"Despite being almost entirely overshadowed by Fortnite: Battle Royale, Fortnite Save the World still has something to offer in 2022 and, in many ways, is more worth playing today than it was in 2017 due to its almost complete integration with the wider Fortnite universe."
This review focuses on aspects unique to Fortnite Save the World. For a comprehensive look at Fortnite as a whole, check out our full review here.
Fortnite Save the World offers engaging gunplay and the chance to build the type of buildings that would be torn to shred in Fortnite Battle Royale. It’s the more creative of the two modes and enjoyable to play.
When you add in semi-frequent vBucks rewards from completing daily and weekly quests, you have a very appealing prospect for Fortnite Battle Royale players; Fortnite Save the World gives them a free way to earn cosmetic items and vBucks, which are usable in both Fortnite Save the World and Fortnite Battle Royale as well as providing an avenue to practise their building and combat skills in a social and rewarding environment.
After playing for around 2 hours, I earned close to 200 vBucks and unlocked two pickaxes for use in Fortnite Save the World (and Fortnite Battle Royale); while they were admittedly basic cosmetics, it is a nice form of secondary progression and helped to make an enjoyable time a meaningful one.
Everyone likes getting loot; when that loot has a fair chance of being epic (purple) or above, things get even more interesting and, frankly, possibly addictive. Fortnite Save the World throws loot at you at a near-unparalleled rate.
Luckily, Fortnite Save the World has introduced multiple quality-of-life systems that alleviate the burden of filling your collection book; duplicate or low-level heroes, survivors, defenders, and schematics can be set to recycle automatically, and the resulting XP and rewards are deposited into your account.
Combine this with the ability to open ten loot llamas at a time without reveal animations, and you can easily open 200 loot llamas in 5–10 minutes tops; trust me, I did it myself!
Players can purchase Fortnite Save the World on all supported platforms for a relatively modest £12.99. For the amount of content it contains alone, it would be a fantastic deal; however, when you factor in that each starter pack contains a unique hero/skin playable across the Fortnite Metaverse, as well as themed quests worth 1000 vBucks, it’s almost too good to be true.
Fortnite Save the World makes grouping a pain-free experience by allowing players to hop into entirely random matches that help them progress any currently open quests or matches that meet custom criteria.
When you combine easy grouping with power scaling and shared quest progression, players of all levels and experiences can quickly jump into the same content and receive rewards suitable for their level.
Fortnite’s unique style has become almost an aesthetic in its own right, with many similar games being accused of ripping off Fortnite or utilising “Fortnite-like characters.” Fortnite is colourful, fun, innocent, and a little cheeky,and I can think of no better aesthetic for a title that enjoys an audience of all ages, from preschoolers to baby boomers and beyond.
Fortnite Save the World has many little “nice” features that make gameplay just that little bit easier, such as bulk crafting and recycling and automatic management of your survivor groups. These features allow you to spend less time worrying about min-maxing and more time having fun.
This bulk management also applies to levelling up schematics, heroes, survivors, and defenders. Players can opt to apply ten levels of upgrades simultaneously, reducing needless clicking and improving the overall gameplay experience.
Players like to look good, and accessing your Fortnite Battle Royale locker in Fortnite Save the World is a nice touch that makes Fortnite Save the World feel far more approachable to those who are only used to Fortnite Battle Royale.
While Epic Games has warned that newer Fortnite Battle Royale skins may not be supported by Fortnite Save the World, so far, that has not been the case. Except for a few pickaxes, all Chapter 1 and 2 skins, including popular ones such as Iron Man, Captain America, Kratos, Master Chief, Lara Croft, and Darth Vader, work correctly in Fortnite Save the World.
Fortnite Save the World is genuinely funny, and the interactions between the heroes, survivors, and Ray are genuinely enjoyable. Epic Games is not afraid to poke fun at itself and game tropes in general, such as pointing out how ludicrous fetch-and-carry missions are or why the heroes look in bushes for ammunition.
As of 2022, Fortnite Save the World is fully integrated with the wider Fortnite Metaverse and is now playable directly from within the mode select screen within Fortnite. Players can also progress their Battle Pass by completing challenges and missions in Fortnite Save the World, giving additional incentive for Fortnite Battle Royale players to participate.
Fortnite Save the World is a great game to play casually, but due to the RNG nature of rewards, trying to unlock a particular variation of a schematic can be very frustrating and will test the patience of those who wish to play it more seriously.
If there were an award given to game communities where vast amounts of players go AFK and leech off others, it would go to Fortnite Save the World; most matches have at least one player who sits down or dances while going AFK and leaving the fighting to the rest of the team.
These players, however, are nothing compared to trolls who deliberately edit holes in your defences to cause the team to lose points. While there are good players in Fortnite Save the World, some truly awful ones deserve a temporary ban, at the very least.
Epic Games was wrong to cut back on Fortnite Save the World’s development cadence. Yes, Fortnite Battle Royale is far larger and brings in greater revenue, but Fortnite Save the World, with equal marketing and development resources, could capture the cooperative crown in much the same way Fortnite Battle Royale has dominated the battle royale genre.
Fortnite: Save the World is a third person shooter game developed and published by Epic Games, it released on 21 July 2017, and is available on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
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I fully recommend Fortnite Save the World to fans of cooperative team-based shooters and those who enjoy Fortnite and want to experience more of the world and its lore.
We found Fortnite: Save the World to be a good game, meaning it is likely to be enjoyable for most players, despite having a few areas that could be improved upon.
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