the topic of the death of Fortnite when it was still very popular. He explained why it would die, and everyone called him crazy.
ged?
Ye for me when fortnite was huge and was trending i just knew it wouldn't last long. Like theres always one trend that wouldn't last long at all. It sucks
That kid is crazy
@@kafkacoven how it’s true Fortnite is just full of sweats now
These games don’t last a long time because it’s just the same thing over and over again, save the world should’ve been the whole game then it would’ve been even more popular
it’s funny how this video was posted 3 years ago saying fortnight fell off but in November 2023 the game had its all time high of people playing
watching this in late 2023 when Fortnite hit an all time peak in players
Because they brought back old map. Now that chapter 5 is here, which is the worst by far, fortnite is going to decline again
No they didn’t they hit the peak sense 2022. Do you really think a game with 500 million+ players peak is 6 million active players in a day?
Never forget what Dellor said. “most professionals in this game have less than 3 armpit hairs.”
Trueeee
Less than 3 pube hairs
We can all agree that sypher is really the only "good name" in the Fortnite community atm
I’m sorry but this shit ain’t funny
Snoomed it’s not necessarily meant to make someone laugh but ok dude
Future generations will look at this video like it’s a WW2 documentary
Ignored?
no one will remember this crap after 50 years
@@MESSY-AF depends do you remember super mario broes?
@@wuuZyie LMAO
@@MESSY-AF Gen Z will absolutely remember this game
and right now it just hit it’s all time peak and is on a new high. crazy
Tf?
No
Uhh no the most number of players is 2 million at most
I agree that the game has fallen off but it is still very very popular and I think recently the game has been somewhat fun
Remember back when you built a perfect cube around yourself when someone started shooting at you instead of building the Empire State Building?
Remember when everyone in the lobby were just having fun, being the most noobs, without sweating? those were the real good times
Yeah thats why they added planes to the game
VICTOR tbh, every game has they’re sweats
@@magical5181 true
@@magical5181 true but not super tryhards sweats these were a new breed
The game felt different back then. I can’t describe it but it just had a different vibe, and now it’s just a huge ad.
Ikrrr. Unless u actually played back in season 0-3 you’ll never know just how different and amazing the game felt. Its so sad having played from the start and watching the rise and downfall of a great, unique game gone cliche, cringe and sellout.
@@itsemachine i'd count 4 aswell to REAL Fortnite
The game was an adventure, that's why. You didn't know every single square inch of the map, because the few places you did go to with your best mate were that damn addictive and beautifully simple. Building was advantageous in that you could overcome obstacles with it, build your own cover and if you were skilled even build yourself a neat little base with those artistic windows and corners. It'd take a couple minutes back then, but it made you feel so damn proud. The weapons and items themselves were something else aswell. What do I take? Purple Tactical or Green Pump? Why not Double Pump or why not one of each? Oh my god, you won't believe what I just found: a Gold Scar - the weapon that made you feel like you just won the lottery. This is gonna cause a huge fight in my squad over who gets to have it. The Tactical SMG was always trustworthy, the Silenced SMG was hated but it just felt right hating it, you know? We had Boogie Bombs, Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, Clinger Grenades, Memebows, Chugjugs and so much more funny shit to live for.
What strategy are we practicing this time? Are we going to camp in bushes, make a skybase or rocket ride onto the last team?
Be careful though, there is a John Wick with wings! In the end of the day it doesn't matter though, does it? Doesn't matter if I have full shield, 50 shield or none. The only thing that matters is jumping around crazy with your enemy hoping to land any hits and that your shotgun does more than 9 damage this time. You wouldn't even be mad if you get sent back to the lobby. Losing doesn't take away from the exhilarating experience. I cannot wait to queue in for another round of Fortnite with my friends. Let's go!
exactly. it's an indescribable feeling.
There's nothing wrong with collaborating with other as long as it doesnt destroy the fortnite story.
