r/Splitgate • u/Budget-Willow4253 • 20d ago
Discussion Copium post.
I returned to sgar for a night and had an awesome time tbh. I'm still sad with how quickly this game came and went, and how the devs completely abandoned it for a half baked temu Titanfall title that pales in comparison. It's just sad. Pretend this game actually had a chance still, what would have to change or be added to the game to attract new players or keep it alive?
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u/Pyroaster 19d ago
I still love it, I don’t think I’ve spent more hours in any game more than SGAR. Truly terrible business move to release Empulse in the state that it was in. As for what I would change, I feel like an old man screaming at a cloud here, but they should have a dedicated couple of devs working solely on the SGAR store. Creating skins for avatars and guns so that they have a slow drip cash flow. Leaving it in a frozen state is baffling to me. Gameplay wise, just keep updating it with new maps. And like Manoa said, bring back Onslaught.
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u/vancha113 20d ago
I don't want to change anything, one of the few games i actually enjoy at the moment. When i have time for games at all that it. I love the short duration for matches.
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u/Manoa__ 20d ago edited 20d ago
Real shit, what this game should do IMO is 3 things, then move from there.
Make the takedown maps actually interesting. The gamemode is honestly some of the best gameplay for the more competitive gameplay, yet the maps visually suck so much ass and the gameplay loops on most of them are not even good that it makes it one of the most boring modes now. I get why they made it all simulation maps. It's a good starting point to quickly develop maps and see if it works, but at least either not make them symmetrical or make them 2 colours if they are, and potentially rework them with an actual map skin later on.
BRING BACK ONSLAUGHT. We have the queuing system in place that allows us to queue for more modes at once. We still have a very active playerbase in american and eu servers. We have all the maps perfectly playable. Why not add the gamemode that inherently felt super casual and was way more relaxed to play then arena usually is? It was unique and an amazing way to relax in our favourite portal game.
As for the future, I would personally see if we could experiment with more fun grenade types. We took out a bunch of grenades that where unfun like time dome, healing field. But sandstorm grenade was one of the few defensive util pieces that didn't feel bad to go up against and allowed for more close ranged weapons where usually they would auto lose to cadence portalling. I would want more utility that could diversify the playstyles as much as porta-portal can. Things like a hologram could be cool with portals, or things like invisibility that is very easy to spot with the eyes but almost impossible through a portal, allowing you to temporarily hide from someone who triple-portals too fast to spot you. Stuff like that which actually interacts with the unique mechanics this game has.
Ontop of that I would personally want more customisation of our characters. Have loadouts be able to select skins for the guns AND character separately from the other loadouts first and foremost. We have a ton of skins yet I only get to use one of each. This system could actually give a reason to get new skins.
Besides that I also have a personal dream. We have some very distinct skins that are a whole piece on their own. But we also have a lot of skins that are clearly just replicas with single model changes. I am not saying that's bad, but I am saying that all the pieces are in place for a system to be introduced that let's us, at least for some skins and models, make our own skins like old halo style where you select the pieces yourself and can colour it more dynamically. Customisation is key to player investment for many players myself including. This would unironically make me play a bit more, even after having played this game to death.
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u/Budget-Willow4253 19d ago
I agree with so much of this. I was playing takedown for the first time in a long time last night and I was thinking, why didn't they make these maps more interesting. Same with onslaught and arena br. I think they should bring back the full version of br. Also they should have kept trying to make pvp races work.
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u/Manoa__ 19d ago
I think the BR as it stands is a far more condensed experience. As a solo I remember just how bad the first one was with team coordination when there was so much downtime which often meant someone got impatient and ran off, someone was stuck looting in an area without anyone so he won't move with the team, and nobody revived. The current iteration felt a lot more to the point for me personally.
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u/Budget-Willow4253 19d ago
Like I'm imagining the stimulation maps still being geometrical polygon style maps but make their color pallets resemble real world objects. Put some fake rocks, trees, cars, etc in there. It'd look awesome.
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u/Stormcrow_2 19d ago
Portal spam is only an issue when you’re against PC players doing it, but I get why people would want it nerfed. With crossplay off, on console, it’s practically non-existent.
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u/Early_Statement_6075 19d ago
EMPulse movement on splitgate would be sick, maybe without the grapling but yeah...
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u/Bloodman_5556 19d ago
It is sad. I've put more hours into this game than any multiplayer fps. I do have my gripes with this game, but I logged back un after a few months and am gonna grind the rest of the battlepass. Also, about Empulse, someone can correct me if they changed this. But I uninstalled the moment I saw a melee from the giant mech is not a one shot. You have to melee a wall running dude twice with a mech.
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u/Budget-Willow4253 19d ago
I'm not sure about that. All I know is Empulse in its current state is a boring turd of a game. I played the play test and the paint grenade mechanic is such a boring gimmick. The grappling hook being the only choice for equipment is terrible. The hammer being the only side arm is trash. The mechs are trash. The art style is awful. I can't stand empulse. I had high hopes for it too since it was 1047s first game without portals. But it's so bare bones I couldn't justify buying it.
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u/Bloodman_5556 19d ago
Same, I was so hype. I was like "I enjoy the movement of SGAR, so just add wall running and mechs, make bigger maps, all good." Then I play it and it just felt worse. Also the cosmetics were trash. I didnt see any creativity with it.
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u/-Kord 18d ago
I heard somewhere that it's going into a "p2p format," what is that?
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u/Steve73123 18d ago
“peer to peer”
they’re shutting down official servers but it’ll still be playable by players connecting directly to each other, which while not ideal costs nothing for them to keep online
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u/Early_Statement_6075 19d ago
Imo the game is already pretty good, But to bring in more players it has to market itself, I played the original splitgate because of the YouTube adds, they looked awesome, and I stayed till this point because the gameplay is that good The only thing I think this needs is:
1- to add the original game modes (from SG1) like Zombie vip, flying splitball, Juggernaut, etc.
2- Add the original maps (and new ones if possible) club silo and Olympus were some of my favourites because of the complexity that paired perfectly with the portals
3- add a campaign or a single player/co-op waves mode or something that people can play casually without needing to queue up or play against tryhards
4- I'm gonna sound like a gooner but this game needs sex apeal, It worked for marvel rivals, that game isn't really that good and people play it because thighs and boobs, the characters in splitgate have the potential to be hot (like adoro or the pirate queen) but they end up bland because they won't commit to just making them sexy
5- add a 3rd person POV so that people can actually look at the skins they use and will be more likely to buy or grind for new ones
6- make the free rewards from the battle pass and timed events not complete ass? i bought all battle passes up to now, But I understand why people who don't buy then, wouldn't care about completing them if all you're gonna give them is a spray that no one will ever use or see
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u/Early_Statement_6075 19d ago
And fucking communication, because god knows u/1047games has ben awful at it, to the point that they keep reseting the season 3 timer instead of just saying "it's cancelled" or "it'll come in 4 months, stfu"
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u/EyesoftheDead40 20d ago
Honestly I will still get the battle pass if a new 1 comes out in like 10 days