Unlike the original Splitgate, which featured a mishmash of different art styles, the sequel aims to be much more cohesive with its theme. The “sporty and positive” futuristic setting will be the unifying theme of Splitgate 2, but that doesn’t mean developer 1047 is planning to take the game’s lore too seriously.

In an interview with PCGamesN, published Sept. 3, 1047 Games co-founder Ian Proulx laid out the studio’s goals with the upcoming first-person shooter and lessons the team learned from the 2019 original. “The lore dictates everything in [[i]Splitgate 2[/i]],” he said. “In Splitgate, there was no lore. It was just kind of like: ‘Let’s go make a cool game.’ Then you end up with an art style that doesn’t really [work], it’s not cohesive.”