Fortnite finally has an OG-style version of its battle royale that’s worth keeping around.

Reload feels like Epic’s constructed-as-quickly-as-possible response to the poor season launch.

Epic got this one right.

Jack Sparrow pays Tilted Towers a visit in Fortnite Reload.

It was a great hybrid between the modes of Call of Duty, the best of both worlds.

Fortnite’s version of this is fairly simple.

The result is the fastest-paced and sweatiest version of Fortnite’s battle royale ever.

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The respawn mechanic, too, fuels the action in a lot of interesting ways.

Keeping your head on a swivel is a must.

It’s a meaningful change of pace from the normal battle royale mode in every way.

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Though with how intense these matches are, the wins are definitely sweeter in Reload than in battle royale.

Even just wiping a team is comically satisfying, inspiring an enthusiastically crude shriek from me every single time.

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