Fortnite has begun age-restricting certain cosmetics, despite being rated 12+ by PEGI. That's because its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Creative mode, which is essentially Epic Games' answer to Roblox, has a different age rating system to Save the World and Battle Royale. Map creators can individually rate their worlds, choosing to stick with Fortnite's or to go lower, so certain skins have been disabled for worlds that are rated under 12.
Upon discovering this, players took to the subreddit to vent their frustration, demanding refunds for their premium items. "Fortnite needs to give us a refund option for all age-restricted items! This is insanity!" KsavirTheOld said. "They restricted the use of some🌠 cosmetics in certain maps and experiences. This is just insane. I bought s😼kins and other cosmetics expecting to be able to use the game-wide."
It's really cool how you can buy something three years ago and they can turn around and be like, 'Yeah, you know that skin you'd paid for? You can't use that anymore in these modes.'
If you try to enter an ♛age-restricted mode with a banned skin, you will be changed into a ☂default cosmetic.
As reported by , the following skins were found to hav🔯e been age-restricte✨d:
- Leon S Kennedy
- Claire Redfield
- Lara Croft
- Rebirth Harley Quinn
- Demogorgon
- Doctor Doom
- Black Widow (Snow Suit)
- The Visitor
- Midas
- Predator
- Deadpool
- Agent Peely
- Cloud Striker
- Gunnar
- Meowscles
- Mincemeat
- Nitehare
- Nolan Chance
- Reese
- Rook
- Sgt Winter
- TNTina
- Xenomorph
- Yellowjacket
Of course, it's not just character skins that have been impacted. "To everyone confused, selecting any experiences with an E rating in the lobby will restrict characters, back bling, pickaxes, music discs, loading screens, and gun wraps deemed not safe for kids," Yep, even the client-side loading screens and music discs are disabled in E-rated Creative maps.
It's unclear why certain skins are being age-restricted, but it might have something to do with guns. While Fortnite is known for its main Battle Royale mode in which people shoot each other a lot until they die or win, a lot of Creative maps are non-violent. Guns on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:skins like Meowscles might be what gets them banned, and monstrous, scary designs would explain omissions like the Xenomorph. Michael Myers might slip by since he's just a dude in a boiler suit and a Captain Kirk mask.
Whatever the case, the change isn't going over well with fans, who are calling on Creative map makers to stop rating their worlds for kids in protest, while also demanding refunds from Epic.
