Valorant

I always liked the look of CSGO and was a fan of overwatch and Destiny 2 So the trailer made this game look like the perfect mix.

Well

Gunplay is Clunky and boring, every gun feels super unreliable, like the winner of a gunfight is usually whoever isn't looking the other way or has better RNG. Absolutely awful movement with a mechanic that slows your movement speed by 70% for getting shot, basically removing all chance of dodging even on the movement characters using abilities its just impossible. Speaking of, most abilities can feel just so weak I have to consider even buying or using them. Many abilities that are meant to be used or do better mid fight often get me killed because I go to use it at the same moment my enemy peeks, while this can be my fault from just poor planning there are countless moments where im just being punished for trying to play the game.

The only map I enjoyed was removed, Skill based matchmaking just doesn't seem to exist as the quality of team mates is never the same. This wouldn't be a huge issue if it was at least consistent across the teams. Its okay for the game to put me in a game where the average skill level is a bit higher or lower than my own for the sake of queue times, but for god's sake make it even on each team so that the game is decided before anyone's even picked a character. I have never before seen a "team game" where teamwork is basically optional to win. You have to hard carry to rank up. I cannot tell you the amount of times I have had to hard carry against players way above me in skill level with a team full of seemingly brand new players who dont even have audio turned on, and yes this is both unrated and competitive.

Maybe I'm being to harsh on a free game, I mean the developers are only the highest grossing company in the world of game developers and they aren't making a great deal of money only, roughly 20-40 million dollars per bundle, which is actually a ridiculous amount- and no wonder, the price for skins is absolutely unbelievable and it shocks how many people still buy them. You can easily buy 5+ far, far, far better games for the cost of the cheapest bundle.

The artists did a really good job on visuals, UI, voice acting, animations and customizations. But the game itself is like a CS:GO mod with terribly designed abilities.

The gameplay is a mess, it's clunky, it feels very slow, the shooting and movement mechanics are outdated and missing modern features, like vaulting, climbing, sprinting. Although the visual artwork is great, the game tries to run on all PC's that run CS:GO, so everything looks flat and low poly, especially the environment.

And the microtransactions, they are very expensive, and they sell skins, their animations and variants separately. The season pass has very low value imo, the skins there are very tamed compared to overpriced premium skins in the shop. And as of this moment, there are no character skins in the game, just weapon skins, animations and sprays.

Devs are constantly updating the game with new skins, but new maps and characters drop very slowly. Even when I liked it, it was boring.

Its the trend now, dont compare it to a dead infested with cheaters gambling game. Atleast this game has decency

I checked this out as soon as it ported over to Xbox and spent around 4-5 hours playing. While I enjoy shooter games, the most important aspect for me in gaming is that the games are fun. Valorant unfortunately seems uninspired, bland and tedious to play.

The match format is too slow, before the plotted matches even complete half the players on either side have dropped out of the game. Reducing the game to 5 wins per side would likely fix many of those issues. The map design is below expectations. There are no destructible environments, it's in essence a corridor shooter with very minimal bells and whistles. The characters are balanced the gun play is subpar. This feels like a game that very well could have been released in 2010-2012.

I hate this game the passes suck the guns just why the gameplay the maps everything about this game I don't like the abilities are kinda cool that is really it.