Kind of gone out of date now as the OG fortnite map has come back and it reached its highest amount of players ever because of it
This is the comment I been sending to kids who said Fortnite isn’t dead when it is:
*People should realize that the game had at most averaging 500k people playing the battle royale mode during Chapter 4 season 4 everyday. Along with below 100k players on the No build mode of the game. With 400k in the creative part of the game. Totaling 1 million players give or take. Same goes with the entirety of Chapter 4 but give or take depending on each season. Meaning Chapter 4 Season 4 in total have 1 million players give or take. But when the OG map came in Chapter 4 Season 5, it went from 1 million total players to a record breaking 5 million players. 3.1 million for the OG battle royale mode, 1 million for the no build mode, and 1 million in the creative part of the game give or take.*
*That goes to show how it went downhill to eventually a temporary uphill. Which still means that Fortnite is dead and it will lose its player base once this OG season which excuse the lack of quality Chapter 4 have passes away.*
*In Chapter 1 and 2 it had 10s of millions of players playing the game everyday. Now it barely can reach 1 million until this OG season which hit 5 million players and that further proves that Fortnite is dead. I definitely can say it died after Chapter 2. Chapter 3 and 4 had no story, no seasons, barely any updates, and worst map changes of all time. Chapter 3 and 4 is shorter compare to Chapter 1 and 2.*
*As of now I eventually am proven right considering right now it lost 1 million players from the battle royale mode in just 2 days. Right now it has below 2 million players playing the OG season instead of 3.1 million. Even the build mode which used to have 1 million players now have decreased. Along with the creative part have also decreased. So now it went from 5 millions players to around 3 million players give or take.*
*The reason is because the OG players who quit Fortnite have downloaded Fortnite to check the OG map. But the unfortunate part of this is the fact that since they quit, they have now missed out on the new mechanics that if they haven’t quit, they would have learn those mechanics by now. Such as sprinting, mantling, sliding, building, and so on. The moment they redownload Fortnite, the moment sweats and the game that the OG players haven’t played in a long time had eventually made them quit the game.*
*Now it is official that Fortnite leakers have said that Fortnite isn’t actually bringing the OG Chapter 1 map to the fullest extent. They are not going to bring back the volcano, the infinity blade, the temple at the volcano, the castle from the snow biome, and much more. Meaning this isn’t even an OG Fortnite map. Just a worst ripoff. Why even claim it OG when it is not OG? They should name it “Fortnite OG Ripoff” and not “Fortnite OG Season”.*
No it didn’t went out of date, read my comment and you will see why.
@@SpokeNyan1390who tf is reading all this 😂
@@Papi34-nz1cy Then don’t? Meant for people higher IQ than you.
If you truly believe it reached the highest ever player count ur slow af. Not even 1/10 of the 2018 playercount
Honestly, the only reason I lost interest in Fortnite is it's excessive crossovers. After it's crossover with marvel in chapter 2 season 3, I just completely lost interest.
This game isn’t even old and it gives me nostalgia feels the community changed so fast the wave of toxic 7 year olds was too much for me to handle.
Facts bro. But the game is kinda old
Fortnite was made back in 2011, battle royale mode in 2017
The old community was worse all they do is cry cry cry
Yeah didn’t realize how old this shit is. I kinda miss playing season 1 with friends at midnight
Shut up they're not 7 YO they are 9
I wouldn't describe epic games as "relativley unknown" before fortnite, they've made some massive games, and of course unreal engine
The key word is "relatively". Relative to now, yes Epic weren't at known before fortnite became big
Yea you missed the word "relatively."
Where unreal tournament updates at , kind of suck that they dropped that game for a br
Where has this guy been living under a rock? Epic games has been making games from 1997, I'd say Unreal Tournament is still one of the best games ever, if your going to make a video do your homework.
@@anthonya7303 Epic where HUGE in the early 90's everybody that played Unreal, and Unreal Tournament knew who they was.
I used to hate this game because it was cool to hate it, then I actually played it, and it's really good. They constantly update it, have many game modes and creative maps, and actual lore.
Yeah I agree everyone is just too gosh darn good at the game now at just makes it not fun playground mode and creative mode was there biggest flaw
Games awful now. I get bored after 1 game
@@zakj08 Sorry to hear that. This season is weak I won't lie, but I love that they keep updating the game and the lore
@@Agent_3141 tbf I came back to this current season and I don't mind it. Its still a shadow of season 1-14 though
I will never forget when i got an long range kill with a green tec-9 in season 3 at some farm place.
Playing on my brothers computer back then.
Back when nobody built anything else than a few walls.
Back when it was fun.
What went wrong
1. People starting trying as hard as they could
2. Stopped doing the weekly updates
3. Toxic kids
4. Overpower items and weapons
5. Chapter 2
remove the last one, chapter 2 aint that bad
The weekly updates were getting kinda annoying
This is a casual case of Hypocrisy from the community as a whole, at season x we all wanted the map to reset , in chapter two season 1 the season was very very long, too long.. but I think after season 1 fortnite has been in the best state and season 5 if pretty fun to play..
