After months of rumors, Fortnite has lastly gone on all the way down to South Park, and, effectively, it sort of sucks. To be truthful, Fortnite followers have loved some critically glorious collaborations over the previous couple of months, from the Energy Rangers Battle Go to the Simpsons takeover in November. Now, although, the hateable scamps from South Park have invaded the map for a collaboration that merely misses the mark.
This partnership consists of many components, however there’s one we’re actually going to deal with right here: the Stick of Reality mythic merchandise. Whereas not a weapon or mobility software, the Stick of Reality permits the one who holds it to “management the storm.” That sounds cool, in concept. In observe, it makes Battle Royale an absolute nightmare.
When somebody triggers the Stick of Reality, it instantly units the ultimate storm circle wherever the holder is positioned at that second. From then on, the storm does not cease shrinking till there’s one particular person or workforce left standing. It mainly initiates the endgame, leaving most gamers elsewhere on the map in an countless run to wherever the circle is closing in on, hoping to not get killed by the storm.As soon as the Stick of Reality comes into play, all strategic gameplay goes out the window, and chaos reigns. Maybe that is on function, provided that this occasion is titled “Born in Chaos.” Nevertheless it makes the sport much less enjoyable for these on the lookout for a easy Battle Royale expertise. As a substitute of being about the perfect workforce surviving, it turns into a few race to the Stick of Reality, rendering long-range weapons like a sniper rifle or rocket launcher pointless.
Being the particular person to activate it does not imply you are going to win. Due to the South Park occasion’s Kenny Respawn token, you’ll be able to each die and win the match. This was my expertise as my workforce and I circled in on the remaining gamers for a last showdown. I used to be killed early by a whole workforce of arc-lightning gun wielders, solely to be miraculously saved by the identical tentacled monster that takes care of Kenny. As I dropped again all the way down to the map, I landed on prime of a tower within the precise center of the ultimate circle and easily crouched there hiding till I gained.
It was an inexpensive victory and one thing that will solely occur in a state of affairs like this, the place 20 gamers try to dispatch of one another in a tiny area, with bullets, lightning, and explosives flying freely. Our workforce took house the Victory Royale as a result of I lucked out and landed in hiding spot. That is not the way you need to win Fortnite and, finally, the Stick of Reality makes that incidence approach too possible. I would not be against the Stick of Reality being an merchandise in modes like Reload or Delulu, nevertheless it’s simply too highly effective for Battle Royale video games. Sadly for this occasion, it does not get significantly better past the Stick of Reality. The store bundle skins are all the identical kind of children-in-mech-suits as The Simpsons occasion, although right here they’re all themed to the South Park youngsters. The additional gadgets, together with pickaxes, again blings, and one of many lamest IP-based emotes in a very long time actually do not make up for the shortcomings. In addition they value a fairly penny, with the bundle that does not embrace the Towelie sidekick costing 4,000 V-bucks. (The Towelie sidekick, the one merchandise within the store I feel is worth it, is a separate 1,200 V-buck buy.)
The mini Battle Go is not significantly better. There are two worthwhile gadgets within the pack — an Imaginationland Airship glider and a Terrance and Phillip puppet pickaxe. Apart from that, the cross is usually underwhelming emotes and stickers. The mini cross is free, although, so at the very least you are not shelling out for it.
In all, this crossover looks like a bust — and all of it goes again to the occasion’s strongest merchandise. The Stick of Reality units the tone for South Park’s arrival in Fortnite and, to date, it is not chopping it.
