In the gaming industry, online games have been attracting lots of players due to their characteristics of interaction and enjoyment, especially battle royales with a highly competitive level. Among the most famous battle royales of all time are Fortnite and PUBG, both with their special factors and great fan-base. Although these games have passed their golden time, they still stand a certain spot in each battle royale player. However, there have been many discussions over the quality of those game, whether game is better and why. In this topic, we shall point out 5 things that are better in Fortnite.
PC specs requirements
PUBG is developed based on Unreal Engine 4, which can result in good graphic quality and highly detailed texture. This is a bonus for this game when operating on a high-end computer, but it would require PC specifications at a high level. Gamers with low-end to mid-end PCs can not experience the game with its full potential. Another problem is that PUBG, at the early stages of the game, has witnessed lots of reports of bug, lagging and graphic issues. Meanwhile, Fortnite do not require a superb PC to fully experience the game, which makes the game more accessible, from that point more and more gamers can get to try the game. Moreover, Epic Games, the creator of Unreal Engine and publisher of Fortnite did a great job in the compatibility of Fortnite to PC platform.
Looting mechanics
Weaponry in every battle royale game is so important that it can influence the playstyle of players, as well as the results in a match. In PUBG, players have quite a limited choice of looting due to the possibility of ambushing in certain open area. Therefore, players need to gather weapons in some specific area, but sometimes it relies on luck to get necessary equipment at the beginning of the game. Whereas in Fortnite, the weapons can be found across the map with equal in possibility to spawn.
Besides, weapon in Fortnite has a very distinguish ranking, with the clear color title, dividing them in to specific rarity of common, uncommon, rare, epic, and legendary. There is no ranking system in PUBG. You must do your own research to determine which gun is more potent, sometimes it may require luck.
Map
Fortnite has changed map for a few times, makes it total of 3 maps, one map for each Chapter. The map of Fortnite is comparatively smaller than that of PUBG, which makes running to safe zone without being caught by the storm quite easy. Moreover, there are multiple events that had effect on the map, which bears some boss and little details all over the map. Some of the most interesting events were: The Seven, The Cube, The break-out of Zero Point.
Regular updates
Epic Games has made the replay value of the game higher by updating the game regularly, including seasonal skins and events, which can consist of cosmetic or new skins for characters, most of them are usually fun to see within the game. Fortnite also get update on the gameplay, graphic and mechanic regularly, to match the themed battle passes seasons. In contrast, PUBG has limited updates on its graphics, cosmetic or the gameplay, making it become more and more boring throughout the time. Both 2 games share the same amount of merch and related tournaments in
Storyline
Unlike PUBG from Blue Hole, Fortnite actually has lore and storyline to explain why players are gathered inside a circle, forced to fight to find the last man standing. While PUBG has no lore for us to understand why a bunch of people are “summoned” on an island and then dropped into some abandon sites, killing each other. The good gameplay can make up for those mistakes, but for some players, there is no point of wandering around, looting and killing other people. While Fortnite offers players with storyline of battle royale, which explains everything about the loop, how people get trapped in the circle. The storyline of Fortnite is actually happening time by time, with the changes, updates of the maps, mini events and mini bosses.
