Valorant

 PC
User Score
4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3892 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,501 out of 3892
  2. Mixed: 436 out of 3892
  3. Negative: 1,955 out of 3892

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. ducker28
    Jun 15, 2020
    0
    It is sooo bad! It keep crashing and disconecting me. It also completly destroyed my audio driver. I just coudnt hear anything while this game was on my pc. Dont play it. That Vanguard **** is a virus for your pc.
  2. indovsky
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Overhyped game. Hitboxes are worse than in csgo. Funny recoil, funny design. Game not for years like CSGO.
  3. wh1tly337
    Jun 17, 2020
    0
    At first, the game was liked , for a week I played about 10 hours.But after a forced reinstall, the game started to crash every 5 minutes due to anti-cheat problems. Read on the Internet this problem is not my only one, but no one knows the exact solution to this problem. I wrote in support of Riot I was sent 3 solutions to this problem , as you can understand, none of them suited me. ThisAt first, the game was liked , for a week I played about 10 hours.But after a forced reinstall, the game started to crash every 5 minutes due to anti-cheat problems. Read on the Internet this problem is not my only one, but no one knows the exact solution to this problem. I wrote in support of Riot I was sent 3 solutions to this problem , as you can understand, none of them suited me. This is why I set the game 0 ,since it is not playable on 16.06.2020… Expand
  4. SilverInCs
    Jun 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. play cs the game is a legit copy evrymap is like inferno and i dont like the hero abilitys but a litel fun.… Expand
  5. LuckyLyle
    Jun 17, 2020
    0
    DONT UNINSTALL THE ANTICHEAT!!! It has bricked my pc for the third and last time. The subreddit for this game is censored just the the chinese government. Funny how riot is owned by tencent(a chinese company). And do some research im not the only one with this issue.
  6. Naryti
    Jun 18, 2020
    2
    Valorant has an good gameplay and design, but Vanguard just put all the other things on a big trash can, my PC have an i7 7700 and a GTX 1050 and still crashing, bugging, getting blue screen, and so many other errors. It also came close to kill my PC burning it because turned off the Freezing.

    The balance of the characters don't exist, Riot is famous for doing unbalanced games but that    Valorant has an good gameplay and design, but Vanguard just put all the other things on a big trash can, my PC have an i7 7700 and a GTX 1050 and still crashing, bugging, getting blue screen, and so many other errors. It also came close to kill my PC burning it because turned off the Freezing.

    The balance of the characters don't exist, Riot is famous for doing unbalanced games but that is just so bad in this game that just let it horrible. I feel bad when I win just because I have a retarded character to play and I'm just using it to overcome the enemies, and when an enemy pick Phoenix and just press one button to do a lot of damage and blind you up even when you're not looking at his blind ability, the guns are strange because stinger, that is a cheap gun, is extremely more OP than Odin or Vandal.

    The characters are boring and not memorable, just Cypher, Sova and Raze have distiguish skills, and the other are just spherical or line blind/damage skills, even the new character is just shooting and spamming skills all over.    … Expand
  7. Feri
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    My chat banned for 4 days, because my chat behaviour. What was my fault? No any information.
    Started the game, I watching the map for 5 minutes, the other players are playing well. I tested my internet, everything was ok. After 5 mins, i connected to game, when finished the round, I banned for 10 mins, because other players reported the AFK.
    Riot Games? - Another liar company, don't fix    My chat banned for 4 days, because my chat behaviour. What was my fault? No any information.
    Started the game, I watching the map for 5 minutes, the other players are playing well. I tested my internet, everything was ok. After 5 mins, i connected to game, when finished the round, I banned for 10 mins, because other players reported the AFK.
    Riot Games? - Another liar company, don't fix the bugs just take the money.
    Valorant? - Overhyped CS:GO clone, without optimisation. Boring and buggy.

    NEVER EVER LOSE MY MONEY for any Valorant skin, or something.    … Expand
  8. junkmail12345
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Decently fun csgo-clone with a modern 3d engine. However the hitboxes for headshots don't register sometimes.

    Also, there's a nasty bug where the MOUSE1 and MOUSE2 don't work at random times. Can be EXTREMELY frustrating when you are playing competitively and your gun wont fire. The game should be still be in beta imho. Also, they have extremely invasive anti-cheat tech that    Decently fun csgo-clone with a modern 3d engine. However the hitboxes for headshots don't register sometimes.

