I& #39;ve played a LOT of VALORANT this week, about 70+ hours. Mosts of them on stream.
I really wanted to test & give the game a chance to make sure I had the right opinion about it.

So, there is is:

The game has potential. But i& #39;m GREATLY disappointed.
At the beginning, it was really fun.
The players didn& #39;t know how to use the abilities to their fullest potential and this lead to the Gunplay taking over the Spells/abilities.

A week later, they& #39;ve learned. And it& #39;s overpowering the gunplay by a lot.
The balance of the game is off once everyone understands how to use the spells.
Here& #39;s an example, Omen will TP to the left. The sound queue betrays where he casted from. Not where he landed.

MANY spells are literally overpowering the gunplay and it shouldn& #39;t be this way.
The promise of the game and what I understood was that you wouldn& #39;t kill with you abilities. But with your skill.

Yet, with this, ANY Silver scrub would be able to pull out a 3K or even ACE.
- Cypher is able to control an ENTIRE side of the map for 100$. Put a trap, there& #39;s no counter. Either you destroy it and he will see it or you get trapped in. His ult is a joke.

- Sage walls offers Oneway spots that break the game.
Here frozen orb has no counter.
- Raze is a joke for made for OW players. :>
200$ nade One shot players. can buy 2, get 1 free. let alone the Ult bazooka

- Pheonix flash has no counter.

- Viper is able to split a bombsite in half as many times as she wants in a round. From T spawn. UNLIMITED.
Many spots are not accessible to everyone. Leaving B Haven to Jett/Raze/omen for an easy frag up there.

And keep in mind, any new addition to the pool of playable character is a potential RIP of the balance.
Information is the key.

In CS, if you want an information, you have to take a risk. You either expose yourself with a shoulder peak, or you push a zone. Either way, you& #39;re taking a risk.

In Valorant, you can put a trap or a camera that cost nothing. Free info.
Ultimately, the game is fun to play. At a casual level, where the spells aren& #39;t used to their fullest extend. Before they get shadowed by spells.

But I really don& #39;t see the game going anywhere competitively with this current meta.
Lastly, because i& #39;ve only been saying bad stuff about it, don& #39;t get me wrong;

It& #39;s fun to play, servers are really good. Didn& #39;t notice any hitreg/hitbox issues at all.
The sensations are good aswell when hitting shots and all that.

But the balance is off.
Now the most important thing to remember is:

This is a Beta.

The point of it is to gather feedback/test/improve and I really want to see them heading in another direction. FAR away from Raze :>
It has potential. It& #39;s fun.

But as it is right now, CSGO still has the best formula by far.
(Except for fucking jumpshot deagle wtf are you doing valve?)
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