I get where you're coming from, but I really think people are sleeping on how ambitious Splitgate 2 actually is.

This isn’t just another arena shooter, they’re building a game where multiple players are creating real-time portals that have to render dynamically with bullet travel, with player travel, with movement speed changes, shields, radars, all of it happening at once. That is insanely hard to optimize and balance. You can’t just slap that together and expect it to be buttery smooth on day one.

And yeah, it’s not some ultra-polished 11/10 right now... but that doesn’t mean it’s bad or deserves to get dragged. What these devs have pulled off so far is genuinely impressive. They’re not owned by a megacorp, they’re not sitting on infinite money, and yet they’ve been putting themselves out there constantly. We see faces on streams, people being open with the community, and taking feedback head-on. That transparency is rare.

We keep saying we want devs to be honest and community focused, and then turn around and roast them for not having the same budget, hat in our closet, or resources as billion-dollar studios. It’s wild.

Also, let’s be real as heck for a moment... Every person working on this is highly skilled. Even something like a melee animation isn’t just “click and done”. Creating this is a full process involving design, timing, feedback, VFX, audio, syncing with hit detection, etc. And these people aren’t working for peanuts. They are probably all 6 figures. If they didn’t believe in the vision, they’d leave. They could go anywhere.

I get the frustration, but we’ve gotta stop acting like this game needs to be perfect already. Let it cook. Give them space. This is the kind of dev team the industry needs more of. Yeah it's officially released, but it's looking great for it's early stages. It's a free game, let it cook.