Game News Fortnite is back on iOS and Android with GeForce Now! Our handling
That’s it: The Fortnite in touch version is available on GeForce Now for Android and iOS gamers. Here is our pick up.
By leading the battle against the prices charged by the App Store and Android application stores, Fortnite lost a large portion of its audience. Not because he doesn’t want to play anymore, but because Apple and Google have banned the mobile version of Fortnite in their stores. Since then, iPhone gamers don’t really have any options, while Android gamers have had to deal with installing an APK itself. You don’t know what it is? This is really the problem: it’s hard to find the general public with such geek principles.
GeForce Now, Nvidia’s cloud gaming service, has been working on the solution for some time. The Fortnite in touch version has been in closed beta since January 2022. Now the doors are open: everyone can enjoy it! Here’s where you can expect to enjoy Fortnite again on your smartphone or tablet, with touch controls.
New old
Note that GeForce Now will only ask you two things: register on the service site, and log in to your Epic Games account. The first level of cloud gaming service is actually free, but limited to one session time. If you just want to play Fortnite, it’s not limited. At the end of this time, you just need to restart the game and wait in line.
The Fortnite in the touch version is surprisingly familiar. If you have experienced the mobile version of the game, you are on conquered ground. Despite the fact that the launched SKU is PC version specific, all menus are accessible by touch, and the service does not go through the emulation of a touchpad to function. Launching a game is therefore completely intuitive. I thought on first launch my account hadn’t been activated yet, because I was waiting for separate checks; not so. Want to open Settings? Touch it. Do you want to start a game? Same thing. Without barriers, without any complications.
The real Fortnite on mobile
Once in play, there are still no surprises. And that, ultimately, was the real surprise. All the principles of the “legitimate” mobile version of Fortnite are carried over into this version of cloud gaming, with the possibility to choose between three different firing modes (automatic, tap to shoot, or focused button). For the rest, we saw the exact mobile interface, with its multiple shortcuts arranged on the screen in semi-transparency. A large diagonal will help, as here in the Galaxy Fold 3, to maintain maximum readability.
What will we lose? The ability to customize this interface. However, you can adjust the touch sensitivity in the game settings, which is at least that. Forget the possibility of accurate graphics management, however: this version is stuck with its core optimization, still offering all the power of GeForce Now servers for a visual experience that is more which is superior to what is possible to see on the iPhone. Included in terms of refresh rate, since the Fortnite GeForce Now version runs at 120 FPS. And if you want to hook up a controller, or even a keyboard and mouse, to your smartphone or tablet … Just do it. Only. It’s obviously compatible, since it’s the PC version.
Proper matchmaking
The most amazing thing is that matchmaking also works just like the mobile version. I’m not a Fortnite player, and I mainly used it to benchmark smartphones: So I know how to identify a server with bots and tactile players. I placed 8th, and each of my opponents seemed to struggle just as much as me to aim. Conclusion? We are all on an equal footing.
Epic Games seems to have carefully planned its move. If Fortnite in GeForce Now is actually the PC version, the game seems to separate its touch players from its controller and keyboard / mouse players. And thanks to it, he can put them in different parts. So don’t panic: hardcore mobile gamers won’t be completely blown away in half a second by PC gamers and console users. However, we still maintain the advantage of cross-play, and therefore the possibility of grouping with any friend regardless of their platform of origin.
Be careful with your date
In other words, GeForce Now and Epic Games have made the right choices about Fortnite’s return to mobile. The experience is just the same as that offered by the last mobile version, except that it is more beautiful and efficient. Its matchmaking principle, which is platform -appropriate, means that when Fortnite arrives soon on Microsoft’s xCloud, all touch players in the cloud and locally will be able to play with each other.
However, be careful: it is better to avoid gaming on your 4G/5G. Don’t forget that cloud gaming will swallow your data in a flick, because its principle is to stream the remote screen of a competition PC to your smartphone and let you interact with it. Think of some kind of interactive video on YouTube, for simplicity. However, Nvidia’s platform is particularly impressive in terms of latency and stability. This experience at Fortnite makes you think about the possibilities offered by a world covered by 5G and unlimited subscriptions for the future of video games.