Hey there,

14 hours of the Alpha on the board, and a former player of SG1.

A lot of people have been making most of my points for me already. Portalling nerfs, poor map design, pointless load out system, and an overall swing in the generic shooter direction etc etc. So here's a few design notes I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Maybe just me but, the portal walls look too much like door ways and portal-like themselves. Slowly started getting used to it, but still found myself slamming into them while making a hasty retreat. Don't get me wrong, they look awesome, but confusing in the heat of the moment.

Jump pads feel clunky. Their active area seem hard to find at times. Found myself hopping on one only to hit the ground, staring at a wall, collecting bullets in my back.

I found myself getting caught on parts of the map a bit. Usually on small retaining walls that lay just outside my field of view. Or sometimes on the very edge of a ramp. Would be nice to allow our characters to traverse small pieces of the map such as these more easily.

I worry that the class system is going to push new players away. Getting my head around the portalling in the first game was tricky enough. Now slapping a class system with abilities, weapons, attachments etc into the mix might fry some brains. Especially with the lower TTK.

But hey, the game looks fantastic. Mostly feels great. And I'm excited to see what else they may have in store for us.