My lazy parents guide
Save The World is a one off fee of roughly £20 which is "player vs event" - basically your child can play with other children (if they have paid for the game) to defend against hordes of zombies - its the "less popular" version of fortnite - but it is a "fire and forget" purchase
The "free" version is Fortnite Battle Royale - which is the widely media covered version - this is online only and can be played
A. By themselves
B. With friends
The Battle Royale mode can be enjoyed "for free" but you have 3 choices
1. Free - no dances or outfits other than very sporadic "free" ones
2. Pay 9 quid for a season battle pass - if your child completes it (over 3 months) they will earn enough "free money" - called Vbucks - to pay for the next season - a sensible child can make the 9 quid initial purchase last indefinitely. They will unlock many outfits and dances over the 3 months, although they don't offer any gameplay advantage
3. What Epic wants you to do - Choice 2 - but spend all the free money they give you on even MORE dances, so when the 3 month season ends you will need to shed out another 9 quid
We are currently mid season 7 - so you've got another 50 odd days if memory serves me correctly
Happy to answer any further questions
Re the original post - the play 3 matches with friends reward is totally pointless - its a spray of some holly IIRC - not worth it
We pay the £9 quarterly whuch all said and done is a decent deal for the amusement he gets from it. Bought Save the World and he seems to enjoy it too so it's all good. He is only allowed on the ps at weekends so it lasts a long while entertainment value for cost.
Feels a bit weird playing amongst loads of children.
I think (know) loads of adults play it as well but there seems to be some sort of embarrassment factor around playing this game, whereas every other game is fine
I play it to help him, if I wasn't helping him I probably wouldn't play it as I'm rubbish
it's not that bad a game though, par for course for most of these type of games and I think the slightly tongue in cheek way of treats itself works quite well.
