Exploring Fortnite's LOST versions

[@ARBCOOL07]

Fortnite honestly has probably the most interesting development journey of any game. Nobody could’ve anticipated back when it started development that it would go from a sort of survival horror shooter, to a battle royale game, to an entire platform for games, akin to Roblox. Not to mention the fact that it would permanently change the gaming industry and become the world’s most popular game for a time.

[@ii_plagueii]

Still is the worlds most popular, in certain regions

[@GaffsNotLaffs]

@@ii_plagueiireread that

[@deccaur]

@@ii_plagueii "This game is popular everywhere, but not everywhere"

[@commanderblack5045]

Well it sure changed the gaming Industry but not in a good way

[@PurXion_legendary_777]

I believe they were the ones to start the loot crate craze I've seen in a handful of games and game updates that never happened before. Granted some of them already existed before Fortnite, but this game just made it even more popular. One of the worst things to happen to gaming.

[@DavidWillson-c4n]

Imagine if fortnite released in 2013 it's actually released on PC Xbox 360 and PS3

[@SobbleWobble13]

Game probably would have died faster tbh

[@AlienFan25]

While 2013 is my favorite year. Gotta agree with the comment above me. Wouldn't have lasted long.

[@rene_mxo]

@@AlienFan25why is 2013 your favorite year?

[@AlienFan25]

@rene_mxo Just great memories with my family and at the time friends. Playing cod, gears, and minecraft. That and the decade after. 13 to 23. Man I hope that can be repeated my life.

[@Fadedthanah0]

@@rene_mxopixel gun 3D happened 😪

[@C0ck_team]

0:28 it was called Project Fortress, the reason the folder was called FortressGame is because thats how Unreal Engine works, the game files will always be under the game's name + "Game" folder

[@gavin_bigred]

its crazy how many assets that were in the game since the beginning are still in now

[@coolcat39123]

i remember seeing the search mechanic pop up in reload LOL

[@CaprinaeSL]

@@coolcat39123 that still happens lmao. Reload had a bug the other week for about an hour, where the lobby would be spawned onto a white square (like 2x2 sized) with nothing but pickaxes. No pre-game either, as soon as your match started you'd spawn onto the square

[@coolcat39123]

@@CaprinaeSL its weird how that mode is more scuffed than anything else

[@jontheartist5918]

Save the world hasn't died. It regularly has around 20k players. It's just very community driven to the lack of updates. It seems like epic is intentionally pushing down and making people forget about the mode, which is sad.

[@waux]

I never really got into it because it seemed like something you need a lot of time for, but when I played it, it was fun. It just kinda has a certain vibe to it that no other game can create.

[@jontheartist5918]

@ Yeah, it's a pretty time-consuming game. Takes at least 50 hours to get through all the story.

[@Cameo96_]

So it’s jus exclusive to people who bought it back in the day? I wish I had got it back then.

[@jontheartist5918]

@ Nope! You can still get it by scrolling down to the very very bottom of the item shop and purchasing the 20 dollar skin bundle that comes with the game included. You can see that because it's in the background very very tiny without any text.

[@macethedestroyer4677]

I believe there are 2011/2012 builds of the game it is just those people who dont want to release it

[@TheReclaimer7]

They won’t share water with thristing people 🥲

[@macethedestroyer4677]

​@@TheReclaimer7 Yeah, I believe it is bullshit for epic, and the prototype holders to gate keep the game away from the public

[@VaIouu]

Yes there are

[@MonikwithDaButter]

Something i find fascinating the most ever since videogames started is that literally nobody developing games stopped at making advances at all, its been consant work and research back to back every year every decade until now from every game development team at the same time. 2011 feels like it was a lifetime ago but it was 13 yrs ago, but its crazy to me a lot of games started back then at the same time.

[@hadrianadrian]

I'm not even a Fortnite fan and yet I still find this video interesting. Like, I don't hate Fortnite I just never really played it. Game development in general is an interesting topic to me.

