I’m not often sold on the “free-to-play” format, and that hesitance doesn’t even really come from a place of logic.
Because I’m from the Playstation 1 stone age I think it’s just hard for my polygon-brain to trust a “free” game. Fortnite didn’t stick, Apex is neglected, Warzone is uninstalled at this point.
But Splitgate is free, and not only is it free, it’s FUN without having to pay a dollar.
It takes the best gameplay of two legacy franchises (Halo and Portal) and asks, “Why not both?” to tremendous effect. It’s such a natural and satisfying fit it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been tried before.
The premium experience provides cosmetics for both weapons and avatars, and extra challenge xp, but even without paying you’ll quickly rack up cool skins and cosmetics through Splitgate’s extensive challenge and reward loop system anyway.
The finishing touch? It doesn’t do anything more. There isn’t some backstory, there’s no explanation for your futuristic spacesuit jet-pack characters or special skillsets a la apex, or even why they’re fighting because it doesn’t matter.
It’s team deathmatch, you’re team alpha or bravo, a booming 5-second to start announcer countdown, and then it’s time to get some.
It’s the only free-to-play game that the longer I play, the more I consider paying for the battle pass. I want that extra challenge XP, can’t deny it!
Splitgate is free-to-play and cross-platform (including cross-platform voice chat), so whether you’re rocking a Playstation or Xbox, if you give the game a download after reading this, send me your player code and we can do it up.
Just got my first 10 kill streak last night, trophy is called “Killection Agency” which is just top-class stuff.
Follow @readfryeye on twitter and DM your Splitgate player code so we can get that extra party xp bonus, yo!
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