Valorant

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3892 Ratings

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  1. alexiscute
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    this game is for doo doo babies who dont know how to do anything except jerk off to hentai and camp in the corner with a sniper rifle. 0/10 i'm gonna go **** my pants
  2. auditbadger
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    I think that this is truly a unique game and I would recommend that if you are a fan of this type of genre then I think you should give this game a try.
  3. ameansquirrel
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    Just an empty game with terrible matchmaking, smurfs everywhere, and apparently no punishments for toxic players and leavers. Store prices for skins are STUPID high... we are talking $80 for a few skins. Cringy voice-lines, no storyline, completely unfinished and amazingly low quality for a company like riot games.
  4. souviksen031
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    Guns- Very janky, feels like shooting airsoft guns, could have copied stuff like custom view model of weapons too. Even after 6 months of public release, they didn't nerf the ODIN (Machine Gun).

    Armor- It just adds up extra numbers of health which is completely nonsensible because "BRO I TAGGED HIM 140, HES 10 HP!!!!-----*REYNA, SAGE, PHOENIX Laugh". Armour penetration percentage would    Guns- Very janky, feels like shooting airsoft guns, could have copied stuff like custom view model of weapons too. Even after 6 months of public release, they didn't nerf the ODIN (Machine Gun).

    Armor- It just adds up extra numbers of health which is completely nonsensible because "BRO I TAGGED HIM 140, HES 10 HP!!!!-----*REYNA, SAGE, PHOENIX Laugh". Armour penetration percentage would be better like CSGO.

    Map- They are just horrible and feel like designed by drawing random squares in MS Paint and randomly the heights of places were adjusted. SERIOUSLY??? 3 BOMB SITES????

    Heroes- The abilities are very situational like you may like a hero from a youtube montage video but get to reenact the thing only rarely.

    Abilities- Some extra advantages would have been fine but the abilities doing real damage??? No, that's messed up. After these abilities, it will be a massacre if it happens to be a part of esports. Even Apex has abilities but they have a limit.

    Overall- They copied the Theory from CSGO and the looks and characters from Overwatch but that didn't turn out very well. Even if this game didn't exist nobody wouldn't even have cared and rather ask for a game like this because this game has nothing new to offer. Games like Fortnite, PUBG, Overwatch, Apex had something new to offer but what's new in this. CSGO is the most Esports-friendly FPS game out there and at least it's predictable and it requires new strats and a high skill ceiling in its pro scene. Whats about this game? What can you predict? Arrows through walls? Some Fortnite skinned character randomly teleporting through the map? A bot placed at choke points of backstabs that does damage and completely eliminates the possibilities of flanks?    … Expand
  5. silva123
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    this game is for **** who like to hide and backstab, thought its full of potential but instead its full of ****
  6. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    7
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  7. Thewarpenguin20
    Nov 8, 2020
    3
    Me and my friends played Valorant for maybe 20 hours in total, and me and my friends had a love hate relationship with the game. We would rage, but we would sort of have fun most of the time. Now, I realise just how bad the game actually is. I would give it a zero if it was not for the first couple hours of playing this game, because it is quite fun to start out.

    The gun play is awful    Me and my friends played Valorant for maybe 20 hours in total, and me and my friends had a love hate relationship with the game. We would rage, but we would sort of have fun most of the time. Now, I realise just how bad the game actually is. I would give it a zero if it was not for the first couple hours of playing this game, because it is quite fun to start out.

    The gun play is awful in this game. Guns are just so frustrating to use, because you could be shooting straight on, but your bullets are going to be be going to Narnia. You just have to spray and pray when an enemy is no more that 10 meters away. Also if you get shot in the big toe then you cant move at all, so you are a sitting duck. Guns are either awful, or mediocre. There are no guns I would define as good. Also lobby's are terrible. Either you get in a lobby with the sweatiest player on the planet, or you get put in a game with bots that barely know how to shoot a gun. Characters are pretty fun, and usually have different playstyles. They also have good lore and dialogue. I just wish that they had a description about who the character is. Map design is pretty bad, with it just being a mess, or just boring and flat.    … Expand
  8. ImNotRocket
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    Valorant (2020) - It's famous, cool, clone Overwatch (2016) and CS:GO (2012), i'm like this game!
  9. killerraidenn
    Nov 7, 2020
    9
    Such a fun and loveable game I had a blast when I played the game yesterday i love it.What i specificaly like is the agents in valorant, that's the best way and competitive gameplay.
  10. Angrypi
    Nov 6, 2020
    0
    Не советую играть , или рэйтинговая система работает хуего или античит работает хуего , а может всё вместе . Постоянно то в прыжке в голову дают то в смоки простреливаю . ждешь по 15 минут игру и тебе сливают ее что ты сделать нихера не можешь .Потому что игра делает так что у тебя процент побед должен быть 50 % то есть за то что ты выйграл ты должен проиграть. Плюсом к этому микро фризыНе советую играть , или рэйтинговая система работает хуего или античит работает хуего , а может всё вместе . Постоянно то в прыжке в голову дают то в смоки простреливаю . ждешь по 15 минут игру и тебе сливают ее что ты сделать нихера не можешь .Потому что игра делает так что у тебя процент побед должен быть 50 % то есть за то что ты выйграл ты должен проиграть. Плюсом к этому микро фризы которые ой как улучшают игровой процесс.… Expand
  11. cucko0
    Nov 4, 2020
    8
    It is an enjoyable and innovating game , however, the map design is really bad, which suddenly kills the "fast-paced" part of the game. The maps also feel way too "Defender-sided". There are also some really common glitches and bugs that Riot Games fails to address.

