Valorant

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3892 Ratings

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  1. Mixiie89
    Aug 15, 2020
    0
    Stoopid game full of toxic player and troll , the game mechanic is just stoopid you can't shoot accurate when Walking and crouch move ?? WTF Even in Csgo you can Crouch and move when shooting with good accuracy
  2. juffysk
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    the game is fun idk why alot of people hate it its 1 of the best games ive played in 2020
  3. Uzsi
    Aug 17, 2020
    0
    Nothing good we havent seen before everything bad we have seen already.

    there is no replay so if someone shoots funny you just have to report it on gut feeling. there is ro response on any report (and i have a feeling they dont even care) There is nothing you can do with a greefer. so if a "friend" Raze decide to use every ability against you or someone tipeing your position to the    Nothing good we havent seen before everything bad we have seen already.

    there is no replay so if someone shoots funny you just have to report it on gut feeling.
    there is ro response on any report (and i have a feeling they dont even care)
    There is nothing you can do with a greefer. so if a "friend" Raze decide to use every ability against you or someone tipeing your position to the enemy team, you cannot votekick them, you cant TK them, you can literally do nothing but lose.

    The sounds are horrible (compared to CS:GO or R6)

    the player base below diamond is toxic as it can be, and also dumb as a rock. (and you cant stay at high rating cos they reset the rating in a fiew months)

    And out of desperate greed they release a character wich is so op, kids throw money at them to have the advantage befor others can farm it in game

    Killjoys (the new character) trap kills you from full hp in 2 sec, cant jump over it, and can be detonated whenever from wherever, and also have two of it (for perspective other characters simular abilities takes HALF the damage, need to be thrown which makes it avoidable and gives out your position, can be jumped over, and mostly have only one charge /round with the exepcion of viper)

    And that is only one ability of hers ... combined with others it can literally hold a (some) plant site alone while being at another. and is anoying as ****!

    Overall ... if you want a strategic shooter you
    A. play CS:GO if you aint casual and love a fair game
    B. play R6 if you want a character based stratetig shooter
    C. play overwatch if you want a casual, fast phased shooter

    each for their own taste.
    But i dont see a reason why would you want to play this peace of ****

    I played it 2 months, and just uninstalled! (my life is happier since then!    … Expand
  4. Jbetten
    Aug 17, 2020
    0
    Holy moly... Another garbage mess of a game Riot fails to execute properly. Server/client aiming bugs, hitbox registration issues and MASSIVE client bugs. Friendly verison or CS:GO with elements of over watch, Riot manages to STILL butcher a copycat design. It's amazing this studio is still in business...
  5. ChanDaddy
    Aug 17, 2020
    3
    If you're a huge fan of CSGO and you also enjoy overwatch abilities/art, this MIGHT be your thing. Otherwise, I don't see a reason to play it. The game gives no reaction time at all (outside of happenstance rotations from both opposing parties), leading to hard-scoped corners and unlucky rotations. Headshots are a one-shot kill (which is totally fine), but when you ADS while standingIf you're a huge fan of CSGO and you also enjoy overwatch abilities/art, this MIGHT be your thing. Otherwise, I don't see a reason to play it. The game gives no reaction time at all (outside of happenstance rotations from both opposing parties), leading to hard-scoped corners and unlucky rotations. Headshots are a one-shot kill (which is totally fine), but when you ADS while standing still, bloom can still totally make you lose the face-off (unless you have a sniper).

    To me it feels as though a person has to study and practice the game with friends a lot in order to really have fun - which by then you're likely competing for rank anyway.

