The newest model to promote to kids by way of Fortnite Battle Royale is Nike, slamming and jamming in a brand new occasion mode that sends gamers sliding and grinding by way of a downhill impediment course. Grab cash, basketballs, and sneakers to attain factors, do fancy tips utilizing Impulse Bombs, hurl Boogie Bombs to screw with rival ravers… it’s fairly enjoyable, if fairly wonky for being smooshed into Fortnite. The mode additionally brings challenges to unlock ornamental skateboards to put on in your again, the kewlest accent of all.
The ‘Downtown Drop’ Limited Time Mode arrived in Fortnite yesterday within the Fortnite X Jumpman advertising thing. Looks prefer it’ll be out there till Tuesday, June 4th.
Made by Fortnite Creative mode builders “NotNellaf” and “Tollmolia”, the extent is a downhill stunt course for as much as sixteen sk8r bois with a great deal of ramps, alternate paths, and hidden goodies for us to whizz down with our bizarre diminished friction. It can really feel good while you construct up pace and preserve it however feels very odd and awkward when going gradual or hitting obstacles. Jet Set Radio, it isn’t.
It jogs my memory a little bit of Sonic Adventure 2’s San Francisco degree, although that is supposedly set in in a mock-Brooklyn with the overhead tracks and all. The janky motion additionally jogs my memory of the Quake hoverboarding mod Slide. Which results in a mode that yeah, is usually notable as a novelty however that’s enjoyable sufficient for a fleeting occasion mode. I’ll play sufficient to finish just a few of the challenges, which reward skateboards and sprays.
Epic are additionally promoting Clutch and Grind, a bundle of female and male skins with branded clothes and Nike footwear, with additional types accomplished by unlocking challenges. They’re 1800 V-Bucks for the pair. While the gittishness of microtransaction shops means you’ll be able to’t simply purchase 1800 virtuadollars, 2000 V-Bucks could be £16. Given the social pressure to buy fancy skins already felt by some younger’uns in Fortnite, it’s kinda unlucky to see the addition of a model already concerned in quite a lot of real-world peer stress.
Fortnite Battle Royale stays free-to-play through the Epic Games Launcher.
