Fortnite gamers usually are not pleased with the Winterfest occasion for 2023, as they declare it’s “devoid of all persona.”
Fortnite has had rather a lot to supply in current occasions, with Season OG being closed out with the large Chapter 5 replace, which has introduced extra methods to play Fortnite than ever earlier than.
From the traditional battle royale, which encompasses a new map, to LEGO Fortnite and Rocket Racing, there’s a lot to get pleasure from. On prime of all this, there’s a recent Battle Go with thrilling new cosmetics and skins, and with Christmas across the nook, the annual Winterfest occasion has arrived.
Winterfest provides gamers a chance to earn free Christmas-themed cosmetics, and it’s one thing gamers will stay up for annually. Normally, there’s a cabin during which gamers can scroll and click on via to get their rewards. Nonetheless, Epic have determined to scrap that for Winterfest 2023.
This has led to outrage locally, with Reddit posts comparable to Sklarlight’s highlighting the occasion’s lack of “persona, effort and character.”
The put up confirmed a picture of the earlier Fortnite Winterfest hub UI, the cabin, subsequent to a picture of this yr’s extra easy menu-style format. A meme of Pewdiepie might be seen with the caption “it’s evolving, simply backwards” on the backside of the picture, displaying their emotions in direction of the elimination of the cabin.
Others really feel equally too, as one remark learn, “Christmas is canceled,” whereas one other identified that there wasn’t even a trailer: “Not even a cinematic this yr.”
Gamers are upset with the dearth of “effort” for the 2023 Winterfest Christmas occasion, however some really feel it’s comprehensible since they’ve dropped a lot new massive content material over the previous few weeks, “In all probability needed to pull assets away from Winterfest to work on the three different video games(not modes!) they launched this yr.”
LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Competition are all new additions in Chapter 5, so maybe a variety of the time spent on these new modes prevented them from placing extra work into Winterfest.
Maybe extra effort can be put in for subsequent yr. Till then, take a look at how many individuals are presently taking part in Fortnite.