    If you're a person who likes the ability to react, outplay an opponent, recover from an engagement, and/or create your individual playstyle, this is not for you.    … Expand
  6. JmmmmMMmmMMm
    Aug 18, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Some guns are so useless but some are so op but all I can say is this game is way too stylish but hated the skills of the agents too some are very very op lol.. and every time I play this game I always got very bad experience with their server it's not good. Riot games always have broken clients and sh1t happens always in this game. Riot games are way too sh1t nowadays lmao.. and the last thing their skins have a very very bad design and way too expensive as f**k. very bad game no good… Expand
  7. masterperron
    Aug 19, 2020
    9
    me parece un buen juego, cuenta con buenos personajes y, sobre todo, buenos mapas, eso si, me gustaría que hubieran mas mapas, como personajes, pero lo ultimo puede esperar, puesto que todas temporadas sale uno nuevo.
  8. Pissolati1
    Aug 19, 2020
    0
    Velho na boa que jogo feio da poha.Nao faz sentindo algum as balas que os cara dao de patinete, RNG nao faz sentindo algum. Riot só quer ganhar dinheiro com as skins! Os cara nao faz nenhum um update descente!
  9. StupidFnGame
    Aug 23, 2020
    6
    Valorant have the potential of being one of this years best realizes and this is what me as an casual gamer thinks so far.

    We all know that riot games in the latest years with League of legends have pushed very hard on the things you can buy and have come out with cool skins, and with what we have seen so far in Valorant, very cool skins to the weapons' with more to come. But I think    Valorant have the potential of being one of this years best realizes and this is what me as an casual gamer thinks so far.

    We all know that riot games in the latest years with League of legends have pushed very hard on the things you can buy and have come out with cool skins, and with what we have seen so far in Valorant, very cool skins to the weapons' with more to come. But I think Valorant in one years time will be so much more fun to play, than it is right now

    I really like the graphics even though everyone is not onboard, i like the simple but satisfying gameplay with the possibility to create your very own strategy from the pick face.

    Very disappointed that 1/3 of all games in the lower ranks are won by afk players on the enemy team or your own,
    i will personally take a break from the game until they have fixed a better ban system that keeps players from ruining 40 min of the rest of the teams time. I had the same problem with Overwatch before they changed to role Q.
    Try it but don't expect that every game will be fun. hate winning when i know that they could have put up a fight if they had less toxic or no afk players.
    I hope this is useful to whom ever might be reading this!

    Try to remember that It is just a game so try to be nice and support the bottom of the KDA list as well :)    … Expand
  10. Tomio
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    If u are average on fps game like me,
    FORGET. THIS GAME....
    This game really need good skill to play.... Matchmaking on this game so bad.... How can i learn something if i always really good enemy while me just average....? Enemy just need 1 tap me from far away while me still looking in him..... Server on south east asia so bad and mostly valorant community are toxic....! Even thought i    If u are average on fps game like me,
    FORGET. THIS GAME....
    This game really need good skill to play....
    Matchmaking on this game so bad....
    How can i learn something if i always really good enemy while me just average....?
    Enemy just need 1 tap me from far away while me still looking in him.....
    Server on south east asia so bad and mostly valorant community are toxic....!

    Even thought i not playing cs anymore but cs never make feel torture like this game.....    … Expand
  11. transcend103
    Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Great frames, smooth as silk on my 2yo pc, 144+ frames no problem.
    I agree that players should get slowed on damage, and that shooting back should be your instinct not running away.
    MOBA/Ability elements are not too intrusive, and mastery of them can't replace better aim. I am thankful for its development as I've already passed on all the other pure shooter options. This is my main    Great frames, smooth as silk on my 2yo pc, 144+ frames no problem.
    I agree that players should get slowed on damage, and that shooting back should be your instinct not running away.
    MOBA/Ability elements are not too intrusive, and mastery of them can't replace better aim.
    I am thankful for its development as I've already passed on all the other pure shooter options.

