Fortnite is altering on a regular basis. Gone are the times of Dusty Depot, Tomato City, and Deadly Fields (god, will we sound previous?) because the map is formed and reshaped each season, bringing in new mechanics, places and surprising crossovers.
Diving right into a sport at this time had us trying across the place like that one John Travolta Pulp Fiction GIF, however, with ‘Chapter 6 Season 1: Hunters‘ kicking off this week, we had been happy to see one acquainted face make a return amongst the newbies: the ‘No Emote’ signal.
These little constructions was once extra of a suggestion than an enforcement, with occasional weekly challenges daring the rule-breakers on the market to throw some shapes in entrance of them or flip them into scrap. However not any extra. Disobeying the signal’s clear directions within the newest season comes with some sky-high penalties (thanks, Polygon).
A brand new ‘No Emote’ signal has appeared on the mountain to the west of Cunning Floodgate, clearly marked by its surrounding boundaries, and pulling out your most interesting strikes in entrance of it sends you catapulting off the cliff face to your premature demise.
Being a staple of the sport for therefore lengthy, quite a lot of gamers have expectedly fallen into the lure. We cannot lie, there’s one thing virtually therapeutic with the pace at which the rule-breakers are dispatched:
We even dropped right into a sport and tried it out for ourselves. The elimination half is not nice, but it surely did deliver us just a little giggle to see the signal lastly getting its revenge on all those that have disrespected its orders prior to now.
For these after successful of Fortnite nostalgia, the sport’s “OG” map is returning this week, with Epic Video games promising that it is “right here to remain”. Positive, there is perhaps some new mechanics to get used to, however no less than we’ll recognise a number of the locales once more.