Fortnite Finally Gets A Career Tab On Switch, But It Doesn't Do Anything

Fortnite sucks.

Sounds like the stats are on their way. Patience needed now 😂

Fortnite su...oh, it’s already been covered. Excellent.

I will keep pointing this out. This game is only as popular as it is because they literally give it away. You don't have to make that good of a game for it to be popular if it is free. It just needs to be a bit above average.

And that is all Fortnite is. A somewhat above average, but otherwise uninspired, overhyped shooter. Overhyped because, once again, it is free.

Back in the day, when people argued about who was better, Sonic or Mario, I promise you, if one of those games had been free, that one would have won, hands down.

The only real impressive thing with Fortnite to me, is the will Epic has managed to make money off of everything else, from ads revenue, to merchandise. Total kudos to their marketing genius. Far more talented than the people behind developing this game.

I’ll never understand the blind hatred Fortnite gets. I have a fun time when I play it, and apparently tons of other people do.
Unfortunately, I’m busy playing other things right now.

Realized this this morning, the same thing is also happening on mobile

@BenAV 100 hours well spent... not

These comments suck.

@BenAV nobody can say that you didnt try. But it is a shame that you were caught so long in a game you ended up not liking

Gee, that's nice of them.

Am I late to the "Fortnite Sucks!" party yet?

@Heavyarms55 I think we get it. You don't like the game.

Fornite’s not my go-to Battle Royale, I just don’t like the idea of building saving a player who’s been caught out of position. That said, I accept that is part of the mechanics and skill in the game - being able to build a defense.

I have however put a bit more time into Fortnite because it’s been on the Switch but unfortunately the Switch version has let me down. I don’t mind 30fps on a console but when there are severe FPS drops and frame pacing issues that directly impact the fluidity of gameplay and detract from the players ability to aim properly, it makes a frustrating version of the game to play for lengthy periods of time to me. Another flaw is the analogue stick movement with joycons but it’s possible this isn’t an issue on the Pro Controller or gyro controls.

Basically, if they can get a locked 30fps with no or minimal drops with near perfect frame pacing, i’ll invest more time into Fortnite. It’s nice that it made it to the Switch but until performance improves, my go to Battle Royale will remain PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on PC.

I still play fo...FORTNITE SUX, IT IS POOP, I'M HIP RIGHT?

Also the Christmas event is pretty noice.

@Heavyarms55 Ah I see that we are kindred spirits my thoughts exactly merry Christmas my friend.

@BenAV well, glad I only spent less than an hour before deciding that. Immediately had “friends” yelling at me that I didn’t give it enough of a chance and need to play for weeks before it grows on me. Excuse me, I have a lot of other games I could be playing, if it takes me that long to find enjoyment in a game then it’s not worth it...

Well its gone. I think it was just a test.

Y’all are so miserable. ‘This game wouldn’t be popular if it wasn’t what it is’ wow, genius observation right there.

I was wondering when we would see a career tab for the switch.

Great game. But what would the tab add? Just a status log?

Still playing it a lot, gets better and better over time.

@JackEatsSparrows people just like to hate on popular things, I don't play it much but when I do it's a fun time.

We all have better things to do than play Fortnite, anyway, so no loss.

The game isn't bad just because you don't like or or because it's popular. Everyone has different tastes. Stop with the patronizing condescension.

On a contradictory related note, the Switch version is pretty bad/low quality right now, especially docked, compared to other consoles. They just don't seem to give it the same care. The career tab is just one example.

@IHateTombs just then saying it’s early access doesn’t mean it is

@Paddle1 I’d have to disagree there. You can make plenty of argument that the game is bad. In all honesty, it’s my opinion You’ll have a much easier time finding bad about it than good, if you are speaking from an aspect about the mechanics of the game and the gameplay.

Everyone here is just hating on Fortnite while I'm here like: i still like it please don't kill me

@ShadJV I’d have to agree with you. It doesn’t take weeks to realize that the game mechanically is just not that good

@jly1987 That is based on personal opinion. I don't care if you don't like it but the belittling of people for enjoying a game is too far.

@IHateTombs and it’s full version will either never come out or be very similar to what you’ve been playing. Early access is a lousy term companies like to throw around now. Every game you buy is early access if you want to go into it, seeing that almost every game released has tons of patches post release

@Peterjr1 the correct statement is the game wouldn’t be so popular if kids today had any taste

Save the World is in early access not Battle Royale.

"The game mechanically is not good" the correct statement is that you don't like the game mechanics.

@jly1987 it’s not even a matter of whether it’s good, if I’m not getting enjoyment out of it for weeks, why bother? It’s not like I’m getting paid to play it, I can do anything else with my free time.

Friends who play it told me I can’t decide if I like it until I win a match which may take weeks of playing due to gaining experience and having some luck. Like no, I wasn’t enjoying it and I’m not drudging through dozens of hours of playing for the serotonin rush of winning a match. I already have a sizeable Switch backlog of games I can enjoy immediately.

@Heavyarms55 The amount of bias in this comment is astounding. Free to play games do inherently have a chance to go big, because of accessibility I agree with you there. Fortnite, however, has the gameplay mechanic of building that makes it unique from any other BR type game out there. Building also creates a large skill, a gap similar to Rocket League which keeps people coming back.

Combine those aspects with the arguably most responsive dev team currently in the industry, and you have a game that’s extremely addictive. Items are routinely implemented and removed to keep unused items out of the game. Bugs are identified and mostly taken care of within one to two updates.

Why you feel the need to put down a game that invokes fun for millions is the question you should be asking yourself.

I booted it up a bit ago and the Career tab is no longer on Switch. Must've been a glitch.

Was so happy to see the career tab, but sad it didn't work. Then to see they just removed it. Come on why can this not be added. The stats should be tracked server side so no strain on the switch. Why is it not a working thing?

@Heavyarms55 SO

@BenAV how in the world do you spend 100 hours on something that sucks? I refuse to play games that I paid for if I do not like them. If a free game does not have my interest in the first few minutes I am done with it.

@BenAV not going to lie, hearing that is not much time makes me a little jealous.

@Heavyarms55 Bring free certainly helps, but there's an addictive and very effective Skinner Box mindset at the core of this game, and game's like Paladins, Warframe, etc, that are all also free.

Doing dailies, and grinding for elusive limited time events, skins and items dig deep into people's brains, unfortunately, and gives those rewards way more importance than they should bear.

Kinda like when they allowed video saving, then removed it for "preformance". I honestly never had preformance problem with th game before that. I accept that playing some games on the switch are going to lack certain features.