    Also, there's a nasty bug where the MOUSE1 and MOUSE2 don't work at random times. Can be EXTREMELY frustrating when you are playing competitively and your gun wont fire.

    The game should be still be in beta imho. Also, they have extremely invasive anti-cheat tech that basically allows them access to your entire computer.    … Expand
  9. lostanimefan
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    I got 9 ads in a row for this game while watching anime. Not like got the ad watched a few minutes of the show and got the same ad. No, I got 9 of the same ad. Will not be playing.
  10. flosik
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    It would be quite fun if it wasnt for the fact that any solo queue experience - ranked or not is akin to stabbing yourself in the eyeball with an aids ridden rusty fork. It is more toxic than any experience one might have in League at any point - not even joking. So stay FAR FAR away unless you have an entire squad or are into ultra hardcore bdsm.
  11. insanitysanty
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    yeah this game doesnt deser a point people from cs in enemy team in my team paladins players report? for what? they dont even review it afk YES WE GOT THAT TOO palawatchgo (paladins overwatch cs) i prefer play free frire than this
  12. kires
    Aug 21, 2020
    3
    1. Toxic community
    2. Can't choose maps
    3. Strange matchmaking and ranking system
    4. Overpriced skins

    Generally, the game is boring unless you play it with friends.
  13. XKingkillerX
    Jul 16, 2020
    6
    Plain Copy of Csgo,don't see any reason why it should be considered good at all
  14. frogigy
    Aug 4, 2020
    0
    Ranking system is one of the worst I have ever seen. Anti cheat is extremely intrusive and also extremely useless. Not as a joke it is an actual chinese rip off of counter strike. I have seen better mobile FPS games than this.
  15. Blinkity_Blank
    Aug 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A shameless CS clone built with Overwatch elements with none of the charm of either game. Firstly, the game's gun mechanics are a mess. It claims to have learnable recoil patterns like CSGO, but in reality, they have deliberately coded random spray alongside it. What this means is that even if you learn each gun and have good aim, if you engage someone a medium distance away, you run the risk of missing a few of those crucial shots , resulting in your death and you opponent walking off with a tiny bit of hp. Skill doesn't matter with RNG. Second, the gun damage values don't always fully register. For example, the Vandal & Guardian both deal 150+ dmg to the head at all ranges, which is an insta kill. There have been times when you score a headshot, but the enemy randomly receives 145-149 dmg, leading to you dying when you clearly fired a fatal shot. Thirdly, i hardly believe the developers have learnt of the word "balancing'. And last but certainly not the least, is the game's cheating saga. The anti cheat is an absolute joke. I have played enough to safely say that 6 out of 10 matches had at least 1 blatant cheater in them, with me encountering the same player multiple times, weeks after mass reporting. Honestly, the game's only saving point is the fact that it is free, because if it wasn't, you would be essentially paying to have a stressful experience which majority of the times will leave you angry, frustrated and wishing you were playing something else.… Expand
  16. Alebop_
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    Never before have I seen such a **** useless, annoying, unbalanced, uncaring game like valorant. It is a CSGO- Chinese rip-off with an overwatch gimmick to it with the abilities. The fact that its made by Tencent Games (A CHINESE **** COMPANY) doesn't **** help anything. I thought it was crazy that people gave this game a 0 but I totally understand. The art style is bland, the maps areNever before have I seen such a **** useless, annoying, unbalanced, uncaring game like valorant. It is a CSGO- Chinese rip-off with an overwatch gimmick to it with the abilities. The fact that its made by Tencent Games (A CHINESE **** COMPANY) doesn't **** help anything. I thought it was crazy that people gave this game a 0 but I totally understand. The art style is bland, the maps are garbage, the heroes and weapons are unbalanced, everything is horrible. The core gameplay is sometimes intersting and has some strength to it, but for the most part its just you getting OPed by garbage Jetts with no skill. It doesnt help the maps dont counter with the gameplay. Due to the fact that the movement is quite slower than CSGO doesnt help that you can not counter some of the guns in this game. Its a cluster **** with **** patches and updates by the company THAT MADE OF LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. I dont understand how a company with the competence of creating an esports