Valorant

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3892 Ratings

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  1. Shaw89
    Jul 14, 2020
    1
    The anti cheat doesn’t do it’s own job, people aimbotting like crazy. If you want to make a really good game have a good anti cheat at the very least.
  2. Astrait
    Jul 13, 2020
    4
    Valorant had a good concept and idea, but the execution was really not good. The game feels like a washed down version of CS:GO with abilities. The movement feels clunky, the economy doesn't feel impactful, although the gun play is satisfying, the randomness of the recoil pattern is really frustrating. The random recoil patterns would not be a problem, if the the randomness would be lessValorant had a good concept and idea, but the execution was really not good. The game feels like a washed down version of CS:GO with abilities. The movement feels clunky, the economy doesn't feel impactful, although the gun play is satisfying, the randomness of the recoil pattern is really frustrating. The random recoil patterns would not be a problem, if the the randomness would be less drastic. The maps are absolutely horrible, and not fun to play. They feel incredibly cluttered, and often gives the defenders an advantage. There are way too many unnecessary angles and corners, sites that are borderline impossible to retake, and can make the player feel very claustrophobic. The agent abilities are fun to play with, but some of the abilities are a lot more overpowered, meanwhile some are severely under powered. The abilities can also create a significant amount of visual clutter, which are really distracting, and can be really frustrating a lot of times. Riot made an attempt to counter peeker's advantage, except they did an awful job at doing so. In Valorant, peeker's advantage is severely worse than most other tactical shooters. Along with the horrendous map design, and a variety of offensive abilities that can reduce, block , remove vision, and abilities that reduce movement, accuracy, and rate of fire, it makes a nightmare for who ever is being pushed/on the receiving end. Just like CS:GO, the audio engine/directional sound is also less than desirable. I often find it difficult to pin point the location of an enemy, just from their footsteps, the footsteps often sound closer than where it actually is. The directional sound is manageable, and I can get a general direction of where the footstep is coming from, left, right, in front, or behind.
    Valorant launched with 128 tick servers for all of it's game modes, which I would praise riot games for doing, except the hit registration in this game is not good. A lot of times i would see the blood splatter effect when i shoot someone, yet they would not take any damage, so hopefully that would be fixed very soon.

    Valorant is not all bad, the characters are interesting and diverse, the game has great optimization, so any computer can run it at a playable frame rate, which is amazing. The graphics do not bother me too much, because as long as the visibility is good and the colors contrast from the agents, I am happy(although the abilities do bottleneck the visibility A LOT). The HUD is clean and gives enough information, and is not overwhelming, which I really like. But overall, the negatives outweigh the positives, so I give it a 4 out of 10.    … Expand
  3. RandoPerson
    Jul 13, 2020
    4
    Right now I can simply not rate this game any higher. This game has potential but right now it is anything but great. It is simply a mediocre free to play game. It says so often that its not cs yet everything is stolen from cs. Hell even the AWP is the OP. This gunplay is weak and sluggish. Every single gun feels like it has no weight. The abilities are horribly unbalanced right now andRight now I can simply not rate this game any higher. This game has potential but right now it is anything but great. It is simply a mediocre free to play game. It says so often that its not cs yet everything is stolen from cs. Hell even the AWP is the OP. This gunplay is weak and sluggish. Every single gun feels like it has no weight. The abilities are horribly unbalanced right now and movement is a the worst aspect of this game. It tries so hard to be cs movement but then fails at all aspects. It is still possible to run and shoot with a gun that is not an smg and even then counter straffing barely works. This whole game's identity is a cs and ow killer yet instead it feels like a mediocre cash grab mix between the two. In addition to sluggish gameplay, the maps are just horrible. They want it to replicate a mixture of a cs map and lol map but it just doesn't work. The bugs, (the few that there are) can be gamebreaking. For example I got a bug where I had no UI, aka, no map, no ammo count, no ability UI, no health bar, so I constantly had to reload after every kill and had to play purely off of sound. This game right now, I just cannot simply recommend, especially since it seems like they are more focused on skins then improving the actual game. In addition, Riot's support is a joke. This can be the 'CS and OW killer' if they simply put in more effort. The only reason why I can say to play this game is that it is free to play and currently does not have that many cheaters even if the hackers are figuring out ways to get around the intrusive anti-cheat that I'm still worried about since it is a Chinese owned company that is using this anti-cheat.
    Edit: I have come back to this rating because of the announcement of the elderflame skin set. Further proving my point that riot cares less about the game and its player base but more for the pro-scene and skins. The exact thing that is killing overwatch right now    … Expand
  4. reniwe3
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    The worst in-game store in online games that exists. Players who bought a set in beta are now gathering dust in the game currency. Talking about unstable servers and terrible optimization of the game does not even make sense. The game had potential, but the developers seem to regard it as a one-day project for making money.
  5. Starykiss
    Jul 12, 2020
    8
    Their cosmetic items are way too expensive. To buy one skin on a gun is more than $20. No reason to be that expensive and it actually leads people not to play because they come off money hungry. That’s why I give it a 8. But other than that INCREDIBLE game! Great gameplay and would recommend playing it!
  6. Bagito
    Jul 12, 2020
    8
    Valorant is a very good game.
    It has very dynamic gameplay and the all the agents' personalities are very unique. I think Valorant will eventually be more successful than CS:GO, and eventually gain a big audience in the esports scene.
    However, the game is not for everybody. The gun mechanics make all of better guns have extremely high recoil and be very hard to aim. They will plague    Valorant is a very good game.
    It has very dynamic gameplay and the all the agents' personalities are very unique. I think Valorant will eventually be more successful than CS:GO, and eventually gain a big audience in the esports scene.
    However, the game is not for everybody. The gun mechanics make all of better guns have extremely high recoil and be very hard to aim. They will plague people used to the 'run and gun' fps games. Most reviews are negative because the users do not like the slow gameplay or they are bad at the game. Again, this is not a game for just anybody.
    3 bad things about Valorant:
    1. When they full released the game, it still felt very unbalanced and unfinished. It felt like the game was not yet ready to be fully released.