[@rene_mxo]

You should play it bro

[@MonikwithDaButter]

youre missing out on godzilla with jordans

[@coolcat39123]

i play fortnite and im also interested in the game development!! its a bit tragic how all of their effort was basically wasted in the pursuit of a flashy battle royale mode and epic basically ignores the game mode now

[@shiffyrossell1228]

Damn bruh...you made me spit my coffee out​@@MonikwithDaButter

[@deagle2yadome696]

play it bro

[@1650ti]

old fortnite versions are kept in their database unless some hacker leaks all this we may not see these game builds ever

[@Prime_Genji_Kamogawa]

The Face That Bro gives to you across the classroom 0:13

[@Zaadstudios]

The 1st gamer is a legend he revived talking toms grandfather

[@kruith]

So I've been playing for years I've played Save the World and Chapter 1 up to the new seasons besides a few. Everyone wants OG Fortnite back but it comes with its problems, the skill gap is still present they added Simple Edit to lessen it but that can only do so much. I used to play the game competitively clans and everything, but now it feels like there is no point. Builds is a nightmare to play if you run high ping, the new OG season has everyone complaining already because of how people play now vs how they played then. I like the big platform style they did it keeps the game alive and well, however people will keep complaining about it when ever they bring something old back. They brought back Chapter 2 and people complained that it was just a big AD, even though it was one of the best experiences for a lot of people in while. When they released Reload my group and I already knew how it was gonna turn out, nothing but sweats. This is the one game where skill based match making became a requirement to keep the game fair, the only people that really complain about it are unemployed or streamers. The game is gonna have problems bringing back anything OG in fact I think that the OG term has been stained pretty much. What I suggest is just revamping it to the modern mechanics and style and just tossing it on a map rotation for main battle royal.

[@thundiepants5010]

Probably the most Real comment about everything going on in modern day Fortnite. Been playing for years too and the community seems to complain regardless of what happens.

[@kitrinayolie]

Being a Founder account, I still play the save the world mode religiously. Sure, there was a few years of regret and not playing it, until I realized that founders accounts are worth their literal weight in Save the World gold.

[@1st]

I wish I bought save the world back in the day it looks so fun

[@Peggler]

I preordered fortnite and I'm still in Canny Valley lol, idk how you still play stw, the lack of updates, fun events, fixes, and low player count always drove me away from it.

[@k90v85]

​@@1styou should get it now, ghouls penny is great

[@fastestdino2]

I remember seeing the fortnite trailer while watching the spike game awards in the 2010's. Never would've thought it'd become what it did.

[@nuketeehee640]

Fortnite back in its early days kinda makes me sad? Like, the lighting system and general painted cartoony look it had were all just lost from chapter 2 onward. It was such an integral style / look the game had and was a big appeal for me, this big dark cartoon-esque world. You can see it on all the different painted textures, especially on stuff like the old scar/siegebreaker. The fact they basically up and abandoned that look so swiftly just kinda makes me sad, I'd even love the old lighting system / fog in Chapter 6 because gameplay-wise I think BR is great right now. Just that it's more or less abandoning its roots.

[@1st]

you cooked

[@nuketeehee640]

@@1st ive got it down to a science lmao

[@clanka5509]

Yeah I loved the old graphics the game would run smoothly but now it’s constantly having hitching and frame loss on pc and epic are doing nothing about it

[@Im_A_Glass_of_Milk]

There’s an alternate reality where epic actually released it as a horror game.

[@The-Survivalist1]

No way

[@Mineluke]

Watched this yesterday, great video man. Glad you got to show off what Fortnite was like back then to more people 🙏

[@1st]

Thanks I really appreciate it! 😁

[@Yeppiy]

The old artstyle was so good...

[@Pyrolol_]

I feel like Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, Half-life 2 are the four horsemen of fascinating dev history

[@leStripeZ]

Amazing Video bro, keep these going

[@1st]

Thank you!

[@icedtea3347]

Fortnite is one fever dream of a game. It went from a coop PVE horde/tower defense gameplay to a battle royale and became insanely popular to the point of mainstream cultural influence. Retained said influence through consistent and well beloved updates/seasons, to changing and upgrading core aspects of game play like swimming and fishing, to creative, to fallguys, to rocket racing, to legos, to an entirely sandbox platform similar to roblox where you aren't stuck to battle royale anymore. Fortnite has really changed in ways someone in 2013 or even 2017 for someone to see it's insane future. I actually like fortnite and hope it doesn't die. It's going to be in the same vain as league of legends and how that game grew along with their company rito games.

[@ChatoEditsIdk]

0:11 best skins ever ❤

[@Bobbin21000]

Please make a video about the whole aesthetic and the graphics, its all super nostalgic for me since it also looks similar to Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 1. The whole cartoony atmosphere also reminds me of Garry's Mod because it can look a bit lonely and depressing at times.

[@Hamiltill]

I remember watching tv as a kid it was before br was a thing and I got an ad for fortnite, I only ever saw it once

[@1st]

Same

[@jrock31384]

For me, I never about the game until later on. I started during CH 1 during the Halloween and stopped after that. Then I came back during CH2 season 1, and I can say I enjoyed it. I still play save the world also because I let's me know how other players are building their style. I play all the different modes also Rocket Racing, Jam festival, Lego Fornite, and the Battle Royale. I like to play it but I'm horrible but I do enjoy it. Everyone online plays differently, and that lets me know that I can learn from that and try to use it. But man, 13 years is a long time for a game that is still going. But for those who play, have fun. For those who haven't or didn't give a go, one of those modes will get you, and you can enjoy it. Also, I'm a founder, too. On save the world so the game now is under $20.00, which is a good deal as for those who know the real price for the good loot. 😊

[@conradojavier7547]

I wish Fortnote Release the Prototype Skins as The Lost Season's Battle Pass.

[@supermario2044]

The thumbnail gives "A devilish trick or intellectually disabled, Engage upon it" vibes

[@stmple1684]

THE THUMBNAIL LOOKS LIKE MEATCANYON

[@overjoyedbrass]

even if it was 1:1 people would still complain and it wouldnt be the same, players plastyle has evolved

[@makser6]

i would probably start playing fortnite again if they re-released the original seasons completely separate from the base game, so they could have it run on the unreal engine 2017 fortnite was running on at the time. imagine how groundbreaking it would be if they brought back an original 2017-2018 build or something like that

[@Deadman-hm8jr]

Awesome video man. You should do Rainbow Six Siege for next, that would be so nostalgic

[@mhajile]

Perfect video perfect format perfectly explained

[@hioman]

Imagine tellins someone when this game first came out that some day this game would let you play as goku, do kill the joker, do a dance from an adams family TV show, and then get killed by iron man

[@NavarrosGaming]

What about the 2014 playtests they had? It’s on the epic games KZbin.

[@lawfulll5532]

Great video! Can’t say I’m entirely exited where Fortnite is going now.

[@strawmelon24]

the fortressgame era is prob my fav era because it looks kinda fun to play

[@clacktrak]

Bro playing OG of OG Fortnite.

[@justafenrir]

"The Guitar Hero" When it's literally Rock Band 5.

[@ιλι]

the first gamer dropping banger after banger as always

[@UrosHajdin]

UE4 fortnite will always be special to me, it looks so beautiful.

[@chrislawler5938]

wow The OT6.5 version you were playing looks beautiful, why can't they just make the OG game look like this again

[@noobman20famousnah37]

History when talking about vs studying it This is peak history

[@conradojavier7547]

With a Retro Map as a Pernament Mode, I want the Prototype Skins as a Bundle in the Item Shop.

[@twentythreenike]

STW kinda died out during chapter 1 s4 but it’s nice to look into your inventory and see all the 1of1 weapons

[@sleprvrru6y-lin-92]

i need to see brux do an edit course in some of these lol

[@PinkRickCoat]

some facts are wrong devs still worked on save the world even after battle royal came out, and it was still very popular until about 2019 other than that very good video

[@MrJPEzra]

save the world is am amazing game but it takes dedication to learn. there are so many different mechanics to learn survivors, defenders, hero squads, survivor squads expeditions quests its a lot so i can see why BR took over it is simple easy to learn

[@yaboisuprimus]

Epic use to make FPS games back in the late 90s with Unreal and its sequel/spinoff Unreal Tournament which had 5 officially released games and one canned reboot from 2014

[@goeshardmate0945]

I used to play 2004 unreal tournament loved it

[@Thicbladi]

I still remember fn before br released I had the disc for fortnite on Xbox and I played save the world constantly it was so much fun back then

[@3fromNB]

Yay more lost media! :)

[@PezzRust]

save the world didnt die until like season 8 came out. It was great

[@nawdatzcrazy]

Project mercury has a bunch of cool stuff and is a 2015 version of save the world that’s been archived

[@deusacremosa6680]

it's amazing how a good game like this has become such a piece of crap

[@mrkrabs8664]

Greed

[@macrowdz3732]

2016 fort is clean

[@NekroWareOfficial]

I remember seeing the first trailer and the E3 2014 of Fortnite

[@TheJoJ2993]

Comparing the og texture with the current texture it's like comparing Win10 with Win11. You know which is the goat

[@hallrules]

thumbnail is literally "dis edible aint shi"

[@daizuke4678]

it's better now than back then tbh

[@aronb03]

Why won't they get back on doing something with Save The World, it still has so much potential and with the huge amounts of money they made they could've at least tried to finish what they started

[@Darouxx]

epic games needs to make the save the world source code open source or something and let the community build it

[@enderjackgaming]

the reason Fortnite is spelled F-O-R-T-N-I-T-E is because a employee actually misspelled fortnight, and the developers saw that and were like: "yknow what lets stick with that" I think it just looked more appealing than the actual correct word.