Also fortnite is integrating modding which is going to change the game in general since there's also console support!
@@XManKillz i agree c2 s5 is pretty fun and has a good storyline behind it
“We want a new map!”
*adds a new map*
“…We want the old one back!”
Listen to your fans or I'm deleting your unepic game epic games
They always complaining 😒
If the commmunity want the old map back why ask for a new one stupid little kids the community have ruined the game it’s not even epic
@@noahabell7464 Honestly, yeah. They wanted it back because apparently they “missed” it but didn’t realize that they were the ones who begged for it.
It’s because the map hasn’t changed at all in the hole of chapter 2 basically
Crazy how 2017 will soon be 7 years ago… feels like yesterday man
the gap in skill level for sure is why i stopped playing, i’ve returned now as i’ve gotten older and have more skill for shooters but now i’m not getting completely denied to experience the game because of a skill gap
The downfall was everyone taking the game wayyy to seriously and treating it like every match was $1mil it this is why I left atleast
PvPoof yep I think that this is The problem... Everybody play it like they are gonna die in the real life if they die in the game, it should be a casual game to have fun not a game where every match is a competitive World Cup game
It went downhill with skillbased matchmaking I hate that in video games I have a good game and out of nowhere I’m playing agains semipros
That's true. Most are literal pussies who think they're hard after than one headshot and do not even go to arena to keep their "skill" contained there. Like I'm just trying to enjoy the season and some tryhard legit will beam me once and already I see the Eiffel tower leaning over me. They're most likely scared of getting destroyed by someone better than them in arena 😂
Wait how come I don’t see any kids saying “get good kid”,and/or “your just trash that’s why your mad”
@@ChurchillCreate u don't run into them in vc creative fill often :/
Coming back to this now, it is fair to assume that Fortnite was gonna die but in the last season (Chap 4 season whatever atp idk) they peaked in player count. Of course with the whole og thing coming back they had over 44 million. I dont think Fortnite is going anywhere.
Who’s here after OG map is back and it’s poppin again 😂
This is the comment I been sending to kids who said Fortnite isn’t dead when it is:
*People should realize that the game had at most averaging 500k people playing the battle royale mode during Chapter 4 season 4 everyday. Along with below 100k players on the No build mode of the game. With 400k in the creative part of the game. Totaling 1 million players give or take. Same goes with the entirety of Chapter 4 but give or take depending on each season. Meaning Chapter 4 Season 4 in total have 1 million players give or take. But when the OG map came in Chapter 4 Season 5, it went from 1 million total players to a record breaking 6 million players. 3.1 million for the OG battle royale mode, 1 million for the no build mode, and 2 million in the creative part of the game give or take.*
*That goes to show how it went downhill to eventually a temporary uphill. Which still means that Fortnite is dead and it will lose its player base once this OG season which excuse the lack of quality Chapter 4 have passes away.*
*In Chapter 1 it had more than 100 millions of players give or take playing Fortnite everyday. In chapter 2 it had 50s of millions of players playing the game everyday. Chapter 3 have around 10 million players playing the game give or take. And now it barely can reach 1 million in Chapter 4 until this OG season which hit 6 million players. This further proves that Fortnite downfall still continue and it will die. Heck at this point it is dead. I definitely can say it died after Chapter 2. Chapter 3 and 4 had no story, no seasons, barely any updates, and worst map changes of all time. Chapter 3 and 4 is shorter compare to Chapter 1 and 2. Chapter 1 and 2 was Fortnite still at its definition of peak and popularity. But now, Chapter 3 and 4 shows that Fortnite haven’t been the same after Chapter 2.*
*As of now I eventually am proven right considering right now it lost a couple of million players from the battle royale mode in just 2 days after the update. Right now it has below 2 million players playing the OG season instead of 3.1 million. Even the build mode which used to have 1 million players now have decreased. Along with the creative part have also decreased. So now it went from 6 millions players to below 3 million players total give or take.*
*The reason is because the OG players who quit Fortnite have downloaded Fortnite to check the OG map. But the unfortunate part of this is the fact that since they quit, they have now missed out on the new mechanics that if they haven’t quit, they would have learn those mechanics by now. Such as sprinting, mantling, sliding, building, and so on. The moment they redownload Fortnite, the moment sweats and the game that the OG players haven’t played in a long time had eventually made them quit the game.*
*Now it is official that Fortnite leakers have said that Fortnite isn’t actually bringing the OG Chapter 1 map to the fullest extent. They are not going to bring back the volcano, the infinity blade, the temple at the volcano, the castle from the snow biome, and much more. Meaning this isn’t even an OG Fortnite map. Just a worst ripoff. Why even claim it OG when it is not OG? They should name it “Fortnite OG Ripoff” and not “Fortnite OG Season”.*
*So in the end, Fortnite downfall still continue and this video still aged well. Fortnite by many reasons is dead.*
@@SpokeNyan1390 bros yapping currently 3 days after the release of c5s1 there are 3 million current players. fortnite has had over 200 million active monthly players throughout 2023. the game isnt dead its just that most of the playerbase is little kids
@@micahscott2873 Source: Trust me bro.
