LEGO Fortnite Takes Survival Crafting to a Whole New Level
07.12.2023 - 17:15
/ ign.com
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LEGO Fortnite is out now and it’s a brand new survival crafting game built in the world of Fortnite in LEGO style. Everything in the game is procedurally generated for each world you create and it’s even built in Unreal Engine 5 using Chaos physics and destruction to break LEGO bricks apart just like in real life.
This play experience is a new long term partnership between Epic Games and the LEGO Group that is speciailzing in a new open world game to let players of all ages build their own worlds with LEGO bricks digitally.
Niels B Christiansen, CEO of The LEGO Group, said, "Our partnership with Epic Games is
focused on developing digital play experiences that are designed to be fun and safe, and have
the potential to bridge the worlds of physical and digital play to inspire kids. Together with Epic
Games, we are building digital worlds designed with kids in mind from the outset - we hope
other creators and brands are inspired to do the same."
Turning over to gameplay, here's everything you need to know before diving into the survival crafting game, LEGO Fortnite.
In LEGO Fortnite, you can invite up to 8 friends total for each world. You can choose between creating a sandbox world (where you don’t have to farm for resources or worry about survival mechanics) or survival (where you have to manage your character and find resources).
If you share the world’s key with your friends, they can access it even when you’re offline. You can also have multiple worlds created at once. There are over 1,200 existing Fortnite skins that will become LEGO-ified when you select one to enter LEGO Fortnite with100 special emotes for LEGO.
When you drop into your new procedurally generated world, you’ll have to pick up some rocks and wood so you can get your first crafting recipes. You’ll have a helpful NPC to give you tips if you want when starting out as well.
Keep an eye on your status as you explore though, since you’ll need to eat regularly to maintain hunger and make fires if you get cold and alternatively cool off if you’re overheated.
The mechanics in LEGO Fortnite work similarly to Fortnite Battle Royale with sprinting being attached to an energy meter. Don’t try and swim with a depleted energy bar because you will drown and get thrown back to shore. There’s a new dodge mechanic that lets you get a little more reactive in fights as well.
You can go out and collect berries, gather wood, and even fight NPCs camped up around the world to get weapons, food, and other various items when you kill them. If you die adventuring, don’t worry, your backpack will be marked on the map and you’ll respawn at your specified respawn location. If you die getting to your backpack, you’ll be able to get both of them when you’re back since