and game to the level of LoL (the greatest esports ever) could slip on a **** bannana so hard. Its a shame because the devs themselves are actually nice and try to help but they are so **** belligerent that on one of their patches they gave cheats to THE ENTIRE GAME. This happened on the first patch of the game and its such a cluster**** that I cant comprehend to the point how bad some of this **** is. The advertised this game with a vision to destroy peekers advantage and cheats, but the MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE GAME ARE THE FEATURES THEY VOWED TO TAKE OUT. CSGO still has a less stable peekers advantage and that **** is made by Valve who never update the game (even if they are a god tier company). What else do I have to say? The skins are overpriced af to a point where Id rather **** buy renegade on Fortnut. Theres such a disconnect with most of these TRIPLE AAA games with their consumers thats its astounding that most people dont just say **** it and only buy indie games. Now at the moment, the biggest problem is the op, but we've already discussed that issue. Now, to Killjoy, or should I say kills the joy out of the game. Her abilities for the most part are balanced (for riots sake) but the GOD. DAMN. MOLLIES. They take less skill to adhere to than **** Raze's abilities. Ninja can **** get kills. This is the same cesspool homo sapien who danced on front of the stage to millions with no one dancing with him. I recently did an experiment on Valorant who played the game on what they thought of the game. Hey, rainbow started off bad, CSGO started off bad, but atleast your consumers dont rate this game out of 10 with a "penis out of 10". Ive seen more composure and professionalism from companies who are OP-erated by one **** person. It's literally more simplistic than CSGO while still being annoying and sucking up to noob players. The fact that the critics review is on such a disconnect to the users review really shows that you should never trust critics on a game. If this game has a close metacritic to some top dog games like **** RDR2 than you know the critics are **** senile. The fact I've wrote this far shows how **** annoying this game. A somewhat good community with some retarded ones (im looking at you dumbass who ops in deathmatch). Theres no counter to how long Ive played this game but I know Ive played this game for more than 200 hours, and Im honestly sick of all this bs. I like competitive games and it was **** interesting around beta and launch (even when riot ****ed up wow once again! with the launch of the game without comp). This game should really learn from the top of the top games like CSGO, R6, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS--Overwatch. Overwatch is in an absolute dog**** state, but when they first started, they game was relatively good. I cant say the same thing about valorant. Now, im not even near done with this game. The audio in this sound sucks more dick than Mia Khalifa in 2014. The audio is extremely inconsistent as it spans from sound thats too far away sounding like its very close, or the sound that's close not coming up. Not only that, these **** agents must have the thiccest of cheeks but they **** stomp around every **** time they move. Like damn, why are the footsteps so loud. Im actually getting pissed that the limit IS 5000 WORDS. I still HAVE SO MUCH **** TO TALK ABOUT. ITS INSANE. This game has literally ****ed my mind so hard that im writing a 5000 character review at 3 am. Thia game has so much potential but Riot ****s up everything they do. Its not a surprise theyre **** neanderthals when their parent company is TENCENT. This review has pissed me off so much that im on my last 3 brain cells at this point. I dont even know what im talking about anymore but im going to reach the limit just to show Riot games. Riot, my horrible friend, my **** special ed forced friend, please fix this game IMMEDIATELY. Id rather PLAY Fallout 76. Remember Riot, ABILITIES DONT KILL MY **** DUMBASS… Expand
  17. Decicive
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    bro this game is absolute dog. the bullet spray is rigged and trying to rank up while being a silver player is like trying to compete against multiple shrouds.
  18. Phen0m
    Sep 7, 2020
    3
    Okay, this is going to be a good review now that the game has been out for quite some time. Yes, it is a very low review but it's coming from someone who has played FPS games for a very long time including a lot of hours into Counter Strike and Rainbow Six Siege.

    First we're going to talk about game play. So most of the time, the hit registration is very good. But it is VERY    Okay, this is going to be a good review now that the game has been out for quite some time. Yes, it is a very low review but it's coming from someone who has played FPS games for a very long time including a lot of hours into Counter Strike and Rainbow Six Siege.

