Shroud claims one thing makes Fortnite \u201cnumber one\u201d battle royale over Apex Legends Respawn \/ Twitch: Shroud \/ Epic GamesShroud has made a bold battle royale claim \u2014 according to the Twitch star, there\u2019s only one king when it comes to the genre, and it isn\u2019t Apex Legends or Warzone. Instead, it\u2019s Epic\u2019s crossover-heavy game, Fortnite. The gaming world has been caught up in a battle royale storm recently, with dozens of Warzone stars defecting to Apex Legends over Call of Duty hackers. On top of that, Respawn literally just dropped their game\u2019s latest season, which was chock-a-block full of balance changes, map updates, and a new character \u2014 \u201cSeer\u201d \u2014 to boot. It looks like Apex Legends has won the ongoing genre war, at least for now, with players abandoning Verdansk in droves. Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek, who has been grinding Apex Legends since early 2019, claims the battle royale debate isn\u2019t that clear-cut, however. He\u2019s been a long-time advocate for Apex Legends, but another game has his eye. According to the retired CSGO pro, only one modern battle royale can actually stake a claim for being the actual \u201cnumber one\u201d title in the genre: Fortnite. \u201cTo me, Fortnite\u2019s number one. It\u2019s unique. And Apex Legends is number two. That\u2019s if we\u2019re talking competitive gameplay,\u201d he said. \u201cWith Fortnite, you can build.\u201d The issue, the Twitch star explained, is every battle royale has its matches overshadowed by \u201cthird-parties;\u201d when a third squad joins a gunfight late. That includes genre-heavyweights like Apex Legends, Warzone, PUBG, and more. \u201cThat\u2019s the worst aspect of any battle royale\u2026 you\u2019re fighting, and poking, poking, then you just get railed from the side,\u201d Shroud said. \u201cEvery battle royale has that, every single one. It\u2019s just the nature of the genre.\u201d Only one has ever overcome this gameplay loop \u2014 Fortnite. \u201cIt\u2019s why Fortnite is a very, very good competitive battle royale,\u201d the Twitch star continued. \u201cWhen you win fights [in Fortnite] it really is just you and your opponents. Of course [in Apex Legends] you\u2019re going to be ratting it up. You\u2019re always going to \u2018rat\u2019 in those kinds of battle royales. He returned to Fortnite and its building: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing for that, because you, the player, get out of those sticky situations. I think that\u2019s really cool.\u201d \u201cI wish I was better at it,\u201d he laughed. \u201cOr good at all!\u201d Related segment begins at 15:29 in Shroud\u2019s video below. This doesn\u2019t mean Shroud is going to shift his Twitch stream over to Fortnite and start cranking 90s on the Isle of the Storm any time soon though. The former CSGO pro has been quite vocal about his love for Apex Legends, despite what he sees as genre shortcomings in Respawn\u2019s battle royale. The streamer said back on July 24: \u201cMy personal favorite battle royale, it\u2019s gotta be Apex Legends. PUBG is number two. Three is Fortnite, then Warzone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shroud claims one thing makes Fortnite \u201cnumber one\u201d battle royale over Apex Legends Respawn \/ Twitch: Shroud \/ Epic GamesShroud has made a bold battle royale claim \u2014 according to the Twitch star, there\u2019s only one king when it comes to the genre, and it isn\u2019t Apex Legends or Warzone. Instead, it\u2019s Epic\u2019s crossover-heavy game, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}