    2. The ranked system. The matches do not ever look at the guns and playstyle that people are using. Valorant is supposed to be a tactical 'stop and shoot' game, but newer players tend to use shotguns and the LMG's, and they think that they are amazing with the no skill 'run and gun' weapons. Riot should have a system to see how each player plays.

    3. This one is just a joke, but... Sage has an accent but Jett doesn't? WHAT?????
    They're both asian?!?!?!?!

    Overall, I think valorant is a good game, just unfinished. Also the skin prices are insannnneeeeeeee    … Expand
  7. XxPancakexX
    Jul 11, 2020
    2
    So i've played about a day's worth of the game and my first impressions WHERE pretty good but it was up until the point when the game released that I started to have less and less fun. The introduction of spike rush was by far my favorite part of the release, apart from that everything else I personally didn't like. Honestly i'm not surprised that it's a sweaty game (mostly because it's aSo i've played about a day's worth of the game and my first impressions WHERE pretty good but it was up until the point when the game released that I started to have less and less fun. The introduction of spike rush was by far my favorite part of the release, apart from that everything else I personally didn't like. Honestly i'm not surprised that it's a sweaty game (mostly because it's a 5v5 shooter) but games these days are honestly too competive and that's why i'm not surprised that most of my friends don't play video games anymore because we can't have a fun experience. Look at gmod for example. TTT is booming now that COVID has hit us but the games where so casual, now they are like tournaments everywhere you go on TTT. I don't see valorant becoming much of a casual game. But it will bring some of those old Counter Strike Esports players back. I just want to play a casual game. I don't want to have to dump hours upon hours too improve just so I can have a good experience. But if I did, it wouldn't be casual anymore.… Expand
  8. Mauro1987
    Jul 11, 2020
    1
    Could be a very good game but it's horrible! hit reg and desync are outrageous. Every round you die and then you see the enemy or you shoot in the head (clearly you see and hear the bullet hitting the head) and if you are lucky you got leg reg. this game is already dead! A shooter that doesn't shoot! Surely developers are very busy making skins and sell them for 100$. Well done!!!!!!!!!!!
  9. mjv91
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    Absolutely disgusting monetization model. Boring unimaginative characters. Limited useful weapons. Limited maps. Limited replay ability. For a free to play game I might have given this a 6 or 7. Not inherently bad game play, but not very diverse or interesting. What drops this game to a 3 for me is the disgusting monetization. $200+ for skins and their unlocks is gross and shows how littleAbsolutely disgusting monetization model. Boring unimaginative characters. Limited useful weapons. Limited maps. Limited replay ability. For a free to play game I might have given this a 6 or 7. Not inherently bad game play, but not very diverse or interesting. What drops this game to a 3 for me is the disgusting monetization. $200+ for skins and their unlocks is gross and shows how little riot cares about their communities. I will no longer support any riot game and we need to show these companies we are not okay with these practices.… Expand
  10. Millionere
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    This game is already the best esports FPS ever created 10/10 and wil be a lot better 2 years from now. Remember Riot games have the biggest esports game on the planet "League of legends", they don't care at all about cs: go they know what they have to do with Valorant to make it the best esports fps and second most popular esports game in the world. Valorant is at the beginning still has aThis game is already the best esports FPS ever created 10/10 and wil be a lot better 2 years from now. Remember Riot games have the biggest esports game on the planet "League of legends", they don't care at all about cs: go they know what they have to do with Valorant to make it the best esports fps and second most popular esports game in the world. Valorant is at the beginning still has a lot of content, technologies and improvements to add before becoming the best fps and that's what will happen. Let's be honest, since Riot games announced the development of Valorant cs: go was already dead, all CS fans ready to criticize it in every aspect because they know that if Valorant is cared perfectly it can kill their game, Cs: go is survived thanks to addicted fans and because there were no rival competitive games not because of the game it self, but now there is Valorant. If valorant had been a game of any game company, no one would care at all about that game, that's why valorant is famous because it is a game of Riot games and they know how to perfect and evolve a big game and above all they know esports since they have a monopoly on it. Cs: go is a boring old game with ridiculous graphics and literally 2 colors in all maps: gray and brown for 10 years. Valorant was born for a reason to permanently kill cs: go and take the last part of esports remained for Riot the FPS.… Expand
