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  1. 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. 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. 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!
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  4. 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. 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.
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  6. 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. 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. 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. 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 :)
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  10. 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.....
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  11. 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.
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  12. 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. 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. 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.
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  15. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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  24. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
  31. Sep 26, 2020
    1
    I have played this game for so many hours and I am angry 75% of the time. This game is very addicting which is why I keep wanting to play it even when I don't want to play it. I'm not even sure if they want this game to succeed because in balancing they make so many stupid mistakes that I wasn't even sure it was possible. They failed balancing extremely in agents and weapons. This isI have played this game for so many hours and I am angry 75% of the time. This game is very addicting which is why I keep wanting to play it even when I don't want to play it. I'm not even sure if they want this game to succeed because in balancing they make so many stupid mistakes that I wasn't even sure it was possible. They failed balancing extremely in agents and weapons. This is literally a mobile version of CSGO and its so boring. I mostly get mad because of the F****** hit register. The OP and the Odin are F****** broken and the wall banging is retarded. This game is so unathletic. You don't need a brain to play this game which is why its so boring. I like games that are competitive where I don't see any competitivity in this game except for a very toxic foundation. The ranking system is as retarded as the League of Legends ranking system. Map design is so terrible its easy freebies for people who hide in the maps such as corners like were playing hide & seek. I am tired of when I literally tap their heads with the phantom and the vandal and the hit doesn't register. I sometimes hit people with the OP which always one shots except for wallbangs, they still don't die even when the game said I hit them for 150. Expand
  32. Sep 26, 2020
    0
    Insulted on first match, I have enought salt left from csgo, thx but ill skip this one.
  33. Oct 1, 2020
    0
    lame ass, unoriginal version of CS & R6. The game has too many problems, from hit registration & glitchy animation, to **** maps. to unbalanced guns & operator & very poor rank system. I uninstalled d gamed after playing Split ( the **** fps map in history 5x in a row). Hit registration is off sometimes, even when your crosshair is dead center on your enemy, your bullets while justlame ass, unoriginal version of CS & R6. The game has too many problems, from hit registration & glitchy animation, to **** maps. to unbalanced guns & operator & very poor rank system. I uninstalled d gamed after playing Split ( the **** fps map in history 5x in a row). Hit registration is off sometimes, even when your crosshair is dead center on your enemy, your bullets while just float in d air, it sucks when these happen on crucial times. Random spray pattern does not reward skill unlike in csgo. Solo que competitive is unplayable, if you are average or slightly above, dont bother playing, its a waste of time, playng w/ trollers (whom riot does not ban and smurfs 2 tiers below your rank w/c would insta derank your hard earned rank). Your character moves slowly, but d animation of the peek looks way faster, granting too much peekers advantage, as opposed to what d devs said that there will be no peekers advantage and most of d time, your enemy looks like they are kill spraying you while running full speed. Expand
  34. Oct 1, 2020
    4
    Valorant is a quite interesting game. Fun to play with friends. Overall not bad. But their store system is completely trash. You can't buy favorite skin just because their revenue 'GENIUS' decided to rotate their store and you never know when your favorite skin will appear. Riot did all the hard work to make a good game with a very trash store . Sad ,very sad.
  35. Oct 2, 2020
    7
    Soooo after a few hundred hours and being an Omen Main in Platinum one, I feel somewhat justified to make this review.
    Gunplay could be really good, however there are times I notice where the horizontal recoil will randomly sway to the left and right not having a consistent pattern like counterstrike, making spraying as well as eco rounds quite miserable to do. My biggest complaint
    Soooo after a few hundred hours and being an Omen Main in Platinum one, I feel somewhat justified to make this review.
    Gunplay could be really good, however there are times I notice where the horizontal recoil will randomly sway to the left and right not having a consistent pattern like counterstrike, making spraying as well as eco rounds quite miserable to do. My biggest complaint however is the map design. All of the maps (excluding ascent somewhat) are claustrophobic messes with tons of corners to check and little room for creative movement making it extremely defender sided. The barrier phase while a cool idea, just doesn't fit into the maps as you can get angles into common traffic areas before the other team can even peek you! The operator is the main exemplifier of this issue as well as the fact that there's only 4 maps right now, and riot's only planning to release a new map once every 9 months, which is an extremely unhealthy content schedule. The agent abilities don't make up for the bland map design and the lack of character in them. I think valorant's either going to be forgotten in a year, or randomly hit a player spike after a few updates like Rainbow Six Siege did the second year it came out.
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  36. Oct 2, 2020
    7
    All around this game is pretty good, it is a competitive FPS shooter that mixes Overwatch And CS:GO together to make a all around good game. Although the game has some issues such as some character that are too op for enjoyment , such as Raze this character can check corners with her bomb buddy that if unseen can insta kill you , and zoom around the map without anything stopping her..."All around this game is pretty good, it is a competitive FPS shooter that mixes Overwatch And CS:GO together to make a all around good game. Although the game has some issues such as some character that are too op for enjoyment , such as Raze this character can check corners with her bomb buddy that if unseen can insta kill you , and zoom around the map without anything stopping her..." its about the gunplay not the abilities"... Also i would like to see if there were more maps the maps we have now are great but a few more and the game chould be better on the topics of maps some of them *cough cough* HEAVEN , has camping spots everywhere it can be very unfair to the majority of players when you die randomly to XxPro_Shotty-BoixX hiding in a corner with a shotgun. Anyways the game is fun and i hope to see more addition to it , i hope the team at riot game are proud of the game. in conclusion WHY THE FRICK DO I HAVE TO PAY 100 DOLLARS FOR DRAGON SKINS?!?!/11??!!?/1 Expand
  37. Nov 9, 2021
    5
    I've been playing for a long time. I played cs go at the time, but it was too ordinary for me. quake champions was too chaotic. I don't like battleroyale games either. That's why I chose this game to play a fun online fps. skins are amazing. but the map designs are terrible. I don't want to play on any map other than split, bind, ascent. especially fracture and breeze is a disaster.I've been playing for a long time. I played cs go at the time, but it was too ordinary for me. quake champions was too chaotic. I don't like battleroyale games either. That's why I chose this game to play a fun online fps. skins are amazing. but the map designs are terrible. I don't want to play on any map other than split, bind, ascent. especially fracture and breeze is a disaster. however, I often have to play on maps that I don't like. there are also people who troll a lot of games. It's annoying to play with stubborn jerks who sabotage the team throughout the game and it happens so often. It is mostly a problem to enjoy the game because of smurf accounts. if the map, smurf, troll accounts problems go away, I will reevaluate my review. especially the map selection feature should come very urgently. Expand
  38. 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!
  39. 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..
  40. Dec 31, 2020
    5
    Wtf is this game supposed to be Toy Story 4? the guns look like Plastic weapons for children. the spray pattern is RNG so you will never be able to predict and memorize it like you can in CS:GO. I mean lets be serious here! You cant put a Chinese Trainee/Intern worker to program a game and expect it to be good ( even tho it clearly looks sketchy and unfinished ) At the first shot of anWtf is this game supposed to be Toy Story 4? the guns look like Plastic weapons for children. the spray pattern is RNG so you will never be able to predict and memorize it like you can in CS:GO. I mean lets be serious here! You cant put a Chinese Trainee/Intern worker to program a game and expect it to be good ( even tho it clearly looks sketchy and unfinished ) At the first shot of an Rifle you can basically always one-tap someone because the guns hit directly where you crosshair is if you don't move (almost no bullet spread at all) sniper rifles seem op too you can be OTP Marshal and with few aiming skills you can always do a nice Clutch. The maps are really bad designed and you can nearly camp in every corner. Team play? Non-existent people plant the spike and go run in some corner and hide, no covering fire in any passage (no backup.) Seriously it's a disgrace to release such a bad game in 2020, even Team-Fortress 2 looks better and it's from 2007.

