A Mobile Version That Actually Rocks
If you told us ten years ago that we’d be playing console quality games on a mobile phone with thousands of other players, we’d think you were having a laugh. Seriously, even as consoles like Sony’s PSP handheld showcased huge improvements to the graphics of portable consoles, the thought of playing something as advanced as Fortnite and having its connection run so seamlessly was totally unthinkable. But here we are. Fortnite Mobile isn’t just a halfway decent experience, it’s a very capable game.
Sure, touchscreen controls can be a little finicky at times, but it all works much better than you might imagine. And yes, while you can play exclusively with other mobile players, the cross-platform play puts those using a smaller screen at a big disadvantage, though with practice, it isn’t half as bad as it probably should be versus console players.
Most of all, we loved that Epic’s commitment to Fortnite’s quality has permeated to the mobile version too. All too often we see mobile spin-offs of popular video games end in a mediocre product; scrappily implemented with a scattershot approach that’s more concerned with trying to make a quick buck from a massive audience. But no, Fortnite Mobile is brilliantly done. It’s well optimized for its platform, both with respect to its performance and the various tweaks to the controls so that it better suits the limitations of the hardware it runs on.