@@micahscott2873 By the way, do you consider among us being a dead not popular game?
@@SpokeNyan1390I AINT READING ALL THAT‼️🔥😎🗣️💯
It went from just having fun to everyone sweating out the game 24/7
the matches were big.. the odds of having at least 1 drop of sweat in the game was inevitable
Sweating the new fun sadly
Yeah yesterday I went to my younger cousin. He literally had no pants on just he’s underwear and he was trash talking in the game while sweating
True
Well said
Remember when fortnite used to fun and not a giant ad for marvel and impossible to play because everyone plays like they’re competing for 1 million dollars
This is, to me, the worst batlle pass and one of the worst seasons ever.
I play a lot of creative with my friend, cause i have real fun there, and no one goes tryharding aganst each other.
Have you given it a chance? Me and my friends thought the same thing until we played it and it’s a lot better than it seems
The game evolved just like every other game on the market if you couldnt keep up with the rising skill gap then its your fault really epic cant change the skill gap it's a natural thing
Either get better or keep complaining about how everyone is a sweat imo the lather options sounds better
@@1mphulse the skill level didn't increase naturally though, creative pushed it to being the most competetive game on the damn planet which is a damn shame since it was meant to be targeted towards teens who had a life outside of videogames
Now it's just filled with lifeless 9-year olds who scream "get shit on" after eliminating people that don't even have a gun...
@@extraterrestrialhorse9722 again the skill gap did increase naturally creative is a part of the game there was no outside variable and again if you cant handle these "sweats" then get good or dont play simple I honestly dont really care how you interpret these players at the end of the day they're just playing fortnite
As someone who has played fortnite since the start i play the game right now but i took a very long pause cause it just wasnt fun and cartoonish anymore. Old fortnite had those cartonny graphics and it looked nicer than this super realistic graphics right now also with the fact that old fortnite was so much more funner to just hop on a game after school and get some easy kills and have memories. Its too competitive now but i do like the zero build addition that they added it does make me a little nostaglic sometimes.
this game will always have a place in my heart during the early seasons. even if it sucks now
This game was iconic during the early seasons you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing fortnite
I mean it’s back
Sunny: fortnite may have been mishandled, but a large part of the decline is that gameplay gets boring over time. *20 year old CS kicks down the door*
It’s because cs is the same gameplay where the skill gap is noticeable but achievable, the same aspect (building) that made the game stand out also creates a huge skill gap
There is an even larger skill gap in CS which is created by a variety of different skills which can be honed; far more than the building skill in fortnite. CS also features many of the “playground (or whatever their practice mode is)” aspects in the form of custom aim maps, prefire maps, movement maps, and nade practicing maps, and the existence of these tools that help widen the skill gap has not been a detriment to the growth or longevity of the community, contrary to sunnys thesis.
Joseph Rushing Cs:go is great, nothing to be said about that it is shit. If you don't like the game, you don't like it. Kappa. But calling the game trash is impossible in my eyes until you have put a few hours in it and played something else than matchmaking like esea or faceit.. god i love cs, it made me quit fortnite for good and it was a good change in my life. Way more mature community, and actual enjoyment instead of stress in a 'comp' match..