  11. ffrivoe
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Now that the game has been fully-released and has been out for around a month, I can try to give my best critique. The art style does not look good. It isn't very contrasting with characters, it's like the art director forgot everything they used to make the amazing Team Fortress 2 art style and barely tried to replicate it. The gameplay is decent overall, but whenever you play, it alwaysNow that the game has been fully-released and has been out for around a month, I can try to give my best critique. The art style does not look good. It isn't very contrasting with characters, it's like the art director forgot everything they used to make the amazing Team Fortress 2 art style and barely tried to replicate it. The gameplay is decent overall, but whenever you play, it always feels like "Did I forget to do something in the same setup we do every single round?" and if you did, it just makes the game so much harder. But, most of the professional players do that, with a few risky mixups on the setup which help keep the streams/video slightly more entertaining on the new tactic they did, but almost every single time it fails, and they go back to the original tactic which is boring. The next bad thing is the maps, people have talked about this and how it is so cluttered, unfun to play, repetitive, and how awkward the fights are. Exaltedjoss27 made a good video on it titled "The Real Reason Why Valorant Isn't as Fun as CS:GO" which I'd recommend many people should watch if they want to criticize the game and its messy maps. Another thing is the ranked matchmaking, I am not a competitive person so I will be taking other people's words for this, is that it is really easy to get to the highest rank, and how the game is a lot more casual than CS:GO with abilities, the repetitiveness, the slow-paced, spread out gameplay, the map design, the more luck-based gun accuracy, which somewhat ruins the experience, even though it was made for eSports. One of the biggest offenders of the game is the anti-cheat. Honestly, I don't mind a slightly more intrusive anti-cheat as long as it prevents cheating much better, as the new CS:GO anti-cheat system does work somewhat well, with the trust factor feature and scanning for cheat names and other possible software which helps. There is no such feature in the Valorant anti-cheat (Vanguard) that shows that it has caught anything or that there is such thing as a trust factor, but there have been very few cheaters in Valorant encountered, and when it detects the cheaters it stops them, but unfortunately also stopping the entire game. The anti-cheat isn't bad, it's just that many people find it too intrusive, and if you have the anti-cheat installed and Riot gets hacked (which definitely is a low chance but can still happen) your computer as a high chance of being screwed. I don't completely hate Valorant, so I will be giving off some good things of the game which might hook you in to keep the overhyped player base. The jingle when you kill someone is satisfying, which honestly now that I think of it sounds pretty dumb, but it is a lot more satisfying and gives you a good adrenaline rush and rewards the player for getting a kill, which does make the game more casual, but it's still nice. I like how there are characters and that they aren't just nobody, as in the counter strike games, and this is debatable. After all, then the game is more casual because everyone has different things, some are better on specific maps, some are just better than other characters in general, you get it. Another thing I thought good of Valorant was some of the new things they added to the "Search and Destroy" gamemode, like how if you defuse past 50% and cancel out if someone is going to peek and kill you, you can stop and kill them and save some time to defuse the spike (the name for C4 in the game) and possibly even win the round with the saved time, and that it's easier to peek corners with abilities. The game runs well on low-end computers which is also pretty good, not much to say about that though. There isn't much of the game that is good as almost everything is not memorable or it has already been done better, it's just more or less a mediocre bootleg of CS:GO and CS:S combined. It's honestly a decent game if it was still in beta, but Riot just wanted to milk off the current quarantine by fully releasing it to everyone.… Expand
  12. Fritzel
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    Game is decent nothing special but the Shop is pure Scam.

