Summary
Fortnite Festivalis receiving an update very soon, which includes more options to play the Pro Lead or Pro Bass difficulty modes.Fortnite’s Festival game mode was released in December, around the same time asRocket RacingandLEGO Fortnite. The game mode is very similar to theRock Bandseries, as players hit an arrangement of notes sliding along a track to licensed songs. Since its release,Fortnite Festivalhas amassed over 100 songs in it’s catalog.
Harmonix, the studio that created theRock Bandseries, has been in charge of developingFortnite Festival.Epic Games acquired Harmonixin November of 2021 and eventually ended support for its previous title,Rock Band 4, in January. According to Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopolous, they aimed to create a free-to-play music game accessible to the millions ofFortniteplayers. The game mode has achieved critical success, with thousands of people playing every day.
Coming in Chapter 5 Season 3 on May 24,Fortniteis adding additional options to access the Pro Lead or Pro Bass difficulty modes, which were previously locked to just guitar controllers. Fortnite Festival supports just a few existing plastic guitar controllers. These include theRock Band 4guitars and thenew PDP Wireless guitar controller, with support for more on the way. Players without a supported guitar controller will now be able to play Pro Lead or Pro Bass on any console platform or PC.
No matter which song part players select, there will be an option to see the notes as multi-colored gems, similar to how they appear when using the Pro Bass or Pro Lead modes. This update also adds support for non-pro parts for guitar controllers, like Vocals or Drums. Theguitar controllers that are supportedfor these modes are still pretty costly, costing over $130 each.
Pro Lead and Pro Bass will now allow players to keybind their controls to their keyboard on PC. With new settings for fretting Green, Red, Blue, and Orange notes alongside an input for strumming,similar to howRock Bandworks. Keyboard and mouse players will also have the ability to remap controllers to keyboards or accessibility devices to play the Pro Lead or Pro Bass song parts.
In Pro Lead or Pro Bass mode, players won’t encounter the “Lift Notes,” represented by an up arrow and activated by releasing a button press at the precise moment. Instead, players will come across “Hammer-Ons” and “Pull-Offs,” known as “HOPO” notes. These “HOPO” notes have a distinct visual appearance from regular notes. To activate them during a combo, players simply need to press their note color keybind without the need for strumming. The mode is accessible on allFortnite Festivalsongs, with new tracks releasing every week since its release.Fortnite Festival’s new update will release on May 24, alongside the new Chapter 5 Season 3.
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