    And I almost forgot to talk about their Anti-Cheat-Tool (Riot Vanguard) it's basically a free Rootkit. Which sucks for all Users..
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  41. 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
  42. Oct 28, 2020
    0
    Тут не рады русским вас будут травить для русских нет голосового чата нет баланса игра для зумиров
  43. 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
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  44. 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
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  45. 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
  46. Dec 6, 2021
    10
    Best multiplayer FPS out right now. May not have the best gunplay but for me the gameplay (tactical shooter with abilities) just make it so great. The game is like a chess battle and that is why its feels so competitive to play in. I have a lot of reasons why I like the game.

    1.) The agent and gun meta is just well-balanced right now. The agents and guns are not easy to use. It takes
    Best multiplayer FPS out right now. May not have the best gunplay but for me the gameplay (tactical shooter with abilities) just make it so great. The game is like a chess battle and that is why its feels so competitive to play in. I have a lot of reasons why I like the game.

    1.) The agent and gun meta is just well-balanced right now. The agents and guns are not easy to use. It takes time to learn them. Unlike in Apex Legends (another shooter with abilities), you can use Bloodhound, Octane, Seer, Caustic, Horizon, and etc and within 3-5 games you can use their kit on the same level as an average player. You can't do that in Valorant. It takes time.

    2.) The gunplay also. Again it is not the best but it's hard to learn how to one tap headshot someone that I depend on spraying a lot of times and it is not going well.

    3.) The system before you can get to ranked is also great. You need 10 wins so by the time you get those 10 wins you actually have an idea how to play the game. The rank points depend on how you fit the MMR, your performance, and if you win or lose. Even if you win but performed poorly you could only get +12 while your teammate that performed well could get +30 and even if you lose but performed well you could only get -6 but your teammates who performed poorly could get -23. It works well.

    The skill gap of the game is high. This game is gonna be the king of FPS games for years. I am really having fun learning the game right now.

    TL;DR: Meta is well balanced, competitive integrity is high, and has a nice learning curve.
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  47. 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.
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  48. Dec 8, 2020
    1
    This game has took everything good from me into bad things,

    before Valorant was released, me and my friends usually like to play Fortnite or Roblox since those 2 were the only F2P games they were able to play at the time and we had fun just laughing and chilling, and then this game became a thing, we played it and for a while it was fun but then Competitive came out. It was fun for a
    This game has took everything good from me into bad things,

    before Valorant was released, me and my friends usually like to play Fortnite or Roblox since those 2 were the only F2P games they were able to play at the time and we had fun just laughing and chilling, and then this game became a thing, we played it and for a while it was fun but then Competitive came out.

    It was fun for a while but then everything when downhill very fast, all of my friends started raging and swearing which I didn't know was possible by them, they started arguing on each other even smacking and punching their desks. For you all that said Valorant was fun then you're mistaken.

    This game doesn't even have any original ideas, they straight up copy other ideas from other famous E-sports Titles like CS:GO, Rainbow Six, Overwatch, etc. This game also has wonky mechanics and unsatisfying gameplay. From any other games that I can compare Valorant with are like the mobile rip-offs for CS:GO and i'd still prefer the mobile rip-offs.

    Even the tournaments, Pro players using Odin? a gun that can be easily used by a 8 year old? what are you even trying to accomplish here?

