Valorant

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  • Summary: A 5v5 character-based tactical shooter. Imagine this: tactical shooter meets hypernatural powers. Everyone’s got guns and a unique set of abilities, so how do you beat someone with the speed of wind? Use your own moves to outplay them and beat them to the shot. VALORANT is a game for boldA 5v5 character-based tactical shooter. Imagine this: tactical shooter meets hypernatural powers. Everyone’s got guns and a unique set of abilities, so how do you beat someone with the speed of wind? Use your own moves to outplay them and beat them to the shot. VALORANT is a game for bold strategists who dare to make the unexpected play, because if it wins, it works.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. Vandal
    Jun 17, 2020
    90
    Valorant is deep, complex and it always pushes you to do your best and become a better player. It has everything to offer great and intense matches, but it also requires and level of cooperation and commitment that won’t appeal all players.
  2. PC Gamer
    Jun 4, 2020
    90
    Valorant transforms the best of CS:GO with agents and abilities, resulting in an exceptional FPS that everyone should try.
  3. Everyeye.it
    Jun 11, 2020
    85
    Do not be fooled by the cartoon style: VALORANT is a highly skill based, punitive, not very permissive title with a really high learning curve.
  4. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 3, 2020
    80
    All gameplay, artistic and musical elements are put at the service of a demanding and satisfying competitive experience...If the tactical shooter genre interests you from near or far, it already deserves your full attention.
  5. USgamer
    Jun 25, 2020
    80
    Valorant leans heavily on its predecessors, but makes use of established schools of thought and the unique novelties of its Agents to create a fresh take on tactical shooters, even if its launch is a little slim. For years, there hasn't been a fight for Counter-Strike's throne; but in Valorant, Riot Games has found a valiant contender.
  6. Shacknews
    Jun 10, 2020
    80
    Valorant delivers as a highly competitive FPS. From a pure design standpoint, Riot’s shooter stands tall on excellent gunplay, diverse agents, and balanced maps. This alone is enough to capture the attention of hardcore fans of the genre. It’s been clear in Riot Games communication that they are committed to responding to player feedback and using that to shape their development path. Valorant is already an insanely good game, but it’s poised to become a superstar of the medium in the years to come.
  7. Quarter to Three
    Jul 15, 2020
    40
    Valorant considers a standard match as best of thirteen rounds. Thirteen rounds! You don’t know which team is dominating in three rounds, Valorant? Because I sure do. It’s the team running rampant all over the map. Your Spike Rush mode is only slightly better at best of seven, but even that can drag. It’s all in service of the eSports focus. Anything quicker would be too fast for dramatic shows. Riot has made eSports their bread and butter, so it’s no surprise that Valorant is heavily skewed to that audience. Gone are the days of 1v1 arena fights in LAN tournaments with fullbright settings. One match. One result. One mistake and you were done. There were no upset wins or swings. You did a looping run from the railgun spawn and the keg of health and you didn’t dare deviate because it could all be over with one high-ping hit. Anyway, I’m old. Valorant has made me realize that I don’t recognize the landscape I grew up with. I’ll let the younger generation deal with Valorant’s sequel.

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  1. Positive: 557 out of 1859
  2. Mixed: 189 out of 1859
  3. Negative: 1,113 out of 1859
  1. DIMONROCK
    Jun 3, 2020
    10
    Очень даже неплохо. Интересные механики. Заинтересованность разработчиков в улучшении игры. В принципе ,вполне гуд в перспективе. Не такаяОчень даже неплохо. Интересные механики. Заинтересованность разработчиков в улучшении игры. В принципе ,вполне гуд в перспективе. Не такая скучная как CS, не фановая и казуальная как овер(от овера тут разве что стрела ханзо и стенка мей),но и не такая разнообразная пока как R6. Поставил бы 8,но слишком уж занизили кокоэсеры рейтинг опустили. Сравнивать игру с овервотчем - вообще омегалул . К слову для дурачков,которые говорят о воровстве и копирайтер,сначала погладить ,кто над игрой работал.. Там и разрабы из овера и(при этом от первой тут 2 св половиной механики)… Expand
  2. 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 biggestThis 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
  4. ThatGuyThen
    Jun 3, 2020
    8
    While I'm not of the opinion that it is a perfect game, I think it takes elements from other games and blends them together in a fairlyWhile I'm not of the opinion that it is a perfect game, I think it takes elements from other games and blends them together in a fairly cohesive manner.
    The style of the game is simple and nice to look at, easily contrasting every character against backgrounds, and the style of the UI is incredible compared to others like CS:GO and Apex.
    I played during the beta and with the new quick-paced mode; Spike Rush, New agent and New awesome looking map, I think this is a very strong launch from Riot!
    Once some of the bugs to do with the Battle Pass-esque rewards system have been ironed out this will be a great game that will continue to keep me playing.    … Expand
  5. Retro_
    Nov 28, 2020
    3
    The game looks cartoonish with slowest and the longest matches 42 mins with other problems as well. Matchmaking are nightmare in aThe game looks cartoonish with slowest and the longest matches 42 mins with other problems as well. Matchmaking are nightmare in a competitive, bad agents design and abilities, game need more maps with descent level design, shop items are more expensive then new cyberpunk game , hitboxes never registered when u got clean headshots, sometimes feel like playing luck base game.… Expand
  6. Fedbia
    May 28, 2021
    1
    You want proof the game sucks?

    Every gaming news group that stands to make money from this game gave it phenomenal reviews. The simple fact    You want proof the game sucks?

    Every gaming news group that stands to make money from this game gave it phenomenal reviews. The simple fact that so many people have an overwhelmingly different opinion of the game should give you the feeling of Fallout 76.

    I give it a 1 because I will say that (anecdotal info ahead:) the community is really nice. Occasionally a bad egg, but the vast majority are just chillin.

    Vote with your wallet and time. Don't play this game. Don't buy skins. Let them actually try and shake up both the genre and their conduct as a studio.    … Expand
  7. asdwasdw
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    a way better than cs but it should be in beta still. atm its literally unplayable
  8. Valholm
    Jun 4, 2020
    0
    This game has a terrible system to assign regions, its done automatically on your first login without warning. So if you're using a VPN atThis game has a terrible system to assign regions, its done automatically on your first login without warning. So if you're using a VPN at that time then its guaranteed to screw up your account, you could also just be unlucky and the system can fail to recognize your region completely. Mix that with horrendous customer service that is adamant that their system is flawless with no mistakes, despite so many reports of the same exact issue, and you now have an unplayable game you can't even play with friends. Congratulations on such a terrible launch. Hopefully this review will save others time, if this happens to you they won't fix it but will take days to respond to your ticket.… Expand

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