Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 is now reside, and whereas the highlight is on the Greek gods and goddesses, gamers have identified the “ridiculous” retailer costs for the newly-added Lego Fortnite bundles.
Season 2 of Fortnite Chapter 5 has now begun, and never solely did it add Greek gods like Zeus to the battle royale, however gamers may wield a few of their godly energy, which has made for some epic showdowns. Its different mode, Lego Fortnite, hasn’t obtained a lot love.
One of many additions to the mode was the LEGO Kits to the store, which lists a number of bundles with bunch of pre-designed buildings and gadgets that you may purchase for V-Bucks in Lego Fortnite. Nevertheless it isn’t low-cost, and now gamers are calling out its “bulls**t” pricing.
Reddit consumer ‘Skylanderformer’ made the put up on ‘FortNiteBR’ subreddit saying, “Yeah Epic must make a brand new finance division, that is ridiculous.”
The OP pointed on the Beachside Boulevard Bundle, which incorporates 7 builds and 44 decor gadgets. It prices 1,900 V-Bucks presently, which is roughly $18.
This isn’t even the most costly merchandise within the LEGO Kits store in Fortnite, a brand new Lion Knight’s Citadel Bundle shall be added for two,500 V-Bucks later, and the one different set accessible now prices 2,000 V-Bucks. And these are all “low cost” charges.
Many within the feedback mentioned that these store costs aren’t truthful, particularly for a not-yet-fledged-out mode like Lego Fortnite: “I like how they’re charging 2.5k vbees for digital legos for a recreation mode that also has but to have a core gameplay loop nor an precise endgame. Greed at its best. Any whales who purchase this must be ashamed for supporting it.”
One other consumer mentioned, “Why does Epic act as if Lego Fortnite is a stand-alone recreation? Like this barely qualifies as an alpha.”
Others, in the meantime, mentioned that for a artistic mode the place you’re supposed to construct stuff, having these items locked behind a paywall is silly, “Like they’ve really gone f**okay this entire beauty solely s**t, that’s like if Minecraft made you pay to make use of stone or one thing. I don’t even play Lego however that is bulls**t.”