    Pros : Fun, easy to learn (?), creative
    Cons : Bad maps, bugs, some (small) balancing issues
  12. biggy-gamer
    Nov 4, 2020
    10
    Fun competitive shooter with many interesting characters. I'm personally not a big fan of the graphics style, but the gameplay makes up for it! Definately give it a shot if you want to play a fun shooter with your friends!
  13. SPIERDOX
    Nov 2, 2020
    3
    The game is just CS:GO with abilities (Overwatch+CS:GO) i played it in beta it was cool . ranks are **** up they dont actually show ur skill icebox is full of glitches that break the game (omen ult glitches and killjoy underground sentry) i lost a game because of this . U cant have fun with this game if u dont waste hundereds of hours practicing ur aim . THERE IS NO COMMUNITY SERVER WTF.The game is just CS:GO with abilities (Overwatch+CS:GO) i played it in beta it was cool . ranks are **** up they dont actually show ur skill icebox is full of glitches that break the game (omen ult glitches and killjoy underground sentry) i lost a game because of this . U cant have fun with this game if u dont waste hundereds of hours practicing ur aim . THERE IS NO COMMUNITY SERVER WTF.
    only 5 **** maps this game is like 1 yr old and they added ONLY TWO MAPS in one year .
    its CS:GO with abilities and i hate CS:GO like games for the shooting mechanics they are just annoying u have to learn recoil patterns and then u anyways get headshotted by a sweaty global elite cs go player. you cant have fun in this game without hundreds of hours spent on training aim

    SO ITS BAD DONT EVEN PLAY THIS GAME ITS JUST ANNOYING AS **** JUST PLAY TERRARIA OR TEARDOWN OR SOMETHING ACTUALLY FUN WTF ARE YOU DOING WITH UR LIFEEEEEEEEEEE    … Expand
  14. Vel
    Nov 2, 2020
    2
    generally a good idea, and a pretty good game. But it's hit the point where cheating is just happening too often, and their anti-cheat software isn't worth crap.
  15. 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
  16. TheProphet334
    Nov 1, 2020
    2
    This game could be good but it is not because of riots laziness, the skins cost two AAA games worth of money and it is unbearable how many people are cheating even with this stupid vanguard in place.... Only play if you are in a full team otherwise it is really boring.
  17. NekoSukaSoul
    Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This game is cr*p and I`ll try to explain "why" ...
    1. If you are came from CS GO as I, the first thing, that you`ll admit "This game is slow" even WOT will be dynamical than this thing (coz I can`t call this "game" this is in the best way "demo version of a game")
    2. Balance? Nah that's not about this game, you got characters that can kill every on in there way and you got characters    This game is cr*p and I`ll try to explain "why" ...
    1. If you are came from CS GO as I, the first thing, that you`ll admit "This game is slow" even WOT will be dynamical than this thing (coz I can`t call this "game" this is in the best way "demo version of a game")
    2. Balance? Nah that's not about this game, you got characters that can kill every on in there way and you got characters that can't do anything, that's a cruel reality
    3. "tik rate" this is the weakest spot of this "thing" even with "slowllyty" of this "thing" you will not kill the enemy even if he has a reaction of a turtle, if u had more than 40 ping!
    Even if ull be faster, you`ll get shot by the dude that has better ping than your`s (The funniest thing that they "slow down" the game to get better "tik rate" XD)
    4. skills annoying and useless thing, yes I wrote 4 lines higher that some characters are imbalanced and it`s still true, but most of the skills are crap, that can`t damage someone or they got so slow animation that enemy can just walk to u and kill u by the knife with no problems at all XD
    5, shooting, the most "creppy" shooting that I`ve ever seen, even "hackin" warface got better shooting than in this game, and if u think that shooting in CS GO is bad — try this game and u`ll change ur mind XD
    This "thing" is good as "porn Musa" but as a "game", this is a crep    … Expand
  18. pewx2
    Oct 30, 2020
    2
    Crashes all the time. Otherwise okay but crashes make it frustrating to play.
  19. Ente3303
    Oct 28, 2020
    0
    Тут не рады русским вас будут травить для русских нет голосового чата нет баланса игра для зумиров
  20. kamikazi99
    Oct 27, 2020
    0
    Terrible low quality game filed with the most toxic community of any game. Yes, more than R6. The movement is sluggish. Graphics, hilariously terrible. Guns, feel like toys. Maps, claustrophobic, small and badly designed. Abilities, a joke. The devs that blatantly rip off a game put more effort than the valorant devs. every single thing about this game is bad. The hype was a joke, I triedTerrible low quality game filed with the most toxic community of any game. Yes, more than R6. The movement is sluggish. Graphics, hilariously terrible. Guns, feel like toys. Maps, claustrophobic, small and badly designed. Abilities, a joke. The devs that blatantly rip off a game put more effort than the valorant devs. every single thing about this game is bad. The hype was a joke, I tried this game because of all the hype and grew to hate this game the more I played it.… Expand
  21. ImaGeekugugaga
    Oct 25, 2020
    10
    For me Valorant is can is good alternative of CS:GO, that game has potential, it's great shooter, yeah maybe some details are not good, but Valorant still can be good game, that will compare to CS:GO
  22. quarkstuff
    Oct 20, 2020
    0
    The shooting mechanics are difficult to use, especially for players with a TF2 and Overwatch background, which the game seems to target. The shooting mechanic also favors camping (Staying in one spot all game while shooting passing enemies) which is frowned upon in most games. The heavy armor does next to nothing. And there are some buggy aspects to the game..
  23. GermanySoldier
    Oct 20, 2020
    4
    Counter Strike for Mobile Phones. It is a simplistic and more simplified version of CS GO. Game feels clunky and has no speed factor. Shooting in the head is easier. Hero skills are nice and is really great innovation, but overall it is boring to play and watch. Monetisation model is horrible and over the top!
  24. v4vendetta
    Oct 20, 2020
    8
    Awesome game that has been undermined.