    But the smurfing are the worst I have seen in a very long time. I'm talking Platinum players playing in bronze and silver games by borrowing accounts from other people, High skilled players throwing on purpose just to demote to lower ranks like that just ruins the experience for other people that just wanna play normaly.
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  49. Nov 9, 2020
    7
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  50. Nov 11, 2020
    0
    this game is for **** who like to hide and backstab, thought its full of potential but instead its full of ****
  51. 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?
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  52. Aug 25, 2023
    0
    This game would not even launch without me enabling TPM 2.0. Any game that requires me to make BIOS-level changes just to play it is an immediate uninstall.

    Never mind the fact that the anti-cheat is basically malware.

    I highly do not recommend this malicious software masquerading as a game.
  53. 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
  54. EEQ
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    Lag is unbearable in most of the lobbies I have found. Plenty of hackers, even though Riot requires I launch their useless anticheat. Really just a money grab for people stupid enough to purchase skins.
  55. Nov 22, 2020
    0
    Probably the most toxic game ever. Freezes every other second even with decent specs and many people on reddit are frustrated of it. Waste of time.
  56. Nov 24, 2020
    5
    awful game, paced too slow, has a terrible gun play with RNG spray patterns, you're unable to change characters throughout the match and some characters are good only while attacking/defending
    doesnt have anything to play besides regular gameplay, not like counter strike where you can have somewhat good time playing something else - because it's a source engine game and it has servers,
    awful game, paced too slow, has a terrible gun play with RNG spray patterns, you're unable to change characters throughout the match and some characters are good only while attacking/defending
    doesnt have anything to play besides regular gameplay, not like counter strike where you can have somewhat good time playing something else - because it's a source engine game and it has servers, different gamemodes and maps made by other players
    bad customization of game
    well i'd rather play cs if i would have wanted to
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  57. Nov 25, 2020
    0
    the game pretends to be competitive but it is not. One of the slowest games I've ever seen, I mean the movements of the agents, so it's easy to get killed, people here kill you randomly, running and shooting, jumping and shooting, time to kill is non-existent, there is no fight between two agents, only the luckiest will win.

    the maps are very badly done, and the very fact that you can't
    the game pretends to be competitive but it is not. One of the slowest games I've ever seen, I mean the movements of the agents, so it's easy to get killed, people here kill you randomly, running and shooting, jumping and shooting, time to kill is non-existent, there is no fight between two agents, only the luckiest will win.

    the maps are very badly done, and the very fact that you can't even choose which one to play makes it more frustrating.

    The agents are unbalanced, and you can never play what you prefer or because they ran it right away or because it is not suitable for team play.

    I've been playing CS:GO for many years and I have reached the maximum rank on it, I know when it's hard to get a good shot or a good movement, but on Valorant it seems that everyone is a pro, i played in all ranks, (gold platinum diamond and immortal) and there is no difference in skill between the players, perhaps it seemed even more difficult to play against gold than against immortals.

    in conclusion in my opinion, valorant is just a commercial game with nothing competitive inside, the only thing done right behind this game is marketing.
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  58. Dec 22, 2020
    5
    Not gonna lie this game is pretty **** for one that is just copy and pasting csgo gamplay.
    the movement feels very clunky, the guns dont match with the game and its just boring overall they. and the game is unfinished they released it early which was a mistake cause its definitally notfinished and overall just a bad game
  59. Dec 6, 2020
    5
    Pros:
    -Generally fun
    -Simple mechanics -Flashy abilities -Fairly memorable champions Cons: -Not a shred of balance in the weapons. -Ranked play has no progress bar in ranking up or down. -No discernible champ balance (favors duelists to keep things moving). -The weapon and ability damages seem to be thrown out at random. -Slow. Most of the action in each round will take place
    Pros:
    -Generally fun
    -Simple mechanics
    -Flashy abilities
    -Fairly memorable champions

    Cons:
    -Not a shred of balance in the weapons.
    -Ranked play has no progress bar in ranking up or down.
    -No discernible champ balance (favors duelists to keep things moving).
    -The weapon and ability damages seem to be thrown out at random.
    -Slow. Most of the action in each round will take place in the last 20 seconds.
    -Matchmaking is truly horrific. The skill gaps between ranks are wide enough that players will regularly smurf to avoid the difficulty of their actual ranks.

