Post by idgaf on Jun 16, 2024 21:18:27 GMT
Valorant is a F2P hero shooter from League of Legends dev Riot Games. It's been out for a few years on PC and is coming to console.
It plays like a cross between overwatch and a (very slow) Counter Strike. You get one life per round and you buy weapons and powers between rounds too.
I've been playing the xbox console beta. It controlls totally different from any other shooter I've played. For a start, you can't ADS by default. Left trigger takes you in to 'focus mode' where the screen zooms in a little bit and your sensititvity goes down. To ADS you need to hold left trigger and click in the right stick.
Moving while shooting is wildly inaccurate. Seems like best to stand still and shoot, trying to get headshots. Fast TTK.
You can't sprint either - if you want to move quickly, swap to your knife to go faster. Sound is very important - if you're moving too quickly, the enemy can hear you.
It looks dreadful in gameplay - stilted and awkward with simplistic graphics - but it is very tense and I think it would be enjoyable for groups of friends that like to coordinate and be methodical. I don't know how enjoyable it will be for casual or average players in the long run (the TTK is so quick it might be frustrating to be constantly out played.