The popular free battle royale Fortnitewhich has between 3 and 4 million players worldwide, has carried out a new and impressive virtual event within the game that marked the end of Chapter 3 Season 5 and the subsequent debut of this new chapter 4.
The new season just arrived this week brings a completely new island to explore, different ways to move and new weapons, plus a new Battle Pass with attractive skins of various well-known characters from the world of video games.
The new Fortnite island
After the events of the end of chapter 3, during the final event called “Fracture”, a new island emerged and with it the original Fortnite map was reformulated.
It all started on Saturday with a lively showdown against the Herald, who ended up taking over the previous island, covering it entirely in chrome.
the character of The paradigmintroduced last season, he was in charge of regenerating the Fortnite map with a new island from fragments of those that existed in previous chapters filled with new locations.
The Citadel, a brutal stronghold nestled in the snow-capped mountains, the vast farmlands on the Big Farm, the Kinetic Quarry, the City of Contrast or the Far Laboratories are some of the new locations. all these areas they have no relation to last seasonnor any previous season.
When playing as a team, and if you stay long enough at a point of interest capture point, your team’s banners will appear to declare that point is yours. This conquered point of interest will reveal the location of chests and opponents.
increased capabilities
One of the main differences of Chapter 4 compared to the previous ones is seen during the game, as now the player has the random option to choose Reality increases to customize your game. There are two at the start, but that number can be increased until the end of the game.
This kind of “perks” has particular names, in perfect Fortnite style. For example, the so-called “Light Fingers” make reloading weapons with light ammunition faster. Or the “Acrobat” case that allows you to redeploy the glider for the rest of the game. There are a total of 22 to choose from.
Also noteworthy is the weapons section with the debut of the melee weaponssuch as the electric hammer, which not only deals damage to opponents, but also throws them away.
Also, Chapter 4 – Season 1 brought as a novelty the Excaliber semi-automatic rifle which fires a ballistic blade that explodes shortly after impact. The Tactical Pistol, Red Dot Assault Rifle, and Rapid Loading SMG can also be used.
As for the rifles they sport the Bolt-on Thunderbolt which deals high damage and fires two shots at once, and the expert auto for fast firing, but moderate range and damage.
How is the new Battle Pass
When paying the 950 PaVos (US$7.99, nearly 2500 pesos to the day’s dollar) the player will have in his possession the first pass of the Chapter 4 Battle Pass with the same page theme and full of rewards, among which the new characters stand out.
At the beginning, the character Selene will be available. But since stars are earned by completing missions or winning games, which are used to unlock rewards, the Battle Pass will give away Massai, Dusty, Nezumi, Helsie, and The Eternal.
As the season progresses, more will become available. rewards related to various well-known characters from the world of video games, such as Fate killerthe real protagonist of the classic shooter, and the paid monster hunter Geralt of Riviaprotagonist of The Witcher.
New graphics engine
Even if it’s been a while since they entered Unreal engine 5the free battle royale recently took advantage of many of the novelties of its latest version on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC, with the dishes NVIDIA RTX 2080, AMD Radeon 5700 or higher – which visually enhanced the game in all its aspects.
Epic Games has slightly modified for this Chapter 4 the Artistic directionNanite -highly detailed geometry-, Lumen -global illumination, ray-traced reflections-, virtual shadow maps, and Temporal Super Resolution are used to improve performance, among other tweaks, such as the destruction system.
As explained by Epic Games, trees now display around 300,000 polygons, and every stone, flower, or blade of grass is modeled. Lumen also helps to give a more natural look to the materialsespecially in the interiors, where the new lighting system stands out.
Fortnite is a free video game available on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce NOW.
Source: Clarin
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