    wont stop the dumb sheeps to buy everything i think....

    but if you hate Last of us 2 i cant take you serious for not hating this....
  13. Perknutz5
    Jul 10, 2020
    1
    The customization is nothing hut a cash grab. 20 to 50 and even 95 dollar skins ? I will never give a game a positive score when ur charging that much for skins. Not maps and different game variations but just Skins
  14. JorgeLizon
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    El juego esta bien, buenas animaciones y demás. Pero tiene 2 grandes problemas: solo 2 modos de juego y afk. En casi todas las partidas te vas a encontrar a un afk y no hay nada que joda más un juego `competitivo` que un afk. Tras varias partidas lo desistalo una mierda.
  15. asdwasdw
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    a way better than cs but it should be in beta still. atm its literally unplayable
  16. Makist
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    I have played this game for a month to see any improvement but sadly it worst. First is the bad optimization, the game is laggy as hell although i play it at low video setting, my spec is gtx 1050 with i5 8250U, which is recommended spec according to RIOT. My fps is about 70 when playing normal (walking, setting up smoke and ability) but when I have a gun fight, it drop to only 30 which isI have played this game for a month to see any improvement but sadly it worst. First is the bad optimization, the game is laggy as hell although i play it at low video setting, my spec is gtx 1050 with i5 8250U, which is recommended spec according to RIOT. My fps is about 70 when playing normal (walking, setting up smoke and ability) but when I have a gun fight, it drop to only 30 which is unplayable for me (CSGO and R6S even better). Secondly is the ranking system need to be fixed, I have no chance to win when played against enemy that party up.… Expand
  17. Litbacod4
    Jul 9, 2020
    2
    Valorant is if a Chinese company tried to copy and paste csgo and overwatch. Much like Legend of Runeterra, Riot tried to grab the best thing about every game and mash it into one. Sounds nice on paper but terrible in the actual game. Majority of the agents abilities feel lackluster and are used blindly (watch the twitch rivals where professionals played) and we're rng rolling hoping theValorant is if a Chinese company tried to copy and paste csgo and overwatch. Much like Legend of Runeterra, Riot tried to grab the best thing about every game and mash it into one. Sounds nice on paper but terrible in the actual game. Majority of the agents abilities feel lackluster and are used blindly (watch the twitch rivals where professionals played) and we're rng rolling hoping the enemy is in the other room. Headshot head box is way too big in this game, this leads to everyone using the vandal that 1 shot headshot. The operator is very broken, even riot stated it themselves and yet almost 2 months has passed and they done nothing. Game is also super dependent on sound, so if you're hearing impaired, don't bother with this game.

