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Anon pitches a new game (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (9 children)

They honestly need to look at Fortnite as the model. It wasn’t meant to be this massive AAA game. It was a modest game with a unique concept (building). Adding battle royal was done on a whim. It just happened to click with millions of people.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    IIRC it was a joke mode to make fun of how popular BRs were.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I don't think this is quite right as BRs were new at the time. When Fortnite released there was really only PUBG in the battle royale space.

    I believe it was something closer to a prototype they made in a month or two simply because they liked Battle Royales and thought it would be a fun gamemode to add a side thing.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Excuse me, Minecraft Hunger Games maps were a thing as well! ☝️🤓

    (But yes, I agree, BRs were new.)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    there was really only PUBG in the battle royale space

    H1Z1 really having an Ozymandias moment rn

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I couldn't remember the name of this one, but looking it up, it actually had really good numbers in the range of 80-150k concurrent players.

    So I was wrong, I recalled PUBG being the dominant game at the time with very little of anything else near its numbers.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I remember there being PUBG and some other twitchslop where the gas was neon green and exiting a moving car at any speed would down you. I think there was a third BR that was raging before Fortnite

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah PUBG wasn't the only one on the market, but everything else wasn't anywhere near the punching weight, as PUBG was breaking steam records.

    There was an indie battle royale that was struggling, a Minecraft BR mod, and I think the one you're describing though I can't even remember it's name. None of then were really competitors for PUBG and more of trying to edge in a little bit of their spotlight.

    Until Fortnite, of course.

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