    First we're going to talk about game play. So most of the time, the hit registration is very good. But it is VERY inconsistent. Some days it feels like I'm tapping heads all day (I'm a diamond player) but other days I can only seem to hit the body. Now I know that could be just me but I'm not the only one that experiences it.
    The OP. I could write this whole review on how terribly over powered the Operator is in this game despite it being extremely similar to the AWP in CS:GO. So there's so much controversy in the Op from the casual community to the pros. It simply doesn't belong in a game like this. There's simply not enough counters to it. In CS:GO, each player can have 2 flashes, a smoke and grenade. That is enough utility to properly counter any good AWPer. Now, if they balance the Scout a tiny bit, it would be all the game needed. I'm talking, increased body damage to 125 (so it one shots everyone that didn't buy heavy armor), keep one shot head shot, little slower reload time, and raise the price a bit. That would be the most balanced sniper and only sniper they would need in the game.
    Now the wall bangs. Almost EVERYTHING is a wall bang spot. There's no safe cover for you to go in if you need help and that's a big miss in my opinion. If you back off as you're low on health, there's a good chance you're going to get wall banged.
    There's no coverage for crouching either. Every box in the game is made to be taller than player height. There's no crouch peeking and you have to fully expose your body in every gun fight. Now this sounds like a good thing but it really isn't. If someone has a better spot on you and the only thing you can do is try to challenge, you're probably going to lose. If they have a vertical advantage on you, you're probably going to lose. It's not a good map design.

    Secondly, I'm going to talk about the maps. The absolutely worst maps in any game I have ever played. There's a video on it that goes by the name of, "The real reason why Valorant isn't as fun as CS:GO". It's a very interesting video coming from a map designer. I'm no map designer but I can tell you the maps are very terribly made and it looks like the Riot map design team is VERY new to FPS's. The maps are extremely cluttered and have a TON of corners for people to sit in. You have to clear close to 10 corners on most sites just to get on the site cause defending team can be in any of them. It's awful and makes the game super boring. The lanes in the game are also super tight and gives the feel of having no freedom when roaming them. I mentioned the terrible lack of coverage in the maps so that's all I'm going to touch base on, but please, go watch the video and you'll understand more.

    Lastly, the Agents. The Agents have such a good idea to them but they are executed so poorly and, well, very rushed it seems. I'm going to compare the operators in Valorant with Rainbow Six as I don't have much knowledge on Overwatch. So Rainbow Six has 57 operators currently at the time of writing this. Now most IF not all operators have a counter in that game. In Valorant it's the complete opposite. There's no one to counter anyone in the game and it's quite sad. You could argue that maybe raze can counter Cypher or killjoy with her grenades but that's still quite risky at times. Now lets talk about Killjoy, which is a very relevant name for her as she LITERALLY kills the joy of the game. Riot decided it was a great idea to put a turret ability in the game. Now the turret doesn't hit hard. But it's basically making it so you have to clear the corner that the turret is in and the moment you do that, the opposing player peaks. Now I understand that you could just "play for the trade" but you have to remember, most of the player base is playing solo and won't have proper team communication or chemistry therefore making it hard to counter something like that.
    Sage, sage was amazing. She was the only healer and was pretty much necessary in every match. But now that she has been nerfed. She's useless. She barely heals and her wall is weak and unreliable now.
    The abilities in the game are just a joke in general. Like i mentioned earlier, there's really no proper counters to anyone or anything. for example, the molly's. In CS:GO, you can throw a smoke and put the molly's out. You can't do that in Valorant. Therefore it makes characters like Brimstone super overpowered post plant.
    Riot is doing exactly what they did with League of Legends. Nerfing operators without thinking about what it's going to do to the game.    … Expand
  19. rh3t0ric
    Nov 1, 2020
    1
    This is an otherwise good game that is ruined by smurfing/multi-accounting, griefing, throwing, and toxic players.

    I've put around 100 hours into the game, have unlocked all the agents, and just can't play it any more. The ranking system in competitive games should lead to evenly-matched teams. In practice, because so many players are running multiple accounts, it's very common to    This is an otherwise good game that is ruined by smurfing/multi-accounting, griefing, throwing, and toxic players.

    I've put around 100 hours into the game, have unlocked all the agents, and just can't play it any more.

    The ranking system in competitive games should lead to evenly-matched teams. In practice, because so many players are running multiple accounts, it's very common to have a low-ranked smurfing player dominate the game. It makes no sense for Riot to make a game that uses a ranking system and then combine that with lax enforcement of multiple accounts. It just becomes an invitation to abuse the system, and lots of players do it.

