Any offline alternatives to fortnite battle royale?

Ady2009 · 9 May 2018 at 20:11

Hi all

I have a 11 year old who desperately wanted to play fortnite battle royale but we have a really slow internet connection and last week I had to take the laptop into work to download the 17Gb it needed to install the game. All was well but today it wants to download another 1.5Gb update and so I have got to take it back into work tomorrow. This is ridiculous if it keeps wanting to download these massive updates each week. It refuses to start until you have downloaded the update too.

Are there any games similar to it that I can buy and he can just keep playing offline at his leisure?

Thanks

Ady2009 · 11 May 2018 at 13:06

I took the laptop to work and downloaded the update and unchecked automatically update this time. Our internet is shocking. 1Mb download speed at best. We live in a rural location and keep being told that they can not justify improving the service just for us and half a dozen other houses. Move house seems like a good solution!

Ady2009 · 11 May 2018 at 14:06

I did actually take him to work once when his school was closed and ended up with them reciting to me that their insurance does not cover children in the building and all that. Couldn't be bothered arguing with them.

Can you get fortnite on android phone/tablet?

I am a bit out of touch with games. The only ones I ever got into was the Myst series. When doing a search I noticed a lot of them are 16+ and 18+ these days, not good for a 11 year old.

Ady2009 · 11 May 2018 at 17:12

Many thanks for the offer, it is really kind. I have just had a look and it says that fortnite is a few months away from being released on android and we don't have a iOS device.

I will need to keep my hamster wheel driven internet going at full steam for a bit longer.

Ady2009 · 19 May 2018 at 15:50

And today, Fortnite wants to download another 1.81Gb. 1.4Gb last week and 1.81Gb this week. I am giving up with this.