Irina "Zemlia" Sukhanova Epic Games continues to add new creative activities to the world of Fortnite. After the LEGO survival game and races from the creators of Rocket League, a rhythm game called Fortnite Festival was released by the experts of the genre, Harmonix Music Systems, creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
All this is part of the plan to transform Fortnite from a battle royale into a platform filled with various interesting things for every taste. In the case of Fortnite Festival, it's a full-fledged music game inside Fortnite.
You will be hitting notes to popular songs, but instead of doing this on a toy guitar or drum set, you use a game controller or mouse with keyboard.
The rules are simple: notes move along a track, and you have to press (or hold) the corresponding button in time. Naturally, some Fortnite twists were added: you choose an avatar, for example, Peely the banana, and can express emotions during certain parts of the songs.
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Alex Rigopulos from Harmonix says the following:
The modes that we’re launching this week — you can think of it as the opening act of Festival, there’s more to come — they take familiar and beloved elements from our previous games, but are presenting them to the world in this social context of Fortnite, which has never really been done before. And in particular, Festival will be the first time that a full-blown, AAA music experience is offered in a free-to-play format. So just the sheer reach and the total absence of social friction is really unprecedented, and we couldn’t do it anywhere other than Fortnite.
The game also has its own system, similar to a battle pass, called Festival Pass, where players can pay to unlock songs and cosmetics, including a Weeknd skin.
The addition of Fortnite Festival makes a lot of sense, given the significant attention to music in the game. There are emotes, big in-game events, and the ability to listen to the radio while characters travel around the map.
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