March 2, Riot Games fully introduced the tactical shooter Valorant, opening the official website and allowing journalists to publish previews. We have read the press opinions and give some quotes about Valorant.
The Polygon columnist called Valorant one of the best tactical shooters he tried and said the game had a bright future.
“When I played Valorant in the Riot office, he seemed like a well-polished miracle and one of the funniest tactical shooters I played. A few months remain before its release, but, as in the case of most free-to-play games, the most significant players’ opinion will be after a year, and not on the day of release. Ten years after the release of League of Legends, it remains one of the most popular PC games in the world, and after six years of developing Valorant at Riot, they are sure that it will be equally successful. ”
The editor of Game Informer is in agreement with a colleague from Polygon. He highlighted several features that will help Valorant compete on an equal footing with other major shooters.
“Given the minimum entry threshold, unique twists in a familiar gameplay formula and a huge number of developer fans, Valorant has no limits. It will be interesting to see how players accept Riot Games attempting to enter a genre whose territory has already been divided. But now we can say that the start will be great. ”
The author of PC Gamer also noticed that Valorant will play on the same field with CS: GO and Overwatch. However, the game, in his opinion, has the necessary trump cards in the sleeves.
“The first trump card Valorant: tick rate 128 on the servers. For comparison, CS: GO matchmaking runs on servers with a tick rate of 64. Rainbow Six Siege has 60, Fortnite has 30, and Apex Legends has 20.
Second: the Riot Direct initiative, in which Riot enters into cooperation with Internet providers and helps them redirect packages so that users always have low ping and a stable connection.
Third: the anti-cheat system created by Riot Games itself. The authors began to work on it when the game was still at the stage of preproduction. It is directly connected to game servers and tracks changes in the client.
Fourth: a modified hit system, thanks to which the game calculates the death of the enemy before the bullet hits his body.
Valorant will compete with games that have millions of audiences. Maybe some users are tired of their favorite games and want something new. This can give the shooter a healthy audience. It is surprising that Valorant uses established chips and emphasizes honesty. Will this work for those who have already run de_dust2 30 thousand times?
Well, the basis for League of Legends was taken as a mod for Warcraft III, and it became the largest game in the world. So maybe Riot knows what he’s doing. ”
The release of Valorant is expected in the summer of 2023 for PC only. You can find system requirements, gameplay details, and other information in our material.