    Conclusion: Valorant is generally fun, but the cons are very noticeable. This a Riot game, which means they will overpower the champs they want you to buy (Reyna, Jett) and reward the style of play that's most exciting for streaming, like the duelist class in general. This is not new for Riot (see Assassins in League of Legends). That all being said, the gameplay is slow and doesn't offer anything new to the FPS genre, the community is more toxic than most, and the matchmaking is the worst I've seen by far. If you have any other FPS you like, stick with that.
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  60. Dec 12, 2020
    1
    bullet register is broken.its a campers haven.overprised **** microtransactions.filled with hackers.anti cheat doesnt work.reporting rude players doesnt work.too much blinding powers.its unbalanced broaken mess.
  61. Dec 11, 2020
    5
    I've played this game for a solid hundred hours or so and got to plat 3, and even with quit alot of time spent in the game and investing in skins I still believe it is very below average.
    Firstly, the map design is absolutely appalling. Personally I think there are way to many staircases in the game with double opening at the entrances. For example the bottom of heaven on A haven. If you
    I've played this game for a solid hundred hours or so and got to plat 3, and even with quit alot of time spent in the game and investing in skins I still believe it is very below average.
    Firstly, the map design is absolutely appalling. Personally I think there are way to many staircases in the game with double opening at the entrances. For example the bottom of heaven on A haven. If you happen to get trapped here in a solo queue game, you pray to god and run down praying that the enemy is on the side you are looking at. Also the maps are very small. A game like valorant would benefit from having bigger maps and actually allowing the attacking side a chance. Don''t even get me started on the new map, ice box. It is completely ct sided and has so many angles there is no way to win without playing with friends.
    Leading on to my next point, (secondly,) solo queing is basically impossible. I soloqueued most of my time playing valorant, mainly because many of my friends quit. Especially in the lower ranks, there is 0 communication. This paired with the map design where enemies can be any where at any time makes the game unplayable.
    Finally, The weapons in the game are terrible. There is no first shot accuracy, and the recoil pattern is COMPLETLY random which makes the game just horrible and essentially based on luck.
    In conclusion I think valorant is a game with a very good concept but with very poor designing and gameplay. It is way to reliant on teamates and the weapons make the game luck based. Although I realise that having bad teamates is part of playing an online game, there is no option to try and get rid of these teamates by kicking. Furthermore when there are many afkers which again makes playing soloqueue even more impossible.
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  62. Dec 12, 2020
    0
    Audio effect - **** you can't know where enemy. Graphics - **** spray pattern - **** Physics - ****
  63. Mar 14, 2023
    2
    Developers should really improve the appearance of the walls since you'll be staring at those 95% of the time. Then the shooting begins and it's all over in 2 seconds, then repeat. Possibly worst game design ever.
  64. Dec 12, 2020
    2
    some abilities make the game unplayable examples are: healing, run it back and viper's pit and the reasons for this are 1. healing makes it so you can not know the players health, so why even show the damage you've done in the first place 2. run it back is pretty much a free rush with nearly no drawback 3. you really gonna make a smoke that covers the biggest of sites. also the hitboxessome abilities make the game unplayable examples are: healing, run it back and viper's pit and the reasons for this are 1. healing makes it so you can not know the players health, so why even show the damage you've done in the first place 2. run it back is pretty much a free rush with nearly no drawback 3. you really gonna make a smoke that covers the biggest of sites. also the hitboxes are so bad, i've clipped some shots where it looked like i've hit them in the head and it going into the body a couple of times and went over them 5/6 clips were in the head but hit the body the other one i actually missed. the guns also feel very clunky and skins are a little overpriced. and let me just add that breach has 3 flashes and 2 stuns??? overall there are much better games such as cs:go if you like the bomb plant and the guns(though the guns in cs:go feel better) and overwatch if you like the abilities Expand
  65. Aug 14, 2023
    5
    That Vanguard anticheat is just invasive, wtf this thing want starting with Windows itself? Not on my turn... and the game itself is kinda lame for me. It looks kinda strange and plays like a game from the early 2000s. I'm not a fan. There's a lot of people who like it though, so I think everyone interested in competitive FPS games should at least try it. It runs really good and I neverThat Vanguard anticheat is just invasive, wtf this thing want starting with Windows itself? Not on my turn... and the game itself is kinda lame for me. It looks kinda strange and plays like a game from the early 2000s. I'm not a fan. There's a lot of people who like it though, so I think everyone interested in competitive FPS games should at least try it. It runs really good and I never had any technical issue while playing it! Expand
  66. Sep 24, 2021
    3
    Reviewing this game is easy.its Boring,repetitive, lack of fun and braindead mechanics. Guns look garbage, pay to win skins.Awful game. how people still playing this wow.
  67. Dec 13, 2020
    0
    Server and Packet loss issue should be fix rather than making skins. Maps are so big and you need to check corners to corners, just too many corners before you rotate. The game is not smooth as CSGO. Server pick for low latency is a scam, why? I choose a server with 40ms but when I'm in the match, it was 150ms. There is no map select and no watch replay match history. Overall worst FPSServer and Packet loss issue should be fix rather than making skins. Maps are so big and you need to check corners to corners, just too many corners before you rotate. The game is not smooth as CSGO. Server pick for low latency is a scam, why? I choose a server with 40ms but when I'm in the match, it was 150ms. There is no map select and no watch replay match history. Overall worst FPS game I ever played. Expand
  68. Dec 13, 2020
    0
    This game sucks donkey **** sijfdrgn nsfjinisdfnjisfnvbjkiwrn bvjikwrnjbvinfwjinbvijnrbjiwnbijm wijnwrijnwijni
  69. Dec 15, 2020
    9
    El mayor problema de Valorant bajo mi punto de vista es que sigue habiendo cheats privados capaces de saltarse el Vanguard. Luego la cantidad de gente tóxica que hay en la comunidad, muchos pierden partidas adrede, o trollean a otros jugadores, o entran en premade y te molestan hasta que te tilteas y les respondes para reportarte.

    Respecto al juego en sí, si no tuviera esos problemas
    El mayor problema de Valorant bajo mi punto de vista es que sigue habiendo cheats privados capaces de saltarse el Vanguard. Luego la cantidad de gente tóxica que hay en la comunidad, muchos pierden partidas adrede, o trollean a otros jugadores, o entran en premade y te molestan hasta que te tilteas y les respondes para reportarte.

