Fortnite’s latest update brings aerial battles, but it also quietly introduced what should have been a very welcome feature: the ability to pet dogs (and cats, and other animals). It’s a pity, then, that it sucks.
Before we go any further, for reference here is some good video game dog petting, courtesy of Far Cry 5:
And The Sims 4:
At the other end of the spectrum, here is Fortnite’s “dog petting”:
New: Following an update, you can now pet the dog in Fortnite pic.twitter.com/U1nkfHIHSr
— Can You Pet the Dog? (@CanYouPetTheDog) April 17, 2019
That is not a pet. That is, as Riley called it, a “swipe”. It looks like a rebranded melee attack. It looks dismissive, the opposite of what a snuggle with a pooch should be. It looks like he’s slapping the dog with the back of his hand, or opening a door.
(Actually, it may literally just be the “opening a door” animation).
Just to be sure that wasn’t a one-off, GoGoGamer went and petted all the animals, and it’s all the same. You approach an animal, you get the “pet animal” prompt, your heart soars, and then…a swipe, and nothingness.
Epic, if you’re going to make a point of letting us pet the dogs, let us pet the dogs.
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5 responses to “Fortnite’s Dog Petting Sucks”
Sounds like they’re taking the piss out of all those people making an issue about being able to pet animals or not. In which case it is well deserved.
I wish that were the case but somehow can’t picture them being so clever.
Epic being lazy and recycling? No.
There still aren’t any cats in Fortnite. 3 dogs, a lizard, dragon, gingerbread man and a fox but no cats 🙁
I believe “Empress” is a cat. A bloody expensive one. (But true, no cats in the Battle Pass)
There is but it was brought through the shop it is called empress