When most gamers think of a 5v5 tactical first-person PC shooter game that involves planting and defusing bombs, their mind usually wanders to “Counter Strike: Global Offensive,” a game that has been on the market for nearly a decade.
However, a new challenger has proven to be a worthy competitor to CS:GO, and it goes by the name “Valorant.”
Starting as just a small research and development project at Riot Games in 2013, it was recently released this past June after being worked on for almost eight years.
According to a video game database article released in June 2020, during the progression of the game’s development process, Riot Games promised that although the game may follow the same objective as CS:GO, the game would “stay true to the high-consequential gameplay of other competitive tactical shooters with the addition of unique character abilities that create and open tactical opportunities.