    Respecto al juego en sí, si no tuviera esos problemas que dije arriba sería un muy buen juego.
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  70. Dec 17, 2020
    0
    This game is literally the biggest waste of time. The only way to get a kill is standing still and the enemies can run 1 tap you with NO issues whatsoever. The only time i want to **** kill myself is when im playing this game. **** retards who play this game daily must have to buy a new keyboard every day because of all the cum sweat seeping out of their faces when they play this game.This game is literally the biggest waste of time. The only way to get a kill is standing still and the enemies can run 1 tap you with NO issues whatsoever. The only time i want to **** kill myself is when im playing this game. **** retards who play this game daily must have to buy a new keyboard every day because of all the cum sweat seeping out of their faces when they play this game. **** garbage game. Expand
  71. Jan 1, 2021
    5
    I’ve had Valorant since the open beta and I just reinstalled and played a few games today and this is what I have to say as a competitive player. Valorant is just not as good as other shooters out there. The main 2 assault rifles are literally RNG based for the spray and no first shot accuracy on them either. While abilities for different characters are a cool addition, focusing more onI’ve had Valorant since the open beta and I just reinstalled and played a few games today and this is what I have to say as a competitive player. Valorant is just not as good as other shooters out there. The main 2 assault rifles are literally RNG based for the spray and no first shot accuracy on them either. While abilities for different characters are a cool addition, focusing more on perfect crosshair placement is way more important than using abilities (in my opinion). Deathmatch is also pretty bad. When I first heard that deathmatch was in the works I was excited because I really like CSGO’s deathmatch. But when it came out U was severely disappointed. First of all, its only FFA. Theres no TDM. Second, the mini map shows your location (and others locations) at all times which leads to constant corner camping. Last, its 14 players. FOR FFA! 14 is just way too many players for ffa. If it was TDM with 14 that would be just fine but come on. When I was playing deathmatch I was paranoid and constantly kept looking behind me. Also the spawns suck too. And every time I looked behind my self someone in front of me would headshot dink me with the Vandal while walking. Some things I do like about valorant are its map design. The maps in valorant are pretty cool honestly. I also like character abilities. Riot was able to perfect this in LoL and it transitions pretty well to a FPS game. The gun buying system also in my opinion is better than CSGO’s buying system. Valorant for me just doesn’t hit the mark for an fps game but has some cool features and mechanics. One more bad thing. Most of the players on valorant are mostly people that have played competitive Fortnite and I’m not being the redditor thats like “DURR FORTNITE BAD DURRRR” but if you have ever played a competitive fortnite game you can say that it’s extremely sweaty and people play like they’re gonna win a cash prize. Its exactly like that in Valorant. Most people in public games have that douchebag **** type attitude like most fortnite players have and its just yuck. Expand
  72. Dec 22, 2020
    4
    In my objective opinion as a CSGO player Valorant is not for me. If you're new to 5v5 area style team fps games, this opinion is not for you. Anyone who plays Valorant as a new player will have a great time with it.

    For anyone switching from CS to Valorant know this. Valorant is much more team oriented because of agents and unique utility that each one has. The game of Valorant
    In my objective opinion as a CSGO player Valorant is not for me. If you're new to 5v5 area style team fps games, this opinion is not for you. Anyone who plays Valorant as a new player will have a great time with it.

    For anyone switching from CS to Valorant know this. Valorant is much more team oriented because of agents and unique utility that each one has. The game of Valorant mechanically is slightly less demanding than that of cs because of the bigger headshot hitboxes. Valorant has great movement mechanics but very spread weapon spray patterns compared to CSGO. Weapons while moving are given less penalty while moving compared to cs. (Running 1taps.) Certain agents have flash mechanics that you can't turn away from. (Omen). Bhopping in Valorant is a gimmic that give absolutely NO advantage. Networking is beneficial for people with higher ping. (Peekers advan.) Audio in Valorant is very poor. There is no white noise and footsteps are too easy to pinpoint, and makes Deathmatch pointless. The map design in Valorant is overly complicated and makes matchmaking a much more stressful experience. There is no penalty for making a new account and smurfing right away.

    TLDR:In my opinon It is a more arcady version of CSGO. It is a very fun but different game, but should not be taken serious as a competitive shooter if the game remains as is. Massive improvements to the game must be made to make it its own great shooter. Valorant has potential to be great unique game, but as is it's nothing more than a new game to play in 2020.

    I'm giving this game a 4/10 because the game has little to offer atm other than 5v5, Casuals and DMs. If Valorant had custom browser for community servers and more to offer than the season pass it would be a much more entertaining game.
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  73. Dec 24, 2020
    0
    This game is awful...
    Legit copied CSGO and Overwatch, so Riot Game and Tencent can maximize profits via selling overpriced 3d pixel skins and install malware on your pc, so the can datamine your pc.. sorry anti cheat to monitor your system for hacks.
    Most of the people playing this game are washed-up csgo pros trying to pay their bills in hope of this game is a hit and oh yeah...
    This game is awful...
    Legit copied CSGO and Overwatch, so Riot Game and Tencent can maximize profits via selling overpriced 3d pixel skins and install malware on your pc, so the can datamine your pc.. sorry anti cheat to monitor your system for hacks.

    Most of the people playing this game are washed-up csgo pros trying to pay their bills in hope of this game is a hit and oh yeah... that one Fortnite streamer Ninja. Other casuals come from who knows what game, but it is defiantly not a FPS game.

    This game probably has the most toxic community + smurf problem I have ever seen.

    Gun play is RNG/no spray transfer and the movement is sooooo slow and boring..

    This game brings nothing new to the FPS genre. I'd suggest playing rainbow six if you want a game that has offers characters with different abilities.

    Legit trash created by Riot games... If this game was created by some no name indie developer, it would not have gained so much hype. Oh yeah.. the only way to play the beta was to watch that one streamer you do not care about in hopes of a beta key... talk about shady marketing.

