I have many a fond memory of crowding into a basement as a teenager and knocking out hours of Unreal Tournament matches on Friday nights – eyes brining from the intensity and speed of those matches. Over the years few shooters have managed to capture that same feeling of infectious obsession, but boy Splitgate 2 comes close.
The first Splitgate was a real novelty, a game with such a uniquely vibrant idea that inherently made it compelling – what if Halo players also had a Portal gun? That idea is every bit as ridiculous as it sounds, and while Splitgate 2 doesn't quite have the veneer of freshness the first game did, it's a drastically more robust and competent shooter. That novelty of the portals is still alive and well, but this sequel already feels like a drastic refinement of the formula.
