Fortnite OG is super weird as a Zero Build player

Epic Games’ month has been quite eventful. The Epic Games and Google Case started proceedings this week. FortniteAlso known as Fortnite OG has seen record sales. This year’s season is based heavily on nostalgia. The popular shooter has brought back its early-game features. It’s like an instant time machine. Players can revisit their exact maps and the items that they had five years earlier. The current period still shows up in some other ways. That’s because the way that some people play Fortnite The OG map has been changed and is not optimal for players of Zero Build.

Like many other players, I now play Fortnite in Zero Build mode. The Zero Build Mode is just as it sounds. It eliminates players’ ability to build and harvest structures. Epic Games introduced it to the world in 2022. It was a pretty revolutionary addition. It was released in spring 2022. Fortnite’s entire gameplay gimmick was that players could build structures and use them to gain advantages in fights. The game turned out to have a lot of content for its Zero Build fans. Zero Build wasn’t just enjoyable; it took off and renewed interest in the game.

Fortnite’s original map predates Zero Build mode by several years. So its return makes for an interesting scenario where Zero Build players are using a map that was designed when that mode didn’t exist. Zero Build was a great experience for me on the OG. Fortnite map, it felt a bit clunky. The map has fewer locations, and each location has fewer buildings — meaning each locale provides fewer ways to get creative and either evade or approach a fight.

Mobility is a bigger issue. The OG map has high spots that players can climb, but to reach them, they need a grappling weapon or a zipline, which can be accessed only by running across an open space. In terms of items with grappling abilities, there’s the Grappler, which is a plunger-like gun that allows you to move upward, but it’s not quite as smooth and fast-moving as the later Grapple Glove. Some locations don’t have golf carts, so I found myself spending a lot of time running across vast open areas of the map. It makes sense that the map was originally created with large open areas for construction. This map was the first time I’d ever reached my energy cap while sprinting as a Zero Build. We hoarded Rift-To-Gos as if our lives were at stake, because we used them so often to get into a tight spot.

Despite all this, I’m still finding things to enjoy about OG FortniteEven as a player of Zero Build, you can enjoy this map. It’s a super different map when compared to the Chapter 4, Season 4 map — and that in and of itself has provided just enough variation in play to make it interesting. My friends and I got used to the new map after a few matches. In addition, this map is only available for one month. Personal, I love any new update that gets people to come back. I care less if the map is perfect, so long as it’s a catchy enough idea to cajole my regular squad of players into playing the game again.