A Well-known FPS game, VALORANT
Valorant (stylized as VALORANT) is a free-to-play first-person shooter for Microsoft Windows developed and published by Riot Games. In October 2019, the game was first announced under the codename Project A, then on April 7, 2020, it launched a closed beta period with limited access, followed by an official release on June 2, 2020. In 2014, the game’s development began. Valorant is a tactical shooter that borrows various concepts from the Counter-Strike series, including the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy when moving.
What is Valorant?
Valorant is a team-based first-person shooter set in the near future. Players take on the role of one of several Agents, characters inspired by various countries and cultures around the world. Agents have special powers that require charges, as well as a special ultimate ability that requires charging by kills, deaths, orbs, or objectives. Each game begins with a “traditional” handgun and one or more “signature ability” charges for each player.
There are automatic and semi-automatic weapons that each have a unique shooting pattern. It has to be controlled by the player to be able to shoot accurately. It currently offers 18 agents to choose from. They are Brimstone, Viper, Omen, Cypher, Sova, Sage, Phoenix, Jett, Raze, Breach, Reyna, Killjoy, Skye, Yoru, Astra, KAY/O, Chamber, and Neon.
Valorant is a well-known game, especially in the Philippines. Actually, we have a team to represent our nation to compete in the pro scene which is the Team Secret. Lately, All-Filipino Team Secret saw its Cinderella run in the Valorant Champions in Berlin, Germany comes to an end. It crashed out of the quarterfinals on Thursday, December 9. Team Secret pocketed $40,000 (around P2 million) from the total prize pool of $1 million (around P50.4 million).
Playing is fun and exciting especially when you are earning money while enjoying the game! So, what are you waiting for? Grab your gears and install Valorant!
Brendon Andre is a journalism student from Cavite State University Indang Campus. He is a techy individual, likes to write something every time. Loves to play online games as well as playing sports with his friends.