    This is my main game now. I still play CS, OW and Fortnite, just not nearly as often.    … Expand
  12. MuleKicker
    Aug 31, 2020
    5
    Valorant is a game that I want to enjoy, but with a plethora of competitive fps games already out with large player bases, Valorant has to do better, as it is currently a mess of a game that feels like it was rushed out of the beta to keep the hype. To simplify this review, some of the pros of Valorant are the 128-tick servers, attractive simple graphics, the different ways to play theValorant is a game that I want to enjoy, but with a plethora of competitive fps games already out with large player bases, Valorant has to do better, as it is currently a mess of a game that feels like it was rushed out of the beta to keep the hype. To simplify this review, some of the pros of Valorant are the 128-tick servers, attractive simple graphics, the different ways to play the game with various abilities and the clean UI that has multiple quality improvements such as the buy & sell system before the round starts. Now for the cons, to start, there is the intrusive Vanguard anti-cheat is always running on your system, unless you close it, in which you are forced to restart your computer the next time you want to play the game. The micro-transactions for the in-game weapon skins are to be expected in a free game, but are implemented in a terribly greedy way, as the skins are way overpriced, for example, the Elderflame collection bundle costs 9900 Valorant Points, which you would have to buy the highest Valorant Points bundle for $99.99 USD and then to unlock the upgrades for the skins you need to buy Radianite points using your Valorant Points, so in the end you have to pay $292 USD to have the fully upgraded Elderflame skins. Of course you don't need to buy the skins, but to have them priced so highly is ridiculous and takes advantage of people wanting to look cool in their games. Moving on, the movement often feels slow and sluggish, but it mostly has to do with the fact that the footstep sounds are way too loud and you have to shift-walk across the majority of the map. Next, there are currently only 4 maps to play on, each of the maps are infested with corners that encourage slow "camping" gameplay. You then have the RNG firing mechanics with majority of the automatic weapons, most noticeably with the Vandal having the first shot being completely based on the RNG at a certain range which is unrewarding to players that have good aim, the RNG firing mechanics should have no place in a competitive fps game where the first shot to the head is an instant kill and is extremely important. There are so many problems that exist in the current state of the game, that I am getting tired just writing a list of the one's that I have personally experienced and they are really pushing for Valorant to become an Esports game even with all of the current issues. Riot needs to fix these issues by listening to the feedback given to them from their community, then maybe this game will be great one day and it could potentially become a major Esports title.… Expand
  13. DeinMared
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    You shoot in one spot, bullet are around, not even near where you shooting. Report system doesn't work at all. Deathmatch burn your computer, even if you play in Tesla's office. Worst game ever, as always, Ritogames. 10000% deservse to call RELIASED GAME (no).
  14. Noiza
    Aug 31, 2021
    2
    Good things first:
    This Game is for free and runed smoothly with high fps and good response.
    Now for the rest: This game is for a big company with that hype really dissapointing. The graphics are more like "meh" and from the arround 20(including seconds) highly boring designed weapons, everyone just uses two. since the rest are trash. Speaking of trash, the weapon handling is    Good things first:
    This Game is for free and runed smoothly with high fps and good response.
    Now for the rest:
    This game is for a big company with that hype really dissapointing.
    The graphics are more like "meh" and from the arround 20(including seconds) highly boring designed weapons, everyone just uses two. since the rest are trash.
    Speaking of trash, the weapon handling is just..disturbing.
    The skills are mostly just one blob of color of sightblock.
    Planting the bomb for 13 rounds is just strange and boring.
    This game could be a 8 year old MOD for CS:GO with gambled damage numbers.    … Expand
  15. gamegark
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    Skill :
    Sova copy Hanzo , Raze copy Junkrat , Omen copy Reaper , Sage copy Mei

