SHAW!

Tip: Don't play this game thinking it's a regular soulslike, It has alot of it's own approach.

Damn good game

A pretty good game.

Splitgate arena shooter is portal meets halo in a sci-fi sports setting with a minimal aesthetic, with the weapon taste of DOOM multiplayer, sadly with a Wolfenstein map design that cant seem to couple well with the portal mechanics.

As the game presents itself with a pretty good inviting hand to newer players, it can suck the motivation out, if you attempt to play this game with a CoD approach, as it has an odd learning curve that will, no doubt, deter new players from entering the scene. it can be easy to learn especially for gamepad players if you are experienced in adjusting to new environments and a keen sense of map memory, which might appeal to quake players to a vicarious limit. This means that there is not much freedom in the map to move around in and with the mid par portal mechanics it can be extremely frustrating to navigate the map in the first place.

Combat is quite versatile and easily understandable as it gives the players a much needed hand in ground options, cover flanking, anti air, and leveling. you have a jetpack, grenades, and melee, all of which are a staple to most arena fps games.

Where the complaints you see are mainly from, are the portal workings and they are nowhere near as precise as they should be. you will constantly fall out or not enter properly due to the collision checking that never works in a proper favor. aesthetic also seems to be an issue as there is no color customization leaving your character to look quite silly with non matching parts and generally being hard to differentiate yourself from other players. epics are disappointing as they are just recolors and not worth the glamour they make themselves out to be.

The game does have it loot boxes but I can honestly say that they are not as demanding or as desirable as most other games have made them to be.

this does get a soft yes from me.

Final score: 6.95/10

What can be done to improve this game
-working on map freedom will have to be one
-the portals are not as well polished as they should be and will have to be investigated to make them more pace friendly
-perhaps some variation in the armor and an implemented color choice
-it should never be said that the loot boxes are a detriment to the games enjoyment but perhaps make the epics seem more worth their time being in this game

Why are you reading reviews!? To check if its good!? just play the damn thing!!!