Fortnite OG is super weird as a Zero Build player

polygon.com:

Epic Games has had quite the eventful month already. Proceedings on the Epic and Google case started this week, and the company released Chapter 4, Season 5 of Fortnite, otherwise known as Fortnite OG, to record numbers. The season leans heavily on nostalgia and brings back early-game content from the popular shooter, recreating the game as it was in July 2018 during Chapter 1, Season 5. The season functions like a perfect time machine: Players can go and revisit the exact map and items they used five years ago. But still, the current time period peeks through in other ways. That’s because the way that some people play Fortnite has changed, and the OG map is less than optimal for Zero Build players.

I, like many players, now play Fortnite in Zero Build mode. This way of playing works exactly how it sounds: It removes the ability for players to harvest materials and build structures. Epic Games first released it in spring 2022, and the addition was pretty groundbreaking. Prior to its release, Fortnite’s entire gameplay gimmick was that players could build structures and use them to gain advantages in fights. However, it turned out the game had plenty to offer its Zero Build players. Zero Build wasn’t just enjoyable; it took off and renewed interest in the game.

Fortnite’s original map predates Zero Build mode by several years. So its return makes for an interesting scenario where Zero Build players are using a map that was designed when that mode didn’t exist. In my time with Zero Build on the OG Fortnite map, it felt a bit clunky. The map has fewer locations, and each location has fewer buildings — meaning each locale provides fewer ways to get creative and either evade or approach a fight.

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