    The ranking system is further abused by players deliberately throwing games. They play badly or, more commonly, convince other team members to surrender even when winning. That way they get to play a few good rounds and dominate, but lower their rank so they can smurf the next game too.

    Toxic players are very common. Because the game is team-based, and teams rely on communication (text and voice), having toxic players on your own team dominating the chat wrecks the game. Sure you can mute them, and apparently Riot uses muting to punish toxic players who get reported, but then it damages your team's ability to compete.

    Toxicity is exacerbated by giving agents the abilities that can damage teammates. Phoenix's fire, Raze's grenades, Sova's arrows, etc - they can all damage players on your own team. So when toxic infighting gets out of hand, players use their abilities to damage each other.

    On top of that, the game relies on your team planting a spike. But the spike can be grabbed by a toxic player wanting to wreck/throw the game for their teammates, forcing their own team to lose.

    The game has a reporting function, but judging by the ongoing issues with toxicity etc, it seems not to be taken seriously by Riot. And since they don't enforce rules against multi-accounting, it's easy enough for a reported player to start a new account and begin the whole toxic cycle all over again.

    I'm honestly confounded why a company like Riot would put so much energy into creating such a sophisticated game, and then leave it open to so many different kinds of abuse.

    To fix this games, Riot needs to:

    1) stop griefing by taking away abilities that damage teammates
    2) enforce hard rules against multi-accounting to prevent smurfing and add weight to penalties/bans
    3) make the spike un-carryable by players who have been reported by teammates
    4) take reporting seriously and ban players who are consistently reported
    5) fix the surrender function in terms of ranking so that it doesn't benefit a winning team to surrender    … Expand
  20. Arillak
    Jun 4, 2020
    0
    The game is trying to sit on 2 chairs.
    Wants to be Overwatch and CS: GO at the same time.
    But does not give any new experience
  21. uni
    Jun 6, 2020
    2
    To many corners in map design. To many oneshots for such slow game. Confusing abilitys. Boring design.

    But at least it is free.
  22. tefon
    Jun 4, 2020
    3
    VALORANT значит, да?
    -ПЕРВОЕ ЧТО БРОСАЕТСЯ В ГЛАЗА - ЭТО КАРТИНКА. Она здесь не то, чтоб слабая - она никакая!
    -ВТОРОЕ ЧТО Б Л И Н ВОТ РЕАЛЬНО БЕСИТ - ЭТО ДИЗАЙН УРОВНЕЙ. Он здесь до ужаса простой и поломанный, что я имею ввиду под словом "поломанный" ХЕХЕ ща... Бежишь ты такой (не помню на какой карте ну да ладно) бежишь и видишь что в углу стоит БОЧКА И ТЫ ХОЧЕШЬ НА НЕЁ ЗАЛЕЗТЬ, ДА!    VALORANT значит, да?
    -ПЕРВОЕ ЧТО БРОСАЕТСЯ В ГЛАЗА - ЭТО КАРТИНКА. Она здесь не то, чтоб слабая - она никакая!
    -ВТОРОЕ ЧТО Б Л И Н ВОТ РЕАЛЬНО БЕСИТ - ЭТО ДИЗАЙН УРОВНЕЙ. Он здесь до ужаса простой и поломанный, что я имею ввиду под словом "поломанный" ХЕХЕ ща... Бежишь ты такой (не помню на какой карте ну да ладно) бежишь и видишь что в углу стоит БОЧКА И ТЫ ХОЧЕШЬ НА НЕЁ ЗАЛЕЗТЬ, ДА! Но у тебя не выходит, потому что, знаете почему? Да потому шо ты в её на сквозь проходишь -_- и это не единственный прикол который может немного поднасрать в геймплей (челик может в неё ПРОНИКНУТЬ и его будет сложнее увидеть). Далее что БЕСИТ в дизайне это, то, что его МАЛО. Мало деталей, мало каких то вертикалок, мало взаимодействий с картой или предметами на ней. НУ ИХ ВООБЩЕ НЕТ! Кроме дэбильных верёвок (они служат игрокам подниматься вверх на платформу выше, но встречается на одной карте в одном месте и всё)
    -ТРЕТЬЕ ЧТО ПЕЧАЛИТ - ЭТО ФИЗИКА ПРЕДМЕТОВ НА КАРТЕ. ЕЁ ПРОСТО НЕТ!!!!
    Вот взять тож же самый овердроч, в неём прям уууфф вот этим он мне от части и нравился когда то... Нравился своим ТОТАЛЬНЫМ ПРОРАБОТАННЫМ М И Р О М. Всё развивается на ветру: ткани, листья на деревьях, флаги и т.д. Можно в любой объект выстрелить и он улетит либо сломается (натуре прикольно). На карте можно устроить полнейший бардак, накидать всяких предметов и они даже могу МЕШАТЬ! ЭТО КЛАССНО!!! На Китайской карте вообще на фоне могу бабахать фейерверки.
    Что же есть в валоранте... эм... э... мо... мож.. а нет, он максимально упрощённый. ВСЯ карта - это статичный прикол по которому ты бегаешь и никак не взаимодействуешь (даже в старой сука кс го что то лежит и может легко разрушиться при выстреле). Деревья в валоранте, если их можно как таковыми назвать, вообще не шатаются на ветру. А! Я Вспомнил. Иногда по песчаной улице ХОДИТ ветерок и своей ПРОГУЛКОЙ сдувает с плиток пыль (но это настолько незаметно, что даже если ты это и увидел в первые, то просто забываешь и всё). Мелочей в игре НЕТ! (ПЛОХООО)