    Gunplay mechanic :
    copy Counter Strike global offensive

    Vanguard :
    Install in root permission , can steal your identity

    If you like to play game , just go to original game "CS:GO"
    if you like skill , just go to original game "Overwatch"
    If you want to safety , just uninstall Vanguard
  16. Skhaarin
    Sep 2, 2020
    0
    It's just awful.
    The game is slow and boring, not much content, you will spend way more time waiting for the matches and walking around to find someone than actually playing. The game feels completely empty and a waste of time.
  17. markulit
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    If you're in Solo Queue, goodluck having good Rank. They will queue you up with no-gamesense players. Full of bugs but updated skins. They do not focus fixing their game, they focus on charging your wallet
  18. toucancookie
    Sep 4, 2020
    8
    After 3 months of playing Valorant, 428 games (spread over the game modes, mostly competitive and unrated), I can certainly say I enjoy the game, I am hugely biased but I enjoy the game a lot, the abilities, the characters, the anticheat, , the comunication the devs give, the frequent updates, everything is good imo exept one thing, the maps, 4 maps in the game, all of them are defenderAfter 3 months of playing Valorant, 428 games (spread over the game modes, mostly competitive and unrated), I can certainly say I enjoy the game, I am hugely biased but I enjoy the game a lot, the abilities, the characters, the anticheat, , the comunication the devs give, the frequent updates, everything is good imo exept one thing, the maps, 4 maps in the game, all of them are defender sided, some more or less but Split, and Ascent are VERY defender sided, with haven and bind giving the attackers a chance.… Expand
  19. DecimusMaximus
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    Even the ping and connection are coinflip, same with other riot games. Unless you're on NA or EUW server, the client randomly selects a server, even if that server will give you 200+ ping, at least give us garena type players the option to pick a server. This game went through Beta and still has cheaters and a lot of **** bugs, every patch and every update comes with a bug, matchmaking isEven the ping and connection are coinflip, same with other riot games. Unless you're on NA or EUW server, the client randomly selects a server, even if that server will give you 200+ ping, at least give us garena type players the option to pick a server. This game went through Beta and still has cheaters and a lot of **** bugs, every patch and every update comes with a bug, matchmaking is inconsistent, you'd think Riot would improve from league when it comes to matchmaking but nope. And if you did manage to encounter errors that would result in you needing to restart the client after the game Riot will give you a **** hour to wait even if its not your fault. Game balance team is as bad as league's.… Expand
  20. SimpSlayer
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    It's a good game but the penalties are dumb as heck! 1-hour c'mon man. They also need to balance characters and don't even think about the microtransactions.
  21. TheMaskedPlayer
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    The map design is awful. It is so unnecessarily complicated. The characters skills are so broken. While other character skills are useless. The recoil on the weapons are almost impossible to control. When it is controlled it is annoying to handle the weapon in general. It seems absolutely ridiculous for the gun animation to go left and right whilst shooting it. The game needs so much workThe map design is awful. It is so unnecessarily complicated. The characters skills are so broken. While other character skills are useless. The recoil on the weapons are almost impossible to control. When it is controlled it is annoying to handle the weapon in general. It seems absolutely ridiculous for the gun animation to go left and right whilst shooting it. The game needs so much work it shouldn't be in beta. It needs to be in pre - alpha.… Expand
  22. lightgamer3000
    Sep 10, 2020
    6
    Valorant is a fun game to play with multiple characters and you can use tons of guns. I do think it seams unfinished 1. there is not enough stages 2. there is no character skins 3. there is not enough original aspects. It is a fun game to play a bit on your free time but it is not mind blowing.
  23. RaianRSR
    Sep 11, 2020
    0
    basically the ripped off version of CSGO and Overwatch but less enjoyable. I played the beta phase and later 2 seasons. From my perspective this game will just leave bad taste on your mouth after a while. It's got balance issuses, bad netcode, janky and slow movements. I used to play this game because some of my friends used to play this until they all quit too.
    Please do yourself a    basically the ripped off version of CSGO and Overwatch but less enjoyable. I played the beta phase and later 2 seasons. From my perspective this game will just leave bad taste on your mouth after a while. It's got balance issuses, bad netcode, janky and slow movements. I used to play this game because some of my friends used to play this until they all quit too.
    Please do yourself a favor. Switch to any other better alternatives. You'll have a great time instead of this garbage.    … Expand
  24. MenDiguinho
    Sep 11, 2020
    0
