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Epic Games “Fortnite” Starts Chapter 3, Spider-Man, Dwayne Johnson, etc. | TechCrunch Japan

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Epic Games has released a brief introduction to Chapter 3 of the popular game Fortnite and its first season, Flipped. The world of Fortnite, where the island was flipped by the flip phenomenon that occurred in the last event of Chapter 2 and switched to a completely new map, seems to be changing the gameplay itself.

For example, two actions, “slide” and “swing”, have been added to enable faster movement than before. It’s easier to say that slides are sliding. If you use it on a downhill slope, it will move faster than you normally run, and it will be less likely to be shot by enemies. The swing shoots a rope like Spider-Man and moves three-dimensionally like flying using centrifugal force.

You can also camp with an item tent to help your squat recover health, store up to 3 items, and use them in future matches.

Also, if you advance to a high enough position in the match (4th or higher for solo, 2nd or higher for duo, victory is required for trio and squad), you will get a Victory Crown, and you can play with that crown in the next match, and you can play XP. You can get it. Also, if you win while wearing the crown, you will also get a limited emote. It is said that this emote reflects the number of times the crown was worn and won during the season.

From the v18.40 patch of the previous season, it is possible to acquire XP other than battle royale, and Fortnite keeps the top players and keeps the fun of battle royale, but not necessarily for battle. It seems that they want to promote the use of metaverse by players who do not.

In addition, in Chapter 3 Season 1 Battle Pass, you can unlock 6 characters in addition to the collaborative Spider-Man, and you can also unlock the foundation played by Dwayne Johnson as the season progresses. In addition, characters from another Epic Games game, Gears of War, Marcus Phoenix and Kite Diaz, have also appeared in the trailer footage.

The appearance of various characters may help to attract new players to Fortnite. Also, adding actions such as slides and swings is likely to be an element that expands the range of Fortnite’s play style.

In addition, it seems that many people who played the new chapter immediately said that the slides and added new weapons are similar to “Apex Legends”. Although there is a difference between Fort Knight as TPS and Apex Legends as FPS, there may be places where the gameplay feels the same when the actions are similar.

(Source: Epic Games, reprinted from the Japanese version of Engadget)

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