Fortnite is one of the most popular video games of all time. Part of the reason it’s had such a foothold over gamers for so long is because of all the incredible characters that you can play as. Whether they’re battle pass rewards or premium purchases, Fortnite has introduced countless iconic characters to the world. The only problem is many of the characters are so cool that they deserve to be in something other than Fortnite. With that in mind, here are the top Fortnite characters that deserve to have their own spin-off.
Master Chief
Look at how cool this guy is! He’s got sweet sci-fi power armor and according to his lore he’s not only a super soldier but he’s the absolute best super soldier. This guy looks like he means serious business and it would be so cool if he got his own adventures. His lore states that he has proven to be humanity’s last hope in a war with hostile alien forces and forget Fortnite, that’s the game I want to play. Imagine a series of games where you get to play as this guy just mowing through hordes of evil aliens, forming a unique and slightly sexual bond with a hot holographic A.I. while you go on an epic journey to save humanity. That would be so cool. Then he could go on three scattered adventures that are supposed to be part of a trilogy but full of new ideas that go nowhere.
Rick Grimes
According the lore this guy is a hardened zombie killing badass who is ready and willing to do both stuff and thangs. Why is his trapped in a game where there are no zombies to kill? I want to see him in the apocalypse, killing zombies, protecting his family, getting into complex and sometimes silly interpersonal conflicts. I’m sure he’ll even refuse to use the word zombie and call them something silly like walkers. This guy sounds interesting, I want to follow him for years in a comic book, perhaps even a TV show that wildly fluctuates in quality between seasons before finally bottoming out causing the lead actor playing him to want to leave. Hell I’ll even accept a video game, I won’t even mind if it has slideshow cutscenes and awful gameplay, just give me this guy shooting zombies.
Darth Vader
This dude looks like a stone cold killer. Sweet kick ass black armor, an awesome red laser sword and he has some sort of telekinetic powers. It’s an absolute crime that this guy is trapped in a cartoony battle royale game. According to the lore he’s the most feared man in the galaxy and that’s what I want to see from him, not popping a booty shake after unfairly killing me with Captain America’s shield. Give this guy an entire saga of movies that chronicles his rise to power and the inability of weirdoes to move on from him. Show us this terrifying figure of darkness and then show us how he became that way. You could even make him a cringe edge lord who hates sand for some reason before becoming the ultimate killing machine. That would be funny.
Kratos
Lore states that this dude is covered in the ashes of his dead family that he was tricked into killing. Hell yeah! let me play that game. Let me go on a badass blood fueled saga of vengeance and quick time event threesomes. That’s the kind of game this dude belongs in. He shouldn’t be in a battle royale, he should learning to accept his failures and passing on that wisdom to his annoying son. Make it happen game devs.
John Wick
This guy already looks so much like Keanu Reeves that they might as well just give him his own movie series.
Lara Croft
Bless Epic Games for conceiving of a character that is essentially Indiana Jones but a hot British woman instead. I’d love to follow the adventures of Lara Croft, preferably in video game form since there really aren’t any games that capture the cinematic thrills of classic treasure hunting pulp adventures. She’s just waiting to be a gaming icon. All she needs is a decent origin story, some tight puzzles and platforming and extraordinarily over the top brutal death animations that make you question if the devs hate women. Hell make it a trilogy.
Nathan Drake
Much like the John Wick character already resembling Keanu, Nathan Drake already looks exactly like Tom Holland so you might as well give him his own movie. Side note, it is weird that Epic has created two characters that are almost exact matches to the likeness of famous actors. Shocked they haven’t been sued yet. Unless they’re already planning Fortnite movies.
Ellen Ripley
Ripley is one of the most interesting Fortnite characters because according to the lore she was just a worker on a space ship who was thrust into defeating the perfect organism. That’s pretty badass, I’d like to see her do that. The fear that not only are we not alone in the universe but what’s out there is going to rip us to shreds compared with the fear of a bad day at work, sign me up. That would make a dope movie, you could even make a franchise out of it. Go bigger, introduce more of the aliens, go balls out action before dropping various sequels of mixed quality like god intended. That’s what entertainment is all about. So much spin-off potential with this, just a cool concept to show the limits of life itself and the dangers of seeking out ways to avoid death. Can even get super meta with it by bringing a dead actor back to life with deepfake puppetry for no reason other than you can.
Paul Atreides
This man is the chosen one according the lore but if that’s the case I should get a victory royale every time I use him but I haven’t gotten one ever. That’s the problem with Fortnite. They create these cool characters with sweet lore behind them but the gameplay doesn’t always match. I need to see this guy be the chosen one. I need to see him go on an epic journey of leading the universe, saving his people, eliminating evil with an all out holy war. But instead I must imagine it while I watch him floss.
John Cena
I know I’m not the only one who thinks an invisible man is an incredible character concept. I’m shocked that Fortnite is the only one that’s done it because it would make a great horror movie.