[@edujime23]

"I've got a plan" only the true one will get it from the thumbnail

[@Shrekswamp21]

Bro had a bunch of games to think of in first person and bro said overwatch 😂

[@1st]

LOL it’s just cuz the map reminded me of OW but it’s definitely closer to valorant

[@VaultBoy-kz6ed]

Fortnite is the king of making something great and then ruining it for money

[@EggeryDoo]

awesome video

[@KK_Waffles]

That's Sooo Weird😲

[@woombus4086]

Man when this came out on ps4 playing stw I thought stw was going to be the next big thing and it would blow up man I miss stw. 💔

[@TWUG3388]

In epics earliest video you can see the 2014 beta

[@LeoGearr]

Yall that always say that Fortnite will never be the same are not realizing that is not about the game, og fortnite is back but if you dont feel its the same game its because we used to be kids back then and all people was trash at the game so the magic was actually because of playing a new game

[@1st]

@@LeoGearr yeah but I literally played the alpha version in 2024 and it’s a lot better, nostalgia aside.

[@JohnnySilverhand-wd3rz]

I miss save the world 🔥🔥

[@ericbadly]

what fortnite is missing is the blur. there was always a background blur the further you looked in og fortnite. without the blur its not the same.

[@skywalker3975]

Wish ballistic was more of a cod tdm game mode instead of what it is right now

[@toopster179]

Don't forget here, only four pins per minute!

[@VictorEmerald500i1]

It feels like plotagon

[@zebre676]

The game lost its wonder and appeals to constant cheap and shallow changes to keep it alive, it's sad honestly.

[@redblueek]

how did you connect to servers in the alpha?

[@torrencecopham8755]

I miss save the world updates

[@naizo1189]

How did you download the online experience? I would gladly play it alone just for the vibe

[@PovertyIsGood]

Fortnite og graphics is what players want not the whole og seasons like yeah ooh nice og map 3rd time this year. But they never bring the graphics back. And yeah they are beautiful and i dont get why they wont it wouldn’t decrease performance as much as the newer graphics do since it released on ps4

[@CamTube8204]

Fortnite is making a GTA game! (Kind of) Fortnite (Aka Epic Games) is making a chill and hangout game that involves Lego Fortnite, in a city. You can rob banks in there too! I dont knoe the release date though.

[@vyztoze]

you should cover splatoon, its a great game

[@BugWilliams-x2s]

That early version does NOT look better than the current version LMFAO

[@KharKhar-dr1kt]

Do GTA 4 or Saints row 2 please. These was the best games

[@Olorotyrant]

The ballistic mode is a search n destroy mode

[@luisk11modshop]

considering you've played the online test version recently, is there a method to actually log into it?

[@1st]

Yeah, check out project mercury, you basically run the server on your own device instead of connecting to epics servers

[@Pluhmaster1776]

Bro got the zapatron

[@stavro9820]

All I know is that undoubtedly Chapter 6 has the best map, the best graphics, best art-style, best vibe.

[@ALiteralHamSandwich]

Why did mega og Fortnite actually look kinda sick

[@Chris_derPole]

with launcher did you uise For the OT6.5 version???

[@1st]

Project mercury

[@yoshidam1]

that chinese default bro 😭

[@OneSlasher]

how did you get ot6.5 to play?

[@Badkat57]

I kinda wanna see Borderlands done.

[@sepimomane5158]

how can i play the ot 6.5 version ?

[@blayzelane]

Can you do a video on Monster Fart by cubic frog?

[@OvercookedChips]

no way actually clear footage of the fortnite beta that doesn't look like a bigfoot sighting?

[@pox1016]

Hi! I'm the founder of Fortchive and the creator of the LMW page that you used for this video, I said clearly in the page that if you use our information you have to credit the page and the Discord server too, you credited our yt channel but that isn't enough, can you add this to the video?

[@1st]

@@pox1016 sure, thanks for letting me know!

[@KharKhar-dr1kt]

Do the getaway game or gta 3

[@TheKanakoKetsukane]

Asian scout in the thumbnail

[@KharKhar-dr1kt]

Do Midnight club 3 or Bully