'It took a while, we know': Epic Games is introducing a first-person camera to Fortnite, which I'll probably just use to look at all the Peter Griffin skins

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Fortnite is getting a new camera perspective, and I'm cautiously excited to see what that means for the battle royale. It was revealed in a presentation slide during the State of Unreal livestream at GDC 2024. It was here that Epic Games not only outlined a public roadmap for Fortnite but also confirmed that we'll likely get to play in first-person perspective later this year. 

You can get a proper look at what the first-person camera will be like around an hour and six minutes into the livestream as a couple of short videos are shown off. It does look a lot more detailed compared to what gazing down a scope currently looks like, which is definitely a relief—you may not think about it much, but Fortnite is surprisingly beautiful and littered with all sorts of helpful items, so it would be a shame for all of that to go to waste. 

I'm excited to see Fortnite in a new way, but this change does raise some questions: Will it be its own separate mode or just an option for players to switch to during a match? None of this is clear yet, and I can only think of a couple of scenarios where a first-person camera would be better than just having the regular third-person perspective. 

Fortnite, like any battle royale, is chaotic. With players dropping from the sky, zipping around using Attack on Titan's ODM gear, or crashing around in a storm of lightning, you never know where your next opponent is going to come from, so building forts or just stealthily running around the map looking to get a drop on someone is usually your best bet to secure a win. Third-person perspective is great at helping you here, you can see around corners and get a better look at your surroundings just in case someone does decide to drop on your head. While I can see first-person helping you indoors or in tight areas where accuracy is more important than awareness, I certainly wouldn't choose to change my perspective for an entire game. 

Honestly, right now, the only use I can see this new camera having