At this point, it might be more realistic to put down which franchises and brands Fortnite did not cross the. Epic’s Battle Royale shooter is a melting pot of licensed madnesswhere Luke Skywalker and Hatsune Miku and perform a sequence of memetic dances on the virtual corpses of everyone from Goku to Ariana Grande. The homogenized ur-brand of it all makes it difficult for the latest in a long line of announced crossovers to stand out at this point, but its latest in the world of the Legendary “Monsterverse” is definitely a cut above the rest. .. and not just because it involves monsters that are taller than most things on the Fortnite island map.

Last week Epic and Legendary started a big new collaboration as part of the latest season of Fortnite, bringing skins inspired by Godzilla vs. Kong and The New Empire of the shooter. But forward Godzilla (himself a bit of a crossover queenlater) now has a physical presence in Fortnitethis is a map. Randomly at some point in a game, a huge portal may pop up somewhere on the island, and the first player to run will transform into Godzilla to destroy their enemies. If you not Godzilla, you can ping the kaiju bullet to try and deplete his healthbar, getting rewards if you do the most damage. If you the Godzilla, you can spend as much time as you slowly but surely stomping, heating, and skee-oning your way across the map, leaving a trail of destroyed buildings and dead players in your wake.

What’s really impressive about it all is that being on either end of this apocalyptic scenario is fun as hell. Godzilla is not available and slow, but in a way that emphasizes the strength and scale that you play, and the serious killing that he can do that destroys the scenery or by melting the players with explosions his breath walked the fine line between feeling strong enough to be a threat, but not so overwhelming that it was impossible to fight back. But when you are on the ground is the most fun, it can be said: if you are far from Godzilla or risk being close enough to his feet, Fortnite perfectly nailed the sense of size you want from such an encounter. The look is on point (well, in terms of replicating the Legendary version of the Big G), the sound design is on point, but it’s definitely the size and scope, almost like nothing else. Fortnite done over the years, that makes Godzilla feel extra special.

You can see him almost across the map, as high as some of the highest mountains on the island. Your screen will judge as he approaches, or when a neon-pink jolt of energy hisses in front of you. Any version of FortniteThe battle royale you have has a level of destruction that is part of the dynamic game, and Godzilla has changed completely, being able to take out entire buildings worth of caps in one explosion. And again, as chaotic as it may be, there’s a sense of fairness to all: the beams are powerful, but slow enough that you can try to outrun the path they’re burning into the ground. Stomping on Godzilla is less about instantly shutting you down and more about moving it, sending you and anyone nearby flying back, all the better to enjoy its size. It doesn’t feel like it not fair to fight Godzilla, but he also doesn’t feel like a pushover as people compete to do the most damage to him, weaving yourself between their gunfire and Godzilla’s own irradiated bolts of heat rays at the same time measure.

FortniteGodzilla has a sense of weight to him that jars with a lot of air movement that otherwise defines the shooter (especially this time, which has re-implemented a lot of movement mechanics so that players feel which is stronger and enables smoother travel) . He is disruptive in the best sense: he may only be there for a few minutes in a match, if he has the chance to appear, but wherever you are, whenever DOING show up, he commands attention. And what else should the King of All Monsters do, but demand that by his presence?

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