    Simplesmente prometeu demais entregou pouco , poucos mapas e muitos personagens , anticheat inexistente pelo fato de não funcionar , foi vendido como um concorrente/substituto para cs porem se demonstrou pior em tudo se a semelha com overwatch só que com objetivo diferente , passe longe assim terá uma vida mais saudável e se tentar boa sorte com os xiters
  25. vain_19
    Sep 11, 2020
    1
    this game is a **** bias as son of a **** if you spent money on the game it will give you lesser recoil and if you don't the will give you opponent that is much higher elo then you and they will also **** up you recoil if you are ranking up to fast
  26. noyname26
    Sep 16, 2020
    1
    this is the worst ever shooter of all time, there is so much imbalance and nonsense, it's just kaets. It feels like the developers just don't care about the game, no patches, there is simply no balancing ability, no one looks at the statistics to watch what is not so easy, everyone does not care
  27. beefx3
    Sep 21, 2020
    4
    I really like the aesthetics of the game like I really do. The core concept is really just csgo which i like, and I love the 128 tick servers it feels nice, but in the end its just a poor copy of csgo imo. It feels like the game's hitboxes are broken, maybe im just bad who knows. But I genuinely feel like valorant has terrible hit registration, i've had friends tell me otherwise but in theI really like the aesthetics of the game like I really do. The core concept is really just csgo which i like, and I love the 128 tick servers it feels nice, but in the end its just a poor copy of csgo imo. It feels like the game's hitboxes are broken, maybe im just bad who knows. But I genuinely feel like valorant has terrible hit registration, i've had friends tell me otherwise but in the end after around 80-100 hours im left with a game that feels like it could be good but is fundamentally flawed. I dislike how long queue times are and how often I play the same maps (ughhh heaven or split). So overall my score has got to be like a 4 but could totally improve.… Expand
  28. w1sdoM
    Sep 23, 2020
    0
    The game has a terrible ranked system just from the ground up You can win ten games not rank up and have one bad game and get de-ranked. It seems like the game is going to get stale after a year. CS:GO fans will have more luck sticking to CS, Valorant is a mess. Not worth giving a chance.
  29. cavaleto
    Sep 23, 2020
    4
    E um jogo fraco e só mais uma tentativa de pegar o sucesso de cs go ele não tem nada de diferenciado apenas um visual mais futurístico não e um jogo horrível e ate que jogável mas não e um bom jogo eu diria que ele e genérico e repetido mas se um amigo me chamar para jogar eu vou mas não e um jogo que eu jogaria sozinho em uma partida aleatória.
  30. H2K_OG
    Sep 24, 2020
    2
    I have experience of around 2500+ hours on CSGO. But this game needs many improvements. When my character in the game comes near any other player I experience a glitch in the game. Secondly, when the opponent team shoots at me the character just hangs a bit, and then it's dead. The other thing but at least priority is that when we are looking on skins of guns and the game founds the matchI have experience of around 2500+ hours on CSGO. But this game needs many improvements. When my character in the game comes near any other player I experience a glitch in the game. Secondly, when the opponent team shoots at me the character just hangs a bit, and then it's dead. The other thing but at least priority is that when we are looking on skins of guns and the game founds the match the cursor gets to stick with the skins, like as the cursor moves the guns rotates at the time when the game founds a match. Also, the game is slow, I admire their efforts on the servers and the 128 ticks or so, but the game still has the latency, which is not good. And the Graphics are poor which I expected to be in an 8.5GB game but still its poor than others at the same level. Also, the Maps are not good They have lots of hiding spots which makes it time-consuming than other games since we have to check them up. The other thing is the abilities of the characters are not balanced. In addition to this, there is one more issue since there are no upgrades for guns in terms of damage, range, etc the guns have very poor accuracy which can not be changed.… Expand
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 12, 2020
    80
    Valorant has a high-quality and clean release without any problems. The game will definitely please fans of the competitive FPS genre. The eSports potential of the shooter has only become established over time, and the first tournaments are already planned. However, a high entry threshold requires serious skill training. But this only makes the game more interesting.
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  2. GameStar
    Aug 7, 2020
    86
    At first, this looks like just another Counterstrike clone. But there’s more depth and variety, despite the lack of content.
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  3. KeenGamer
    Jul 29, 2020
    80
    Overall, Valorant is a great game to play if you're a fan of first-person shooter strategy games. But it is also something that someone without experience with games like CS:GO can enjoy and pick up quickly. The Agents are, for the most part, balanced, and the planned addition of more should keep the game fresh. The overall style doesn't really land and the sound design needs to be fixed.
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