‘Underwater’ Fortnite? Wait for the Inevitable Avatar Movie Crossover
Hollywood simply needs this promotional tie-in. So does Fortnite, which is starting to lose popularity. | Source: Fox Studios
- The latest Fortnite leak has just dropped and it seems like underwater swimming will be added to the game.
- Right now the feature seems like it’s a temporary one for an upcoming live event.
- It might do the game some good if underwater swimming became a more permanent feature of the game.
A new Fortnite link has just dropped and it’s a doozy. Twitter account, Skin-Tracker, has discovered some new animations that hint at underwater swimming being added to the game. After regular swimming has been added a few months ago.
Fortnite’s new Underwater swimming is probably a temporary addition. But, should it be temporary? Could Fortnite actually benefit from the massive shakeup that this feature would bring? Personally, I think it might actually do the game same good.
The Direction Fortnite Has Been Heading In Lately
There’s a lot of discussions going on surrounding Fortnite right now. There’s a hardcore community who think the game is dying. At the same time, the casual community just spent a day thanking Epic Games for their work on the title over the past few months.
Clearly, the casual community feels more supported. If that is the case, then the inclusion of underwater swimming is going to be a big bonus. Both for casuals and ‘hardcore’ players alike, at least potentially.
As pointed out by ComicBook.Com, underwater swimming will mess with the meta of the game . If you can suddenly hide underwater, then the dominant strategy for playing could suddenly change. After all, why hide in a bush when you can hide underwater.
There’s More Too It Than Just Adding Swimming
As much fun as this Fortnite leak is, it does raise some questions. The main one is how underwater swimming is going to work. Will oxygen be tracked? How visible will you be to people above and below the water level? All of these will affect how useful underwater swimming can become.
Currently, we don’t know what the event swimming is being added for. Possibly some sort of movie crossover. Maybe even for Avatar 2 which is supposed to be coming out next year and heavily features underwater scenes . After all, Disney owns the IP now, and Fortnite has already featured Disney properties with that Avengers crossover from last year.
No matter what happens, it’ll be interesting to see what underwater swimming adds to the game. Maybe if it’s good we can convince Epic to keep the feature around after the event. I won’t be holding my breath though.
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