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Portal-hopping shooter Splitgate 2 revealed, looks like the original cult FPS but with a lot more moneyWitness the first cinematic trailer
Witness the first cinematic trailer
Image credit:1047 Games
Image credit:1047 Games
1047 Games have announcedSplitgate 2, sequel to the gambolling free-to-playFPSfrom 2021 in which you could blast people through wormholes. The new game brings back said wormhole-based carnage together with newly “faction-forward” teamplay, and if you want to know what “faction-forward” means when it’s at home, I encourage you to stick your whole head into the below crackling cinematic trailer-vortex. I promise nothing bad will happen to it on the other side.
Splitgate 2 Cinematic Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Splitgate 2 Cinematic Announcement Trailer
Splitgate 2 sports three factions, each favouring a particular style of quantum superpositional skull-splattery, in addition to new arenas, weapons and modes. We see a bit of that in the trailer: one character has a pop-up holo-shield, another has an electric frisbee, a third keeps things simple with a homing rocket launcher. It’s apparently a big step up in production scale from the 2021 game, which the developers characterise as something they slapped together in their pyjamas at a sleepover, using detergent bottles and jam. Since then, 1047 Games have swelled to around 150 people, amongst them veterans of such venerated gunalots asOverwatch,HaloandCall Of Duty.
“This is a revolutionary step forward for competitive shooters,” he went on. “It’s the perfect entry point for players new to the world of Splitgate and a comprehensive upgrade worthy of our existing community.” Thank you Mr Proulx, I have filled out my press release bingo card now, though you forgot to tell me how laser-focussed Splitgate 2 is on delivering immersion.
Hark at me and my jadedness! I’m just grumpy because I keep accidentally writing “Slipgate”. You’d think I’d be more receptive to the sequel to a game Brendytagged with a Bestest Best, summarising it as a “raucous shooter that goes beyond its portal gimmick, with first-rate arenas and gutsy gunfights”. For my part, I can only comment that the screens below remind me of Halo’s louder map designs. I’ll have to give the 2021 game a try.
Image credit:1047 Games
