The free-to-play video game Fortnite, has grabbed mainstream attention across several nations.

Created by Epic Games and released in July 2017, Fortnite features a single player mode and a Battle Royale which is rated T for teen and supports up to 100 players in a match.

The overall purpose of Battle Royale is to earn first place and get a Victory Royale.

Save the World isn’t popular at all and is poorly executed. Bugs and glitches all over the place create a bad experience for all players.

Whether Battle Royale players want to encounter others in close quarters combat and end up in a build battle or build their own base off in the distance and engage from distance, Fortnite allows players to do so by its variety of loot players find by searching chests, taking out enemies, or simply just finding some on the floor.

Players begin play by riding the battle bus and dropping into one of 20 named locations.

The more populated areas to drop are Tilted Towers, Salty Springs, Pleasant Park, Retail Row and Paradise Palms just to name a few.

Players can access a wide number of different weapons, meds and miscellaneous utilities by looting areas.

A big part of what gives loot meaning are the rarity types. From worst to best everything is ranked from Common (Gray), Uncommon (Green), Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple), and Legendary (Gold). Players are always searching for that Gold Scar or Chug Jug, Green Med Kit or Mini Shields and Epic launch pads.

A storm will form, and players will have to run into the safe zone which is randomly generated every game about every minute.

One issue found in this game is the inconsistency with shotguns. The problem with this is getting seven damage with the pump or 175 damage and it happens quite frequently.

That is a big problem because every weapon should be given a set amount of damage to each part of the body and not just toss out a random number every shot.

V-Bucks are a big part of the game as players can purchase them in the store or by gaining tiers in the battle pass. They are used for purchasing player skins, emotes, pickaxes or gliders.

It is a good marketing strategy by Epic Games to mimic Call of Duty’s COD Points system and seems to be enjoyed by the community which has the same player base as Call of Duty because it is not “Pay to Win”. Fortnite has been very successful over the past 12 months and looks to continue its reign as the most talked about game even with some heavy contenders like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 coming out this fall.