    Three features:

    Fast-paced, Action-packed, Quality

    Getting less than 60 pings in Asia, Hell Yeah
  25. Taronis
    Oct 17, 2020
    0
    This is the worst piece of trash game I have ever played. Buggy, will not even load at times! Unbalanced, with smurfs and cheaters galore. Do not waste your valuable time.
  26. KaelModesti
    Oct 16, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Valorant is a very cool and dynamic game , valorant looks like cs and this automatically makes valorant a cool good game...… Expand
  27. GelatinousBooze
    Oct 16, 2020
    4
    It was entertaining for a short period of time mostly because we had a full squad. I very quickly lost interest in the game as I found it pretty lackluster and very copy pasta csgo. Currently we only have 4 maps and though they intend to introduce more over time it's really repetitive at the moment. Abilities are okay but the design of the animations, in particular the smoke's is reallyIt was entertaining for a short period of time mostly because we had a full squad. I very quickly lost interest in the game as I found it pretty lackluster and very copy pasta csgo. Currently we only have 4 maps and though they intend to introduce more over time it's really repetitive at the moment. Abilities are okay but the design of the animations, in particular the smoke's is really boring and sort of an eye sore. The bloom is randomized after the 7th shot so it begins to feel like rng literally feathering the trigger only to see the rounds bloom around the head. Then you get 1 tapped because they had reloaded prior. Not to mention the camping corners pacing is a little too "standy around" for a 30 minute game. Skins are absurdly overpriced. Like spend 80 bucks on a skin pack only to have to buy the vfx seperate... Don't even get me started on vanguard and how it prevents .sys drivers from loading at startup. I find it to be really overhyped even after official release.… Expand
  28. Hopa256
    Oct 14, 2020
    0
    Valorant is slow, boring, too sweaty, and unfinished. It came out way to rushed and never came close to CSGO polish. Sad that people defend this when CSGO clearly won the battle with constantly double the amount of streams on compared to Valorant. Also Riot games is known for making frustrating content and this is no exception.
  29. Axlerod1
    Oct 12, 2020
    0
    Movement is very clunkly. No ADS when using pistols. Characters are imbalanced. Cheaters are dominating. Only 3 maps. $100 skins, talk about a cash grab. This game plays more like an alpha build than anything. There are just to many other games out there that play better than this game.
  30. Tingleng
    Oct 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A great game coming act 3 episode 1. The game is amazing now and has come far there are no bugs at all and all agents are balanced leading to a fun and competitive experience for those who want to go further than just a game while still providing a great content and fun with friends in casual play.… 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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