Hello Everyone
Lately I have been having my ear to the pulse if you will, been on the beat as a rook in the whole VG scene. And it's vicious in these theoretical video game streets for an on duty officer of the hype
. For the past few months in media and news their has been this surge of pure gaming hype from celebrities to talk shows to everyone in between all playing 2 games but most specifically fortnite probably because it's free and at first I thought it was a niche but it seems like it refuses to die. This game is HUGE!!! I mean everyone is playing it.
Even Drake played it.
On my friends list it's literally over a dozen people playing fortnite battle royale. Every YouTuber sees the dollar signs and is all of a sudden a Fortnite streamer. It seems like i'm the one person in the universe who hasn't been consumed by the bug yet. Which was how I was with minecraft for almost a decade lol. I just wonder how epic it really is because I really don't remember myself liking many games that rely heavily on online to push their fun. I never am good and rather enjoy an amazing plot and story. cod being the exception.
Fortnite is entering another galaxy of hype in which ive never seen before. It's beyond this plain of existence. I remember seeing it announced long ago, and thinking "wow that game looks lame" but boy was I wrong
. It really has taking the game scene by storm.
PUBG as well garnered some hype before Fortnite went full rage mode with marketing and power. I do know they are very different and like apples and oranges but from my understand they are both open world multiplayer games. Do you find it crazy that modern gaming has moved to online specific games like PUBG, Fortnite and Overwatch to be the holy grails. How do you think this will effect how people look back on this gen when servers go down and nobody can play these games 30 years from now?
Have you been consumed by the big hype tornado taking over VG county. Or have you been one of the ones who has seeked shelter until the hype calms down a bit
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What are your thoughts on these modern giants of the gaming industry and do you think their hype will be long lasting or just a amazing faze? For everyone Minecraft (long lasting legacy) their is a Tonk Hawk's pro skater or Guitar Hero. Games that seemed to take over the world but were short lived after maybe one dominant generation
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts.