Fortnite’s Godzilla Collab Definitely Gets The Giant Monsters’ Respect

At this point, it is probably more realistic to disclose what franchises and brands are Fortnite has not passed with Epic’s Battle Royale shooter is a melting pot licensed absurditywhere they perform a series of memetic dances on the virtual corpses of everyone from Luke Skywalker and Hatsune Miku and Goku to Ariana Grande. The homogenized ur-brand of it all makes it hard for the latest in a series of announced crossovers to stand out at this point, but the latest with its Legendary Monsterverse world is definitely a cut above the rest… because Fortnite features taller monsters than most anything on the island map.

Late last week, Epic and Legendary kicked off a big new collaboration as part of Fortnite’s latest season. Godzilla vs. Kong and New Empire to the shooter. But apart from that Godzilla (himself a bit crossover queenas of late) now has a physical presence Fortnitemap of At a certain point in the game, randomly, a giant portal may appear somewhere on the island, and the first player to escape turns into Godzilla to destroy his enemies. If you have no Godzilla can take a bullet behind the kaiju to try and deplete his health bar to get rewards if you do the most damage. If you there is Godzilla, you’ll slowly but surely spend as much time stomping, heat-radiating, and skree-onking as you leave a trail of demolished buildings and dead players across the map.

What’s really impressive about all of this is that being on either end of this apocalyptic scenario is fun as hell. Godzilla is clumsy and slow, but it walks a fine line between feeling strong enough in a way that emphasizes the power and scale you’re playing with, and the sheer carnage it can inflict by tearing down the landscape or melting players with its breath. threatening, but not too strong to fight back against. But the most fun is definitely when you’re on the ground: Whether you’re miles away from Godzilla or dangerously close to his sprawling legs, Fortnite it totally got the sense of scale you want from such an encounter. The look is spot on (well, in terms of replicating Legendary’s version of the Big G), the sound design is spot on, but unlike almost everything else, the size and scope are absolute. Fortnite For years, Godzilla has felt very special.

You can see it almost everywhere on the map, as high as some of the highest mountains on the island. Your screen vibrates as it approaches or a jolt of neon-pink energy passes you by. No matter what version it is FortniteThere’s a certain level of destruction that’s part of the dynamic of the battle royale game you’re in, and Godzilla completely changes that, capable of knocking down any building worth covering in an explosion. Still, as chaotic as it is, there’s justice in it all: the beams are strong, but slow enough that you can try to sharply cross the path they burn across the earth. Getting stomped by Godzilla is less about instantly crushing you and more about its displacement, sending you and everyone nearby flying back, the scale of which is all the better to revel in. He doesn’t feel it unfair Facing off against Godzilla, however, he doesn’t feel as if he’ll be pushed around as humans struggle to deal the most damage, weaving himself evenly between their fire and Godzilla’s own radiated heat beams.

Fortnite‘s Godzilla has a sense of heaviness to it that has a very windy movement that otherwise defines the shooter (especially this season, which has re-implemented more movement mechanics to make players feel more agile and able to move more smoothly). He’s disruptive in the best sense: if he has a chance to come on at all, it may only be a few minutes into a match, no matter where you are. does to show pays attention. What else should the King of All Monsters do but demand this with his very existence?

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