Lego Fortnite is the biggest thing Fortnite’s done since battle royale

polygon.com:

When Epic Games first pitched Fortnite back in 2012, it envisioned a cooperative sandbox game of crafting, building, and survival. Players would scavenge for supplies during the day, build shelters and weapons, then fend off creatures of the night when the sun set, à la Minecraft.

Fortnite was a modest success for Epic when it was a survival game; it didn’t become the global phenomenon as we know it until Epic added the now-dominant battle royale mode.

Lego Fortnite, out today and included for free as part of Fortnite, takes the game back to its roots. Lego Fortnite is a game of crafting, building, and survival in an open-world sandbox aimed at all ages.

As a Lego game, it’s both more diminutive and bigger than ever. Epic Games said at a recent press preview event that Lego Fortnite’s procedurally generated maps are nearly 20 times the size of the Fortnite battle royale maps with which players are familiar. It’s also overflowing with Lego pieces; more than 10,000 types of bricks and other Lego elements are stuffed into Lego Fortnite for players to build bases, villages, and, well, just about anything they can imagine with real-world Lego bricks.

In Lego Fortnite, you play as cute Lego minifig versions of Fortnite’s beloved original characters (Fishstick, Brite Bomber, Beef Boss, Raven, Peely, et al.). Epic says some 1,200 existing Fortnite skins will be available in Lego-fied form in its new survival sandbox game.

Lego Fortnite plays much like other survival sandbox games, like Minecraft or a much more kid-friendly Rust. Players enter a world that’s procedurally generated, choosing either to freely build or fight for survival in a variety of biomes. They start out mostly helpless, receiving aid from a Fortnite non-playe