Epic games decided to bring back the original map from season 5 from July 2018. The changes happened on November 3.  Many players started to revisit the original locations on the map including Pleasant Park, Salty springs, Dusty divot and many more. Also, many original items came back like the SCAR, Pump shotgun, and many more. But the original map is less build friendly and has more zero build style. 

The return of the original map also brought a lot of attraction to it. Fortnite hit a new peak player online count at 44.7 million people playing at the same time. This also brought a lot of lag and game crashes. Also, players had to que in the lobby to have a chance to play the game. Many people were not a fan of this. Epic games are still trying to resolve this issue.  

Epic games have plans for the future of Fortnite. From November 3 to November 9 will be season 5 map, November 9 to November 16 is season 6. November 16 to November 23 is season 7 and 8. Lastly November 23 to December 2 is season X. After that Fortnite will go back to the regular map and season it was on. The original map idea was from Donald Mustard who was the chief creative officer. Many see this as a parting way gift from Donald Mustard. 

In the end many people are excited and ready to play the original Fortnite that is very nostalgic to many players. People don’t really care if the map isn’t perfect, they just miss playing the original. Some new players of Fortnite also get a chance to experience the original game as well.