@MrAlkaline I agree CS is way better; I’ve been playing for a couple years and it’s still my number one game. All I’m saying that fortnite didn’t die because the skill gap was too high (although the lack of a ranked system makes this way harder on noobs in fortnite) or because gamers lose interest in games over a couple of years, since CS has both of those features and is still chugging along after 20 years
Joseph Rushing it is still beeing a very good game, and why? Because there is nothing like cs, when you see a play you insyantly know what is happening, you know if its good or not. The game is also great since there are barely any updates, only bugfixes (not gonna talk about matchmaking and vac ;( , that's why we have good old faceit and esea) and every once in a while a mapchange, like we had on dust.. csgo is unbeatable, it's just lovely.
even the fortnite addicted kids in my class stopped talking about the game
Now thats sayin something
same thing here. I'm glad in my school they stop talking about it. shit made my ears burst
Anonymous 777 now they just yell “GREENS SUS HES IMPOSTER” for everyone on zoom to hear
I also find it cringe when people say “sus” out loud
@@jerby1600 same
It's almost the end of 2022 and fortnite is still the top battle royale game just below Apex Legends and it would probably stay like that for the next two years since there are no big announcements that this genre (outside of Warzone 2 which probably eats up warzone player base instead)
i saw this late, every decade has a game for it, last decade was minecraft, this is fortnite, next is unknown until it happens
I played MW2, BO1, BO2, MW3, Minecraft, Halo 2 and 3, man you name it and I probably played it in it’s prime and nothing compares to the memories I made with the boys in Fortnite 2018-2019. I truly believe the release of playground was the start of the downfall people just sit in it all day practicing builds whilst the rest of us played like normal.
Edit: This video deadass made me almost tear up as a grown ass man I wish I could go back man I never knew I was in the best time of my life.
The game died when people stopped playing for fun and it became an esport.
Like almost every FPS or every FPS like call of duty.
ALEXANDE MESHERIAKOV yeah true
Yep that’s why I stopped playing the game :/
The devs kept messing with the balance
When are devs going to realize you cant force esports. It needs to come naturally from the community
I remember being scared of the OG John Wick skin ...
And killing one of them made you feel like you were the best player
@@k4mui168 I told my whole family that I got my first lol but after 1 yr I got 30+ and didn’t even smile lol and we all stoped playing it
Black Knights were for real the most feared. They were/are really rare too.
@@mcj2219 gingerbread skin*
Hmmmm interesting 🤔
I think the issue with Fortnite is everytime there's something fun everyone has something to complain about which then leads to the game changing so big streamers and figures can enjoy it more than casual fans.
Notice how everyone complaining in the intro was mostly pro players
I remember when Fortnite came out. It was just a single player game and I liked it alot. My brother and I would play together and just have fun. The. They released that stupid battle royale crap and we both didn't like it (we grew up on tribes 2, quake 3 and unreal tournament). Then the single player dev cycle started getting slower and you could tell everything was dumped into the battle royale thing they stole from PUBG. Then they shitdown paragon which was hearing up to be awesome in it's early days. I uninstalled Fortnite and refused to play anything from epic again.
As many said already, it’s not a bad game. It’s the community’s toxicity and lack of skill that made me quit playing. Gameplay also got repetitive and playing against sweaty try hards got annoying
Yeah it was really both for me at this point I don't play battle royals because of battle royals are just repetitive
Most games have toxic communities especially free to play games...
Warzone has a feature where you’re able to talk to the enemy you killed or killed you for a quick 2 seconds, someone called me the n-word when I killed him and laughed for about 5 minutes while my friend was there in confusion why I was laughing lmao
Also I know this is normal in COD but toxicity in games isn’t new
same
@@teawag ok fortnite sweat 😒
@@teawag that's not it the introduction of creative mode made it so that whoever practiced the most improved the most the progression of the playerbase got divided there was a percentage of people who played 8 to 10 hours a day playing like their life's on the line whereas the rest of the playerbase got left behind keeping a natural progression would of stopped this from happening giving new players and average players the same time to improve as the rest of the community
When the """pros""" started to complain about the fun weapons, it killed the game. Rest in pieces golf cart
Ya ikr I heard cars where released so I played again but kids kept shooting my tires. I used to be kinda a sweat but I was aware and knew how annoying it is so I teamed with fun people and killed unfun people
I like the carts
When even a big number professional players complain about something being broken, is a red flag. Smash for Wii U died because of two broken carachters who bored the shit out of both viewers and players, Tekken 7 has had a LOT of controversy about season 3 carachters, Overwatch was killed by the adding of Brigitte. And the list could go on.
That’s bullshit everyone could see the game getting worse with the weapons and ur rlly gonna tell me planes were a good addition to this game
The planes were SO damn good. I loved them since they were released. Flying them and joining dog fights were so satisfying, and fighting them was balanced too since the planes damaged buildings more than players that are on foot and it was fun.
There were always new players around even mature ones that don't screech at you. There weren't Marvel advertisements everywhere and the menu was simple.
Whatever happened.
