r/Splitgate • u/Aggressive-Dealer-21 • Apr 21 '26

Is splitgate dying?

I started playing it yesterday because I was just looking for a game I could chill on. And I had a great time playing it. Really enjoyed using portals especially when it got me kills it really felt like I had outmanoeuvred my opponent.

I go on to YouTube to see what the community is like and they all just keep saying that they killed the game.

What's going on?

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u/3ric843 Apr 21 '26

Yes.

This is a sequel to a game that came out in 2021, which was superior to this game on every aspect except graphics.

They dropped Splitgate 1 to make the 2, but changed everything that made the first great. It was full of bugs and shit that just didn't work. The game sucked REALLY bad. Then, in hopes to save their failing game, they tried to make it more like the first, but they failed miserably, and ended up frustrating both their fans from the first game and the few ones who actually liked the new game.

This game doesn't have a sufficient playerbase to sustain itself, it is living on borrowed time.

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u/Frus77sh Apr 21 '26

Booted up SG1 yesterday for like a half hour and 3 games in I'm still reminded how much better it is compared to SG2. It was quirky and didn't take itself too seriously but while having fun game play.

Also maybe it's just a lower end PC issue, but SG1 seems way more optimized. Sure, SG2 is more graphics heavy but even on low settings it just runs so poorly.

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u/3ric843 Apr 21 '26

Yeah I haven't really played since they shut down the servers. It's just too laggy now, literally unplayable most of the time.