    I am thinking this game will die out pretty soon.
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  74. Dec 24, 2020
    2
    If you want to play a game that will give you a headache because the opposite team is full of smurfs and cheaters, this is a game for you. Ranking system, matchmaking, servers, frequent nerfs and buffs slow gameplay, fps drops, high ping, etc. I hate this game.
  75. Apr 7, 2021
    5
    People were very mad about the graphics at the beginning but they were made that way to let everyone play the game even with PCs made out of potatoes. Also because the game was from the start made for competetive play it needed a stable base. As to the gameplay. It's CS but with more variety. Most characters abilites serve a role that grenades serve in CSGO. But overall it's not a badPeople were very mad about the graphics at the beginning but they were made that way to let everyone play the game even with PCs made out of potatoes. Also because the game was from the start made for competetive play it needed a stable base. As to the gameplay. It's CS but with more variety. Most characters abilites serve a role that grenades serve in CSGO. But overall it's not a bad game. It's enjoyable but it's not a masterpiece. If you don't like CS you won't enjoy this game as well.
    Most visible cons: if you're a fan of cosmetics you'll get dissapointed because prices for cosmetics (which in themselves aren't inspired at all and usualy they're just recolored weapons), some characters have questionable abilites that don't serve tactical purpose and are purely made to make character a hyper carry (example is Raze). Breach is a broken character that shouldn't be in the form he is in today. This is not a huge flaw but setting on those maps are pretty awful. The game has more variety than CSGO but because of it it's also less balanced. Overall not bad and devs are going to keep adding content so it may get even better.
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  76. Oct 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is pure money harwest on kids, overpriced skins, bad rank system, horrible sound, bad combat mechanic, overpowered weapons, unbalanced agents, random spray pattern on weapon, bad economy system, this game is like chinese version of CSGO and overwatch! Don't waste your time with this game! Expand
  77. Feb 1, 2021
    6
    valorant has an interesting design, good idea of what shooters can be and a higly anticipated match for a shooter as competitive like csgo so, comparations will be made, great art design, a solid fps foundation, but it falls short in promises such his
  78. Nov 8, 2021
    0
    Nevermind.

    In years they weren't capable of tackling the amount of cheaters on the game and kept breaking the game update after update.

    See you.
  79. Jun 28, 2023
    1
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
    So bad update. Delete game.
  80. Jun 25, 2021
    6
    The game still suffers from many of the problems of csgo. The ui is better than in cs. The game has constant spread decrease per second which is a poor design decision.
  81. Sep 4, 2021
    0
    Всё, что задумывалось как преимущества игры - оказались её недостатками, при этом же, недостатки не стали преимуществами. Ужасная стрельба, из палки в детстве лучше ощущения... Очень плохо, не знаю возможно ли хуже...
  82. Apr 2, 2021
    5
    Игра даже сейчас выглядит сырой, как бета. Начиная с релиза летом, добавили новые скины (фулл сет даже самых дешёвых стоит заоблачных денег), 1 карту и 4 героя. В Соревновательном режиме даже нельзя карту выбрать! И с Боя Насмерть и прочих режимов НЕ ВЫЙТИ, что вообще очень убого. В общем, играйте в Counter-Strike, 5 ИЗ 10 за то, что хоть чё-нибудь скопировали, при этом убив авикИгра даже сейчас выглядит сырой, как бета. Начиная с релиза летом, добавили новые скины (фулл сет даже самых дешёвых стоит заоблачных денег), 1 карту и 4 героя. В Соревновательном режиме даже нельзя карту выбрать! И с Боя Насмерть и прочих режимов НЕ ВЫЙТИ, что вообще очень убого. В общем, играйте в Counter-Strike, 5 ИЗ 10 за то, что хоть чё-нибудь скопировали, при этом убив авик
  83. Apr 27, 2021
    5
    Çakma cs:go, skiller arasında devasa güç farkları var. silahlar saçma, grafik vasat. Takım arkadaşın yoksa hiç girme.
  84. Nov 11, 2021
    0
    good pottential game but why the hell i cant run ???

    everything is not clear, i c'ant open my gun market cuz i only see a square with no keyboard letter on it

