VGChartz’s Lee Mehr: “While the exorbitant pricing models – even for free-to-play shooter standards – are a tough pill to swallow, Valorant can be tough to put down. The well-weathered gamer can easily spot its debt to Counter-Strike and Overwatch, akin to Family Guy’s Invention of Reese’s skit, but that shouldn’t dismiss how those mechanical & aesthetic philosophies succinctly fuse together through Riot’s own due diligence. Said combination does come with certain hang-ups that make me question whether it’s more a highly addictive shooter versus a great one, but it speaks favorably that it’s always worth putting up with some obnoxious lobbies or occasional teammate disconnects. As the saying almost goes: it’s more than the sum of its plagiarized parts.”