    +ЗВУК В ИГРЕ (+- нормальный). Пушки стреляю не так как в овере, но пойдёт.
    +ПЕРСОНАЖИ И ИХ УМЕНИЯ СБАЛАНСИРОВАНЫ. Хотя есть один перс... ну да ладно, фиксанут)
    +FPS ПИЗДАТ, потому что игра КАК Я УЖЕ ПИСАЛ ВЫШЕ - ПРОСТАЯ ДО УСРАЧКИ, потянет даже на ведре.
    +ПИНГ (+- приемлем) ВОЗЬМЁМ ТОТ ФАКТ, ЧТО ЩА ДОВОЛЬНО СИЛЬНЫЙ НАПЛЫВ ИГРОКОВ И ОБЩЕЕ СОЕДИНЕНИЕ С КЛИЕНТОМ МОЖЕТ ПРЕРЫВАТЬСЯ. К слову, у меня за 31 час игры, было такое дважды.
    +ИМПАКТ ОТ ОРУЖКИ - УСТРАИВАЕТ. ОНО ОРУЖИЯ ОЧЕНЬ МАЛО(
    Как итог, неплохой шутер "на бумаге", а по факту сырой кусочек какульки(
    Благо шо бесплатно)
    (и кста в валоранте скины НУ ПРОСТО УБОГИЕ, не донатьте на них или на пропуск, они того не стоят!)    … Expand
  23. Noir9090
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    Unholy spawn born by crossing Counterstrike and overwatch. Gets incredibly repetitive after a while and players do not feel competitively matched. Not sure if it's because match maker is just bad, because there are a lot of players so it hasn't evaluated them yet or what causes the latter problem. Also major warning about their anti-cheat program. It operates in ring 0 so it has fullUnholy spawn born by crossing Counterstrike and overwatch. Gets incredibly repetitive after a while and players do not feel competitively matched. Not sure if it's because match maker is just bad, because there are a lot of players so it hasn't evaluated them yet or what causes the latter problem. Also major warning about their anti-cheat program. It operates in ring 0 so it has full access to your system making you completely vulnerable in case hackers or malware find their way in. Think back how many full proof anti-cheats or just in general programs you know? Know the problems you/they had is nothing compared to how much damage could be done with ring 0 access. That's as full access as anything could have, vulnerability all the way to files and even hardware. This game does have ok base to build on and has potential to one day become good game. Sadly unless they manage to make anti-cheat that doesn't create huge security risk to my computer it's not getting another chance.… Expand
  24. swaglord420
    Jun 4, 2020
    0
    Uninspired and poorly executed mash up of existing competitive esports fps titles. The largest issue is the seemingly opposed concepts of ‘tactical shooter’ and ‘hero-based shooter.’ The abilities de-emphasize the fairly solid gunplay rather than enhancing it. For example, abilities negate or diminish hard fought map control or positional advantages via abilities such as teleports,Uninspired and poorly executed mash up of existing competitive esports fps titles. The largest issue is the seemingly opposed concepts of ‘tactical shooter’ and ‘hero-based shooter.’ The abilities de-emphasize the fairly solid gunplay rather than enhancing it. For example, abilities negate or diminish hard fought map control or positional advantages via abilities such as teleports, healing, seeing through walls/spy cam etc.