    mode is weird

    this is fortnite but in ****
  85. Sep 12, 2021
    0
    Why would you play this game over other shooters? The net code is terrible, bullet registration can be non existent at times, the agents are not that balanced (for example sova is way more fun to play over someone like breach) flashes can be a pain to deal with, bullets go anywhere they want to, its almost like the bullets follow rng, the guns are basically all instant kills. There areWhy would you play this game over other shooters? The net code is terrible, bullet registration can be non existent at times, the agents are not that balanced (for example sova is way more fun to play over someone like breach) flashes can be a pain to deal with, bullets go anywhere they want to, its almost like the bullets follow rng, the guns are basically all instant kills. There are smurfs everywhere. Players are really toxic, the anticheat is shady, their skin prices are questionable (they can cost like as much as new game, sometimes maybe even more than a new game). Now I understand that the devs need to make their money, but come on, for a game that really did not have a marketing budget, (they used the twitch streamer key code strat to get free publicity even before launch of the game) in a pandemic where ppl have lower pay or lost their job entirley, i think its a bit scummy to charge so much for a knife skin that you barely even see while youre playing the game. So, are there any positives? The game runs extremley well even on fairly cheap or old systems, you can have a playable experience on almost any system, but thats not an achievment for an esports game. The game is fun to play with freinds (if you care playing with more than 3 people in a party and in competetive queue, it can take a long time to get into a game), something funny does happen from time to time in the game. But thats about it, solo queue can be increbidly hit or miss, having either really kind teammates, toxic teammates, bad teammates, toxic opponents and so on. Do not be fooled by the 80 critic score, as of writing this review, nearly 60% of the user reviews are negative or good, which means a majority of the people writing a review for this game think that it is not good.
    If you just started playing this game or are thinking of playing it, stop, it is simply not worth it in my opinion, there are plenty of other shooters you can play.
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  86. Jun 28, 2021
    0
    The game is absolutely horrific. Do Not Play It. Gun play is by far the worst from any fps game to date. Character abilities are completely unbalanced, Messed Up Ranking system means extra grinding and being placed with braindead teammates. Tilting is apart of this game. Maps were made while devs were drunk because they're all defender sided and design is horse **** First peak advantageThe game is absolutely horrific. Do Not Play It. Gun play is by far the worst from any fps game to date. Character abilities are completely unbalanced, Messed Up Ranking system means extra grinding and being placed with braindead teammates. Tilting is apart of this game. Maps were made while devs were drunk because they're all defender sided and design is horse **** First peak advantage means you'll die before you even see the enemy. Ping is at lowest 25 for all players no matter how good your internet is. Skins cost peoples weekly paychecks and take the devs 2 minutes to make. You dont like a specific map? To **** bad, your forced to play 2 of the worst ones 24/7 due to there being no map selection. In conclusion, if you would like to go through the 5 stages of grieving within the span of 5 minutes, play this game. Expand
  87. Jul 17, 2021
    5
    as a supporter of valorant since the beta i am very disapointed in there support, iv been buying over priced skins for a while and i dont care about that, what i care about is the bugs and toxic plater base, the amount of bugs iv seen playing this game is astromoical, players will bug through walls to be unkillable, cheaters and smurfs are scattered everywhere i would get atleast 1 smurfas a supporter of valorant since the beta i am very disapointed in there support, iv been buying over priced skins for a while and i dont care about that, what i care about is the bugs and toxic plater base, the amount of bugs iv seen playing this game is astromoical, players will bug through walls to be unkillable, cheaters and smurfs are scattered everywhere i would get atleast 1 smurf in my game almost every game, and why cant they just ban offensive words in chat, just the other day we had a person on the enemy team spamming racial slurs in the chat over and over again and he didnt get muted by the game, how hard is that? they make the match making unbareable, and the servers are trash; my wifi speeds are perfectly fine but ill go and check valorant and the server ping is almost never good, not to mention the packet loss issue thats been going on for a couple days now in sea servers, every game me and my friends play recently is just unplayable because of this issue (we all play on a wired connection) competitive is just lost at this point because of the packet loss, i really do think the valorant support team doesnt care about other regions outside of na and eu since they have not addressed this issue on twitter or the valorant page, even though twitter users from sea servers are asking about it and asking valorant to adress it but they havnt even seen one, but when it comes to any issue on na/eu they just have to fix it like one region has priotrity over the other, quite racist if you ask me. i went to submit the ticket to valorant about it and all they did was tell me to used a wired connection like im not already doing that. overall this is not a bad game but over priced skins, bad match making and toxic fanbase and the devs who say they listen to player feedback are just listening to the famous and not the actual fanbase really does leave a stain on this game Expand
  88. Jul 22, 2021
    0
    Trash waste of time. Trash graphics, trash mechanics, trash community, trash skins, trash sounds they stole agents.
  89. Aug 6, 2021
    2
    This game had nothing to enjoy in my time playing it.

    This game felt like it was still in the proof of concept stage. It's a bland mix of games like CS:GO and Overwatch. The launcher was buggy and required a restart every time I wanted to play. The weapons all appear to have bullet spread worse than Halo 1 shotguns. Weapons are also weak, and you get limited-use abilities. In the
    This game had nothing to enjoy in my time playing it.

    This game felt like it was still in the proof of concept stage. It's a bland mix of games like CS:GO and Overwatch.

    The launcher was buggy and required a restart every time I wanted to play. The weapons all appear to have bullet spread worse than Halo 1 shotguns. Weapons are also weak, and you get limited-use abilities.

    In the matches I played, the community was extremely toxic. If you asked for tips, you were insulted. If you died early, you were insulted, if you used the wrong character/guns, you were insulted, etc..

    This game had nothing to offer except for how well it appears to be optimized.
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  90. Aug 2, 2021
    8
    Not an normal team based game , even if you are not good in shooting you can enjoy with strategy of different characters and powers .
  91. Aug 3, 2021
    2
    Feels like Counter Strike but without the steep learning curve. The abilities feel like a novelty more than a feature in this game because it is so slow paced. It feels slow and booring. If you like csgo, you might like this game but if you did not, there is no way you will like it. I get the feeling the game was basically created to sell sklns on day 1 in my opinion.
  92. Aug 5, 2021
    0
    disappointing. couldve really been the modern, innovated csgo but fell short in every area. slow and clunky, all the weapons feel the same, limited, **** map pool, broken abilities. kinda **** up every aspect
  93. Aug 14, 2021
    0
    Valorant was a very cool looking game in concept when it first showed up and the potential seemed to be limitless with the characters abilities and the meta changes whenever a new character would be introduced plus the promised high skill ceiling and that utilities and abilities would play only an assisting role in getting kills.

    Now, a little more than a year after its release the game
    Valorant was a very cool looking game in concept when it first showed up and the potential seemed to be limitless with the characters abilities and the meta changes whenever a new character would be introduced plus the promised high skill ceiling and that utilities and abilities would play only an assisting role in getting kills.

