I just want Harmonix to keep doing what it does. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are some of my favorite games of all time, and I will never stop professing that Fuser was an underrated gem. For now, Harmonix's next big thing is Fortnite Festival, a game-within-a-game that's launching today inside the megapopular free-to-play game. I can't help but feel like this is Harmonix's future, yet after getting some hands-on time with Fortnite Festival, that future might not be such a bad thing.
Fortnite Festival is basically Rock Band without the plastic instruments. You and up to three others choose a song, then pick your own instrument and difficulty level before you press buttons in time with a rolling note highway. Each note you hit accurately adds to your score, and a combo multiplier ticks up the longer you go without making a mistake. Accurately hitting specially marked sections of the track will grant you overdrive power, which you can spend to increase your multiplier further - and if your bandmates do it at the same time, those bonuses stack.