    Basically, if you play for it's gameplay style, just play csgo as they honed this style of gameplay for over a decade. And no I'm not a csgo fanboy because i hate that game too, but it still feels many times better than valorant. And if you play for it's agents and abilities, just play overwatch. If you play for both, then just play rainbow siege. And if you just looking for a top notch fps game, play titanfall 2.    … Expand
  18. S2rradilla
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    At the beggining i started enjoying this game a lot. But after playing a lot of hours i have ended hating it. Very toxic players in every match and the matchmaking is completely broken, unless you play with your friends its a very frustrating game. Last 10 matches lost 2-13 moreless
  19. GodOFCLouds
    Jul 8, 2020
    0
    Apart from being a very poorly optimized game, it has too many shortcomings that make it a mediocre game with spyware in the antivirus, why do you put a wall that blocks the way when you start? What is this? TF2 in 2007? Randomness of the shots is ridiculous, I honestly do not know that it is special to put special skills in a
    game mode like planting bomb, boring, recycled, and not very    Apart from being a very poorly optimized game, it has too many shortcomings that make it a mediocre game with spyware in the antivirus, why do you put a wall that blocks the way when you start? What is this? TF2 in 2007? Randomness of the shots is ridiculous, I honestly do not know that it is special to put special skills in a
    game mode like planting bomb, boring, recycled, and not very ingenious. It has no other punctuation than MEDIOCRE    … Expand
  20. Primative
    Jul 8, 2020
    1
    I downloaded this game for something to do during quarantine, it was fun the first few games then I realized how bad the game is. The gun play is broken with the hit registration, not to mention how broken some guns are, the Odin is the second most expensive gun and fires 15 rounds per second, it takes less than a second to get mowed down by a gun with 300 rounds and no recoil and canI downloaded this game for something to do during quarantine, it was fun the first few games then I realized how bad the game is. The gun play is broken with the hit registration, not to mention how broken some guns are, the Odin is the second most expensive gun and fires 15 rounds per second, it takes less than a second to get mowed down by a gun with 300 rounds and no recoil and can wall bang through concrete. The snipers in the game are also way to broken, the lever action rifle has 100% hip fire accuracy and is a 2 shot body one shot head shot with a fire rate of 1.5 shots a second, and the other sniper is a one shot anywhere except the leg but even a leg shot will kill you if you don't have heavy shield. The banning system is as bad as the game itself with me encountering at least one hacker a day. The match making claims to be skilled based matchmaking yet I verse plats and diamonds after I lose 4 games in a row. I was hyped about his games release and was happy to play it but it was at about day 3 that I realized the recoil with AR's are horrendous and the mechanics are bad, but in the end I shouldn't expect much more from a game that took to great games (CSGO/Overwatch) and put them together and what looks like a mobile game company could do better.… Expand
  21. Anonymous0
    Jul 8, 2020
    0
    This game is trash 10 times worse than CS GO it has **** balance **** servers everything is **** about that game
  22. nafiz
    Jul 8, 2020
    7
    The game is okay but less competitive environment. The character and the abilities makes the game special. I will recommend this game.
  23. Mirko117
    Jul 8, 2020
    7
    Personally, I think the game is good and has potential, but it's a little boring.
  24. Spinnning_Jenny
    Jul 7, 2020
    6
    Fun, but FPS experience lags compared to other games in the space and the gameplay feel is off.
  25. LATINSKAYAMUSIC
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Худшая система рангов,простреливающиеся стены по всей карте,стрельба на бегу не даёт спокойно играть в эту игру
  26. Hiimmoody
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    boring,unskilled,unbalanced. In 2 years its gonna be dead. It feels like a mobile game
  27. Grimes007
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    The game is already spoiled by cheaters, Riot is not enough reactive. It's nearly impossible to have a decent match-up !
  28. GlocktorSeuss
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    The idea of mixing CSGO-type guns and Overwatch-like abilities is an interesting concept, and makes for some good game. Valorant’s not for everyone, but that doesn’t make the game bad. I personally don’t enjoy playing Valorant all that much, just because of the speed and flow of the game and the overall gameplay. However, I can take time to appreciate everything Riot has put into their newThe idea of mixing CSGO-type guns and Overwatch-like abilities is an interesting concept, and makes for some good game. Valorant’s not for everyone, but that doesn’t make the game bad. I personally don’t enjoy playing Valorant all that much, just because of the speed and flow of the game and the overall gameplay. However, I can take time to appreciate everything Riot has put into their new shooter. Riot is quick to address bugs and glitches in the game quickly, and typically handle all problems efficiently and effectively. While there’s not much content in terms of maps or modes, there’s a good amount of characters, and no one can blame Riot much because they launched during a global pandemic. Even with all their developers working from home, Riot’s managed to keep pumping out content. One of the biggest problems with the game currently is the lack of a deathmatch mode, one of the most important modes in tactical shooters. The only new modes since launch have been ranked mode and spike rush, a quick mode with power-ups. Fans appreciate the effort put in, but spike rush is no replacement for a good deathmatch mode.… Expand
  29. Avokad
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    I liked that this game is not a complete copy of CS:GO but there is a lot of players have been came here from CS:GO..But the game is very fun even with your friends there is a little bit toxic people which is normal i liked the game but ranking kında confusıng
  30. hastalavistazia
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    Got pretty hooked for 3 days, could have played more but cheaters already ruined it for me. No chance to Vote-Kick a cheater, anticheat is not working. Cheating bastards just loling at you on chat that they never got banned. Also flooded with kids from other games who just call you a noob or and idiot on voice chat with no reason. Good game tho but ruined with 0/10 community.
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#66 Best PC Game of 2020
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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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