    Now, a little more than a year after its release the game is still plagued by many issues it hasn't fixed since beta and it's showing no sings of fixing the issues any time soon.

    3 of those major issues are:
    1. Terrible Matchmaking.
    2. Broken Accuracy on all guns.
    3. Characters abilities have way to much impact.

    Terrible matchmaking?
    more often than not, when queuing up into valorant lobbies the game is already decided when you have been placed with significantly worse teammates than the opponents team, sometimes facing people 4 ranks above you meanwhile having teammates 4 ranks under you.

    It quickly becomes obvious that if you don't solo win every round and hard carry your entire team over and over and over you'll have no chance of winning the game whatsoever and if you'd play like you normally would and not like you're held at gunpoint facing certain death if you don't win the game, you'll be very unlikely of winning that game.

    Games are almost always incredibly one-sided and you're either on the team getting destroyed or you're the one destroying the enemy team.

    Broken accuracy on all guns?

    There's a meme in the valorant community called ''precise gunplay'' which is something infamously said in the trailer for the game when they talked about the games features and mechanics.

    The reason this is a meme is because valorant has some of the most terrible and downright devastatingly bad accuracy in any game right now. Normally, spraying in any game means that the accuracy exponentially gets worse and randomized in an increasingly growing pattern away from the crosshair but in valorant the spray only has a pattern for about the first 6 shots until it gets completely randomized and that is when you're standing still, like the game is supposedly intended to be.

    That is far away from the problem, because it's when you start to move around and shoot where the game goes into the deep end.

    The spray pattern on every single gun is 100% random when running and follows no pattern whatsoever which means you could hold your crosshair at someone's head while running and spraying and your bullets would have a chance to hit with perfect accuracy right on the crosshair instead of somewhere around it like it should actually be.

    Having people jump, fall, prefire, running and still getting kills while they are full spraying is something that happens all the time and it's incredibly frustrating to play against and is just painful when you spend many hours trying to become better at the game only to have someone kill you only because they where luckier than you.

    Characters abilities have too much impact?
    When the valorant devs first talked about the game and how each character had and unique role and playstyle, one that would be important to win the game but not the sole reason? There is already quite few characters in the game with abilities that can kill people almost for free with very little counter play other than picking one of few characters with a get-out-of-jail-free ability who could survive such a situation.

    If you're playing a character who has access to long ranged utilities you make it utterly impossible for the enemy team to win the round via defusing the bomb since they'd just die to you while you're 60 meters away behind 3 different walls.

    Valorant Has alot to work on and is far away from a perfect game, if you're going to play it I HIGHGLY recommend playing with 4 other people and only playing with people you know because going head first into this game alone is going to be one of the most frustrating and painful things you'll every do in any game you've played before.
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  94. Aug 21, 2021
    0
    worst shooter i ever played.
    so much bugs and the developer dont fix that for years.
  95. Aug 19, 2021
    1
    This game is like have your ballsacks tied to two ropes and playing tug of war with them. The only benefit of playing this is being more pissed off than you came in.
  96. Aug 27, 2021
    8
    Favorite jester, helped to prepare for the exam, a lot of interactions with the team, clutches and cool characters
  97. Nov 7, 2022
    5
    The community of this game is very toxic. It has a lot of kids on it so not really surprising.

    The balance is quite questionable. Riot thought they could create a new CS:GO but without the actual balance behind it. 1 shot sniper rifles won't ever be fun in any game. Even in CS:GO they are the biggest bs and not easily countered. The starting music on some maps is pretty cool but the
    The community of this game is very toxic. It has a lot of kids on it so not really surprising.

    The balance is quite questionable. Riot thought they could create a new CS:GO but without the actual balance behind it. 1 shot sniper rifles won't ever be fun in any game. Even in CS:GO they are the biggest bs and not easily countered.

    The starting music on some maps is pretty cool but the gameplay itself feels just clunky. Like there is a certain actual level of aim required but also not really since the hitboxes feel very off. Frames and the smothness of the gameplay are fine, same for the artstyle itself. Models are easily distinguished from one another.

    I can't say the same about the abilities. Some are over the top strong while others feel completely luckluster. Take Jet vs. Killjoy vs. Reyna. Reyna has the actual ability to solo carry games, same for Jet. Killjoy though? Forget it.

    Now... With all of that said... The anti-cheat kills and freezes my pc. It also causes my pc to take forever to start. These problems are in the game since launch and Riot never bothered to fix any of it.
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  98. Aug 24, 2021
    2
    This game has a total of 2 modes. Search and destroy, and free-for-all. You can only use your characters powers by playing the search and destroy mode, free for all doesn't even let you choose which character you're going to be playing as, not that it matters. Additionally, there are 2 versions of the search and destroy mode, one is considered quick, and is a best of 7, while the 'full'This game has a total of 2 modes. Search and destroy, and free-for-all. You can only use your characters powers by playing the search and destroy mode, free for all doesn't even let you choose which character you're going to be playing as, not that it matters. Additionally, there are 2 versions of the search and destroy mode, one is considered quick, and is a best of 7, while the 'full' game is best of 25! Playing a single match can take as long as an hour, between buying and traversing the one playable map. There's basically nothing to do, and the ge is easily forgettable. Expand
  99. Aug 25, 2021
    0
    Poor optimization,matchmaking is not fair i'm new player against team with lvl 30 so are you kidding ?
  100. Jun 23, 2023
    4
    This was a great game before...Riot games had destroyed this game with bringing very trash updates, it just keeps getting worse and worse. Valorant was in its peak back in Episode 3, now i totally do not recommend this game.
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 42
  2. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.