    Speaking of maps, they are absolutely terrible as most reviews pointed out. Mostly because of the narrow corridors, exceedingly high number of corners to check, and multiple paths solely used for rotation between sites. It seems that a more open map design is not compatible with the gameplay as it would encourage the players to forego the abilities in favor of straight gunfights. Agent balance, while always a moving target, is already an issue with clear must-picks for serious play. The graphics including the overall art direction and character design is atrocious and honestly straight up cringey. One of the least visually appealing titles of the past few years.

    Finally RNG gun spray pattern, below average optimization, and ineffective yet extremely invasive anti-cheat round out this embarrassing package of an fps game. Take your time and money elsewhere.    … Expand
  25. KingKoxx
    Jun 6, 2020
    2
    Looks Budget, in my opinion Not a esports Game. Movement awful, very little weapon Selektion.
  26. xcovert
    Jun 3, 2020
    2
    Put in a few hundred hours on the beta and realized I am going back to CS Go and Overwatch. There is some okay depth, but I just never really wanted to come back to it because it didn’t feel right. The launch was a disaster, too. I’d give it another shot if they did MAJOR rework.

    Had high hopes considering this is Riot. Yeesh.
  27. Bayloc
    Jun 4, 2020
    0
    Trash game. This is coming from someone who regularly does very well in the game and its still just not fun. They took CS, and got rid of peekers advantage. So now it is angle holding fest with how many angles can you fall back to before the other team runs out of utility or you get bored enough to push into them. The abilities are cool when used in creative ways but often times itsTrash game. This is coming from someone who regularly does very well in the game and its still just not fun. They took CS, and got rid of peekers advantage. So now it is angle holding fest with how many angles can you fall back to before the other team runs out of utility or you get bored enough to push into them. The abilities are cool when used in creative ways but often times its obvious and the normally go to waste... unless they are sage wall and heal, then people use those. On top of all of this you feel SUPER slow for the pace of the abilities. I always feel like my skills are going to waste because some trash player can sit in a corner and just wait without really being able to clear the angle unless you are 2 or 3 of the characters. If I had fun **** on bad player I would play this game though. mid to long range duels favor the better aimer and it is hilarious how many non-CS players think me and my group of friends are cheating. I actually think anyone above DMG in CS will get reported at least once a game. Game is too easy and overall needs to be sped up. It will interesting to see how they change it in the next 12 months.… Expand
  28. Saintx44
    Jun 3, 2020
    0
    Really boring game, it doesn't add anything new to the genre just the same **** but worse and the anti cheat system goes pretty freaking far, so no to your included spyware thanks, just avoid the game
  29. Gildou35
    Jun 4, 2020
    3
    ce jeux n'a rien avoir avec cs:go, c'est une pure et pale copie, ils ont pris les pires élements de overwatch et de cs pour les regrouper sous valoran, la pure daube!
  30. Predictbot
    Jun 5, 2020
    3
    Can't expect much from a company that had a history of stealing and only best at making videos.

    Best at making promises and paying streamers money to say good things about it, but turns out it's still worse than most of the general FPS games nowadays. - Broken hitbox. - RNG spray ( lmao ). - Unbalanced skills. - Unbalanced maps. - Anti-cheat system that i don't know if they are    Can't expect much from a company that had a history of stealing and only best at making videos.

    Best at making promises and paying streamers money to say good things about it, but turns out it's still worse than most of the general FPS games nowadays.

    - Broken hitbox.
    - RNG spray ( lmao ).
    - Unbalanced skills.
    - Unbalanced maps.
    - Anti-cheat system that i don't know if they are still on my computer and mining bitcoins and my data or not after i uninstalled the game.

    That's it, i'm going back to CSGO and R6.    … Expand
Page:

Awards & Rankings

66
#66 Best PC Game of 2020
4
#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »