VALORANT RIOT GAMES : IS ’ ALL THIS IT SHOOTER ’S UP CRACKED TO BE?
“VALORANT IS A TEAM-BASED TACTICAL SHOOTER THAT TAKES PAGES OUT OF OVERWATCH AND CS: GO. ITS MAIN GAMEPLAY MODE IS SEARCH AND DESTROY; TWO OPPOSING TEAMS TAKE TURNS TRYING TO PLANT OR DE FUSE A BOMB IN A SPECIFIED ZONE.”
It’s been over a month since Valorant’s release, so it’s pretty much still in its infancy. However, developer Riot Games intends for it to become a successful esports powerhouse. This raises several questions: what is the game about, what is it currently doing right (or wrong) and what Riot might need to do to ensure everything goes according to plan?
Conceptually, Valorant is a team-based tactical shooter that takes pages out of Overwatch and CS:
