i had no desire to play this game when it was released as it essentially looked like minecraft meets the sims + guns. actually when you put it like that it kind of sounds cool, but anyway it looked dumb. regardless Epic has joined the group of game developers who have decided to rip off PUBG and make the most of this battle royale trend in gaming. strangely enough, the new game mode kind of works.
it's pretty cartoony and over the top but that alongside the build feature leads the game to be a lot more creative and a bit less stressful than you're normal H1 or PUBG game tends to be. in saying that, most of the mechanics are a straight up rip from those games. sept 26th they're releasing the mode in full which will supposedly contain squads and character customization so that should improve the game a lot in terms of replayibility. add to this the fact that they plan on making this a free to play game in 2018 (both the BR mode and the normal co-op/single play mode the game was launched with) and i think it more than warrants a go.
anyway i'm going back to play because i have 3 top 5 finishes but still haven't won a game yet.