Dang looks like they bounced back BIG TIME! It’s now more popular than ever. I just started playing 4 months ago and absolutely love it. The only thing I don’t like is that I didn’t start playing sooner.
The game went from battle royal being a alternative mode from the main game (stw), to being completely about battle royal, to the point of even removing the mode selection screen so you go into battle royal straight away, showing they do not care about save the world anymore, which is saddening
save the world got hellaaaa repetitive, i played the dungeon like 30 times and got annoyed after
I don’t know what it was, but after maybe season 7 or 8 it started to feel less and less like Fortnite and some other game altogether...
The Meta is just so bad
Yes I agree :(
Season 3 and below was the only favourite by many
U grew up
Yeah, I'm not sure if it was from the big lighting changes, movement changes, or whatever, but I feel like it may be from feelings of big nostalgia. Cause I still play it, just not NEAR as much, but even I look back on my times from season 4 to about season 8 or 9, and I just feel like I'm playing a different game and I get on, do whatever, then get off, with nothing really taken away from my experience, when I have TONS of memories and feelings from back then.
Damn, I remember the time when I thought Fortnite was just you building a fort and surviving for the night.
SAME OMG !!!
Relatable
it was called save the world mode you need to build a fort and survive the zombie for the battle royale mode you just need a rlly high skill to beat a nerd 9 year old kids
I remember when I thought shield pots were items that you drunk in a fight to protect yourself with a shield power up briefly... I don't know why
Same
Season 3 Fortnite will always be a memory for me, life was so good then
Honestly this did not age well
Yeah lol
I’m telling you, it’s the community. It’s the constant 9 Year olds and Sweats. Casuals just wanna play like how it used to be played but we can’t anymore
That's for every multiplayer game, people want to get better, you either get better or you can't play it eventually. I quit this game, back in Chapter 2 Season 2 but I still respect the people who play it.
I play casual all the time, (I'm crap btw) it's still a fun game,
@@Victious911 stfu
I agree, I was once doing a sky base for fun, but then I was shot down and laughed at. I don’t get it. I was just trying to have fun and I get shot down and laughed at.
I don’t get why people think the community is just nine-year-olds just let us enjoy the game toxic Star Wars fan boy
“you either die a hero, or see yourself become the villain”. Fortnite lived long enough to turn into a game that no longer holds much value in our hearts. The nostalgic feeling and excitement of getting a victory royale is gone. Epic started releasing stupid updates and the community started getting toxic. Not just towards epic but towards other players as well. The game is just so reworked now that it doesn’t even feel like the original game. I wish we could go back to the way fortnite was but deep in my heart, I know that it would never be the same. Thanks for the memories Epic
Yeah
You right there is a limited amount of games that we all have to our hearts ( minecraft most likely for me )
I remember I got fortnite off of the xbox store randomly before it blew up and it was fun, and I kept playing but I just started losing interest and them I just started to be weirded out when fortnite tried to build a complex story in the newer seasons
It was never a hero in the first place lmao
@@CantRead1 True lol
Awesome video, you really dug deep into the topic man!
It's 2023 and I can see how badly fortnite has been doing now and even from seeing how that game isn't even popular anymore like it used to be from it's golden years
And even when I would remember how big the hate to that game was also during the golden years for fortnite when the popularity for that game was still blooming.
Imagine those kids who spend hundreds of dollars on this game and just lose interest
Bro it makes me so disappointed in myself with how much money I spent on it
😅
@@keian_s_0638 same it's so sad
one of my friends spent over 1000cad on it lol now he just plays cod and 2k
I’m one of them. I wish I didn’t spend my money so I could buy other things especially since I’m in quarantine.
Back in my day I used to panick when there was only 2 players left.
Yes, I used to do that, the excitement that I may win and my heart beating really fast, I gave up on playing fortnite in fortnite chapters 2 season 1, I got bored of sweats and people who would build the entire Empire State Building and snipe me
Best times also when there was john wicks rolling around “dont fight them lets camp” now its just not the same it lost the excitement once more kids rolled in and think they superior
Exactly my dad did that to me the other day when their was 2 people left i was so pissed and he said stfu get a life
Same
Yo can we just like go back to season 4 or somethin
i think chapter 2 season 2 was the best season i was able to play with people at my skill level and it was so much less complex then it is now. love your videos btw.
It was truly game over for Fortnite as soon as they added the mecs, good times tho man I’ll never forget them days, may have been the most fun multiplayer game I ever played